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The Nigerian government is fond of disobeying court orders with often damning consequences to follow. Abuja, the capital city of the country recently witnessed a violent protest by a Shiite group demanding the release of their leader, Sheikh Ibraheem El-Zakzaky …
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The recent protest by officers of the Nigerian Prisons Service (NPS) over unpaid six-year promotion arrears has unfortunately brought the badly run prisons system into the news again. Prisons across the country are ravaged and congested, with up to three-quarters…
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Nigeria and Liberia are on the path to tyranny. Nigeria’s National Broadcasting Commission recently suspended the broadcast rights of privately-owned media outlet, DAAR Communications and its subsidiaries, Africa Independent Television (AIT) and Ray Power FM. In neighboring Liberia, the government …
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The following is the video and transcription of African Liberty’s contributor, Scott Morgan before the Canadian Parliament on Thursday, Jun 13, 2019, 12:05 PM – 1:58 PM
Good Afternoon. My name is Scott Morgan, and I am the Chair of …
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In 2013, after the passing of the Same Sex Marriage Prohibition Act (SSMPA), NOI Polls independently conducted the first Social Perception Survey on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Rights in Nigeria to explore the views of Nigerians regarding homosexuality and …
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Binyavanga Wainaina, one of Kenya’s most famous writers, has passed away.
How to write an obituary for a person of such standing? The conventional way would be by starting with the key biographical facts.
Wainaina was born in 1971 …
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Speaking at the Goldman Sachs investor conference on Wednesday, President Ramaphosa attempted to address investors’ concerns regarding expropriation of property without compensation (EWC). He has repeatedly said that EWC will happen, while also trying to reassure both South Africans and …
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Expropriation without compensation (EWC) is likely to become the biggest barrier to entry into the modern economy for millions of South Africans. It also has the potential to destroy the unstable, complicated and unreliable economic organization that has evolved in …
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The Federal Government’s (FG) plan to arm officers of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) is a misplaced priority. At a time when most security agencies in Nigeria have earned notorious reputations for brutality and extrajudicial killings, an armed FRSC …
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Ghana’s Right to Information Bill (RTI) drafted in 1999 by the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) and passed by Parliament on March 26, 2019, is set to be implemented in January 2020. But the bill still needs the President’s assent …
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