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Page 6 - Editorial: Expo 2020 Dubai: World spectacle to see Page 7 – The Gambia First Lady citation Page 8 – All hail the new King: Olu of Warri Kingdom in Delta State Page 9 – Feedbacks - Letters to the Editor Page 11- Madam Fatima Maada Bio, First Lady of Sierra Leone attends the Opening of Dubai Expo 2020 Pages 16-25 – Photo coverage of The Voice Achievers Award 2021 in Dubai Pages 26-37 – Profiles of awardees in details Pages 40 & 41 - A court just confirmed: To be Dutch is to be white Page 42 - Zambia’s Chinese debt nearly twice official estimate, study finds Pages 44-51 - Profiles of awardees in details continue Pages 52 & 53 - Arts exhibition at The Voice Achievers award 2021 in Dubai Page 56 - Abubakary Jawara signs business deal with Dubai enterprise Page 57 – Young African and changing the narratives! By Eva Nakato Pages 58 & 59 - Fighting poverty not the poor! Pages 60 & 61 - SammYoung performs at The Voice Achievers Award 2021 in Dubai, U.A.E Pages 62 & 63 - First Lady of Sierra Leone to become the new face champion of the United Nation’s Educational Plus Program Pages 64 & 65 - Dr. Barryl Biekman addresses UN General Assembly Pages 66 & 67 - An economy calamity: Africa faces years of post Covid instability Page 68 - Sports - What next for Anthony Joshua after losing to Usyk? Page 69 – Pele out of hospital * Pacquiao announces his retirement from boxing

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Expo 2020 Dubai: World spectacle to see

recently returned from a week visit to Dubai, although it was for The Voice Achievers Award 2021 but I took out time to see the amazing wonder Dubai government has prepared for the world to see. The Expo 2020 pavilion is ready and by the time you are reading this editorial, it would have been declared open for world visitation and viewing to inspire the participating countries on how best to develop their countries for the future now. It has been tagged the World’s Greatest Show. Hosted by Dubai, the first-ever World Expo to be held in the Middle East, Africa, and South Asia (MEASA) region is in and of itself an unmissable sixmonth affair. It is a confluence of 200-plus countries and entities bringing you and your family interactions with robots, food dished out by Michelin-star chefs, treks with gorillas and live shows starring your favourite singers. It all began with The Great Industrial Exhibition of 1851 in London. Fast forward 170 years later, humanity now enjoys problem-solving tech, from our telephones to electric cars, which were first revealed at Expos. Equally thrilling innovations will be introduced to the world at Expo 2020 Dubai (hint: a mode of transport that travels faster than airplanes), which has been running under the slogan of ‘Connecting Minds, Creating the Future’ for the past eight years whilst under preparation. The World Expos are a global platform regulated by the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE), taking place every five years. Once the host nation is elected, it then invites other countries to showcase their achievements and inventions in diverse pavilions for a better future. On November 27, 2013, Dubai won the bid to host the 34th World Expo. This time round, great minds are not only envisioning a greener, more sustainable tomorrow but they are also driving action in real time through Expo 2020’s grassroots initiatives such the World Majlis series, 10 Thematic Weeks –

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debuting with the critical Climate and Biodiversity Week and the Global Best Practice Programme (GBPP). If this sounds like a lot of information to digest, fear not because the site is split into three Thematic Districts anchored in the sub themes of Sustainability, Mobility and Opportunity. Country pavilions located in each wing have something to say about their Pastor Amb. Elvis Iruh Editor-in-Chief progress and aspirations in terms of allocating resources, moving faster and better and unlocking potential within their people. The representative Thematic Pavilions (Sustainability, Mobility and Opportunity Pavilions) will become your one-stop source for how we can move forward to meet the world’s most critical challenges. Expo 2020 Dubai will run from October 1, 2021, to March 31, 2022, after which the site is planned for a major urban project known as District 2020. You can visit the fair on all seven days of the week. From Saturday to Wednesday, the timings are 10am to 12am (midnight); on Thursday and Friday, from 10am to 2am (midnight). If you are in Dubai, I would encourage you to visit, to get inspired and see how countries are advancing into the future. African government should send their thinkers and policy makers to this world exhibition so they can bring the great ideas back to their home country, some African government are being represented in the opening ceremony I gathered. Congratulations to Dubai for this great piece of world wonder; someone said to be DUBAI is becoming the 7th Continent of the world. The truth may be far-fetched. Enjoy your special edition where we report on the recently concluded the Voice Achievers Award 2021 which took place in Dubai. Look forward to more stories in the coming months; we are already looking forward to 2022. God bless you all. Amb. Elvis Iruh Editor-in-Chief

Her Excellency, Mrs. Fatoumatta Bah-Barrow The First Lady of The Republic of The Gambia

er Excellency Mrs Fatoumatta Bah-Barrow is a philanthropist par excellence, the Chief Patron of the Women Enterprise Fund of The Gambia and the First Lady of The Republic. Over the past five years, she has emerged as a national treasure for the country, transforming and safeguarding the lives of Gambian Women, Children, the vulnerable and people with disabilities. In both the rural and urban communities, Her Excellency through her FaBB Foundation has dedicated her time and resources addressing the concerns of her people. Her many achievements include her boundless compassion at the peak of the Covid-19 global pandemic when she tirelessly distributed a Covid-19 relief package countrywide; providing rice, cooking oil, millet, sugar, detergents, hand sanitizers amongst other consumables to the vulnerable. Through the Women Enterprise Fund, she has worked in collaboration with the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Welfare to strengthen the capacities of 10,000 women and girls owned Small Medium Enterprises (SMEs) with the aim of increasing their income and providing livelihood skills. Her Excellency Fatoumatta Bah-Barrow has led her country through a case management system by raising awareness and sensitizing people on all forms of Gender-Based Violence. Through her collaboration with the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Welfare (MoGCSW), she has officially launched the national hotlines 1313 and 199 for Sexual and Gender-based violence and Children cases respectively. She also opened the shelter for victims of Gender Based Violence and provided sewing machines for the training of the victims to facilitate their reintegration into society. She supported the training of 45 women in honey processing and the use of honey and honey products to develop beauty products. She visited the shelter for children regularly, providing

financial support and playing equipment for the children. She has provided thirty-four scholarships to potential Gambian doctors to specialise in fertility, embryology, sexual and reproductive health, diabetes cardiovascular prevention and oncology. Her concern for health extended beyond scholarships to providing sanitary materials to two hundred Gambian communities, the Gambia Prisons Department, Tanka Tanka psychiatric hospital, 51 Quaranic Learning Centres, and several conventional schools to help students return safely to schools after several months of school closure due to the COVID 19 pandemic. Her support for education, especially that of the girl-child and the special needs children is great and worthy of emulation. As the slogan for education is to be all inclusive, no ‘Child left behind’ the 1st Lady is very much interested in the general welfare and development of the differently abled children and this includes the need to train Special Needs teachers in the education system to give special attention to those group of learners in our classrooms. Presently there is a single itinerant teacher responsible for a cluster of not less than 12 schools and the ideal situation is to have a teacher or two in every school to cater for not only the educational, but the psychological, and mental needs such children. As the chief Patroness of the Paediatric Unit of the Edward Francis Small Teaching Hospital, she constantly supports the Kangaroo Mother Care, the special New Born Unit, as well as first babies born on first January (New Year’s Day) every year. Included in her future plans is to establish a special hospital for babies and new born; as well as a special hospital for cancer prevention, treatment and care. We are proud to say that as First Lady of The Republic of The Gambia, Madame Barrow’s leadership has enriched the lives of many Gambians.

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all hail the new king: olu of warri kingdom The coronation of the new king of Warri Kingdom, the Olu of Warri. Prince Tshola Emiko transformed this significant town in Delta state, Nigeria to a global attraction as the new King was enthroned two months ago. Prince Utieyinoritsetsola Emiko, popularly known as Tsola Emiko, was crowned as the 21st Olu of Warri on August 21, 2021, in what has been characterized as a colour event attended by significant personalities from around the country and abroad. He was born on the 2nd of April 1984 to Ogiame Atuwatse II and Olori Gladys Durorike Emiko in Warri, Delta state. According to the reports, his father became the Olu of Warri three years after he was born. The monarch had an active childhood and participated in sporting events like football, basketball and the likes. Education

Tsola Emiko is educated as he went to the well-known NNPC primary school in Warri, where he had his first school leaving certificate. He then proceeded to Adesoye college, located in Offa, Kwara State, for his secondary school education which was between 1995 to 2001. Following the completion of his secondary school education, he gained admission into Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, Ohio, USA, in 2002, where he graduated with a degree in International Studies & Political Science while minoring in History & Economics in 2005. After completing his first degree, he went on to bag a Master’s of Science in Management from the same

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university in 2007. In 2008, he moved back to Nigeria and participated in the NYSC scheme, where he served in the Public Affairs Department of National Petroleum Investment Management Services (NAPIMS) Career Tsola Emiko is a business magnate. He started his career as an officer at the Shell Night Closed Pension Fund Administrator (SNCFPA) between 2009 and 2010. He then moved to Sahara Energy as a Government Relations Officer in 2010 and was there till 2012. Before becoming the new Olu of Warri, he’s the Chairman, Ocean Marine Security Ltd and Director, Gulf of Guinea Ltd and Vessellink Nig Ltd. His business acumen is expected to come as an advantage to the people of Warri as he would be able to draw new business investment to Warri and Delta state as a whole. Personal life Tsola Emiko is married to Ivie Okunbo, who is the daughter of daughter of the late billionaire Capt. Idahosa Okunbo. They got married in 2014, and their union is blessed with children. Net worth The new monarch has made his money even before becoming the new Olu of Warri, as he is reportedly worth $5 million. Some reports claimed that Tsola Emiko gifted himself two brand new customised cars, a Rolls-Royce and Bentley

2021 model, ahead of his coronation as the Olu of Warri Kingdom. If this is true, then it is proof that he has the money. Coronation His coronation on Saturday came after he ended his traditional 90 days isolation period with a long procession through some roads in his kingdom. The coronation started with a Boat Regatta at the Warri River, after which he was finally crowned the 21st Olu of Warri at Ode Itsekiri, Delta state. Since his coronation, he has been receiving congratulate messages from well-meaning Nigerians and international figures around the world.

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Where Is The Justice In Nigeria Under Buhari? By Reno Omokri “Channels Television granted an interview to Sheikh Gumi, in which Gumi repeated his lie that Christian soldiers were behind the killings of Fulani herders suspected of banditry. The National Broadcasting Commission did not punish Channels for that Gumi interview. Now, the Buhari regime want to punish Channels Television for their interview with Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue, in which he spoke the truth? Where is the justice? “ “ A Muslim cleric named Ustaz Abubakar Salihu had in a viral video last month threatened to kill Christians in retaliation for the Plateau killings. Nobody has even invited Ustaz Salihu for questioning. Yet, the Buhari regime persecutes Bishop Matthew Kukah for speaking the truth. “ “Where is the justice in Nigeria under Buhari? Or is it now a sin to be a Christian in Nigeria?” © Reno Omokri

Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah on the paradox of the Nigerian society!

“Nigerian educational systems have surprising outcomes. The smartest students pass with First Class and get admitted to Medical and Engineering Schools. The Second Class students get MBAs and LLBs to manage the First Class students. The Third Class students enter politics and rule both the First and Second Class students. The Failures enter the Underworld of crime and control the politicians and businesses. And best of all, those who did not attend school become Prophets and Imams and everyone follows them. What a paradox of life. This can only happen in Nigeria where corruption is the order of the day.”

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to the Expo opening activities. It would be recalled that Madam Fatima Maada due Her Excellency, who doubles as Sierra Leone’s Commissioner for the EXPO, is in the Gulf state on the invitation of Bio, First Lady of Sierra General ONE EURO A MONTH the UAE leadership and the organizers of the mega exhibition SUPPORT VOICEevent. Leone attends TO theTHE Opening MAGAZINE ..... of Dubai Expo 2020

Sierra Leone’s First Lady, Her Excellency, Madam Fatima Maada Bio participated on the opening ceremony of Dubai EXPO 2020 which has been globally advertised. She flew in from United States of America where she has accompanied her husband and President of the Republic of Sierra Leone, His Excellency, President Bio to the General Assembly sessions. While in United Arab Emirates, Her Excellency would be meeting with her fellow citizens who reside there or they are visiting

The Dubai EXPO 2020 is expected to run from the 1st October 2021 to March 31st 2022 with over 190 participating countries. The event will provide a unique platform for participating countries to showcase their opportunities, create networks and attract investment. Sierra Leone’s Ambassador to the UAE, Amb Rashid Sesay and hundreds of Sierra Leone citizens received Madam First Lady at the airport. By Mohamed L. Massaquoi Information Attachè, UAE

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BOOK REVIEW Pastor Elvis Iruh’s new book is out…… Title: “Getting to know you” - A book on marital steps with information about marriage Author: Pastor Amb. Elvis Iruh About the book Whether you’re preparing for marriage or want to enjoy a deeper union with your spouse, this guide will help you enjoy a relationship built on solid Christian values. Pastor Elvis Iruh is a licensed minister with Victory Outreach International. His book highlights simple principles that are often taken for granted. Learn how to: • get to really know a love interest before deciding to marry; • avoid mistakes that lead to divorce; • appreciate the sanctity of marriage;

partners can carry out with each other as well as guidance for pastors and church leaders who may need help in advising couples. This guide will help couples enjoy marriage that is built to last. ***** About the Author ELVIS IRUH is a native of Delta State, Nigeria. He attended numerous schools in Nigeria, including the Nigeria Institute of Journalism, Lagos, Nigeria, before continuing his studies in Europe and earning a degree in theology from Victory Education & Training Institute. He worked for several media organizations in Nigeria as well and has been the publisher and editor-in-chief of The Voice news magazine since August 1999. He is serving as an associate pastor at Victory Outreach Almere, The Netherlands. The book can be used for educational purposes as well as educating your children on the subject of marriage. He is also available to speak on related topics covered in the book at any organized event or church activities. He is open for collaborative efforts to strengthen marriage institutions worldwide. It is a mission he has dedicated himself to helping the younger generation to talk and address the challenges they face in building good and solid relationships which could end up in marriage. You can purchase the book in Holland via his website: www.elvisiruh.com or through his publishers’: www.authorhouse.com/ Elvis Iruh or on www.amazon.co.uk via this link: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/ aw/d/1665580844/ref=ox_sc_act_

