Oseyiza Oogbodo Blog

It’s no longer news that human rights non-governmental organization, CitizenGO, is battling entertainment giant, Disney, over its support of lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgenders.

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has welcomed an important contribution of 5,000 metric tons of rice from the Government of the Republic of Korea to WFP’s refugee support operations in Uganda.

The European Investment Bank, the world’s largest international public bank, has agreed to provide $25m for the construction of a new telecom connection to Cabo Verde.

News media are invited to attend the global launch of the 2019 Global AIDS Update, Communities at the Centre, in Eshowe, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, on 16 July 2019.

Rugby keeps growing and prospering in the world, and its progress is aided by Africa as well, according to the World Rugby Year in Review 2018 (http://bit.ly/2XSDBL4).

Amnesty International has warned the Ethiopian government it risks rolling back the great progress it made on media freedom last year after its announcement that it plans to charge journalists and media outlets for their reporting on the armed forces.

The National Basketball Association (NBA) (www.NBA.com), the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) (FIBA.basketball) and the Senegalese Basketball Federation have announced that Basketball Without Borders (BWB) Africa 2019 will take place Sunday, July 28 – Wednesday, July 31 in Senegal at The NBA Academy Africa in Saly (https://on.nba.com/2LIlq4d) and at the Dakar Arena in Dakar.

Lauren wondered who the visiting chick could be. Al’s fiancée? (Did he have one?) His sister? (Definitely not) Someone important to him? (Definitely)

TTT Big Brother Naija rave, Thin Tall Tony, has disclosed how Nigeria can become a truly great nation.

Alphadi On the first day of the International Festival of African Fashion (FIMA) held in Niamey from July 4 to 6, and organized on the sidelines of the African Union Summit, fashion designer, Alphadi, surprised the audience through a social experiment which’s objective is to draw attention to the issue of child marriage in Niger.

As African countries are preparing for or carrying out their national censuses as part of the 2020 round of census, the need has arisen for the continent to quickly address major challenges that can hinder delivery of results in an efficient and effective way, says Economic Commission for Africa’s (ECA) William Muhwava.

On July 3, 2019, the United States and Morocco convened a working group of the US-Morocco Strategic Dialogue in Washington, D.C. in order to expand existing security cooperation efforts.

Lambert The international human rights non-governmental organization, CitizenGO, is currently pleading for a life in France.