Your Afro-Negro Weekly Newsletter Kenya Samburu Governor Moses Lenolkulal faces charges including abuse of office & conspiracy to commit an economic crime. Governor Moses Lenolkulal has been accused by the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) of trading with the … Continue reading A Week In Color 17
#ThrowBlackThursday “I wanted the world to know that my country Ethiopia has always won with determination and heroism” As the son of an Oromo shepherd, one could say Abebe Bikila experienced “humble” beginnings growing up in Jato, a village located … Continue reading Abebe Bikila (1932 – 1973)
Your Afro-Negro Weekly Newsletter Nigeria Nigeria’s elections ended weeks ago however the results have left Nigerians wondering if they are truly part of a democratic country. You know you have basically just said he is in the dock for political reasons, … Continue reading A Week In Color 16
Your Afro-Negro Weekly Newsletter Malawi The Minister of Justice & Constitutional Affairs Samuel Tembenu is not opposed to implementing the death sentence to deter targeted attacks on people with albinism. View this post on Instagram #Malawian Minister of Justice & … Continue reading A Week In Color 15
Over the past few days, Nigerian twitter has been hyper-political partly as a result of the recently concluded presidential election. Of the many political tweets I came across, a few that caught my attention and got me debating my views … Continue reading Are Adult Benefiting Children of Corrupt Nigerian Politicians Complicit In The Harmful Actions of Their Parent?
Your Afro-Negro Weekly Newsletter Happy new month negroes! Sudan President-Dictator Omar al-Bashir actually stepped down from power??! Technically…Yes, but really; No. As previously documented: In Color 9 & 11 violent protests have been on-going in Africa’s 3rd largest country. These … Continue reading A Week In Color 14
Senegal It’s that season, to pander to the public for no reason! As mentioned In Color 11; Senegal is in election season. The campaign period started on the 4th of February & came to a quick swift end late Friday; February … Continue reading A Week In Color 13 (Updated)
Haiti Violent protest ensued through out Haiti this past week. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Haiti Visuelle (@haitivisuelle) on Feb 13, 2019 at 1:36pm PST The protests began on February 7th, with civilians & government officials alike demanding the resignation of President Jovenel Moïse. Some Haitians believe he is responsible for what they consider worsening & deplorable socioeconomic conditions. “Everything is more expensive now, the country is on lockdown, you can’t go uptown or downtown to buy anything,” Frederique Gamaniel, a market vendor, told Al Jazeera. “There’s nothing more for Jovenel to do in the country … Continue reading A Week In Color 12
Nigeria Africa’s most populous country ~200M people, is to hold presidential elections on the 16th of this month (February). There are over 70 candidates participating in the race. However, the main contenders are; candidate 76 –Nigeria’s current President-Muhammadu Buhari of All Progressive Congress (APC), & Candidate 72; Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar of People’s Democratic Party (PDP). President Muhammadu Buhari & Atiku Abubakar have run a total of 9 times between them. If you listen to the Nigerian youth- so one would think, the country’s future-, it’s clear that even they’re fed up of the current administration’s piss poor management of the … Continue reading A Week In Color 11
Mozambique Mozambique’s 4th largest city is engulfed in floods. Tropical Cyclone Desmond formed in the Mozambique Channel this past Sunday. Drifting slowing northeast & towards the coast, the storm hit the coast about 40km to the south of Chinde & 200km to the north of Beira; Mozambique’s largest city. Beira was hit the worst with rain. About 277 millimetres worth! recorded on Tuesday. Prayers out to the people of Mozambique. Specifically residents of Biera & anyone caught up in the unfortunate natural disaster. Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa returned to Harare on Monday; January 21st. As reported by last week’s In Color; … Continue reading A Week In Color 10
