Nigerian unions shut down power grid with indefinite minimum wage strike.

Nigeria’s main labour unions on Monday shut down the national grid and disrupted flights across the country as they began an indefinite strike over the government’s failure to agree a new minimum wage. This strike is the fourth embarked upon by the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC), two of the…

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Gaza ceasefire plan turns into deadly game of survival.

For the leaders of both Hamas and Israel, ending the war in Gaza has become a deadly game of survival. The terms on which the war finally ends could largely determine their political future and their grip on power. For Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, even his physical survival. It’s partly why previous negotiations have failed….

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Inside the ‘new’ Kampala train.

      Five O’clock found me at the station ready for the 5.30pm train, which leaves Kampala city heading eastwards to Namanve, 16 kilometres away. The Kampala train station, established in the 1920s, hosts the offices, service centre, and waiting and boarding areas, and has worked as the main office for passenger and cargo train over…

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South Africa president faces up to poor poll result.

South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has admitted his African National Congress (ANC) party has suffered a challenging election result, after the party lost its majority for the first time since apartheid ended 30 years ago. The ANC, once led by Nelson Mandela, won 159 seats in the 400-seat parliament in Wednesday’s election, down from 230…

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Over 120 Palestinian bodies recovered 2 days after Israeli forces left Jabalia camp.

Palestinian rescue teams have recovered 50 more bodies from the rubble in the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza, bringing the total number of bodies recovered following the withdrawal of Israeli forces from the area to more than 120. Palestine’s official Wafa news agency reported that rescue and civil defense teams have recovered the bodies of 50 Palestinians on…

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Love Binti empowers girls in East Africa and fights period poverty.

After discovering, during her volunteer work in 2015, that some girls in Kenya miss and even drop out of school because they cannot afford sanitary pads, Sara Liu (劉兆雯) began thinking about how she could help. Shortly after, she founded “Love Binti” in 2015. “As a girl growing up in Taiwan, I never imagined that…

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Former first lady of Zambia  arrested on fraud charges.

Zambia’s former First Lady, Esther Lungu, and her daughter, Chiyeso Katete, have been arrested for the possession of properties suspected to be proceeds of crime. The two were arrested on Thursday in the capital, Lusaka, along with another close relative identified as Charles Phiri, authorities said. Ms Lungu “failed to give a reasonable explanation” of…

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