Morocco’s liberal RNI party has won the most seats in the country’s parliamentary elections, while the co-ruling moderate PJD Islamists suffered a crushing defeat, preliminary results showed.RNI, led by billionaire agriculture minister Aziz Akhannouch, took 97 of the 395-seat parliament. Another liberal party, PAM, secured 82 seats and the conservative Istiqlal took 78 seats.The PJD, which had been a coalition partner in the previous two governments, had taken only 12 seats after a count of 96% of all parliamentary seats on Thursday.The results show a massive turnaround in fortunes as the RNI had won only 37 seats at the last…
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For more than two centuries, Simon’s Town has been an anchorage for the British Navy and boasts a wealth of historic and strategic interest. The history of Simon’s Town is told in beautiful historic buildings, a great military past, and a very diverse and rich heritage. Audio Tour of Simon’s Town Start the day off by getting some coffee and doing the audio tour to get a sense of the place. The tour itself will start at the station, then move on to the now called “historical mile” and then finish in the village centre. At under $2 this adventure…
Issued on: 08/09/2021 – 21:30 West Africa’s main political and economic bloc suspended Guinea’s membership on Wednesday following a weekend military coup that ousted President Alpha Conde and dealt the latest in a flurry of setbacks to democracy in the region. During a virtual summit, leaders from the 15-member Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) demanded a return to the constitutional order and Conde’s immediate release, and also agreed to send a high-level mission to Guinea as soon as Thursday, said Burkina Faso’s Foreign Minister Alpha Barry.”At the end of that mission, ECOWAS should be able to re-examine its…
In 2017, Precious was approached by a woman in her neighbourhood who offered her an incredible opportunity: leave her corner of southern Nigeria for Italy, where she could work as a seamstress and send money back to her family. Precious had seen people on social media seemingly living the high life in Europe and witnessed what the money they had sent home had done for their families. The journey would be easy, the woman assured her, and then she could help her family. “She deceived me,” says Precious, sitting on a couch in Benin City, Nigeria’s fourth-largest city and a major…
The premiere of the sequel to Toyin Abraham’s award-winning movie held on Sunday, September 5 to coincide with her birthday. The event had in attendance A-list celebrities and media personalities who graced the occasion in the purple-themed colour dress code. See photos below 1.Lilly Afe View this post on Instagram A post shared by Lilian Afegbai (@lillyafe) 2. Sharon Ooja View this post on Instagram A post shared by Sharon ooja Egwurube (@sharonooja) 3. Anto Lecky View this post on Instagram A post shared by Munirat Antoinette Lecky (@antolecky) 4. Osas Ighodaro View this post on Instagram A post shared…
Many Gambians were in shock when they heard about the unlikely alliance between the party of former leader Yahya Jammeh and that of his successor Adama Barrow. With the current president seeking a new mandate in December, the development casts doubt on the willingness to prosecute the former leader for alleged human rights violations. The secretary general of Yahya Jammeh’s APRC party, Fabakary Tombong Jatta, said that his party had reached an agreement with President Adama Barrow’s National People’s Party (NPP) to support him in the 4 December presidential election. Reporter: Esau Williams Source link
“It is a truly trailblazing organization, supporting survivors of rape and sexual assault as they seek healing and justice,” she added. “Their vital work means that women need no longer suffer in silence and I am deeply grateful to all Mirabel’s wonderful staff and volunteers.”The Duchess will be working with Nigerian and British Nigerian women to find ways to help the Mirabel Centre over the coming months, Clarence House said. The center’s founder, Itoro Eze-Anaba, told CNN Tuesday the Mirabel Center provides free medical and psychosocial support services to survivors of sexual violence and has assisted over 6,000 people since…
This is a lightly edited excerpt from Defending our Sovereignty: US Military Bases in Africa and the Future of African Unity co-published by Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research and the Socialist Movement of Ghana’s Research Group. In 1965, Ghana’s former President Kwame Nkrumah published an important book, Neo-Colonialism: The Last Stage of Imperialism, which reflected on the phenomenon of military bases. These had been commonplace during the time of high colonialism, with bases across the continent from the British base at Salisbury in former Rhodesia (present-day Harare, Zimbabwe) to the French base at Mers El Kébir in Algeria. Both the…
Tonto Dikeh is a Nigerian actress, singer, songwriter and arguably the country’s most controversial star. Tonto Dikeh was born into a family of seven and is the third of five children. Her family is from Obio-Akpor, a LGA in Rivers State, and is of Ikwerre descent. At age 3, she lost her mother and was raised by her step-mother, who has two children. Read Also: KOKOnista Of The Day: Angela Bassett Is Hollywood’s Black Royalty Dikeh studied petrochemical engineering at Rivers State University of Science and Technology. Her traditional marriage to Oladunni Churchill was held in August 2015. In February 2016, Dikeh gave birth to her son and the couple has…
Drivers in Lagos last week were paying N162 ($0.40) per litre of petrol, among the lowest rates in Africa — beneficiaries of a fuel subsidy that costs the continent’s biggest crude producer billions of dollars a year. It was a reminder that while Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari signed a big oil industry reform act last month — which dictates that fuel should be sold at market prices — little is likely to change soon in Nigeria’s moribund oil industry, or the economy that relies on it. The bill, first put forward more than two decades ago, will create separate regulatory bodies,…