• forgive your partner when they make mistakes. Before you think of getting married, you should take the necessary steps to really get to know your partner. Your past should not contain any surprises - and your values must be aligned. This revealing book is filled with practical exercises that

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Recap of The Voice Achievers Award 2021

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Meet all the AWARDEES FOR 2021 1. Emirati Iconic Leadership Award His Highness Sheikh Mohamed Bin Ahmed Bin Hamdan Al Nahyan **************** 2. African Woman of the Year Her Excellency Mrs. Fatoumatta Bah-Barrow The First Lady of the Republic of The Gambia ***************** 3. Icon of Democracy Award His Excellency Stephen Kalonzo Musyoka Former Vice President of Kenya ***************** 4. African Icon Award Her Majesty Empress Shebah Kasambu ’Ra Queen of Sheba III ****************** 5. Humanitarian Excellence Award Her Highness Deli Matsebula Queen of Ejura, Ghana Obaahemaa Boahwenie ******************* 6. ESG Excellence Award His Excellency Sheikh Fahim bin Sultan Al Qasimi Seafood Souq ******************* 7. Humanitarian Excellence Award Her Excellency Shaikha Dr. Fatimah Tagwai Aji-FMCA, GOOA ******************* 8. Humanitarian Excellence Award Her Excellency, Noura bint Mohammed Al Kaabi Minister of Culture and Youth 9. Business Excellence Leadership Award His Excellency Awad Mohammad Sheikh Mogrin ******************* 10. African Business Excellence Award Mr. Abubakary Jawara ****************** 11. Humanitarian Excellence Award Honorable Dr. Fatoumata Jahumpa Ceesay ****************** 12. African Inspirational Award Her Excellency Minister Lindiwe Sisulu ******************* 13. Humanitarian Excellence Award His Excellency Ahmed Elmetwally ******************* 14. Humanitarian Excellence Award Dr. Quudus Adegboyega Yusuff *****************

15. Humanitarian Excellence Award Mr. Yasser Ali AlGergawi ***************** 16. African Motivational Award Dr. Maxwel Otieno Okoth ***************** 17. Hospitality Excellence Award Mubarak Bin Fahad & Natasha Sideris Tashas Group ***************** 18. Humanitarian Excellence Award His Excellency Professor Prince Waheed Musah ***************** 19. Technology Excellence Award Dr. Marwan Al Zarouni ***************** 20. Humanitarian Excellence Award Dr. Adewunmi Rufus Alayaki ***************** 21. Humanitarian Excellence Award Nadia Abdul Aziz ***************** 22. African Image Maker Award His Excellency Dr. Bonface Obare, PhD ***************** 23. Humanitarian Excellence Award Mohammed Abdullah Alhaj Al Zaroni ***************** 24. Humanitarian Excellence Award His Excellency Honorable Dr. Fahed Merehbi **************** 25. Humanitarian Excellence Award Dr. Abayomi Oluseye Olajide ***************** 26. African Community Figure Award Ms. Patience Nyange ***************** 27. Business Excellence Award His Excellency Dr. H.C. Raphael Nagel ***************** 28. Entrepreneurship Excellence Award Mohamed Dekkak ***************** 29. Humanitarian Excellence Award Lord Rami Ranger ***************** 30. Culture Innovation Excellence Award Omar Tom Dukkan Media ***************** 31. NGO Excellence Award Kim Winter Oasis Africa www.thevoicenewsmagazine.com

The Voice Achievers Award 2021

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This year’s event was chair by His Highness; Sheikh Mohamed Bin Ahmed Bin Hamdan Al Nahyan who was represented by his Private Secretary from his office as special guest of honour, His Excellency, Ahmed Elmetwally Mohamed supported by many of the high profile personalities from the United Arab Emirates. The awards were presented to these recipients by various personalities during an elaborate ceremony well attended by representatives of the Royal family and Emuratis. The list of awardees was drawn from United Arab Emirates and Africa itself, many of the individuals have direct interest in Africa and there was pleasant exchange of contacts and communication during the whole night of the event.

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Photos from the event in Dubai, UAE

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His Excellency, Dr. Stephen Kalonzo Musyoka, Former Vice President of Kenya

is Excellency, Dr. Stephen Kalonzo Musyoka (born 24 December 1953) is a Kenyan politician who was the tenth Vice-President of Kenya from 2008 to 2013. Mr. Musyoka has served in the government under President Daniel arap Moi and was Minister for Foreign Affairs from 1993 until 1998; subsequently, under President Mwai Kibaki, he was Minister of Foreign Affairs again from 2003 to 2004, then Minister of the Environment from 2004 to 2005. He was later appointed in a peace deal as Vice-President by Kibaki in January 2008. His Excellency, Dr. Musyoka is the party leader of the Wiper Democratic Movement (formerly Orange Democratic Movement-Kenya). He also serves as Chief Commissioner for The Kenya Scouts Association. He is the founder of Kalonzo Musyoka Foundation and since 2006; he has continued to use it to serve his people at all levels of society creating opportunities for the larger population. He was born in Tseikuru, in a remote part of Mwingi District (then part of Kitui District) in Kenya’s Eastern Province. Between 1960 and 1967 he studied at Tseikuru Full Primary School to attain basic education. Then he went to Kitui High School in Kitui

for the ordinary level and eventually to Meru School in Meru from where he graduated in the advanced level in 1973. Kalonzo Musyoka graduated with a Bachelor of Law degree from the University of Nairobi in 1977. He continued further studies at the Kenya School of Law in 1978 where he was awarded a Post graduate diploma in Law. In 1979, he attended the Mediterranean Institute of Management in Cyprus where he earned a post graduate Diploma in Business. In 2009, he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Divinity in Nairobi and ever since he has received more doctorate award recognitions. Dr Kalonzo Musyoka has, since 10 June 2013, served as the University Chancellor of the Uganda Technology and Management University (UTAMU). In July 2019, Dr Kalonzo Musyoka was appointed by President Uhuru Kenyatta as a special envoy to the republic of South Sudan. In February 2020, he was able to broker a peace deal in South Sudan between President Salva Kiir and former rebel leader Riek Machar. The deal saw the two form a unity government. Dr. Kalonzo Musyoka is married to Pauline. They have four children.

Queen Shebah Debra 111, Queen of Sheba

he Queen of Sheba, H.I.M Empress Shebah Kasambu ‘Ra - Queen Sheba III. The African Continent NubiaSheba Mother Throne Queen of Queens. The Head of State of Kingdoms of the African Kingdoms Federation and Vice-President of AACID-Arab African Council for Integration, headquarters to Egypt. Her Imperial Majesty is formally since 2017 signing and 2018 confirmation the Chairman and Throne Head of the UN ECOSOC Special Consultative Status ISEA Foundation HighLevel Financial Technical Committee of 20 Member seat, for the Mobidollar Currency dissemination and integration towards Poverty eradication globally with start focus the 26

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Continent of Africa. Her Majesty is the African Kingdoms Federation Head of State and Imperial Matriarch. Empress of the Royal Kingdoms Nations Mother Throne of Thrones of the Continent of Africa. The First Civilization. The NubiaEgypt Royal Kingdoms Nubian descendant Nation of the Queendom of Sheba which forms the African Continent present day Federation of South Kingdoms; The African Kingdoms Federation-AKF. She is practically involved with all aspects of human society to create a better future for humanity.

Her Excellency, Shaikha Dr. Fatimah Tagwai Aji – FCMA, GOOA

he is a Medical Professional who, through her tireless efforts in galvanizing economic support for the African continent, has become widely known and respected around the globe for her work in poverty alleviation and the promotion of sustainable development with special focus on the empowerment of women and children in difficult circumstances. She supports the promotion of information technology as a key tool for both social and business-to-business networking and this is an essential part of her mission to improve the quality of life for women in Africa, and to create meaningful opportunities for all. Dr. Aji was one of the first women to organize the All African First Lady Summit on peace, economic development, and the empowerment of women in Africa. She is the Princess of support, encouragement, empowerment, and hope, for the woman of Peace. She is the very charismatic Chairperson and CEO of the H&HGT LLC Group of Companies, and Executive President of “Voice of Women in Africa” and “Global Voice of Women Organization” and also the Vice President of International Organization for Economic Development –(IOED). Dr. Aji is recipient of numerous local and international awards and numerous commendations and accolades, including the prestigious title of (Grand Order Of Africa) “Ambassador of the Renaissance African” at the World Council of Pan-African Organizations (PANAFRICA). All

of Dr. Aji’s many business endeavours are for the purpose of financing Humanitarian projects in Africa to improve the lives of women, children and other private projects in Africa.

Her Excellency, Lindiwe Sisulu

ANC and a Member of Parliament since 1994. As deputy Minister of Home Affairs, she has been responsible for establishment of Film and Publication Board and legislation. She was also responsible for first Refugees Bill and legislative requirement for identification for elections. Her NGO, Votani Mawethu is helping to assist in providing free photos for identity documents for voters which has increased access to millions of people for easy identification during election process in South Africa particularly during the 1999 elections. For all her contributions, she has been locally and internationally recognized with several awards of distinction for her work for humanity. She has written many papers on different subjects to improve the quality of life for not just South Africa but for women in general across the African continent. Her Excellency, Ms. Sisulu continues to work for the improvement and good working conditions for Women in South Africa and across Africa.

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Honorable, Dr. Fatoumata Jahumpa Ceesay

onorable, Dr. Fatoumata Jahumpa Ceesay, a wife, mother, and grand-mother, she is a trained journalist by profession, and a seasoned international leader with track record of decades of public service both on a national and international levels. In Gambia, Hon. Ceesay held various leadership positions from state to National levels including presidential spokeswoman and press secretary to the President. At the Gambia National Assembly, she served at various capacities including as Chair Women and Children Affairs, and the National Speaker of the Assembly, She has served in many committees including Women & Children Rights, Foreign Affairs, and Defense & Peace committee. In West Africa, Honorable Dr. Ceesay served at Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) at various capacities as well, from Resource Person for ECOWAS on Gender to Regional Stakeholders Consultative Forum. She is the first Woman to hold a Deputy Speaker position in the ECOWAS Parliament; and a founding

member and Coordinator of the Economic Community of Female Parliamentarians Association (ECOFEPA). She headed and participated in several missions from Peace Keeping, Conflict Resolution, Reconciliation; Fact Finding, Elections Observation, Omen Peace Missions, and Negotiations for countries such as Ivory Coast, Ghana, Burkina Faso, Sierra Leone, Guinean Bissau, Benin/Nigeria border, Liberia, and MANU River, Pakistan, Kenya, Botswana, Lesotho on behalf of Commonwealth and ECOWAS. Hon. Fatoumata Jahumpa Ceesay has been elected to serve the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) at various levels from Executive Council, to Board of Directors. In 2008 she was elected as President of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association and she became the first woman to hold the president office at CPA. She continued to serve many countries and organizations as an International Consultant on Gender, Governance, Electoral Reforms, Parliamentary, Peace/Conflict Mediation, and Children Affairs.

Mr. Abubukary Jawara

bubukary Jawara hails from Gambissara Village of Jimara, Upper River Region of The Gambia. He was born on 10th February 1974. He started an industrious journey of business in Nigeria in 1994 and from there to Congo Brazzaville with the sole purpose to look forward for a greener pasture. In 1995, he undertook a n o t h e r f r u i t f u l journey to Angola and stayed with his brother and accumulated v a s t experience in the business

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domain. He later returned to The Gambia and reignited the family love and genuine pleasure of friendship in Gambissara Village. In his quest to achieve excellence, the pragmatic and business minded Abubakary Jawara paved his way to Hong Kong in 2001 and later onto China in 2003 with enthusiasm and commitment in all frontiers. On his return, he started his company the Gambia, Angola and China Global Company (GACH) and since 2007 he has expanded the company to several other African countries in a growing business empire. He oversees one of the fastest growing companies in Africa. He runs a multi-million dollar Tomato paste factory on the continent. He is into real Estate and inter regional businesses across West Africa and other parts of Africa. His humanitarian work and philanthropic gestures are too numerous to count and mentioned here. He has been recognized with several awards both locally and internationally for his great works. The challenges faced by his country, The Gambia dues to the Covid 19 pandemic has given him more opportunity to help the most venerable of the society and providing employment of vast numbers of youths in his country.

