insert_link APO International Warriors’ Moody and Raptors’ Quickley Headline National Basketball Association (NBA) Players to Coach Top Prospects at Basketball Without Borders Africa 2024 20th BWB Africa Camp Will Bring Together 60 of the Top High-School-Age Prospects from Across the Continent; Current and Former NBA (www.NBA.com) Coaches Three-Time NBA Champion Player Sam Cassell, Jesse Mermuys, Darko Rajaković, Ikenna Smart and Ekpe Udoh Will Serve as Camp Coaches Alongside Two-Time WNBA Champion Sylvia Fowles and Former WNBA Player Mfon Udoka. The National Basketball Association (NBA) and the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) today announced 60 of the […] todayAugust 1, 2024 8
insert_link APO International Nigeria: Authorities must uphold human rights ahead of planned nationwide protests Ahead of planned nationwide protests in response to food shortages and cost of living crisis, Amnesty International’s Nigeria Director, Isa Sanusi, said: “The Nigerian authorities must ensure that security agencies respect and facilitate the right to peaceful protest, as guaranteed by both the country’s own constitution and human rights treaties including the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights to which […] todayAugust 1, 2024 4
insert_link APO International President Boakai Reactivates the Economic Management Team and Appoints Acting CBL Governor President Joseph Nyuma Boakai, Sr., has reactivated the Economic Management Team. The Team is expected to ensure coordination of the Government’s fiscal and monetary policy, the acceleration of economic reforms in building a robust and resilient economy and strengthening existing regulations as well as improve oversight functions of Ministries, Agencies and Commissions. The Team will also serve as a think tank on economic matters, proffer solutions that would tackle economic […] todayAugust 1, 2024 5
insert_link APO International Benin: Prisoners penned into overcrowded, dirty cells denied healthcare amid heatwave Inhumane detention conditions, exacerbated by unprecedented heatwave; At least 46 prisoners died in four prisons between January and July 2023, according to information gathered by Amnesty International; The Beninese authorities must take immediate and effective measures to uphold their international human rights obligations to improve detention conditions. Prisoners in Benin were subjected to filthy, overcrowded cells and denied clean water and medical treatment last year. According to information gathered from health and […] todayAugust 1, 2024 5
insert_link Namibia Namibia condemns act by AfD deputy leader: Naanda Namibia has condemned the actions of Sven Tritschler, deputy leader of the Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) parliamentary faction from North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW), Germany, after he laid a wreath on a grave site of an officer from the notorious ‘Schutztruppe.’ The Schutztruppe was a colonial military force responsible for atrocities during German colonial rule, including the genocide against the Herero and Nama people. Tritschler, as part of a parliamentary […] todayAugust 1, 2024 20
insert_link 5 Oshiwambo Ohanana yaadhika nomwenyo pooha nendoloma lyiiyagaya mo Otjiwarongo ext 6 ohela. Omunambelewa gwiipambele yoshigwana moshitopolwa Otjozondjupa Senior Chief Inspector Maureen Mbeha okwati okanona okakadhona okiitsuuwa komweendi lopotundi ont 10h42. Tati okanona okaadhika nomwenyo,ka tonyenwa mekumbatha nenge moshisaali,noku tulwa pooha nendoloma lyiiyagaya,ndyoka lya tulwa pondje yegumbo ongula yesiku ndyoka. Okanona okeli momake gaahungimwenyo koshipangelo sha Otjiwarongo. Omufekelwa ina tseyika,nopolisi otayiindiile kehe ngoka eshi omukiintu kwali iihumbata,ashike kena okanona,opo a tseyithile opolisi. Omakonakono gopolisi otaga tsikile. todayAugust 1, 2024 12 5
insert_link Sport Despair after four years of pressure: how do Olympians deal with disappointment? By Christopher Mesagno, Victoria University and Courtney C Walton, The University of Melbourne Australia’s soccer team entered Paris with high hopes of notching their first Olympic medal but those aspirations came crashing down with defeat to the United States. Even without star striker Sam Kerr, the Matildas – who enjoyed a famous run to finish fourth at the 2023 FIFA World Cup – were […] todayAugust 1, 2024 13
insert_link Africa Nigeria police fire tear gas on hardship protests By Laurie Churchman Nigerian police fired tear gas on Thursday to break up several hundred protesters in the northern city of Kano and in the capital Abuja where demonstrators had joined in nationwide rallies against the high cost of living. Africa's most populous country is struggling with soaring inflation and a sharply devalued naira after President Bola Ahmed Tinubu ended a costly fuel subsidy and liberalised the […] todayAugust 1, 2024 14
insert_link APO International Türk says crucial to continue fight against impunity after ruling in Guinea 2009 stadium massacre UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk on Thursday acknowledged a long-awaited trial verdict handed down in the Republic of Guinea over mass killings and rapes at Conakry Stadium on 28 September 2009. He emphasised the importance of further work to establish the full facts and responsibilities around those events. Among the eight men found guilty of crimes against humanity in Wednesday’s ruling by the First Instance Court of Dixinn, in Conakry, […] todayAugust 1, 2024 3
