The African Union has renewed its campaign for reparative justice, demanding concrete economic redress for slavery and colonialism’s lasting impacts rather than mere symbolic acknowledgments, as global momentum builds for historical restitution. Speaking to Business Africa, Desire Assogbavi, International Development Expert and Advocacy Advisor at Open Society Foundations, emphasized that reparations extend beyond financial compensation. […]
Egypt’s Public Prosecution has detained a young Egyptian student pending an investigation into charges of the premeditated murder of his girlfriend after the latter refused to marry the young man. 22-year-old Islam Mohammed according to the prosecution stabbed 17 times 20-year old Salma Baghat at Al-Shorouk Academy where both of them are students. Mohammed reportedly […]
Oyibo Chukwu, a senatorial candidate from the opposition Labor Party, has been killed by unknown gunmen in an attack on his convoy in southeastern Enugu State ahead of the national election in Nigeria. Chukwu’s convoy was ambushed Wednesday night as he was traveling back from a campaign event, according to police and a party official. […]
