July 7 of every year will now be celebrated as the Day of African Integration by the African Union to commemorate the operational launch of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Agreement, the world’s single largest free trade market. It was put into force on July 7, 2019, at the African Union (AU) ExtraordinaryContinue reading “Africa has finally realized the 1960s dream of integration after launch of single market”
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Another $267m stolen by ex-Nigerian president discovered in Channel Islands bank
The government of Jersey, a self-governing dependency of the United Kingdom in the Channel Islands between England and France has seized an amount of £211 million ($267m) that belonged to former Nigerian military dictator General Sani Abacha who died in 1998. He laundered the recovered money through the United States into a bank account heldContinue reading “Another $267m stolen by ex-Nigerian president discovered in Channel Islands bank”
The real ‘American Gangster’ who once ruled the heroin trade in NYC dies at age 88
Frank Lucas, whose story was adapted into the 2007 film American Gangster played by Denzel Washington, has died at the age of 88. The former drug kingpin who is reported to have died on Thursday night in New Jersey has inspired many Hip Hop songs and lyrics by artists including Bankroll Fresh, Quavo, 21 Savage,Continue reading “The real ‘American Gangster’ who once ruled the heroin trade in NYC dies at age 88”
Guinean lawmakers give first wives civil rights to approve polygamous marriages
The Guinean parliament has pleased many women in the French-speaking West African country by modifying a revised civil code that requires men who wish to marry extra wives to do so only after getting the approval of their first wives. Passed last week and awaiting promulgation by the president, the revised civil code which prescribesContinue reading “Guinean lawmakers give first wives civil rights to approve polygamous marriages”
The Caribbean’s first sexual offences court opened in Antigua and Barbuda
The Caribbean island nation of Antigua and Barbuda has opened the region’s first sexual offences court to help remedy the flaws in the nation’s handling of sexual offence cases. Launched under the Judicial Reform and Institutional Strengthening (JURIST) project on January 21 and implemented by the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), the Sexual Offences ModelContinue reading “The Caribbean’s first sexual offences court opened in Antigua and Barbuda”
Ismail Akwei 