Ethiopian, Egyptian airlines accused of running drug cartels in Nigeria
Johannesburg – The Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission have accused Ethiopian Air and Egypt Air of operating drug cartels in Nigeria, following the framing of several people who were arrested, and subsequently released, on allegations of drug smuggling, Nigeria’s Guardian newspaper reported. “To start with the airlines: I am […]
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NIGERIAN authorities have meted out the first punishment to a gay man under new anti-homosexual regulations that came into effect earlier this month after President Goodluck Jonathan signed the Same Sex Marriage Prohibition Bill into law. Â Defying global pressure, President Jonathan signed the Draconian bill into law earlier this month despite human rights bodies […]
Read More →Ethiopia Refuses to Cooperate With World-Bank-Funding Probe (2)
Ethiopia’s government said it won’t cooperate with a probe into whether the World Bank violated its own policies by funding a program in which thousands of people were allegedly relocated to make way for agriculture investors. Ethnic Anuak people in Ethiopia’s southwestern Gambella region and rights groups including Human Rights Watch last year accused the […]
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