Author: King Jaja

Ethiopia voted on Monday in an election expected to cement the mandate of one of Africa’s youngest leaders.Once seen as a unifier and peacemaker, Abiy Ahmed, 44, has presided instead over a new era of division. A civil war in the northern region of Tigray and intensifying ethnic violence across the country have been fueled by uncompromising rhetoric and a flood of hate speech and misinformation.Around a fifth of polling stations are closed due to violence and misprinted ballots, and top opposition leaders are either in jail or have boycotted the vote. On top of it all — it’s the…

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 Bentolina Music love: Maad City – Kendrick Lamar Favourite place in Cape Town: The Old Biscuit Mill Jacket: Forever 21 Necklace and ring: Mr Price Top: Jenni Button Shoes: Converse Bag and watch: Fossil  B-Boy The Curse Music love: Work – Gang Starr Favourite place in cape Town: Whole of Cape Town Cap: 6 Step Top and shoes: Adidas Jeans: Mr Price Jaymila Music love: Dog days are over – Florence and the Machine Favourite place in Cape Town: The Rock Camps Bay Earrings: Vintage Necklace: Cloak & Dagger Shirt and boots: Mr Price Skirt: Vintage Bag: Forever New Deney…

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How about experimenting with the local cuisine while you are in Tanzania for safari or Kilimanjaro? Tanzanian delicacies cannot be missed. There is something different about the street food and local food here that you probably may not find anywhere else. Here are 5 Tanzanian food delicacies you cannot miss:Zanzibari Pizza:Sounds familiar? This is no ordinary Pizza, certainly not something you have tried in your favorite Italian restaurant. Think of chapati dough flattened and thinned, then folded into squares with all sorts of fillings. Usually, the filling is minced meet with some spices, onions and maybe a few other veggies. This…

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Issued on: 11/07/2021 – 20:52 South African ex-president Jacob Zuma will on Monday ask the nation’s top court to let him out of jail by rescinding its 15-month sentence for snubbing anti-graft investigators. The Constitutional Court on June 29 slapped Zuma with the prison stretch for refusing to appear before a probe into the corruption that mired his nine years in power.Zuma is seeking to have that ruling set aside on the grounds that it was made in his absence.Should the bid fail, Zuma’s team will seek to convince the judges that jail time is not the appropriate punishment for this…

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The rapprochement of March 2018 between Uhuru Kenyatta and Raila Odinga, now famously referred to as “the handshake”, which kick-started the BBI consultation process and culminated in the Report of the Steering Committee on the Implementation of the Building Bridges to a United Kenya Taskforce Report, is emblematic of the rough-and-tumble that is the country’s tumultuous political history. The report of the taskforce provided long-awaited principles and recommendations for the construction of “a new Kenyan nation,” including several changes in the current constitution. But a portion of Kenyatta’s Mashujaa Day speech on 20 October 2020 suggests a need for caution.…

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Abiy Ahmed, Ethiopia’s prime minister, has tightened his hold on power with a landslide victory in parliamentary elections marred by insecurity, opposition boycotts and a looming famine in Tigray. In his first electoral test since being selected as prime minister in 2018 by the then ruling coalition, Abiy’s new Prosperity party won 410 out of 436 contested seats in the 547-seat parliament, according to the electoral board. The victory in the June vote secures Abiy a five-year term and the ability to change the 1995 federal constitution that he blames for destabilising the country. Abiy favours a more unitary constitution…

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Please Subscribe To Our Youtube Channel Below! She might be all about returning to Africa, inner piece, vegetarian, black empowerment, conscious music, and more, but make no mistake, Canadian-born Jamaican rapper Zakisha Brown is not scared to flaunt her curves in her own Afrocentric ways. The stylish rap beauty who is not branding her name in Ghana is not leaving the country anytime soon, and whilst here she is going full in with her fashion and style as well. She recently decided to take our one-piece halterneck swimsuit for a spin. Check out the stunning images produced by photographer Agyeman…

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Staycation Ideas for Couples – Image by Christian Halisi ToursThere are numerous ingenious staycation ideas for couples that will help you rekindle your lost spark when it comes to endearment.I am no love doctor but I know the little things are the ones that count. One of my popular lines has always been “you don’t have to break the bank to travel”.Well, what is a staycation? This is simply the merging of Stay + Vacation = Staycation. It is further explained, this is a lucid but creative vacation whereby you don’t have to fly overseas and sometimes you don’t have…

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