European authors always give negative image of Africa – Colette Braeckman
I was so overwhelmed by the violence in Kivu and I was thinking, what can I do as a writer and journalist to help these people live through their trauma. So, I decided to let the world know about their sufferings and come to their aid. I took one person, a Congolese gynaecologist, Dr Denis Mukwege in Panzi Hospital in the outskirts of Bukavu, eastern DR Congowho has been a hero in the sense that he has helped the people especially women and children recover from rape and violence meted on them during the war. We got the women to stage the scenes through the life and testimonies of Dr Mukwege. The book was published three years ago and finally we made the film. Thierry Mitchel made the film and I am co-author of the film, ‘The Man Who Mends Women’.
Aftermath of artists’ village demolition, stakeholders demand justice
The National Arts Theatre, Nigeria’s culture home located in Iganmu, Lagos State, has for long been in the news, sadly, for the wrong reasons. After series of threats by past administrations, to either sell out-rightly or concession the national edifice and, or to demolish the Artists’ Village located within the environ of the monument, the space which has in recent years, served as a community for over 100 Creative individuals, was finally demolished last Saturday.
Buhari appoints Dabiri-Erewa SSA Foreign Affairs
President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Abike Dabiri-Erewa as his Senior Special Assistant on Foreign Affairs and the Diaspora.
How Rosabon emerged Nigeria’s best financial advisory brand
Lagos-based Rosabon Financial Services has become Nigeria’s latest global success story in SME financing as it clinched the ‘Best SME Financial Advisory Nigeria 2015 Awards bestowed on it by UK based Capital Finance International, CFI.co.
Car-bomb kills ex-defence minister— police
Somalia’s former defence minister was killed in a car bomb on Monday, the latest in a string of attacks in the capital Mogadishu, police said.
Wike recalls suspended Commissioner, Accountant-General
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has recalled the commissioner for Finance and Accountant-General of the state, who were suspended last week.
