LAGOS, Nigeria, July 24, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — An open day event was held by China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC), which is affiliated with China Railway Construction Corporation Limited (CRCC), on July 24 to brief international audiences on the progress of the Lagos-Ibadan Railway project and the life of workers there from a 360-degree multifaceted […]
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UN Human Rights Office Concerned About Arrests of Zimbabwe Journalist, Opposition Leader
The Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights says it is “concerned” that authorities in Zimbabwe may be using the COVID-19 pandemic as a pretext to clamp down on citizens’ freedoms. This week, police arrested a prominent investigative journalist and an opposition leader, accusing them of inciting public violence. Journalist Hopewell Chin’ono and […]
Read MoreECOWAS Delegation Fails to End Mali’s Political Crisis
Hopes for cooling down Mali’s heated political crisis came to nothing Thursday night in Mali’s capital, Bamako. After hours of closed-door meetings, each side held firm on its position. The M5 Movement still demands that President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita resign. But the demand is a red flag for the ruling party and the regional bloc, […]
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