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Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo announced the sack of the country’s chief justice Hassan Ibrahim Idle Suleiman on Sunday after a two-year service. The president said his decision was part of a plan to improve the justice system that has been struggling for so many years amid several questionable judicial decisions and allegations of corruption. TheContinue reading “All you need to know about the newly appointed 36-year-old chief justice of Somalia”

This article has been edited and was first published on December 08, 2017. He is a hero to many, but a notorious criminal to the Cameroonian government for vandalizing colonial-era statues and monuments built by French colonialists in the economic capital Douala. 41-year-old Andre Blaise Essama describes himself as an activist who aims to replace all the colonial statues in the city with thoseContinue reading “This Cameroonian nationalist is chopping off heads of colonial statues in his country”

As the #MeToo and #TimesUp movements against abuse of women are at their peak and achieving results, acts of sexual misconduct are now not easily forgiven by both the law and the people who make up institutions. The hardest hit celebrities in recent times are comedian and actor Bill Cosby and R&B singer R. Kelly whoContinue reading “Top 5 celebrities accused of sexual misconduct but got luckier than Cosby and R. Kelly”

Cameroon has received two military aircraft and armoured vehicles from the United States at a time when the West African country has been accused of torturing its citizens in the North West and South West who are fighting for independence. The U.S. government delivered the second of the two C208 aircraft last Friday to assistContinue reading “U.S. gifts two military aircraft to Cameroon while the country tortures its citizens”

It was all pomp and pageantry in March 2018, when 44 African countries signed a vital continental free trade agreement in the Rwandan capital Kigali to enable the long-awaited economic integration and movement of goods and persons across member states. This agreement was first introduced in January 2012 during the 18th Ordinary Session of theContinue reading “These 11 countries have failed to sign Africa’s iconic free trade agreement”