Jonathan, other ex-African presidents for honour
Oluwatosin Omojuyigbe
The African Bar Association says it has secured the agreement of former President Goodluck Jonathan and two other ex-African Presidents to attend and make contributions at its conference holding in Niamey, Niger Republic mid next year.
The President of AfBA, Hannibal Uwaifo, in a statement, said the 2018 Nobel Prize winner, Dr Denis Mukegwe, of the Democratic Republic of Congo, would deliver the keynote address at the conference with the theme, ‘Setting an Agenda for Transformative Change in Africa: Addressing Accountability in Criminal Armed Conflicts Terrorism in the Sahel and burning contemporary issues.’
The Movement for Black Lives Hard At Work: Five Organizations To Know
December 16, 2020 at 6:57 pm
An ecosystem of organizations, the Movement for Black Lives (M4BL) has been hard at work in communities across the country creating opportunities, providing resources, pushing for social change and more. Since coming together in 2015, the national network boasts more than 150 organizations dedicated to helping Black communities learn, organize and, most importantly, take action. After such a tumultuous year, its work has become more vital than ever, and it includes initiatives that touch on everything from Black farmers to inequalities in the cash bail system all powered by the tireless efforts of M4BL members.