Month September 2024

Tanzania Blocks Twitter Access As Political Tensions Rise

ON Friday, Internet users across Tanzania found themselves unable to access X (formerly known as Twitter) as major Internet Service Providers (ISPs) including Airtel, Vodacom, Halotel, Tigo, and TTCL enforced a block on the platform. The restrictions mean that Tanzanians…

Liberia Shuts Down China Union Mine Over Environmental Violations

  LIBERIA’S Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has ordered the closure of China Union’s Bong Mines operations, citing multiple breaches of environmental regulations, according to a report by Reuters. The shutdown follows the company’s repeated failures to address violations highlighted by the…

$151m Boost for Climate Resilience in the Horn of Africa

  THE Green Climate Fund has greenlit $151 million in financing to bolster climate resilience in the Horn of Africa, a region grappling with severe climate-related challenges. This significant funding, approved during the Fund’s 39th Board meeting, will support a comprehensive resilience…

NIGERIA: The Available and The Affordable, By Bala Ibrahim

“A people that elect corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves and traitors are not victims… but accomplices”-George Orwell George Orwell was an English novelist, essayist, and critic, that made name from his novel, The Animal Farm. The Animal Farm tells the story…