Dr Maxwel Okoth

r Maxwel Okoth: Founder and CEO, RFH Healthcare (Kenya) Limited. Dr Maxwel Okoth, 35 has 10 years of leadership chronicle as a CEO, Founder, and Director of his private practice. Prior to being the CEO of Ruai Family Hospital, Maxwel served in various senior roles in the public health sector including Deputy Director of Health, Nairobi County. In his short career, he has managed to transform business and entrepreneurial acumen into strategic action, setting up and operationalizing RFH Healthcare from the ground-up (with US$3000 in seed capital) to a fully-fledged hospital with an asset base of US$4Million over 9 years, and over US$5Million in annual turnover. Charting and overseeing execution of organizational vision and strategy, leading staff and dayto-day facility operations, and directing delivery of health services. Dr. Maxwel is a graduate of Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery (MBChB) from the University of Nairobi, a Certified Public Accountant from Strathmore College of Accountancy, Managing Healthcare Business from Strathmore University, Stanford Seed Transformation Program from Stanford Graduate School of Business and Senior Executive Program from Harvard Business School. He is currently pursuing a Master of Science in Health Economics, Policy and Planning at the University of Nairobi as well as the Global CEO Program at IESE Business School.

Dr. Yusuff Quudus Adegboyega FRSPH; MPH; MBBS

r. Yusuff Quudus Adegboyega hails from Ogun State, Nigeria. He holds a Master’s degree in Public Health with special interest in infection prevention and control of diseases. He is engaged in international researches to curbing infectious diseases and providing hygienic environment for citizenry. A strong advocate on efforts to control climate change and protect mother earth. He has also been involved in Emergency and Disaster Management committees across the board. He is an excellent Public Service practitioner and Community Health Practitioner in Nigeria. He has received several awards in recognition of his contributions to public medical care at community, national and international levels

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His Excellency, Sheikh Fahim bin Sultan Al Qasimi

ahim bin Sultan Al Qasimi Co-Founder and Chairperson Seafood Souq Fahim is the co-founder and chairperson of Seafood Souq; the region’s leading digital marketplace and traceability technology for the trade of seafood. As chair of the board of directors, Fahim leads the corporate governance, strategic initiatives and shareholder relations of the company. Fahim is the managing partner of AQ&P, a corporate advisory and familyowned investment firm based in the UAE. As lead investor in the early funding rounds of Seafood Souq, AQ&P plays an active shareholder role in the development and growth of Seafood Souq. With his experience in corporate governance, Fahim holds a number of responsibilities in the private and public sector. He is a member of The Executive Council Of Sharjah in his capacity as The Executive Chairman Of The Department Of Government Relations; responsible for the cooperation between Sharjah Government departments and International governments and NGOs. He is also the Chairperson of

Lord Rami Ranger Raminder Singh Ranger, Baron Ranger, CBE is a British businessman, and the founder of Sun Mark, an international marketing and distribution company. He is also chairman and managing director of Sea Air and Land Forwarding Limited. He was born on July 1947 in Gujranwala (in undivided India) He has seven brothers and a sister. Since the family had migrated to Patiala in the Punjab state of India during India’s partition, Ranger was given admission to the Modern School in Patiala. After the completion of his school education, he went to Mohindra College, and then obtained a BA degree from the Govt. College Chandigarh. Ranger ceased his studies after reaching the UK where he had gone to study Bar at Law in May 1971. He was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of 34

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the Higher Committee for Digital Transformation in the Emirate of Sharjah. Fahim holds a number of board directorships in a diverse range of industries and previously served as a member of the board and chairman of the audit committee of Abu Dhabi Media Corporation. Prior to this current position, Fahim worked in strategic advisory and performance monitoring of a portfolio of state owned assets in the UAE. With a background in public sector strategy and investments, he supported the Government in developing policies to achieve both financial and socio-economic returns in state owned enterprises. Earlier in his career, Fahim has worked with both the private and semi- government sector in the areas of foreign direct investment, economic diversification and competitiveness in the Gulf region. He has advised Government agencies on policy development for sector-specific growth and has been involved in programs for foreign direct investments in Asia. Fahim holds a master’s degree in International Relations from the University of Cambridge and speaks English, Arabic, German and French.

West London in July 2016. Ranger was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 2005 Birthday Honours for services to business and the Asian community and Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2016 New Year Honours for services to business and community cohesion. He was nominated for a life peerage and a seat in the House of Lords under Prime Minister Theresa May’s administration. He was created Baron Ranger, of Mayfair in the City of Westminster, on 11 October 2019. He continues to serve humanity

Mohammed Abdullah Alhaj Al Zaroni Mohammed Abdullah Alhaj Al Zaroni’s name has become synonymous with the UAE Red Crescent Authority which is a major channel through which the country is helping the world’s needy populations. Mohammed Abdullah Alhaj Al Zaroni is the appointed Manager of the Dubai branch of the UAE Red Crescent. The UAE Red Crescent is a member of the world’s largest group of humanitarian non-governmental organisations – the International Red Cross Red Crescent Movement, which includes societies in 178 countries with almost a hundred million employees and volunteers. The organisation focuses on providing healthcare and disaster management in areas affected by warfare or natural disasters and promotes volunteering as a key humanitarian principle. Mohammed Al Zarooni seems to know so much about the UAE Red Crescent and talks with such conviction about it that it is hard to believe he joined the organisation few years ago. The UAE Red Crescent has 11 overseas branches - in Gaza and Jenin in Palestine, Afghanistan, Iraq, Thailand, Indonesia, Somalia, Yemen, Albania, Kosovo and Sudan. This network is complemented by another 42 offices in UAE embassies throughout the world. The organisation seems to have come a long way since 1983, when it was founded. The UAE Red Crescent currently has a network of ten branches in all regions of the country, employs more than 100 people and has twice

the number of volunteers. In 2002, a presidential decree turned the society into the UAE Red Crescent Authority of today, underlying the government’s commitment to humanitarian causes. The UAE Red Crescent is active within the country as well, providing help to needy people and families without discrimination. In 2003, the total cost of programs executed by the organisation throughout the UAE was over Dhs.47 million. This included providing financial support to over twelve thousand needy families, providing free medical assistance and supporting the educational requirements of needy students, caring for prisoners and supporting various activities carried out by the country’s punishment institutions. Orphans and disabled people are also among recipients of aid distributed by the UAE Red Crescent and so are poor Muslims, whom the organisation provides with the treasured chance to perform their Haj pilgrimage. The organisation is very active during the Ramadan and Eid, when it gives the needy the chance to break their fast and gives out clothes and family parcels. With so many ongoing projects, the UAE Red Crescent can accommodate volunteers of diverse backgrounds and interests and Al Zarooni is inviting everyone to volunteer and do their share of good. “I’d like to see more volunteers joining in,” he says.

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Tashas Group

ashas Group is a hospitality company operating out of Dubai, UAE. The company is owned by Natasha Sideris, the Founder and CEO. The group has 5 brands under its umbrella: Tashas, Le Parc by Tashas, Flamingo Room by Tashas, Avli by Tashas, Galaxy Bar.

Natasha Sideris -CEO & Founder, Tashas Group

Natasha Sideris is the Founder and CEO of Tashas Group and the maverick of the casual dining scene in South Africa and now in the UAE. 3rd generation in hospitality, Natasha grew up at the side of her father, a restaurateur, learning the business from a young age. Even though she studied Psychology at University, she returned to her true passion, hospitality. In 2005, after many years working in and owning franchised restaurants, she founded Tashas, filling a gap in the market for a casual dining concept where the interiors were beautiful, the food genuinely fresh, and the service second to none. From the moment she opened the second tashas, Natasha parted with the cookie-cutter franchising model and decided to make every tashas just a little bit different, providing guests with a surprising, yet delightful experience based on three principles: brilliant food, stunning environments, engagingly delivered. And it’s a recipe that worked. There are currently 15 tashas in South Africa and 5 in the UAE with another set to open in 2020. She is the mastermind, not only behind Tashas, but also Flamingo Room by tashas, Avli by tashas and Galaxy Bar, but she’s also notably humble, putting her success down to the team that makes up TTG. She’s a stickler for detail and a hound for exceptional quality. Natasha now resides in the UAE, where she oversees the

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operations of the group. She is passionate about growing the business organically, together with like minded partners in international markets based on her three core tenets.

Mubarak bin Fahad - Chairman – Dubai Restaurant Group

Mubarak bin Fahad belongs to the breed of accomplished UAE nationals who combine first-class education with a ‘can do’ approach to both business and life. He holds a post graduate MBA from Birmingham and Bachelor of Science degree from Northeastern University, Boston, USA. Mr. Bin Fahad’s personal passion lies within the food and hospitality sector. He has been an active and valuable partner in the founding and development of award-winning restaurant concepts and brands, including the highly acclaimed La Petite Maison, tashas, Flamingo Room and Avli. Reflecting the great respect held for him within this industry, he was recently nominated Chairman of the Dubai Restaurants Business Group, formed under the umbrella of the Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry to support the city’s important restaurant sector and unify the voices of its 15,000 members. Mr. Bin Fahad is an astute, insightful and respected venture capitalist. He is also on the Board of Directors of several companies including Commercial Bank International. His past experience includes high profile tenures with Dubai World Trade as Director General where he received the coveted ‘Middle East CEO of the Year’ Award. He also spent time in Singapore and the Department of Tourism & Commerce Marketing. Mr Bin Fahad has been honored with many important accolades during his esteemed career.

Oasis Africa Oasis Africa was established in 2005 to raise awareness and funds to help create a better future for the disadvantaged and underprivileged children of Kenya. Oasis Africa supports children from Africa’s largest urban slum, Kibera, in Nairobi, Kenya. Kibera has no government services, with very little sanitation or clean water. Diseases caused by poor hygiene are prevalent. Most of Kibera slum residents live in extreme poverty, earning less than $2.00 per day. Unemployment rates are high, resulting in most parents/caregivers being unable to afford education for their children. Oasis Africa focusses on providing access to quality education. We support both boys and girls equally, through offering High School and University Scholarships. We bridge the gap between the inequality faced by slum-based students to access High School & Tertiary education, despite their current financial and social circumstances. These scholarships enable children and their families to escape a life of poverty. Mr. Kim Winter Kim Winter is a Co-Founder / Chairman of Oasis Africa a registered charity organization residing in UAE. As Founder / Chairman of Logistics Executive Group, a specialist global

Corporate A d v i s o r y, Consulting and Executive Search and Coaching organization with offices throughout the Middle East, Africa, E u r o p e , Asia and Oceania – he is committed to bridging business and culture between UAE and Africa and beyond. Originally from New Zealand, Mr Winter believes in paying it forward and driving change for good, he has formal residence status in the UAE, Hong Kong and Australia, he is an ex professional rugby player and holds MBA and BA degrees.

Her Royal Highness Deli Matsebula Her Royal Highness Deli Matsebula has over 20 years of corporate and executive experience, primarily in the ICT space. It is therefore no mistake that she is known as the IT Guru of Africa. Her Highness has designed numerous innovative solution systems some of which include designing lottery infrastructure and systems for four African countries, mind boggling technologies for a number of governments including South Africa and Mozambique among others. She sits on a number of boards but her biggest passion is her philanthropy work. Her objective is to uplift Africa especially African women who continue to be marginalized. Her philanthropy projects focus on educating the youth especially the girl child. Hers is to empower our bread winners and to bring hope to those that have lost hope. Poverty is a no go zone if you look at the projects she is involved in. Some of her projects include Poultry Farm in Ghana, a maternity hospital in Ghana, a dairy farm in Nigeria, infrastructure project in Sierra Leone and early childhood development for over 400 who are in the communities where the wind turbines are found in the Easter Cape, South Africa. She also sits on the board of MANCO which is a civil and engineering company. In this role she is responsible for strategic and operational engagements in and around Africa looking after multi-billion dollar Infrastructure

Projects. She brings additional competencies of communication, negotiation and people management skills to the new structure and her track record in business, international ventures and South African multinationals adds depth of strategic guidance to the board. Hers is to eradicate poverty and create opportunities for the less privileged and so far she has been successful in achieving her goals. She also sits on the board of Vestas who are leaders in wind turbine manufacturing. HRH Ms. Matsebula continuously teaches mentors and runs one on one online session to encourage other single mothers that it can be done as well as possible to build an empire and have quality time with your family. Her time is split between her opportunities and spending quality time with her children. This is done by traveling the world and camping and appreciating nature. Her most important role is being a mother to her 3 amazing children and is passionate about the girl child and devotes her spare time to charities and is very involved in the church. www.thevoicenewsmagazine.com

Nigerian Christians under persecution Help us please....... It is a well known fact that Nigerian Christians are under severe persecution particularly in the Northern part of the country. They continued to be attacked, properties destroyed, thousands of people dead, many more displaced, farm lands destroyed, children left homeless, orphans and desolate in a nation of plenty of resources. A government unable to protect his people. We have received a request from an organization helping these persecuted Christians to get some type or relief. They are calling on us on the Diaspora to support and help through our kind donations. The organization is coordinating assistances, see the flyers published below for details of how you can support their efforts. We approve the flyers so you can send support directly or contact them for clarification or more information. God bless you all. TV Management https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zg52LK6cJlw&feature=youtu.be

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A court just confirmed: To be Dutch is to be white By Sinan Çankaya

The Hague District Court recently ruled that ethnicity can be used to single out passengers for checks at Dutch airports. That is what Mpanzu Bamenga, a city councillor and academic from Eindhoven, The Netherlands, heard soon after arriving at the airport of his hometown following a short work visit to Italy in 2018. He quickly realized that he had been selected for an extra security check because he is a Black man. After all, he was a Dutch national arriving at a Dutch airport, holding a Dutch passport. It was clear that there was no obvious reason for him to be singled out like this – other than the colour of his skin. This was not Bamenga’s first experience of racial profiling in the Netherlands – this is, after all, not a rare experience for Dutch nationals from minority backgrounds. I myself have been pulled out of the passport control cue at the Schiphol Airport for a “routine” security check in the past. I was on my way to a conference in the United Kingdom, where I would give a lecture on; I am not making this up, racial profiling. When faced with such discrimination, we all want to scream: “Is this because of the colour of my skin, is this because you think I do not look Dutch enough?” but we

