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Abd-Al-Rahman case: ICC Pre-Trial Chamber II confirms charges and commits suspect to trial

Abd-Al-Rahman case: ICC Pre-Trial Chamber II confirms charges and commits suspect to trial

Today, 9 July 2021, Pre-Trial Chamber II of the International Criminal Court (“ICC” or “Court”) unanimously, issued a decision confirming all the charges brought by the Prosecutor against Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman (“Ali Kushayb”) and committed him to trial before …

Quest for Inter-Religious Harmony as Ghana’s chief imam Donates to Cathedral Project

Quest for Inter-Religious Harmony as Ghana’s chief imam Donates to Cathedral Project

Ghana’s chief imam Sheikh Osman Sharubutu has donated more than $8,000 to support the construction of a national cathedral.Some have deemed both the donation and the construction of the cathedral controversial. While many have criticised the cathedral project and classified …

Rewarding Honesty and Integrity: The best way to go in Africa

Rewarding Honesty and Integrity: The best way to go in Africa

Last week, Liberia’s President George Weah honoured an 18-year-old motorcycle taxi rider Emmanuel Tuloe, who found and returned $50,000 (£36,000) to the owner, a businesswoman. President Weah took an exceptional, exemplary and encouraging step by offering the honest lad reward …

Africa: Medicine and Praises after Death

Africa: Medicine and Praises after Death

Recently the President of Nigeria, President Muhammadu Buhari, expressed his sadness at the deaths of an army general and soldiers killed by Islamic terrorists and paid tribute to them. Such a reaction paints a typical reprehensive picture of misplaced priority …

China's Loans to Africa and Recent Chinese Naval Vessels in Nigeria.

China's Loans to Africa and Recent Chinese Naval Vessels in Nigeria.

 In a rare occurrence – and some would say, a show of power and influence - three Chinese military ships arrived in Lagos, Nigeria, on Monday, in what the local officials termed a visit to improve maritime security.  The ships, led …