Africa

(CNN)Award-winning Afrobeats star Burna Boy is scheduled to headline a concert in South Africa, just two months after he vowed never to return to the country following a spate of xenophobic attacks there. The Nigerian superstar, who was among the celebrities who spoke out against September's violence targeting Nigerians and others in South Africa, is expected to take to the stage in Capetown on November 23. Burna Boy reflects on Nigeria's independence with his new music video 'Another Story' At the height of the tensions, Burna Boy condemned the violence and urged the South African and Nigerian governments to come together and put an end to the pain and hostility blighting the country. "I have not set foot in SA since 2017. And I will NOT EVER go to South Africa again for any reason until the SOUTH AFRICAN government wakes the f**k up and really performs A miracle because I don't know how they can even possibly fix this," he wrote on Twitter. The upcoming concert, billed as … [Read more...] about Burna Boy to donate earnings from South Africa anti-xenophobia concert to attack victims

Photo: PRWeb Photo: PRWeb Image 1 of / 1 Caption Close Image 1 of 1 Photo: PRWeb World Bank Group’s Report Acknowledges Quika as Innovative Business Model for Expanding Broadband Access Across Africa 1  /  1 Back to Gallery Talia Limited today announced that their Quika High Throughput Satellite (HTS) platform has been recognised as an innovative business model and technology by the World Bank Group, as detailed in the latest Connecting Africa Through Broadband report. WASHINGTON (PRWEB) November 11, 2019 Talia Limited, a leading communications solutions provider serving the Middle East, Africa, Europe and the Americas, today announced that their Quika High Throughput Satellite (HTS) platform has been recognised as an innovative business model and … [Read more...] about World Bank Group’s Report Acknowledges Quika as Innovative Business Model for Expanding Broadband Access Across Africa

The Socialists might have won the most seats in Sunday's election, but it was the Spanish nationalists of Vox who were celebrating. After more than doubling the number of seats the party holds, Vox leader Santiago Abascal was greeted by a euphoric crowd outside its Madrid headquarters, cheering his every pronouncement. "Good evening and viva Espana!" Abascal began. "Viva!" the crowd shouted back. With the rise of Vox, Spain is entering a new chapter in which the nationalist sentiments that have long been subsumed into broader parties are given their own voice in parliament for the first time in a generation. Similar movements have already upended traditional politics in France and Italy and across eastern Europe. As news of the party's breakthrough spread, Abascal was congratulated by leaders of other European far-right movements such as Marine Le Pen in France and Matteo Salvini, who pushed a hard stance on immigration as Italy's interior minister before his ouster this year. Unlike … [Read more...] about Triumphant cries of Spanish nationalists echo on after vote

Lagos, Nigeria (CNN)Thousands of patients with mental health issues are bound in chains and locked up in facilities across Nigeria where they are subjected to "terrible abuse," Human Rights Watch said Monday. The rights group said detention and violent treatment of inmates are rife in some state-run clinics, Islamic rehabilitation centers, traditional healing homes, and churches in the country. Nigeria police rescue more than 300 boys and men held in 'dehumanizing conditions' Citing interviews with dozens of patients, families and staff at various Nigerian mental health facilities visited between 2018 to 2019, Human Rights Watch said patients, including children, were being forced to eat or drink herbs as part of their treatment in some traditional healing homes. A 22-year-old woman at a Christian healing center in Abeokuta, a city in southwest Nigeria, told the rights group she had been held captive in a church for five months and denied food as part of a "spiritual cleanse" … [Read more...] about Islamic centers and churches in Nigeria hold thousands of mental health patients in chains, rights group says

As President Donald Trump basked in the adulation of his most fervent supporters at a campaign-style rally on Saturday, reiterating the populist rhetoric that fueled both his political rise and anxieties that he yearned to flout democratic norms, his administration released yet another piece of evidence that suggests he feels a kinship with leaders who do exactly that. In a readout of a phone call conducted earlier Saturday, the White House press office announced that Trump had invited President Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines to visit the White House. The invitation, made at the end of what the press office called a “very friendly conversation,” is an embrace of a figure who has been condemned by other world leaders and by human-rights organizations as a violent thug. Duterte was swept into power after vowing that he would eliminate crime in the Philippines within six months—a promise that has come to fruition in the form of an organized campaign of extrajudicial … [Read more...] about Donald Trump Has a New Favorite Dictator: Rodrigo Duterte