But after his experience in 2018, Bamenga decided to do something about it. He first lodged an official complaint. And later, with the backing of rights groups like Amnesty International, RADAR, Controle Alt Delete and PIPLNJCM, he brought a case against the Dutch government to end racial profiling. Marechaussee police force (Kmar), which is in charge of border security in the Netherlands, tried to legitimize its officer’s decision to single out Bamenga for special questioning by claiming that he had “matched a risk profile” because he walked quickly, was travelling on his own, was well dressed, and he looked “not Dutch”. On that day, Bamenga was a lone traveller in a tailored suit walking rapidly at the Eindhoven airport – in many ways; he was no different to thousands of other Joe Travellers passing through that airport every single day. But unlike them, Bamenga was selected for special questioning. The deciding factor, and there is no other way around it, was his socalled “non-Dutch appearance”. In Bamenga, the Dutch police saw not a Dutch professional coming home from a work trip, but a potential Nigerian trafficker. On September 22, The Hague District Court finally reached a verdict on Bamenga’s case. “Ethnicity does not have to be an objective indication of nationality, but it could be,” the judge ruled. Ethnicity cannot be the

don’t usually say anything out loud, because we do not want to agitate the customs officer and be held longer than necessary. We go along with it and swallow the pain.

only criteria for singling out passengers for extra checks, the court said, but it could certainly be one criterion among

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others. With this ruling, the court has lumped together skin colour and nationality – it cemented the idea that to be Dutch is to be white. Of course, this was something racialized Dutch people already knew, but the court ruling made it official. The ruling is the legal, and seemingly sophisticated, stand-in for its uncritical and banal version: “Well, ‘we’ are white, and ‘they’ are Black, is it not so?” As a result of decades of migration and colonialism, thousands of people from different corners of the world – some voluntarily, some not – ended up in the Netherlands. And their presence in the country cracked the notion of “Dutchness as whiteness”. The post-colonial migration from the Dutch East Indies and the Moluccas, and later Suriname and the Dutch Antilles, the labour migration from Turkey and Morocco, and the more recent arrival of refugees from Bosnia, Somalia, Iraq, Iran, Congo and so on, shook up the whole idea that being Dutch equals being

white. Or so you would think. But, being “white” or “Black” are not objective indicators of anything. These racial classifications are political, not biological. What we are dealing with here is a colonial legacy. How Black does one have to be to be regularly pulled out of queues in Dutch airports? How white is white enough to not be routinely selected for “random” questioning? These questions are indeed uncomfortable and hard to answer. But what then, for goodness sake, does “Dutchlooking” mean? The court’s assumption that racism or discrimination can only occur if the security forces choose an individual for additional questioning solely or predominantly based on their racial or ethnic characteristics is also problematic for multiple reasons. The ruling gives the impression that there is no problem with racial profiling as long as ethnicity is used “in combination with” other criteria. Moreover, the practices of security forces are often messy and complex. When selecting someone for questioning, they likely rely on an amalgam of different criteria, including but not limited to ethnicity and race. In this context, it is almost impossible to determine what the “predominant” factor is behind an officer’s decision to single an individual out for additional security checks

at an airport, bus station or on the street. Therefore, the court’s decision does nothing to stop security forces from using ethnicity as the sole, or predominant, criteria when deciding who to question. The Kmar, for its part, claims that ethnicity does not play a role in its generalized risk profiles in the first place.

These profiles are composed based on complex statistical calculations, it says, and correspond to a wide range of developments, for example, in the field of migration. It argues that its profiles are composed based not on race, but neutral and quantifiable risk indicators, such as the individual in question’s airport of departure, their airport of arrival, the nature of their plane ticket (one-way or return), the age or gender of those travelling with them, and so on. Considered independently from each other, these indicators indeed seem neutral, but in combination, they clearly can become a proxy for ethnicity or race. And the court’s ruling on Bamenga’s case gives a carte blanche to security forces to continue using such seemingly neutral criteria to legitimize racial profiling. In the Bamenga case, the judge seemingly gave precedence to the alleged effectiveness of the stops above principles of non-discrimination. This was a major failure, as it is the responsibility of the courts to keep the excesses of security forces in check, overturn their problematic decisions and put an end to discriminatory practices. As far as I am concerned, we should rid the world of all forms of racialized thinking – including the uncritical embrace of it among progressives. But let’s first focus on the ingrained racialized thinking in our institutions. We cannot build a post-racial world while our security forces, leading institutions, and courts continue to casually lump together race, ethnicity and nationality. Bamenga was in Italy to give a lecture on the meaning of liberty. Perhaps Dutch courts and other institutions should spare a few hours to listen to what he has to say, to make sure that meaning is not lost in his own country. By Sinan Çankaya Anthropologist and the writer of “My Innumerable Identities” (2020) www.thevoicenewsmagazine.com

Zambia’s Chinese debt nearly twice official estimate, study finds

ambia’s debt to Chinese public and private lenders is $6.6 billion, almost double the amount disclosed by the previous Zambian government, the China Africa Research Initiative (CARI) has estimated from an analysis of loan data. Copper-rich Zambia became Africa’s first coronavirus-era sovereign default last November and its ongoing debt restructuring has become a test case of Western multilateral efforts to get countries to disclose their full borrowings. The previous government, led by Edgar Lungu, said Zambia’s Chinese debts stood at $3.4 billion. But the estimate published by CARI on Tuesday chimes with comments from President Hakainde Hichilema, who took office last month, that the debt load is likely to be higher. The finance ministry said its official figures were “broadly consistent” with the CARI estimate, adding that the government’s reporting on public debt was accurate and transparent. “Key creditors and stakeholders, including the International Monetary Fund and advisers to the bondholders’ ad hoc committee have received more detailed data on the makeup of the public debt under each category under non-disclosure agreements,” it added in a statement. International creditors, with which the government is in talks, have complained that the lack of detail on Zambia’s China loans - which carry specific non-disclosure terms, has hindered the process of restructuring Zambia’s debts. “Given the complicated situation ... reaching consensus on burden-sharing is likely to prove exceptionally difficult,” CARI researchers Deborah Brautigam and Yinxuan Wang wrote. The $6.6 billion figure is based on data collected by CARI at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies. It does not include penalties or interest arrears that continue to build up.

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But Washington in particular has urged China to provide more data to other creditors about its loans, noting that some Chinese entities have not participated fully in the DSSI. Tuesday’s study estimated that $7.77 billion in loans had been disbursed to Zambia and its state-owned enterprises by 18 major and minor Chinese banks or funds from 2000 to August 2021. Of those, Zambia has repaid at least $1.2 billion. The estimate does not change Zambia’s total debt load of $14.3 billion, the researchers said, but shows that the Lungu government “was not transparent about the heavy weight of Chinese financiers among its many external creditors”. Bwalya Ngandu, finance minister under Lungu, has said it is not true that Zambia’s debt numbers were understated. “We have never hidden any debt,” he said in a statement earlier this month. Asked about the new Chinese debt estimate, he did not immediately provide a response. The researchers found six instances in which Chinese lenders had cancelled debt owed by Zambia, for a total of $392 million.

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Dr. Marwan Al Zarouni Dr. Marwan Al Zarouni is an internationally recognized advisor on blockchain use cases. Dr. Al Zarouni is also a member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council on Cryptocurrencies. He is the CEO of Dubai Blockchain Center (DBCC), an impact business and a strategic partner to Dubai Future Foundation. The center was inaugurated by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum under the Area 2071 initiative in May 2018. It aims to create a fertile ground and a holistic ecosystem for blockchain companies and projects to thrive in. DBCC regularly hosts a number of blockchain startups within Area 2071 and also conducts educational classes and seminars around blockchain use cases in government and private sector. Dr. Marwan is currently the Director of information Services at Digital Dubai and a member of Dubai Future Council for Blockchain and is the lead for the Digital Asset Task Force (DATF). The purpose of the task force is to conduct comprehensive studies to provide clear guidance on how digital assets can be regulated. The purpose of the blockchain council is to cement Dubai’s position as the global blockchain capital, offering a prominent platform for decision-makers from various local and international governments and private sector entities to explore future-forward, blockchain-based solutions. Dr. Alzarouni is also a member of Smart Dubai’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) Ethics Committee. Dr. Alzarouni is also the Managing Partner at Accelliance Consultancy LTD which provides its services to the UAE’s Center for 4th Industrial Revolution (C4IR) and the World Economic Forum (WEF). Accelliance regularly conducts research and studies into the applicable use cases for blockchain technology and aids in creating toolkits that can be tested and implemented

by various businesses and government entities worldwide. Dr. Marwan is a regular on informative TV shows, radio, podcasts and YouTube videos. He provides his expert opinions to the media when it comes to expert commentary on news and events related to blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies. Dr. Alzarouni is a holder of a Bachelor of Science Degree in Aviation Computer Science from Embry-Riddle University in the United States while his higher education was conducted in Edith Cowan University in Australia. His Master’s Degree studies were in Information Security and Intelligence and his Doctorate was in Information Technology with specialization in Smartphone Forensics. Dr. Alzarouni has written a number of well-regarded publications in academia and commercially. This includes but is not limited to papers in cyber security, mobile phone forensics, information superiority and blockchain technology. Dr. Alzarouni previously served on a number of boards and committees within the UAE. This includes but is not limited to: UAE’s Covid 19 Contact Tracing Sub-Committee, Dubai Sports Council’s Strategy Committee, Dubai Data Committee, and Dubai’s Information Security Committee.

Omar Tom (Dukkan Media) Omar Tom, commonly known as OT is an entrepreneur, strategic planner, educator and public speaker. OT is the Cofounder and CEO at Dukkan Media, a firm that helps businesses understand the people of the Middle East. Through which, OT has made a name for himself in the industry as a cultural expert and catalyst, connecting businesses and communities together. Moving at the speed of digital cultural change, and nurturing deep roots, OT has developed award winning and impactful work for a diverse range of brands across the Middle East and San Francisco working with clients such as The Executive Council, Nike, Dubai Sports Council, Google, YouTube, McDonalds, Red Bull, GMC, Kiva.org, and Arabian Radio Network to name a few. He is currently a guest lecturer at the American University in Dubai (A.U.D.) on 44

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Strategic Planning and Opportunities in New Media. His expertise extend to building unique, purposeful brands, as well as developing original content programs and intellectual property such as Dukkan Show (Dukkan Media’s pilot podcast), Legal-Ish, The Forever Student, and Switch/ Flicks. He is the driving force behind creating deep and culturally rooted creative business solutions. OT is a celebrated graduate of both Miami Ad School

Mr. Mohamed Dekkak Mohamed Dekkak, is a Moroccan businessman, investor, and philanthropist. A Moroccan expat, he is best known as the Chairman and Founder of Adgeco Group of Companies. Mohamed Dekkak has been overseas for an extended period. He is a business professional and a successful Moroccan entrepreneur with high academic & business qualifications; Mohamed Dekkak holds his passion for building inventive start-up companies. He is a man with the excellent background in crafting collaboration with multi-national companies in an extensive range of industries from oil and gas, through power and energy and energy via construction and engineering. Multilingual, Mohamed can read, speak and write English, Arabic, and French, some leading factors why he eventually became a successful Moroccan expat. The Moroccan national is a front runner of several

Mr. Yasser Ali AlGergawi Mr. Yasser Ali AlGergawi is the Director of Programs & Partnerships under the Ministry of Tolerance & Coexistence office. He has also double as the Chairman of Dubai National Theater where has continued to use his good office to encourage the youths in the country and abroad. His long experience in organizing events or celebrations for government/ semi-government institutions is well documented. He is also an expert with all national identity details (audio - visual - printed) and he has managed the Emirati, Arab and international festivals and competitions He is also responsible for preparing materials for HR development. The training materials are prepared according to the request of the federal authorities or institutions in the UAE or The Government of Dubai.

businesses and charitable organizations in the UAE and Morocco. Mohamed Dekkak has awesome mission of financial advancement. He is enthusiastic about genuine social advancement. He is a sincere champion of CSR in the UAE and MENA alike. He is man full of ideas too by which battling individuals and frail companies could turn out from their emergencies and sail towards shores of financial dependability and manageability. Mr Dekkak’s humanitarian Initiatives are impressive and too numerous to be mentioned here but his philosophy and statement is that: We will go that extra mile to facilitate projects for those who need them most. Dedicating ourselves to focal points every year… the field is so extensive we cannot embark upon all the challenges simultaneously.

He has provided a series of courses in the Physical places of the Ministries or Dubai Government. Currently, he provides online courses for employees at the request of the government or non-governmental institutions. He is vast with languages as Arabic and English which makes him to work freely with all levels of society.

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Nadia Abdul Aziz

he is President- of the National Association of Freight and Logistics-NAFL (Fiata). A UAE National, with more than 20 year experience, Nadia is a marketing, freight and logistics professional, who worked for some time in the family Business - DULSCO - founded by her late grandfather in the 1930’s , one of the oldest and largest manpower supply companies to the shipping trade and logistics industries. In addition she is on the board of directors for the special needs centre called Al Noor centre for children with special needs. She has also been an active voice for women in logistics and transport and heads the WILAT, Women in Logistics and Transport for the Middle East Region. Ms. Nadia is part of various consultative government councils and Continuously strives to support foreign investments in the UAE. Conducted regional and global events and took delegations from the UAE to India, Germany, Rwanda, CIS, and Tanzania. She has also received many international delegations in the UAE. She has worked with ministries of logistics and economy of Ethiopia and ensured their connectivity with the UAE

government authorities and ports. She won the Dubai Quality Excellence Award and managed to enhance all services offered by the association.

