Democracy
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The Federal High Court sitting in Kano is set to deliver judgment in the case of deposed former Emir, Aminu Ado Bayero, who is alleging the abuse of his fundamental human rights for being removed without his consent and the subsequent move to arrest him by the Kano State Government. The Court, in relying on…
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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has advised African nations to re-examine the democracy inherited from the West. Obasanjo said Africa must build a model of democracy that is true to the African heritage and that caters for the welfare of the people. He said this at a Summit on the State of Democracy in Africa held…
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The decision paves the way for Mr Zuma to run for president on behalf of the new uMkhonto weSizwe Party. South Africa’s Electoral Court on Tuesday ruled that former president Jacob Zuma can run for office in the upcoming election, overturning an earlier decision that had barred him from contesting the polls. The decision paves…
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Two large portraits of the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny have appeared on a building in Vienna. The pictures have been spray-painted on a property owned by the family of a former Czech foreign minister, behind a monument to Soviet soldiers. The monument portraying a Soviet soldier was built after Soviet troops took Vienna…
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Pakistan’s newly elected Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif was sworn in on Monday, three weeks after the Feb. 8 elections. President Arif Alvi administered the oath to Shehbaz at a ceremony at the President’s Office. Shehbaz, the younger brother of three-time Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, and president of his Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N, was elected to…
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A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Monday, again adjourned a fresh N1billion suit filed by leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, against the Federal Government until March 18 this year for hearing. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) had, on January 8, reported that Justice James Omotosho fixed the…
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Supporters of prominent Putin critic Alexei Navalny have been urging his supporters to attend his funeral in Moscow tomorrow – and burial at a nearby cemetery. However, a pastor at the church where the service is due to take place has indicated that it will not be open to all. “Most likely, only relatives and…
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The European Parliament has adopted a resolution against oppression in Russia following the death of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny. The resolution passed with 506 votes in favour and nine against, while 32 members abstained. The resolution condemns Mr Navalny’s death in a remote Arctic penal colony earlier this month and holds the Russian government and…
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An Israeli film director says he has received death threats and his family have been forced to flee their homes after he called for a ceasefire in Gaza and an end to “apartheid” in the West Bank. Yuval Abraham said a “right-wing Israeli mob” threatened his family at their home on Monday and he had…
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Navalny’s lawyer released after being briefly detained in Moscow A lawyer for the late Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny has been released after being arrested in Moscow. Vasily Dubkov was detained earlier yesterday but has since told the independent Russian news outlet Verstka that he had been let go. He did not give a reason…
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Russia’s information war will peak in the ‘coming weeks’, Ukraine warns Russia’s information war will peak in the “coming weeks”, the Ukrainian intelligence department has warned. Late last year, Ukraine reported Moscow had launched the Maidan-3 special operation which aimed to spread anti-Ukrainian messages online. In a Telegram post today, it said the plan had cost $1.5bn…
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Oleg Orlov has spent his life documenting repression. He is co-chair of Russia’s oldest human rights group, Memorial, which was shut down and forced out of Russia shortly before the war and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2022. Mr Orlov vowed to continue his human rights work inside the country, holding single pickets…
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Sweden’s accession to NATO marks a “dramatic and historical shift” of its security policy and means the alliance can “project force more effectively across Scandinavia”, a defence and security thinktank has said. Stockholm cleared the final hurdle to joining NATO yesterday as Hungary dropped its opposition after months of delays. Dr Neil Melvin, director of international security at…
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We reported earlier that Ukrainian troops had withdrawn from the besieged eastern city of Avdiivka. The withdrawal, announced as Ukraine faces acute shortages of ammunition with US military aid delayed for months in Congress, aimed to save troops from being fully surrounded by Russian forces after months of fierce fighting, Kyiv said. General Oleksandr Syrskyi,…
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“If they decide to kill me then it means we are incredibly strong and we need to use that power and not give up. We don’t realise how strong we actually are.” The words of Alexei Navalny in an old interview with CNN have been recirculated online following his death. Here, we take a look…
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Police in Russia have cracked down on people who gathered to mark the death of opposition leader Alexei Navalny – with one human rights group claiming at least 100 people have been arrested. Footage and pictures from Russia’s two largest cities – Moscow and St Petersburg – showed officers ripping away placards from protesters and dragging others…
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