Gambian President's Options to Stay in Office Shrinking

 Gambian President Yahya Jammeh’s options to stay in office may be shrinking. The five judges from Nigeria and Sierra Leone needed to constitute the Gambian Supreme Court did not come to Banjul for Tuesday's scheduled hearing. The session was called to weigh in on President Jammeh’s request to nullify December’s election results. The international community has already recognized President-elect Adama Barrow as the winner and called on Jammeh to step down. The head of Gambia’s Bar Association says the hearing has been rescheduled for next Monday, There has been no confirmation from the judges that they will show up for that date, which comes just three days before Barrow’s inauguration.

A Tearful Farewell: President Obama, Daughter Malia (and Even Joe Biden) Weep During Farewell Speech

Many were emotional while witnessing President Barack Obama make his farewell address, including the commander-in-chief himself.

Obama pulled out his handkerchief and wiped his eyes when speaking about his wife of 25 years, First Lady Michelle Obama.

“Michelle – Michelle LaVaughn Robinson, girl of the Southside, for the past 25 years, you’ve been not only my wife and mother of my children, but my best friend,” the president said. 

Adding, “You took on a role you didn’t ask for and made it your own with grace and grit and style and good humor. You made the White House a place that belongs to everybody. And a new generation sets its sights higher because it has you as a role model.  You’ve made me proud.  You’ve made the country proud.”

Check out photos of Ghana’s new president on his first day at work

President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Monday morning arrived  at the Presidential Flagstaff House to resume into his new office. The president who arrived at exactly 9 am first inspected the Guard of Honour mounted by the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) before he was ushered into his office. More photos after the cut...

After 17 miscarriages and being told she can’t have children, woman has four kids within nine months

32-year-old Lytina Kaur, a former housing officer, who was told she could never have children, has had four daughters within nine months of each other and they are not all twins! Lytina who was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia, an aggressive cancer of the white blood cells, at the age of 17, was told that she could not have children after she had a bone marrow transplant.

Ugandan President appoints his oldest son as his special adviser

Ugandan President, Yoweri Museveni, has promoted his eldest son to become his special presidential adviser. Maj Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba who had been in charge of the Special Forces overseeing his father's security since 2008, was appointed to the role after a reshuffle of army commanders on Monday night.

Speaking on the appointment, Political commentator, and Human rights activist,  Nicholas Opiyo welcomed the President's move saying: 

Muslim girls to learn to swim with boys in Switzerland - Court rules

European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ruled in favour of Switzerland's educational authorities for Muslim girls to take mixed swimming lessons with boys. It comes after two Swiss-Turkish parents from Basel, Aziz Osmanoǧlu and Sehabat Kocabaş had refused to send their daughters to mixed swimming lessons on the basis of their religion. 

The Turkish parents were ordered to pay a fine of CHF 350 per parent and child, a total of CHF 1,400  for 'acting in breach of their parental duty' in 2010.

At the court hearing Tuesday, a panel of seven judges who gave backing to the fines, also revealed that the freedom of religion had been 'interfered with'. But the interference, it said, was justified by the need to protect the children from social exclusion.

Zimbabwean Police arrests prophet for fraud and bewitching church members

A Zimbabwean prophet was on Saturday arrested on fraud allegations and fake bewitching after his driver exposed his tricks. The prophet identified as Madzibaba Starlin from Glen Norah in Harare, is accused of planting fake goblins and live snakes in people’s homes claiming that their relatives were bewitching them.

His driver, Norest Brian Muchecheti, revealed this to seven victims after he clashed with the prophet for bedding his wife.

Speaking to H-Metro, one of Prophet Madzibaba’s victims, Alec Gaviro, who lost more than US$200 after the prophet removed a baboon leg with charms planted in his house, expressed his delight after the prophet got exposed.