Year: 2021
GUINEA: Junta to begin holding talks
By: Ollus Ndomu Guinea's military junta has disclosed plans to start holding four days of talks in effort to build a consensus on...
LIBYA: Photographer freed after 3 years in jail
By: Ollus Ndomu A photographer that was arrested and jailed by a military tribunal 3 years ago in eastern Libya, has been freed...
MILITARIES CLOSING IN ON AFRICAN DICTATORS AS GUINEA ARMY TOPPLES CONDE
By: Ollus Ndomu Guinea fell into an insurmountable political turmoil last Sunday, September 5, following a putsch spearheaded by Col. Mamady Doumbouya, which...
ZAMBIA: Opposition regret govt’s failure to appoint a lean cabinet
By: Ollus Ndomu Mushrooming opposition political parties expressed disappointment in the new United Party for National Development -UPND- government for failure to appoint...
Uganda’s Museveni says Guinea’s coup is a step backwards
By: Ollus Ndomu Uganda’s three-decade President Yoweri Museveni has described Guinea’s Sunday military takeover as a "step backwards". Museveni told France 24 that...
GUINEA: Coup leader Doumbouya promises union govt
By: Ollus Ndomu Leader of the Sunday coup which dislodged Guinea's President Alpha Condé from power, has promised to form a new "union"...
ZAMBIA: President Hichilema to unveil his long awaited cabinet
By: Ollus Ndomu Newly elected President, Hakainde Hichilema, tweeted Sunday evening that he would unveil his diverse cabinet to the nation after a...
GUINEA: Junta makes major pronouncements hours after takeover
By: Ollus Ndomu Special forces that seized power on Sunday after capturing Republican President Alpha Conde, have pronounced a countrywide curfew “until further...
KENYA: Teachers probed over inhuman truancy punishment
By: Ollus Ndomu Police authorities in Kenya have instituted an investigation into a case where three pupils were tied to a tree as...
ZIMBABWE: Miners call for mobile Covid-19 vaccination sites
By: Ollus Ndomu Zimbabwean miners have called on the government to put in place mobile Covid-19 vaccination sites at various mining sites to...
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