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Sierra Leone scraps controversial Chinese airport deal

Sierra Leone scraps controversial Chinese airport deal Sierra Leone’s new government has finally announced the cancellation of a controversial Chinese airport project sanctioned by its predecessor. The construction of the $318 million airport, which began earlier this year, was being funded by a Chinese loan, which the government says it cannot afford to repay. The proposed Mamamah International Airport is located just outside Freetown, designed to replace the current one in the town of Lungi, which is said to be an obstacle to the country’s development due to connectivity difficulties…

Education is antidote to extremism, terrorism’ says Buhari

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President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Abuja urged religious leaders in the country to assist government to overcome forces of destruction by enlightening their followers to guard against religious extremism and terrorism. He made the call while receiving the leadership of Qadiriyya Islamic Movement in Africa at the State House, Abuja. Buhari, in a statement by the Senior Special Assistant on Media and publicity, Garba Shehu, also noted that Muslim leaders have a duty to promote the principles and tenets of Islam as a religion of peace and justice. He…

Spanish opera star Montserrat Caballe dies aged 85

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Spain’s world-famous opera singer Montserrat Caballe, known for her velvet-edged voice and radical rock duet with Queen singer Freddie Mercury, died in Barcelona on Saturday at the age of 85. Hailed as one of the world’s greatest singers for her vocal virtuosity and dramatic powers, Caballe charmed audiences for half a century with a huge repertoire that saw her perform across the globe. The Spanish soprano was already considered an opera great when her duet with Mercury, a boundary-busting combination of opera and rock, became the anthem for the 1992…

Protests overshadow party rallies ahead of Bosnia vote

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Protests organised in Bosnia’s two largest cities on Friday by a pair of fathers demanding the truth about the alleged murders of their sons overshadowed rallies for Sunday’s general election. The young men’s parents and the opposition accuse the authorities of being involved in what they say were murders that were concealed by police and prosecutors for political reasons. Wide public support for the two grieving fathers has bridged Bosnia’s ethnic divisions, reflecting discontent with a political system and judiciary mired in corruption and party dominance in the 23 years…

Cameroon’s Paul Biya seeks seventh term in office

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Cameroonians are heading to the polls on Sunday where they are expected to re-elect their 85-year-old president to a seventh term. The election comes amid a tense backdrop of spiraling violence and unrest in the north and southwest of the country. President Paul Biya has ruled the country since 1982. Observers say he is almost certain to win the election, which means he will be 92 at the end of that term. Biya has often won past elections by a landslide. In the last election in 2011, the Supreme Court…

3 separatists, priest killed in Cameroon anglo zone

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Three anglophone separatists were killed in clashes with Cameroonian security forces in the flashpoint southwest town of Buea, a day before presidential polls, sources said Saturday. The incident on Friday followed the killing of an English-speaking priest by a soldier on Thursday in Bamenda, capital of the northwest — the other largely English-speaking region engulfed by the anglophone separatist uprising. The churchman’s slaying was confirmed in a statement issued by the town’s diocese. The unrest came as Cameroonians prepared to vote in polls that will be marked by unprecedented violence…

US Congress calls on Liberia to implement truth commission’s recommendations on war crimes

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The United States Congress has given its support for the complete implementation of Liberia’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s (TRC) recommendation for the creation of a tribunal to try suspected war crimes and other atrocities committed during the nation’s 14-year civil war, which ended in 2003. On Wednesday, the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee unanimously passed a resolution supporting the creation of an Extraordinary Criminal Tribunal for Liberia. Between 1990 and 2003 the West African country was caught in a spiral of civil conflicts marked by an orgy of killings. During…

UK Government pledges “more timely payments” for small businesses

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Proposed measures to end the problem of late payments to small businesses by large companies which “abuse their position in the market” have been put forward by small business minister Kelly Tolhurst. Nearly a quarter of UK businesses report that late payments are a threat to their survival, according to the government. Tackling the problem could add £2.5bn to the UK economy and keep an extra 50,000 businesses open each year, according to research from the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB). Among the proposals is a call for evidence on…

Court of Appeal rules asylum seekers cannot be held indefinitely pending return under Dublin III Regulation

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In an important decision handed down yesterday, the Court of Appeal ruled by a majority (with Lord Justice Sales dissenting) that asylum seekers cannot be held in detention indefinitely whilst awaiting possible return to another EU state under Regulation (EU) No 604/2013, which is commonly known as the Dublin III Regulation. Duncan Lewis Solicitors, who represented four of the appellants, called it a landmark judgment. EIN members can read the judgment here. According to the Guardian, the Court ruled that the Home Office unlawfully held many asylum seekers who passed…

The knife crime in the UK is not fair on awesome urban communities says’ Will.i.am

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The Rapper Will.i.am says he believes the UK’s knife crime epidemic in urban areas is “not as bad as it’s being reported”. Last month the homicide total in London alone for 2018 reached 100 amid growing fears over the level of violent crime across the country. Will.i.am, a member of hip-hop group The Black Eyed Peas and a coach on The Voice UK, suggested it was unfair to focus too much on the problem in “urban areas”. He told the Press Association the issue should be tackled with “love, compassion,…