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South Africa’s highest court legalises cannabis use; ordered the parliament to draft new laws within 24 months to reflect the order South Africa’s highest court has legalised the private use of marijuana, upholding a lower court’s ruling that found the…
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It took several years of negotiations for fastjet, a low-cost private airline based in Tanzania, to get the traffic rights to fly between Harare and Bulawayo this July. The flying distance between these two major cities in Zimbabwe is only about 228 miles—a…
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Government of Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has jailed a newspaper editor who exposed corruption in the country’s Ministry of Sports. Tharcisse Zongia, editor-in-chief of the satirical weekly newspaper, Grognon, was sentenced in absentia to one year in jail for…
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“Non-democratic countries with poor human rights records maintain power by tightly controlling information, limiting people’s ability to share opinions, organize and create democratic alternatives.”- Anonymous Internet freedom is a broad term encompassing several related concepts regarding use of the Internet….
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For every rational human being, finding love is, arguably, one of the best things in life. And when that love enjoys the support of friends and family, the joy is fuller. But for Shalom Shoremi, finding love pitted her against…
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It has been an eventful week for young freedom advocates as they take leadership training in the ongoing African Liberty Forum (ALF) organised by Atlas Network in collaboration with African Students For Liberty (ASFL) in Lagos, Nigeria. The three-day training,…
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“Feminism as a way of life was born at my mama’s house, in a space that made woman power and intentional equality a survival strategy and mechanism to make up for oppression, the absence of men, and lifestyles that were…
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Ethiopia’s state-run telecoms monopoly has agreed to allow some local firms provide Internet services through its infrastructure – a move seen as spurring competition and expanding the data market, officials said. Ethio Telecom has more than 16 million subscribers of…
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African Students For Liberty (ASFL) has announced its 2018 Regional Conferences. The conferences will take place in succession between July and November in Kenya, Nigeria, Burundi and Tanzania. The events will bring together students and young professionals championing the cause…
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Nigeria, like other countries, is a nation confronted by several circumstances; some of these are seen, others unseen. And usually, countries tend to give much attention to things that are seen, leaving aside those that are unseen. I came…
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