When self-styled global police turn guns on self
City and state officials in the United States should review their laws, policies and practices ahead of the next week’s general elections to ensure that they protect the right to freedom of peaceful assembly. Five international human rights organisations say in letters to over 3,500 mayors and city council members...
Apex rolls out 5-year plan to support gifted university students
Apex Industries, an oil and gas conglomerate based in Equatorial Guinea has entered into a five-year funding partnership agreement with the National University of Equatorial Guinea, which will see the company give scholarships to top talents at the country’s main institution of higher learning. As part of Apex Industries social...
If Trump wins, LGBT asylum seekers have no room in US
When Pricila, a 32-year-old trans woman, fled El Salvador in February 2019, she had good reason to fear for her life. Police had beaten and sexually assaulted her, telling her they would make her a man. Gang members attempted to forcibly recruit her. They extorted her, burned her, beat her,...
Ethiopian military told to respect upcoming Oromo festival
Each year, massive crowds gather in the town of Bishoftu in Ethiopia’s Oromia region for the Oromo harvest festival of Irreecha. It’s one of the year’s most important cultural and religious events for millions of ethnic Oromos. But this year’s festival, on October 3-4, occurs against the backdrop of escalating...
Malawi First Lady partners with Merck Foundation to build healthcare capacity
Merck Foundation has appointed Malawi First Lady Monica Chakwera ambassador of Merck More Than a Mother campaign to empower infertile women. The Merck Foundation and Mrs Chakwera, who doubles as the minister for health will provide speciality training to Malawian doctors in various fields such as oncology, diabetes, fertility, embryology,...
