CHINA HEEDS GLOBAL DEMAND FOR ANTI-CORONAVIRUS MASKS
Mar. 23, 2020 (GIN) – As much of the world attempts to source much needed face masks, Africa has been offered 5.4 million masks, more than a million testing kits and other items in a […]
Month: March 2020
KENYA SURGES ON U.N. ‘HAPPINESS’ REPORT
Mar. 24, 2020 (GIN) – As Mae West once said, “I’ve been rich, and I’ve been poor; believe me, rich is better.” But could there be more to the story? A landmark survey of the […]
ANONYMOUS THREATS PUT WORKING JOURNALISTS’ LIVES ON THE LINE
Hardworking African journalists are facing threatening phone calls, cyberattacks and other forms of intimidation as they attempt to report on government dysfunction and the actions of security forces tracking terror groups. According to Reporters Without […]
GHANAIAN WOMEN PUSH FOR PASSAGE OF AFFIRMATIVE ACTION BILL
Under the banner “EachforEqual,” women’s rights groups in Ghana turned out this year on March 8, urging President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to address gender inequalities and social injustices and promote women and girls’ rights […]
ZIMBABWE TRIES FINE OR JAIL TO KEEP CHILDREN IN SCHOOL
Zimbabwe is experimenting with a bold attempt to make parents prioritize education and bring down drop-out rates. Harare has amended its laws to make the first 12 years of schooling compulsory. Children are now required […]
2020 Nissan Sentra
By Frank S. Washington NOVI. Mich., — We came to this suburb just west of Detroit to test drive the all-new 2020 Nissan Sentra. We found that it had grown, equipment and its road manners […]
2020 Hyundai Palisade
By Frank S. Washington DETROIT – The 2020 Hyundai Palisade crossover had a distinctive design. It featured a huge iteration of the brand’s cascading grille framed in what looked like dulled chrome. The LED headlamps […]
RADICAL ADVOCATE FOR GIRLS’ HEALTH IS FREED FROM PRISON BY UGANDAN COURT
Feb. 24, 2020 (GIN) – She’s one medical anthropologist, activist and poet you don’t want to wrestle with. Dr. Stella Nyanzi is apt to say exactly what’s on her mind – even if the object […]
MURDER CHARGE FACING LESOTHO PRIME MINISTER FACES CONSTITUTIONAL REVIEW
Feb. 24, 2020 (GIN) – Murder charges against the Prime Minister of Lesotho, Thomas Thabane, will be reconsidered in light of a novel appeal for immunity to be heard by the country’s High Court. If […]
KENYA MAKES RISKY BET ON PESTICIDES TO EXTERMINATE LOCUST SWARM
Feb. 24, 2020 (GIN) – Desperate East African governments are weighing their options as farmers beg for the most deadly agro-chemicals in a last ditch effort against swarms of desert locusts which have already begun […]