Tag: Africa

ISIS set to become Islamist Frankenstein in Africa
19Nov By Stuart WhiteNo Comments
Asia, Conflict, Opinion, Politics

ISIS set to become Islamist Frankenstein in Africa

On the run from Europe and Asia since 2014, terror organization ISIS is now desperately trying to establish its turf on the African continent by setting up links with local terror bodies. In the process, its Jihadist ideology has secured a fresh lease of life to expand the influence of the Islamic caliphate.Several countries of Africa where the civil-military differences are weakening the social and economic fabric are now the hunting grounds of ISIS. Even among them, ISIS prefers countries where Islamist politics have reared their head. The world has noticed the silence of orthodox Islamic clergy in face of rogue expansion of the Islamic terror bodies in Africa as they escape the western military forces in west Asia and Europe, specially from Syria and Iraq.It is perhaps as a result of th...
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SP Xi failed to promise transparency for China’s role in Covid-19 spread: US State Secy Pompeo
7Jul By Grace TsoiNo Comments
World

SP Xi failed to promise transparency for China’s role in Covid-19 spread: US State Secy Pompeo

US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo lashed out at China for making "empty promises" during the China-Africa summit in June and said that Chinese President Xi Jinping "failed to promise real transparency and accountability" for Beijing's role in "unleashing" the deadly coronavirus, which has infected over nine million people globally."At last week's China-Africa Summit, we, unfortunately, saw more empty promises and tired platitudes from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). While President Xi said, 'we must always put our people and their lives front and centre'. He failed to promise real transparency and accountability for China's role in unleashing this deadly virus,” Pompeo said.He added: “He was not putting lives front and centre when the CCP hid the truth about COVID-19 from the world u
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SP Kenyan court declares $3.2 billion railway contract with China illegal
7Jul By Grace TsoiNo Comments
World

SP Kenyan court declares $3.2 billion railway contract with China illegal

A Kenyan appellate court called the USD 3.2 billion Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) project between Kenya and the China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC) illegal, as the Kenya Railways failed to comply with and violated the country's law "in the procurement" of the concerned railway.Kenyan activist Okiya Omtatah and the Law Society of Kenya, an association of practicing advocates, filed the suit in 2014 in a bid to halt the construction of SGR.The petitioners said the railway was a public project that should have been subject to a fair and transparent procurement process. The petitioners said the project was not put up for tender and bidding process was not duly followed despite it being a government contract, the cost of which would be borne by the Kenyan taxpayers.When the case was in the ...
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