His Excellency, Awad Mohammad Sheikh Mogrin

is Excellency, Awad Mohammad Sheikh Mogrin holds Bachelor’s degree in business administration from Colorado State University. He also has an Honorary Ph.d. in Modern Journeys Literature from Yeovil College University in Kentucky, USA. He was chosen by the supreme board of the Olympic Sports Film Festival in its 33rd round in Italian city Milano to honor him for his great achievements in the field of solution and travelling and the qualitative leap that he achieved in Modern Journeys Literature and what emerged of it from scientific, cultural, civilizational and heritage activities. He has been touring around the world with his Emirates Travellers team. Among places they have travelled includes East Asia – Australia – Indonesia – Malaysia - Singapore – Thailand – India – Nepal – Pakistan – Iran – Iraq. And on the Africa axis, they have travelled through South Africa – Zimbabwe – Zambia – Tanzania – Kenya – Sudan – Egypt – Libya – Tunis etc. He has

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documented all these traveling’s into printed document and documentaries which has been produced into movies and this has helped to develop new materials being used for studies on modern journeys literature. Through his voyage, a yearly international Voyagers festival has been established to celebrate these various countries they visit and showcase their beauty to the rest of the world. They have done tours on Africa’s soil on camels and they have documented their journey of climbing the Kilimanjaro’s peak on Camels in coordination with UAE Voyagers Media Office, and it was shown in Reel Cinema Hall in Dubai Mall. He is a great achiever in drawing attention to Africa through his works.

Ms. Patience Nyange Ms. Patience Nyange is a media, communications and advocacy specialist with over fifteen years of experience in various communications fields, including international relations, diplomacy, broadcast and print journalism, global communication management, strategic communication and social media management. She has worked with international media houses (Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation and BBC) and local media houses in Kenya and made great networks while at it. Patience, who currently serves as Council Member at the Media Council of Kenya, previously served as an Assistant Director at the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights and Communications Advisor, Ministry of Devolution and Planning. Patience recently got appointed as a Delegate-at-Large representing Africa at the Executive Board for the Global Alliance for Public Relations and Communication Management. She serves as an Executive Board Member and Advisor at BAME2020 representing Kenya/Africa. She’s also a Board Member and Mentor at Emerging Leaders Foundation in Kenya. An

organization geared at growing future leaders in Africa! Patience is a Chevening Scholar for the year 2019 in which she holds a Master’s Degree in International Public Relations and Global Communication Management from Cardiff University, UK (Class of 2020, Distinction). Patience is the founder of #KenyaWomenSeries a Kenyan online project born out of a desire to showcase how powerful #KenyanWomen are, highlighting stories of women in Kenya disrupting the status quo and making a difference in society. The project curates stories of incredible, inspiring, powerhouse women and what they’re doing to change their communities. We help them hoot their trumpet by giving them a platform to tell their stories. Patience is a member of the Charted Institute of Public Relations (CIPR, UK), Public Relations Society of Kenya (PRSK) and Association of Media Women in Kenya (AMWIK). She is very passionate about women and girls’ rights, specifically in the advancement of women’s voices and empowerment. She has been at the forefront advocating for gendersensitive reporting in Africa. Patience has a solid footing when it comes to matters human rights, governance, devolution, policy development and implementation. Patience is an ordinary girl on the path to extraordinary!

His Excellency, Dr. h.c. Raphael Nagel

r. Dr. h.c. Raphael Nagel is a distinguished philanthropist and Investor living in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Dr. Raphael Manuel Nagel is a renowned Investor, a Lobbyist, Philanthropist and Senior Advisor to Royal Families. He has been doing business in Dubai since 2001, where he heads a private equity firm. In 2020, he founded the Abrahamic Business Circle, an inclusive business group that includes members of all religions and creeds from around the world. His philanthropist mission has always lead his way in business, as he believes everyone deserves an opportunity to be educated in

order to have a better world. Dr. Nagel has been awarded with many awards from around the world for his outstanding contributions to Economic Diplomacy in the Middle East. Amongst other relevant activities, he is an active member of the Scientific Committee of the Chair in Security at the Andorra’s Universitat Europea. Additionally, he is the co-founder of a Spanish investment bank specialised on cross-border transactions and debt restructuring. He has been chosen as one of the most inspiring business leaders of the year by Forbes Magazine.

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Dr. Adewunmi Rafiu Alayaki

r. Adewunmi Rafiu Alayaki is a highly resourceful, focus and optimistic professional. He is a versatile, humble and hospitable personality with a large heart willing to help and give to less privileged in the society. It is no surprise he choose to study medicine and today he is a very successful medical practitioner in Nigeria and Africa in general. He has received several awards and honours for his meritorious service to humanity and medicine. His kingdom’s work principle is excellent. He is a member of many professional associations and affiliations that he has served including being a member of the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria; member of General Private Medical practitioner of Nigeria (AGPMPN); Member National Association of Government General Medical and Dental practitioner (NAGGMDP); Nigeria Medial Association (NMA) and Associate member World Medical Association. He has held positions in several capacities in his over two decades of service to humanity that it is too numerous to recall them all in this short piece.

His Excellency, Ahmed Elmetwally

is Excellency, Ahmed Elmetwally have been nurtured by Emirati culture and values. As proud resident of United Arab Emirates, his focus is always to bring prosperity to his nation in all sectors. Through the guidance and effort of the founding father, His Highness Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan, he has been inspiration to his life. Currently he is the CEO of The Private Office of Sheikh Mohamed Bin Ahmed Bin Hamdan Al Nahyan. His work is to bring new technologies, ventures and investment to the region in various

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sectors. Since 2015, he has worked as the Director of Partnerships of a prominent royal family office in the country and that helps to sharpen his skills and achievement his goals. He studied Business Administration in New York University in Abu Dhabi, where he developed interest in the field of merging and acquisitions. As administrator of the Private office of Sheikh Mohamed Bin Ahmed Bin Hamdan Al Nahyan, his job includes garnering long term strong relationships with prominent government delegates and business tycoons in the region and the world. At our private office he encourages businesses and entrepreneurs that need the support and push to scale up their operations and guide them to enter the regional market. Our entity is the strategically placed and a launch pad for businesses who would want to enter the MENA region. He believes in transparency, humanity and giving back to society.

His Excellency, Hon. Dr. Fahed Merehbi H.E Dr. Merehbi was born in Kuwait in 1983 from Lebanon origin and an aristocracy family class in Lebanon who have been there since 1714. The family played an important role in government decision making and management of people affairs in north Lebanon. However, he did not depend on his family but relied on himself, he worked in and study after school. At the age of Nineteen he founded the small shop and to sell foods staff “ojeh Group” by not relied on other or family after that worked in bank for 4 years till he open his own group Zurich capital funds which financed education and sports. H.E. Dr Fahed is an Astute Economist. Enthusiastic to take on challenging projects involving product development, pricing, modeling, reserving, profit testing, and financial reporting in support of key organizational business objectives. H.E. Al Merehbi is unique in that he pursues opportunities to support green development for low income real estate along with his pursuit of large scale luxury properties. Chairman/ CEO of Zurich Capital Funds, an international holding company with businesses across various sectors like Finance & Investment Group and Real Estate, Renewable Energy, Modern Agriculture, Telecommunication, LED and General Trading And other many activities. He is the founder and board of Trustee of CAAFI , a not for profit organization that focuses on Human Rights and Education for all humanitarians across the world An ambitious businessman and philanthropist with strong network in India, Middle East and Africa Dr Fahed, Ambassador At-Large. (Institutional Development) - MENA-GCC- & Eastern Europe of IIMSAM, an Intergovernmental Institution for the Use of Micro-Algae Spirulina Against Malnutrition the Intergovernmental Observer to the United Nations Economic and Social Council Under ECOSOC, registered under United Nations Treaty Series No. 37542-37543, dated 12th June 2001; in accordance with the Article 102 of the Charter of the United Nations. Ambassador Dr Fahed Merehbi he is President for Lebanon office Board member Arab Union for Real Estate Development • Ambassador Dr Fahed Merehbi is President for Lebanon office of Arab African for development and real Estate

Investment Organization • Ambassador Dr Fahed Merehbi is a board member of the Council of Arab International Enterprise Manager, the wish of the Egypt-based Economic in Lebanon. Ambassador Dr Fahed Merehbi received an honorary doctorate from the police of united Arab emirates Dubai on the Corse of we are all police and he received the medal of excellence from Dubai airport police and he received several medals and certificates from various initiatives and activities humanitarian and social activities and appreciation of the efforts made in the service of the community and its humanitarian work Ambassador Dr Fahed Merehbi has also received an honorary doctorate from the royal family of UAE, Sheikh Nayan Bin Mohammed Al Nahyan - The voluntary Human initiative. Ambassador Dr Fahed Merehbi was chosen at the most influential Arab figure in the Arab world and he was ranked number Eight out of 20, of total 100, the selection was made by academics and experts from Harvard university, Georgetown university and George Washington, commissioned by the workd association of former United Nations interns and fellows, the influential Arab figures in politics, finance and economics and social H.E. Dr Fahed Al Merehbi was appointed as a Goodwill Ambassador of the Intergovernmental Institution for the use of Micro-algae Spirulina Against Malnutrition, IIMSAM, to help the organization realize a world free of malnutrition and hunger, and in support of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals by mainstreaming the use of Spirulina to eradicate malnutrition, achieve food security, and bridge the health divide with a special priority for the Developing and the Least Developed Countries. H.E. Dr Fahed Al Merehbi joined the list of IIMSAM Goodwill Ambassadors from across the world who have committed themselves towards the mandate of the organisation. H.E. Al-Merehbi’s priority area would be to help the malnutrition initiatives of IIMSAM in the Republic of Kenya, Guinea Bissau, Tanzania, Ghana, Haiti, China, Korea, and any place required help and support where Spirulina would be utilised to save lives due to malnutrition and to counter various deprivations associated with it.

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Professor Dr. Prince Waheed Musah

rofessor Dr. Waheed Musah is one of Africa’s finest Ancestral writer, Poet, Spoken word artist and a cultural activist, extremely innovative and talented in the field of promoting Afrocentric activities. Motivating and empowering the young African generation to stick to their valuable culture and tradition. After some series of personal researches he made, found out that many Africans do not know their cultural roots. His

stage performance has also brought him close to legends and renowned writers, poets and authors all around the world; which have become the fuel that spurs him on to a greater height. Dr. Waheed is the founder and President of Waheed Centre for Humanity and Humanitarian Development {W.C.H.H.D}. Through this foundation, he is engaged in humanitarian activities and bringing development to society at all levels. He is providing solutions to protect and sustain the consciousness and integrity of humanity and Humanitarian development via educational empowerment and avenues of diplomatic relations. His vision is to create an exemplary world class Centre for Humanity and Humanitarian Development, Sustainability, Integrations, Research, Teaching and Learning Centre, highly oriented in finding solutions to the most pressing problems facing Humanity in the 21st century and beyond.

His Excellency, Dr. Bonface Obare, DID, DGD, DPed, EdMD, DRD, DGLM,DEC, DSc, FOLt, PhD

e is a Kenyan resident in South Africa, Botswana and Birland where he works as Bio-informatician, educationalist and university board of directors, youth policy consultant and foreign relations negotiator and initiator, activist, civil servant, public analyst and a global leader. As a leader he has worked on sustainable development goal projects, agribusiness investment in crop and dairy farming, entrepreneur in travel industry, university development, human rights, international diplomacy, public policy, advocacy on cultural diplomacy and global multilateral affairs. Presently he is the Foreign Affairs Minister on International Diplomacy and Public Policy for Africa’s new emerging country BIRLAND (Bir Tawil) between Egypt and Sudan. He has passion for humanity especially for the vulnerable and less privileged in society. He supports a safer and economically empowered world. He educates, teaches and guides with passion on how to become a responsible citizen and importance of pedagogy. An activist of a green world with food security and clean water, human rights, social economic empowerment, conflict resolution, education, youth empowerment, governance, public policies, development and international diplomacy.

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Dr. Abayomi Oluseye Olajide

r. Abayomi Oluseye Olajide is a medical practitioner with speciality on mental health He has made tremendous contribution to the health care industry in Nigeria with particular focus on mental health which has been a challenging health issue for decades in Nigeria. He is a renowned pragmatic medical practitioner, unparalleled and an outstanding African philanthropist. Majority of his works are focused on rural community areas in Nigeria. His modest efforts are making a far-reaching positive impact on the lives of the Nigerian population and inspiring hundreds of Nigerian youths who are repositioned to a hopeful future through his trusteeship. Dr. Abayomi Oluseye Olajide is a well-motivated and optimistic person, focused, goal and result oriented with adorable personality.

