Questions linger over marijuana legalisation, scars of drug war on Blacks and minorities in US
In Washington, an applicant must own more than half the business and meet other criteria, such as having lived for at least five years between 1980 and 2010 in an area with high poverty, unemployment or cannabis arrest rates; having been arrested for a cannabis-related crime; or having a below-median household income.
South African police accused of helping criminals register security companies to access firearms
Naidoo told the court Gounden allegedly had the Verulam Police Station under his control and some detectives were on his payroll.
West African Sahel has become a drug smuggling corridor, UN warns, as seizures skyrocket
Cocaine is the most seized drug in the Sahel after cannabis resin, the report said. The analysis comes as Senegal, which borders on the Sahel, announced Sunday a record-breaking cocaine seizure of 1,137 kilogrammes – the most ever intercepted on land and valued at $146 million – near an artisanal mine in the east of the country.
Sudan’s horrific war is fuelled by weapons from foreign supporters of rival generals – UN
Two decades ago, Darfur became synonymous with genocide and war crimes, particularly by the notorious Janjaweed Arab militias, against populations that identify as Central or East African.
IMF says while Sub-Saharan Africa debt levels to fall, new funding has become scarce
After painful defaults for Zambia, Ghana and Ethiopia since 2020, a rise in external debt servicing and a fall in funds from overseas has led to the lowest net foreign flows into Sub-Saharan Africa since the global financial crisis of 2008-9, the IMF said.
Gang violence kills 2,500 in Haiti in four months as international support takes a backseat
Gang violence, which has worsened for years, escalated on February 29 when unelected Prime Minister Ariel Henry travelled to Kenya to fast-track a planned international security support mission, but days later he resigned under US pressure.
Uganda needs a new political dispensation to experience liberation from the criminal elite
Liberation is primarily intellectual. It is in the mind and the heart.There was a time during the struggle when we thought that all we wanted was to rule ourselves”. Thus, political independence is not political liberation. In Uganda, we have more or less remained where we were when we got political independence from the British colonialists.
