“The government is relentlessly taking the country into a repressive era that is uncharted for Georgia but all too familiar in authoritarian states,” said Hugh Williamson, Europe and Central ...

The U.S. embassy in Tbilisi did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Georgia was traditionally one of Washington's strongest allies in the former Soviet Union, but critics say ...

Former President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Amaju Pinnick, has endorsed the forthcoming South West Games 2025, adding the tournament would be a ground-breaking platform for ...

By taking control of Rubaya in North Kivu, the M23 now has its hands on one of the richest coltan deposits in the world, whose production is estimated to account for 15% of the world’s supply and half ...

Georgia officials launched the new Georgia Access program in 2024 after working on getting federal approval for years. Some Georgians who experienced major life events are eligible for extensions ...

Chairman of the National Sports Commission (NSC), Malam Shehu Dikko and other top dignitaries, including former sports minister and now special adviser on media and public communications to ...

The supply chain for these minerals lacks transparency, particularly since M23 seized key mining areas like Rubaya. While China is the dominant buyer of coltan from Rwanda, Okenda and other civil ...

President and now FIFA executive committee member Amaju Pinnick. Others are Nigeria Olympic Committee vice president, Solomon Ogba, Paralympic Committee of Nigeria president Sunday Odebode and ...

Other awardees include Chairman of Brownhill Group, Amaju Melvin Pinnick; Chairman/CEO of Air Peace, Allen Onyema; Miller Obriks Uloho; Prof. Olu Akinyanju; Dr. Titus Okereke; Joseph Akpieyi ...

Mr Okraku confirmed his candidacy in a Facebook post, revealing that he had successfully passed the integrity and eligibility test required for all candidates. “I am delighted to share that I ...

The mining town of Rubaya in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) even has the feel of the Wild West, complete with occasional gunfire over disputed claims. Nine months before M23 ...

Last April, it seized Rubaya, the town at the heart of the country's coltan industry. Mineral extraction in this region is not in the hands of multinational conglomerates - instead thousands of ...