OUR GRATITUDE & APPRECIATION

he Voice Achievers Award ceremony is a traditional award event that takes place annually during our magazine’s anniversary. However, this year is very special because it is took place in Dubai, an Arab city and country for the very first time despite the corona pandemic. The event has become one of our most successful events in 12 years of the award event globally. Thanks to the benevolent support of The Voice Achievers Award committee in Dubai led by Her Excellency, Ambassador Laila Rahhal and her husband, AbdulAziz Ahmad who initiated the contacts and network to make the Voice Achievers Award happen in Dubai 2021. Some amazing personalities worked behind the scene, one of them is Pilar Stella (Ingargiola) who connected us to Bruce Matthews of KPMG Lower Gulf and he made it happened that his company solely sponsored the Voice Achievers Award 2021 in Dubai. Apart from sponsoring the event, they provided us with their workers both within the company and external to ensure this event was a huge success. Nader Haffar, Bruce Matthews, Fahad Kazim, John Macintosh, Asma Al Otaiba, Nisha Patel, Abhiraj Bector and Mohammed Al Majedi. From the external team we have H.E. Jamal Al Jarwan, Saif Al Mazrouei, Yousef AlNaabi, Dr. Hamad Al Ali, Mansoor Al Habtoor, Imad Alameddine and Amna Al Maghrebi. We had support of musical groups like Sammyoung, Nigerian based musician in Dubai and Dibba Al Harbyah, a musical band from Dubai. We also had a great art exhibition show exhibited, organized and coordinated by Jesno Rengi and her colleagues. (More about them in the next issue of The Voice magazine)

We also say thank you to Abeka Salmin Abdallah, Marion Van der Voort, David Banjoko, Ken Aide and Henry Oduenyi, (Managing Editor) for their inputs. We sincerely appreciate the commitment of everyone that has traveled from every

part of the work to grace the event in Dubai. We hope to see you in our future events particularly in 2022 when we go to Banjul, The Gambia. Our appreciation to others whose names are not mentioned here but worked behind the scene, the event planner, decorators, electrical technicians, sound team, Master of Ceremony, photographers, video and camera crew, journalists from various Arab media organizations. Thank you all. Once again, we say Congratulations to all the awardees. Thank you to all our guests. Thank you for your attending. www.thevoicenewsmagazine.com

Arts exhibition at The Voice Achievers Award 2021 in Dubai The Voice Achievers Award 2021 took place at the @Intercontinental Festival City Hotel in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on 19th September 2021 with the theme-“Bridging Cultures UAE & Africa”. The celebration was hosted for the first time in an Arab country by The Voice News Magazine and I am Africa, with the kind support of KPMG Lower Gulf. The Voice Achievers Award collaborated with ‘I am Africa’ under the leadership of Her Excellency, Ambassador Laila Rahhal to foster culture and business relationships between UAE and Africa. Jesno Rengi, Founder of Art4you Gallery helped to organized a sideshow of great artists based in Dubai to have their works on display. Art4ugallery were glad to organize the Art exhibition titled “Bridge to UAE and Africa” curated by @jesnojackson with 8 amazing artists from diverse cultural backgrounds. “I would like to extend my gratitude to HE Laila Rahhal for hosting this amazing event that build cultural and economic bridges between peoples, countries and continents. She also thanked Pastor Elvis from The Netherlands for bringing together these high profile personalities to celebrate the various cultures. Jesno also thanked her professional colleagues who accepted to participate in the exhibition. We share some photos from the event, the award ceremony opening and exhibitions by our 8 artists with their 22 artworks on theme UAE and Africa. Hope u will enjoy it and those interested to purchase art, please email us at art4you.artgallery@gmail.com Congratulations to all!

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Countering violent extremism at grassroot Africa continent has come a long way and has a long way to go. Independence in Africa come with merit and demerits. Among the demerits of the newly founded self rule was the founding fathers feel of entitlement, the kind that made the founding fathers run Africa countries in manner to suggest they had earned the right to do whatever they wanted. As a result political father heads created Africa godfathers who ran the

economy and public resources without caution. However that error has slowly faded away with new leadership taking form. In this new error, every woman, every youth, every child counts. Awareness which now recognizes the role of the different stake holders in African society is in realization, there is alot that women are now contributing in leadership. Often than not we are made to feel that the leaders on top are the real deal. However the structure of a society can be strong as her grassroot operation permits. The millions of projects and actions at grassroot level create the monument of a country. In the Kenyan society at grassroot level is a lady called Fatuma-the founder Engange Jamii Initiative. Fatuma Kamene Juma is currently the Director- Engage Jamii Initiatives a community based organization which focuses on connecting women with their children and youth throughout their lives in advocating for effective and conscious parenting in Countering Violent Extremism[CVE] and empowering women economically in CVE, thus empowering community to have stable family units and peaceful nation. Previously, she served as a Gender Officer. Fatuma holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Social Sciences from the University of Nairobi and has completed several trainings and professional courses including an Exchange Program to the USAthus an International 54

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Visitors Leadership Program Alumni. She is an expert in Peace and Security programs. She is a Mentor and a trainer who empowers women and girls in different spheres of life. Our columnist Jimmie Nicks had a discussion with Fatuma and following is inlook into Fatuma and Engage Jamii Initiative. TV. Welcome to The Voice News Magazine Fatuma. Thankyou for having me TV. Engage Jamii Initiative is a noticeable CBO due to the impact it has had in Kenya communities, what is your story? Fatuma: I was orphaned at a tender age, as a result I grew up lacking parental guidance during adolescent stage, lack of school fees and enduring lots of challenges to complete high school education. Luckily I got school bursary through my previous School Principal Madam Florence Lihanda. Immediately after form four, I opted for early marriage with assumption of running away from worldly troubles, this led to early divorce due to unknowingly marrying a man who had already divorced 5 times. Due to my strong religious background, I picked myself up, got myself an office assistant job, and used my savings to go back to college, did several certificates and diploma courses due to lack of career guidance and later on at the age of 34yrs graduated with the Bachelor of Arts Degree from University of Nairobi. TV. Is your experience as an orphan related to the birth of EJI Fatuma. Definately, I truly understand why girls are vulnerable and in dire need of parental love, guidance and support. I also

believe that most parents are hurting their children knowingly or unknowingly by not being there for them therefore they should be trained on conscious and effective parenting in overcoming societal challenges that are currently facing our children. Girls need mentorship to be able to cope up with the changing world that is full of technological exposure. Women need to be economically empowered to be able to

be financially stable since they carry the burden of their families when divorced, widowed and mostly when their husbands abscond parental responsibilities. Women need peace and security to thrive, this is because, when there is violence, women are forced to run with their children, at times they are raped due to their vulnerability during war. TV. Lets talk about EJI Fatuma. Engage Jamii Initiatives is a community based women led organization that bridges the gap between parents and the youth through various training that unites families. EJI was started in 2016, and with the generous support from the US Embassy Public Affairs Section in Nairobi, has managed to successfully train and mentor more than 100000 women and girls in Nairobi areas such as Pumwani, Kawangware, Kariobangi, Huruma, Mombasa areas like Kisauni and Likoni and Kilifi areas like Mnarani, Kiwandani, Mabirikani, Mtaani, Kwa Mwango, Marembo, Kibaoni, Kisumu Ndogo, Mambrui, Malindi, Magarini. In past we have had hundreds of community meetings and training but due to COVID-19 we have had to minimize the physical meetings and introduce online training. Example is four whatsapp groups that EJI is using to do training including Parenting for both parents aimed at discussing challenges and solutions in parenting, Religious group strictly for women for religious nourishment, Entrepreneurship for networking between sellers and buyers and Charity group for sadaqa when

various religious organization and hence pastors and imams can use such opportunities to preach tolerance and help their following to correlate well with other faith organizations. Failure to play key role on right teachings puts entire

community at a vulnerable state. Unlike churches who have more forums, mosques need to come up with supporting systems like hospitals, libraries, financial structures. TV. Has the government been supportive in dealing with issues radicalization? Fatuma. Initially we had alot of stigma surrounding radicalization. Parents of radicalized youths would often get harassed when such occurrences happened. But with more awareness there is now a realization that this parents are equally suffering especially having their kids involved in terror and worst dying in the process. Currently we are in constant working relationship with the local administration to create more awareness. TV. How can parents discern signs in their children behavior to counter radicalization Fatuma. Common traits of youths under radicalization can be noted through the following 1. If your child suddenly became religious 2. When the child begins to withdraw from family but easy with newly found groupings 3. If your child becomes Symantec to terror just over night TV. How do you support this programs Fatuma. EJI runs its programs through donor support, and now that you are asking about it, we are looking forward to more donor support in order to achieve our objective of empowering more women and girls. TV. Your parting shot Fatuma. Our children are what we are as patents, lets join in upbringing our children in the best way possible. By Nicholas Jimmy (Jimmie Nicks)

need arises. We also net work via facebook page and a website. TV. How do you think religious organizations can help in curbing radicalizations Fatuma. Religious gatherings give periodical access to community people. Many people are affiliated to their

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Abubakary Jawara signs Business Deal with Dubai enterprise

fter receiving his prestigious African Personality Award at the recently concluded The Voice Achievers Award 2021 in Dubai, Mr. Jawara took no time to settle down for business. On the sideline of the award ceremony, he met and signed a business deal one of the royal family member of the Dubai dynasty, His Excellency Awad Mohammad Sheikh Mogrin, the chairman of Dubai Travelers Festival. During the business meeting, they discussed many important issues, cementing more bilateral relationship between the two countries. They went on sign agreement on future relationship. “We believe that the people of the Gambia and the people of Dubai share lots of things in common, and we can strengthen our relationship between the two countries’ says Mr. Jawara who was very impressed with the development he has seen in Dubai. Although the Gambia is a much smaller country but we are ready to develop and expand the country for

international growth. We now have a President, President Adama Barrow who is working very hard to put the Gambia back to its rightful place in the League of Nations around the world. According to him, we are attracting global partners to come and join us to develop the country for the benefit of the people. His agreement with the Dubai businessman would create more job opportunities for the people of The Gambia, it will create more job opportunities for the people of the Gambia, increase our GDP, open more opportunities for 56

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small business owners in the Gambia. The people of Dubai as well as the royal family of Dubai really appreciate the people of the Gambia; it’s a pleasure and honor as a Gambian to establish relationship between the two countries.

I want to take this opportunity to thank the government and people of Dubai for their support and friendship, I will assure them of warm welcoming in the Gambia, and it will increase our tourism and businesses industries. May Allah continue to bless the people of the Gambia, he prayed.

COLUMN YOUNG, AFRICAN AND

CHANGING THE NARRATIVE! By Eva Nakto By Eva Nakato

Many Western media houses and their affiliates have continuously been on the spotlight for painting the African continent as one full of problems, diseases and corruption. The youth have not been spared either since they form majority of the total population. There has always been reports of how the young people are wallowing in poverty, their constant involvement in crime and violence, drug abuse, early marriage of the girl child and the subsequent domestic violence stories, amongst others. Whereas the aforementioned scenarios might be common, there are nevertheless millions of other young people on the continent living exemplary lives and being the forces to reckon with. These youths have done phenomenal work to bring about change in their respective communities and countries. They did not wait on their governments or outsiders to run to their aid nor did they wait for others to speak on their behalf. They also did not wait until they had assumed ‘big’ positions in governmental agencies before they could attempt to tackle the most pressing issues around them and their surroundings. They simply decided to be the change themselves. In 2010 at the age of 26, Jamila Abbas, a Kenyan Software Engineer and Computer scientist decided to join forces with her friends in order to do something about the plight of Kenyan small-scale farmers through the use of technology. Together, they founded MFarm Kenya Limited, an internet-based organization that helps farmers find the best farm implements, seeds, access to weather reports and market information. The outcome of this innovation was unimaginable as hundreds of thousands of farmers immensely benefited from it. Douglas Smith, a 21-year-old Ugandan, is the CEO of Sportrise Uganda. The company manufactures soccer balls directly from plastic waste. They do this to help influence a social change for disadvantaged children and youths through playing football to help take their minds off distractive engagements and instead occupy their time with a meaningful and healthy activity. In Nigeria, Godwin Josiah and his cousins commonly known as ‘Critics’, broke the internet when they went viral for shooting a Science Fiction (Sci-Fi) movie with just a smartphone. They

spent sleepless nights on YouTube watching tutorials on how to make visual effects. After saving some little money, they bought a green cloth in order to achieve the green screen effect. They then used their old and broken equipment to shoot their first project, a short sci-fi movie. Godwin maintained that their intention was to not go viral but to let the world know that kids like them could do something different. They have since then shot a number of awesome movies even with the limited equipment at their disposal. Moving on to Burundi, Dieudonne Nahimana’s vision for a national development arose after his father and other family members were brutally murdered in cold blood due to the tragic devastating war in Burundi in 1993. He was consequently unable to complete his education and hence ended up sleeping on the streets as his new home and also as a way of survival. Uncertain about his future, young Dieudonne was left with nothing but hope, perseverance and a vision. On a fateful Christmas Eve, he decided to share his meal with fellow street children. This brought a glow on their faces stirring up a vision within him. This act of kindness led to the birth of ‘New Generation Burundi’, a non-profit organization dedicated to nurturing street connected children and cultivating them into a new generation of servant leaders. Nahimana’s ability to equip, inspire and mobilize the youth has brought a tremendous healing, hope and dignity to thousands of youths and children in Burundi. Now, the aforementioned youths are not the only ones bringing about change in their respective communities on the African continent. We could actually spend several weeks mentioning all of them. Just like these change makers, there is so much that youths can put on the table in this day and era if given the chance to showcase their ability. We are neither too young or too old, too rich or too poor to make a difference in this world. We all can collectively and effectively make the world a much better place not only for ourselves, but also for the generations to come. The ultimate goal is to not leave anyone behind. Adios!

