Nigeria celebrates ECOWAS’ 40th anniversary

Nigeria celebrated the 40th anniversary of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Monday by paying homage to the founding fathers and reflecting on the achievements and challenges of the regional body over the past four decades.   The event, whose theme was “Nigeria, ECOWAS Celebrating The Economics of Unity,” and held in the Nigerian capital, Abuja […]

Finnish official: Sterilize African men

A deputy councillor in Finland’s capity city of Helsinki, wrote on his Facebook page on Tuesday that asylum seekers arriving in the country from Africa should not be allowed to have more than three children. Olli Sademies said male asylum seekers from the continent should therefore be forced to submit to sterilisations, according to Sademies. “African people continue […]