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The NGO Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday called for targeted sanctions against Eritrean leaders, accusing the authorities of conscripting thousands of people, including minors, for military service and punishing the families of those who do not. One of the world’s most closed and authoritarian countries, Eritrea, ruled with an iron fist since its independence from Ethiopia in 1993 by President Issaias Afeworki, has a policy of universal conscription for an unlimited period. In a statement, HRW called for targeted sanctions against Eritrean leaders for the “ongoing repression” and called for a thorough review of the issue by the UN…

South Africa is facing a major electricity crisis, sometimes with no power for almost six hours a day. It is also affecting small business owners struggling to survive and forced to make hard choices. “We can run the store which is good, but we can’t run the whole store, and it’s affecting sales because customers tend to buy less because they are worried about their fridges at home. We deal with fresh stuff so it does not last long,” said Joe, a store owner. The outages which have lasted for more than 200 days since last year have piled misery on…

Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) has suspended its operations in an area of northwest Burkina Faso where armed assailants killed two of its employees on Wednesday, the medical charity said in a statement. “On the morning of Wednesday, February 8, a clearly marked Doctors Without Borders vehicle carrying a four-person medical team on the road between Dédougou and Tougan (northwest) was targeted by armed men who fired on the crew. Two employees were killed, while two others managed to escape,” MSF said. Two Burkina Faso nationals – the driver and a logistics supervisor aged 39 and 34 respectively – were killed,…

The Danish Ambassador to Ghana, His Excellency Tom Nørring, has expressed strong optimism about Ghana’s future, stating that the country holds the potential to become a beacon of hope for Africa—if it effectively harnesses its abundant natural resources and talented population. Speaking in an exclusive interview with Amnewsworld’s reporter Ohene Anochie on Tuesday, Ambassador Nørring praised the remarkable talents he has encountered during his tenure in Ghana, describing them as “overwhelming.” He emphasized that if properly nurtured and channeled, these human resources could once again place Ghana at the forefront of Africa’s development narrative. “Ghana possesses all the necessary ingredients to…

Ashanti King, Osei Tutu Kwadwo ( Ghana 🇬🇭 ), to The British Governor, Sir Charles McCarthy. The Battle of Nsamankow was a battle between the United Kingdom and the Ashanti Empire that took place in 1824 as part of the First Anglo-Ashanti War. The British force under Charles McCarthy was defeated by an Ashanti force. The Battle of Nsamankow was fought on 21 January 1824. In late 1823, following the disagreements between the Fantis and the Ashantis, he declared war on the king of the Ashanti; after organizing the defenses of Cape Coast, he set out with an expedition of…

Prince Kofi Amoabeng (born February 22, 1952) is a Ghanaian businessman and a former military officer of the Ghanaian Armed Forces. He was a co-founder of UT Bank which collapsed in 2017 during Ghana’s banking crisis amid allegations that he had misappropriated funds from the bank. He is currently subject to ongoing court battles regarding these allegations following his arrest on 14 January 2020, and release on bail of 110 million cedis. Early Life Amoabeng was born on 22 February 1952 in Bososo in the Eastern Region of Ghana. Education Amoabeng started his schooling at Penworth Preparatory School, a boarding school in Accra. He had his secondary education at the St Peter’s Secondary School at Nkwatia Kwahu and Adisadel College in Cape Coast Ghana before…

On 31st January,1935 the British Governor Sir Arnold Wienholt Hodson proclaimed the ‘the Restoration of the Ashanti Confederacy’ Otumfuo Sir. Osei Agyemang Prempeh II became the Asantehene. When the British captured Asantehene Prempeh I in 1896, deported him to Seirra Leone and then Seychelles Island, the Kingdom was broken as per the intent of the British Government in the Gold Coast. The dissolution of the Asante confederacy was also dictated by the fear of Asante power, one whose pros was the confederacy itself. To replace the Asante power therefore, British officials must destroy the Confederacy. For the same reason, Governor…

Equatorial Guinea has gained its first female prime minister after Manuela Roka Botey was appointed to the post by President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo. Botey had been the Minister for National Education, University Education and Sports since August 2020. She was also the Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Letters and Social Sciences at the National University of Equatorial Guinea. “For the first time in Equatorial Guinea, a woman is appointed prime minister,” tweeted the vice-president and son of the head of state, Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue, alias Teodorin. “This is further proof of the commitment to gender equality (…) in the country,” he said.…

Standing in a barren schoolyard surrounded by baobab trees at the end of a dusty road in central Senegal, Leila Sy takes a look around and smiles. “The light makes all the difference,” she says. “Everything is beautiful — the colour, the people, the energy.” The film director is shooting “Banlieusard 2”, the sequel to a 2019 French hit starring French rapper Kery James. The movie is scheduled for release on Netflix later this year. The American streaming giant is making its mark in francophone West Africa, part of a broader surge in audiovisual production in the region following years…

In Nairobi, motorcyclists are going electric as new increase in charging points pop up throughout the capital. More charging stations and lower running costs are making it easier to switch away from polluting petrol vehicles. The vehicles are gaining traction as electric mobility companies set up ways to charge the batteries. Electric charging cuts carbon emissions, crucial in the battle against climate change. Ampersand is an e-mobility start-up which began operating in Kenya in May 2022. It has seven battery swapping stations in the capital and around 60 customers. Ian Mbote, Ampersand’s expansion lead, says this form of transport is a money…