Eva Nakato is a Ugandan based writer and she wants to read from you so write her through info@thevoicenewsmagazine.com

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Fighting poverty not the poor!

e had our first son when we recently moved to Belgium. By the time our second son was on his way, we had moved to Ostend from Bredene. When we approached our social worker about birth allowance, he told us bluntly that we were not eligible. Why? I asked curiously. Well, it’s for permanent residents, he told us. I told him that was strange, because in Bredene we had it all arranged by our social worker. And we had not even lived in Belgium for a year. “That’s Bredene, Mr. Nweke” he sounded formal and stern. “In Ostend, nonpermanent residents are not entitled to a birth premium” I told him I disagreed and wanted to formally dispute it... Less than a week later, our social worker invited us back and had our birth premium paid. I told him that I knew a few others in our situation who had been denied their rights. I wondered how he was going to fix the anomaly. He looked me straight in the eyes and sat down. Closing his office door, he took me through what I now recognize as my first introduction to the Belgian culture of “political compromise”. Here was the deal: If I could let go of those who had been denied their rights in the past, he would make sure everyone gets their birth premium in the future. That was in 1996. Fast forward to 10 years later, in the 2006 2012 legislature when I became a councillor for the Green Party at the Council for Social Welfare (OCMW/ CPAS). There were other examples of the denial of citizens’ rights by the same OCMW that should protect their rights. The OCMW council would knowingly reject the rights of citizens to social assistance. The reasoning or strategy was that they will not know their rights and will not go to court. Even when they went to court, the verdict will take some time. Some of those involved would have left the country by then. For those who may still be around, it is a strong message that the OCMW is not Santa Claus. These are bits and pieces of disgusting practices that had won Ostend the crown of poverty capital of Flanders over the years; especially when it comes to child poverty. The Green party has always raised these dehumanizing practices from the opposition up to 2018. With limited success! Now in the local coalition

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ruling government, what should stop us from dismantling the dehumanization? Isn’t it poverty that must be fought, not the poor? The poor have been hit hardest by the Coronavirus pandemic. And so are the struggling small business owners! In the Special Committee for Social Services (BCSD), we are doing everything we can to ensure that the broad Corona support for Ostend residents who are having a hard time ends up with the right people. This way we encourage people who can no longer pay their invoices. We deploy social workers to show those who need it the way to the Social House. In short, we want to provide material, social, medical, medico-social or psychological help to people who can no longer afford their daily expenses or expenses related to medical care due to the Corona crisis. Files are analyzed individually. By way of example: certain employees who have lost part of their income or who are faced with extra debts, employees in the sub-economic sector, employees working part-time - with a focus on single-parent families, job students, certain self-employed, people with disabilities, . .. are recognized as the needy. According to a recent council release, the interventions specifically cover the following: 1. Assistance with housing. Including the costs with the exception of the rental deposit. 2. Energy assistance. Energy consumption, including social and budgetary guidance or other support. 3. Psychosocial help. Reimbursing the costs of professionals recognized for the treatment of intimate partner violence, anxiety and psychiatric problems. 4. Health assistance. Interventions in hospital bills, medicines, ... and the purchase of mouth masks, gels and gloves. 5. Help with digital accessibility. Digital support to promote online steps, social contacts and school support in particular. 6. Financial help. Unpaid invoices as a result of a decrease in income. 7. Basic needs. Interventions in transport costs, the purchase of clothing, the purchase of medical glasses, ... 8. Help for the families in difficulty. In the context of the fight against child poverty. Through its actions and negligence, the OCMW Ostend has built up generations of poor over the years. Worse,

those who were in danger of falling into the poverty spiral were shortsightedly ignored. The last OCMW board led by Vanessa Vens played a fair but insufficient active catch-up. The current Council, led by mayor Bart Tommelein and BCSD chairman, Natacha Waldemann, have taken the bull by the horns. They provide leadership and direction. And that’s important. Decisions within the council committee are largely taken by consensus. Decisions are not

Tokyo 2020 silver medalist Mboma admits 400m Olympic ban was “a very bad experience” Namibia’s Olympic silver medalist Christine Mboma and her compatriot Beatrice Masilingi have spoken about their bans from the 400-metre event at Tokyo 2020, describing it as “a very bad experience”, “quite disturbing” and “hard to understand.” At the start of July, a World Athletics assessment found they had differences in sexual development (DSD) and high natural levels of testosterone and, under its rules, must take drugs to reduce their naturally-occurring testosterone for women’s events from 400m to a mile. This prevented the pair from competing in their preferred 400m event at their maiden Olympics. Earlier in the year, Mboma broke the under-20 world record for the distance in 48.54sec, while Masilingi recorded a season’s best of 49.53. Both athletes were able to compete in the 200m at Tokyo 2020, with Mboma setting another under-20 world record of 21.81 to win silver - Namibia’s first Olympic medal since Atlanta 1996. Masilingi recorded a personal best of 22.28 to finish sixth. As reported by Namibian newspaper New Era, the pair has spoken for the first time over the controversy. Masilingi said during the programme titled “Namibian athletes reflect on their journey to success”, which was streamed live by the country’s information ministry, the ban from the 400m was a major source of frustration, and that

driven by the ideological right versus the left, but by right versus wrong. If we really fight poverty, Ostend will win. The high poverty level has taken time to build. Logically it will take some time to eradicate too. But two years after the start of this legislature, we can honestly say that we have made a good start. And independent analyses and statistical data have confirmed the fact. By Collins NWEKE Councillor Special Committee for Social Services | Ostend City Council

focusing on the 200m required very different preparations at short notice. “It was quite disturbing at the beginning; it was hard to understand - but as time went on, we had no choice but to rather focus on the positive side of things,” Masilingi commented. “So, we decided to turn our focus and attention to the 200m and started working on it. “We had to adjust quickly; it demanded that we mentally and physically switch our thoughts very fast ahead of the Olympics. “We literally had to change how we do things on the track.” Mboma echoed Masilingi’s sentiments, explaining the impact the decision had on their training for the Games. “Very disappointed,” Mboma admitted. “It was bad news because our focus was always on the 400m and we had been training for the 400m all along. “But now, you are told you can’t run 400m. “We were not even sure if we could really do well in the 200m, but we had no choice. “It was a very bad experience. “But we had talks with our coach and we decided to do the 200m. “Getting out of the starting blocks during training for the 200m was a bit of a problem - but if you believe in yourself, everything is possible.” Since Tokyo 2020, Mboma won the women’s 200m at the World Athletics Under-20 Championships in the Kenyan capital Nairobi, with Masilingi a silver medalist in the 100m and 200m. Mboma has also triumphed in two Diamond League events in Brussels and Zürich and two World Athletics Continental Tour Gold events in Zagreb and Nairobi in the 200m. By Patrick Burke www.thevoicenewsmagazine.com

SammYoung performs at The Voice Achievers Award 2021 in Dubai, U.A.E

ne of the major highlights of this year’s The Voice Achievers Award which took place on September 19, 2021, at Intercontinental Hotel, Dubai Festival City, United Arab Emirates is the entertainment by the renowned award-winning musician from Nigeria based in Dubai, SammYoung. He sang some of his songs and he did a duet with one of his signed on artist from South Africa, They sang and entertained the awardees and guests while enjoying the dinner. The awarding event opened carrying the theme “Bridging Business cultures- U.A.E. and Africa.” It was the first time that the organizer, The Voice Achievers Award had chosen an Arab country to host the event. The event was organized with the collaboration of I Am Africa and support from Dubai KPMG Lower Gulf. The founder, Ambassador Elvis Iruh appreciated the

support of UAE in bridging the economic and cultural gaps between the country and the continent of Africa. He request that the cooperation should expand to every sector of life so that life could become more meaning to all humanity. SammYoung was latter given an appreciation award and certificate for promoting Africa music and holding his head high in Dubai and projecting the image of Nigeria and Africa in general through promotion of music and entertainment in general. On his part, SammYoung pledge to continue to promote African music in Dubai and in extension to the Arab world and appreciate the organizers for recognizing the 60

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contribution of his music as a tool of bridging cultural gaps between UAE and Africa. This year’s event further promotes the progress of Africa and UAE by awarding eminent individuals, establishments, and leaders that have outstandingly raised the standards of proficiency and success and showed extraordinary management skills and authority. Among the awardees are His Highness Sheikh Mohamed Bin Ahmed Bin Hamadan Al Nahyan, Her Excellency, Fatoumatta Bah-Barrow, The First Lady of the Republic of The Gambia, His Excellency Stephen Kalonzo Musyoka, Former Vice President of Kenya, Her Excellency Shaikha Dr. Fatimah Tagwai Aj, FCMA, GOOA, H.I.M Empress Shebah Kasambu ‘Ra, Queen Sheba III, Her Highness Deli Matsebula, (Queen of Ejura, Ghana - Obaahemaa Boahwenie), Her Excellency Noura Bint Mohammed Al Kaabi, Mohamed Dekkak, His Excellency Awad Mohammad Sheikh Mogrin, Hon. Dr. Fatoumata Jahumpa Ceesay, His Excellency Dr. H.c. Raphael Nagel and His Excellency Ahmed Elmetwally. Other awardees including the following: His Excellency Sheikh Fahim bin Sultan Al Qasimi, Mr. Abubakary Jawara, Honorable Dr. Fatoumata Jahumpa Ceesay, Her Excellency Minister Lindiwe Sisulu, Dr. Quudus Adegboyega Yusuff, Mr. Yasser Ali AlGergawi, Dr. Maxwel Otieno Okoth, Mubarak Bin Fahad & Natasha Sideris (Tashas Group), His Excellency Professor Prince Waheed Musah, Dr. Marwan Al Zarouni, Dr. Adewunmi Rufus Alayaki, Nadia Abdul Aziz, His Excellency Dr. Bonface Obare, PhD, Mohammed Abdullah Alhaj Al Zaroni, His Excellency Honorable Dr. Fahed Merehbi, Dr. Abayomi Oluseye Olajide, Ms. Patience Nyange , Lord Rami Ranger, Omar Tom and Kim Winter (Oasis Africa) Other VIP guests, public figures, and diplomats were also present at the award ceremony. Also entertained on the night is the Dubai music band, Dibba Al Harbyah, they put

up a fantastic performance. Signed Ambassador Elvis Iruh (President - Chief Host) Ambassador Laila Rahhal (Vice-President, Co-Host) More information on the event can be obtained via: Website: https://thevoiceachieversaward.com/

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First Lady of Sierra Leone to become the new face champion of the United Nation’s Educational Plus Program

is Excellency Rtd. Brig. Julius Maada Bio and the First Lady, Madam Fatima Maada Bio held a closed-door meeting on the invitation of the Executive Director of UNAIDS last month during their attendance of the United Nations General Assembly meeting in New York City, U.S.A. The Executive Director of UNAIDS, Madam Winnie Byanyima expressed her delight in meeting with the President and First Lady of Sierra Leone, whose work she has been following individually and humbled to be discussing the way forward for girls and education in the African continent,

as that’s one of the key priorities of the United Nations. Underscoring the importance of her proposal to have the First Lady Fatima Maada Bio become the new face of the United Nation’s Education Plus Initiative, she noted that the initiative is geared towards allowing girls go through formal education and further teach them about sex education and orientation which she believes will ultimately reduce the risk of them contacting HIV/Aids. Madam Winnie gave a highlight of the activities of the

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First Lady she has been following and how amplified and authentic her voice has been in the protection and empowerment of girls in Sierra Leone, as she continues to impact and influence other nations to replicate what she does in her countries. According to the Executive Director, she was overwhelmed with the speech delivered by President Julius Maada Bio at the United Nations general assembly, specifically how passionately he spoke about girls’ right to education and inclusivity in his human capital development agenda and how he spoke with clear first hand evidence of the progress his government continue to make in that direction. In her concluding statement, she confirmed how impressed she was left, after First Lady spoke passionately, with great knowledge on sexual violence and issues affecting adolescents in the African continent, adding that her voice is authentic and the UNAIDS team would love to work with her as a fearless First Lady using her voice and platform to address issues of inequalities affecting girls. Responding to the Executive Director, His Excellency

Rtd. Brig. Julius Maada expressed his sentiment on behalf of himself and the First Lady, while ascertaining the invitation and offer proposed to the First Lady is timely and quite prudent, giving the clear evidence of the work the she does in Sierra Leone and how she has succeeded in breaking the societal taboo of not talking to girls about sex education and reporting their abusers in cases of rape and sexual penetration. H.E disclosed that the First Lady deals with the advocacy

aspect of narrowing the inequality gaps through the Hands Off Our Girls campaign, while his government works on

the right policies and implementation to give girls an equal chance to be educated and empowered. Highlighting some of the key achievements of his government, President Bio mentioned the One Stop Shop centers for rape victims, the special sexual offences court

for rape cases, the exceptional advocacy work of the HOOG campaign by the First Lady and the overturned of the ban on pregnant girls accessing school after giving birth, stating that statistics have shown an exponential progress on the results from girls returnees in schools and a much higher retention of girls due to the intervention of the First Lady’s Free Sanitary Pad initiative, as she established herself with the girls so much that they feel confident to open up and share their everyday realities with her. President Bio pledged his government’s commitment to work with the UNAIDS agenda, while noting that Madam First Lady’s involvement will be pivotal in achieving great success of the initiative, due to her resounding, authentic and captivating voice that speaks to the hearts of many. First Lady warmly appreciated the reception of Madam Winnie, while noting that her advocacy to ensure every girl has equal right and access to education is stem from her personal ordeal, and her passionate campaign has garner lots of attention from the country’s capital city to the last village and town in Sierra Leone. She mentioned the commitment of Paramount Chief, religious leaders, community leaders, parents, girls’ right movements and civil society activists, whom she continues to work with to create more impact. Madam Fatima pledged her commitment to work with UNAIDS, as their concerns are genuine and should allow radical inclusion like what president Bio is doing in Sierra Leone, adding that her office works mainly to prevent girls from not getting pregnant and have an equal and fair opportunity to stay in school like their male colleagues. In her concluding statement, First Lady stated that, with the way the world is transiting, girls most times prefer to seek answers concerning their sexualities or its related components from outside the home, due to lack of adequate parental communication on sex education and personal hygiene, hence the need to work aggressively in eradicating such myth from society, when it has to do with sex education for girls. Strategic Communication Division Office of The First Lady Info@officeofthefirstlady.gov.sl www.thevoicenewsmagazine.com

Dr. Barryl Biekman addresses UN General Assembly

n September 19th, 2021, the President of UN General Assembly allowed Dr. Barryl Biekman as Keynote Speaker to address the Assembly in New York during the UN World Conference Against Racism which marked the 20year anniversary. Dr. Barryl Biekman spoke during the opening session of United Nation’s High-level meeting per its resolution 75/237, the General Assembly held this one-day high-level meeting to commemorate the twentieth anniversary of the adoption of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action (DDPA), at the level of Heads of State and Government, on the theme “Reparations, racial justice and equality for people of African descent”. Dr. Biekman, an African-Surinamese from the Netherlands, is highly recognized in the NGO and intergovernmental communities for her advocacy and bringing worldwide attention to the DDPA. Exemplary to this, she also addressed the formal launching of the International Decade for People of African Descent at the UN General Assembly in 2014. Dr. Barryl Biekman is the Human Rights Commissioner of Tiye International, Council Member of ENGOCCAR (European-Wide NGO Consultative Council on Afrikan

Reparations / Europe, UK), a Member of the Global Pan African Coalition for the DDPA, and former Member of the Technical Working Groups for the development of the African Union African Diaspora Sixth Region Declaration of 2012. She also Chairs the National Monument Dutch Slavery Past, and led amongst hundreds of Pan-Africanists and activists, the preparation processes of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action as an NGO liaison in the Dutch government delegation in South Africa, 2001. Among her many achievements and expert knowledge, which bridge understandings between the empowerment of women and girls, gender equity, human rights and civilization dialogue, Dr. Biekman is this year’s recipient of the prestigious Global African Women’s Day Award for her outstanding contributions on increasing the visibility of the DDPA. Among the speakers at the historic opening session are; President of the General Assembly, United Nations Secretary-General, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, and Head of State of South Africa and invited members from civil society. Excerpts from her statement to the National Assembly at the UN.

Dr. Biekman addresses a High level meeting to commemorate the twentieth anniversary of the adoption of the Durban Declaration and programme of Action. ‘Reparations, racial justice and equality for people of African descent “

I wish to take this opportunity to thank the civil society friends from international NGOs in particular those members of the Global Pan African Coalition on Durban plus 20 including the December 12th movement who campaigned for the decision to be taken to hold the 3rd World Conference Against racism. Mr President, My heart cries And I would like to demonstrate this by using the expression “Truth has the

Mr. President, Excellences, Distinguished guests Greetings, I feel much honored to have been selected to deliver the keynote address on behalf of civil society when the United Nations and all people committed to the elimination of racism are proudly commemorating the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the landmark Durban Declaration and Programme of Action. For me personally it was one of the greatest events in my life to be part of the adoption 20 years ago of the DDPA in Durban in a spirit of solidarity and which gave voice to and protected the rights of all victims of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related forms. People of African descent no doubt treasure the DDPA most as our ordeal was recognized as the first victims group and the transatlantic slave trade and slavery was recognized as a crime against humanity. The DDPA is a peoples document based on a thorough preparatory process and broad participation in the preparatory committee meetings. The 20th anniversary of its adoption indeed deserves to be commemorated. 64

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inherent power to produce the promised effect”. This is to emphasize that we can only be successful in the fight

against all forms of multiple racism if we do what we have promised. To defend and promote the fully implementation of the DDPA which is the strongest universal document of the United Nations’ programs to realize the rights of all victims of racism in intersectional perspective including Afrophobia, racial discrimination, and reparatory, restorative and climate justice. Because of the structurally persistent negative campaign to defame and undermine the DDPA and its implementation as the DDPA in no way shows that it proclaims racism in particular anti-Semitism. This structural undermining of the DDPA is a blow in the face of all those who campaigned for the holding of the 3rd World Conference against Racism (WCAR) by ensuring the adoption of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action through a broad-based democratic process. Without the DDPA we would not have been as close as we are today in having a global platform positioned to recognize the unfulfilled rights of Africans and People of African Descent at the United Nations and global society. But our position is crystal clear, we will not accept any denial of the DDPA in the name of People of African Descent neither shall we settle for anything less than our birth right and our human rights. Mr. President While we are assembling to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the adoption of a great UN Programme we cannot be silent on the undermining and defamation of the DDPA that has taken place during the past 20 years and now escalated to the extreme. We wonder why no senior official of the United Nations has stood up and spoken out against the disinformation and false propaganda against the DDPA that has preceded the anniversary and now caused the absence of different countries, including mine, from the

commemoration. We wonder how many lives could have been saved if the UN General Assembly resolutions on DDPA information and outreach programme had been implemented and the DDPA been known in its content to people everywhere. Mr. President, I close by saying that my heart is crying but my heart is smiling too because of the importance of paragraph 1. of the Political Declaration whereby the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action and the outcome document of the Durban Review Conference, adopted in 2009, as well as the Political Declaration of the tenth years anniversary of its adoption, has been reaffirmed. We do think however that a special paragraph should be devoted to ‘Reparations’ as it is already mentioned in the DDPA. The very heart, soul, spirit and the essence of the WCAR and the DDPA is the demand for Reparations. Reparations is a very simply payment for a debt that is owed for crimes against humanity which were committed and, in various degrees and forms, have continued into the 21st century. The DDPA embodies the demand of the masses of African people past and present. 20 years after Durban we will continue to fight. The DDPA will not be disappeared. Reparations will be received. As we said in 2001: THEY STOLE US! THEY SOLD US! THEY OWE US! REPARATIONS NOW! I thank you for your attention

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An economy calamity: Africa faces years of post Covid instability

By Bram Posthumus

Damage from pandemic could quash ambitions, exacerbate

tensions and deepen repression in part of the continent. “In the Sahel, the economic impact of the pandemic has further weakened administrations that were already struggling to find resources for security forces, and has aggravated tensions between communities that have helped Islamic extremists make inroads in recent years. Across the region, as elsewhere on the continent, trade routes have been blocked, investments abandoned, and the flow of the remittances from overseas workers and the diaspora on which millions depend for everything from school fees to 66

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food has been significantly reduced. Overseas aid is also likely to be reduced. Local and national elections have been postponed due to the virus, raising tensions and causing instability.” Oh dear, this is looking grim. It is almost universally… er, how do I put this politely…massively exaggerated? Not as close to the truth as it hopes to be? Distorted? Yup. All of the above. Let’s have a look, then. One: the violence. The impact of the pandemic in the areas where the fighting is happening is…nil. Sure, there has been more police repression in the cities as a result of Covid measures being introduced but villages do not get attacked because there is a pandemic but because the State is absent. To the best of my knowledge, none of the major cities have seen terorist attacks since 2016, I’d say, with the last major one on the coast. And these tensions predate the pandemic by half a decade or longer. Besides, it is becoming clearer that a lot of what the villagers suffer is the result of ordinary banditry, nothing to do with Islamic extremism. Jihadists are absolutely a factor and a presence and they have an uncanny aptitude to home in, laser-like, onto existing tensions and exploiting them. Of that, there is no doubt but the impact and influence of ‘the fools of god’, as they are known here, must not be exaggerated. And it must certainly not be reduced to the only story to be told about the Sahel, as far too many media do. Two: trade. Sure, the trade routes may have been hampered because the borders have been closed but they were never blocked. The coastal countries that closed their borders to the landlocked Sahel made it clear that this would not affect vital supplies like food and medicine. This is why there was never an empty shelve in any shop or supermarket. To see that you must go to Brexit Britain. Trade may have been reduced in some areas as it was made difficult for traders to transport their wares in person. But they took to using tried and tested smuggling routes to get their stuff from one place to another. Three: have elections been postponed? Not to my knowledge… Côte d’Ivoire and Guinea (not in the Sahel, I agree) held highly controversial elections last year. Niger

elected a new president and in Bukina Faso we wil not have elections because none have been scheduled. The two exeptions are Chad and Mali. This is because there were two coups (Mali) and a (mind you: just re-elected!!!) president was killed in battle and then replaced by his son (Chad), another well-established tradition although sometimes the son is so deeply detested that the people put a stop to it, as they did in Senegal in 2012 and arguably in Mali last year. Investments, remittances and aid have indeed been significantly reduced. But this is the effect of measures taken in countries that have been much worse affected by the pandemic than has the continent of Africa, exceptions duly noted. And here also we must be precise. The issue of remittances will have had the largest impact by a country mile. Family members sending money back home keep entire towns alive and thriving, from Louga in Senegal to Kayes in Mali and the many villages across this vast region. As for investments, one should be told where these were supposed to go, so we can assess the impact. For

instance, a lot of investment in Mali and Burkina Faso goes into mining, which tends to have a detrimental effect on the environment and the surrounding communities, while the

employment it creates is negligible. And regarding aid… Suffice here to repeat, once again, that were it to stop today hardly anyone here would notice, with the exception of the well-heeled but tiny middle class this industry has spawned. You would see a few fewer FourWheelDrives out on the

streets and the roads but I am sure people will quickly find better things to do with their time than sit in endless workshops that cost the earth and achieve nothing. In a famous TED talk, the author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie – and The Guardian worships the ground she walks on – warned against what she termed “the single story”, gross simplifications of complex places and peoples. Perhaps the Guardian could heed her advice and stop pontificating about an entire continent in pieces like these, just like we are currently being spared the dreadful spectre of writers poducing 300 to 700 page bricks about this continent. And to the best of my knowledge this is only done to “Africa”. Why is that? Someone produce a 700-word paper on that, please.

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What next for Anthony Joshua after losing to Usyk?

leksandr Usyk ended Anthony Joshua’s second reign as world heavyweight champion last month with a unanimous points win in just his third fight since stepping up from the cruiserweight division. Usyk became the third man, after Evander Holyfield and David Haye, to win world titles at cruiserweight then heavyweight. Six years after Wladimir Klitschko’s long heavyweight reign ended, Ukraine has another world boxing champion in boxing’s marquee division. Anthony Joshua could not cope with Usyk’s superior reflexes and punching power, especially off his left, and ended the fight slumped on the ropes after a flurry of punches by the mandatory challenger to his WBO belt. Usyk also took Joshua’s WBA and IBF titles although Joshua has a rematch clause in the deal but many boxing experts are advising him to rush into using the clause to call or a rematch. He needs to study the fight again and know what he did wrong and prepare himself psychologically for another big fight.

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Anthony Joshua’s resounding defeat at the hands of Oleksandr Usyk not only saw him lose his world titles but also his hopes of a fight with Tyson Fury or Deontay Wilder. There has been much talk in the last couple of years about a possible FuryJoshua fight, but after surrendering his IBF, WBA and WBO heavyweight titles in a loss by unanimous decision, that much-desired contest seems unlikely and may never happen. With only his own belts on the line, Fury is thought to have lost interest in facing AJ. The two Brits have dominated the division in recent times but after AJ’s defeat, the landscape has been changed drastically and fans may not get their dream battle. The division could continue to be shaken up as well as Fury faces the US fighter Deontay Wilder in Las Vegas on October 9. Whoever wins the fight would have his eyes on Usyk who is the new kid on the block. The bout will be round three in the pair’s trilogy after they drew in 2018 and then Fury won in 2020 to claim the WBC belt. For Joshua, meanwhile, the question is where does he go from here now he appears to have been pushed to one side on the heavyweight scene. Only time would tell, AJ has cornered himself and he needs to wait for the outcome of other boxers who are in the driving seat now.

Pele’s daughter: My father is fine, he is no longer in pain and will soon return home The Brazil football legend underwent surgery to remove tumour and there was rumours that he has passed away but at the time of this report, his daughter has taken to the social media airspace to inform millions of his followers that he is not dead and he is doing well after the operation. Pele’s daughter, Kely do Nascimiento, confirmed that her father is in good health after undergoing surgery to remove a suspected colon tumour. Kely do Nascimiento published a screenshot of her video call with Pele and expressed her gratitude to all those who offered their support through messages during these days. “I wanted to thank you from the bottom of my heart for all the messages of support that you have sent me,” Pele’s daughter wrote on Instagram. “I have not had the opportunity to respond to them, but I read them and I feel your support. “My father is fine after the surgery, he has no pain and is in a good mood (annoyed because he can only eat gelatine food,

but he will get past it).”Very soon he will be in a normal room and then he will return home. “He is strong and stubborn. With the support and care of the brilliant medical staff and all the energy that the world is sending him, he will overcome this. According to report he was transferred to the intensive care unit of the Albert Einstein Hospital in Sao Paulo and from there the rumours spread that he has passed away but he was placed there to allow him sufficient body rest. However, Pele has assured his fans and followers that he is already on the mend. “As you can see, I’m punching the air in celebration of every better day,” he wrote on Instagram. “A good mood is the best medicine and I have plenty of that. It couldn’t be different. I have received so much affection that my heart is full of gratitude. “Thanks to all the amazing staff at Albert Einstein Hospital and my fans around the world!”

Official: Pacquiao announces his retirement from boxing

he only boxer to win titles in eight weight classes, Manny Pacquiao is retiring from boxing to focus on his candidacy for the 2022 elections in the Philippines. The boxer who is the only fighter to win titles in four different decades and in eight different weight categories. He announced what had already been rumoured for several weeks after his last lost that he would quit boxing. “I’ve heard the final bell,” he said during a video he posted to his Facebook profile. “Boxing is

over. I never thought this day would come as I hang up my boxing gloves.” “To the greatest fans and the greatest sport in the world, thank you! Thank you for all the wonderful memories. “This is the hardest decision I’ve ever made, but I’m at peace with it. “Chase your dreams, work hard, and watch what happens. Good bye boxing.” His new passion is politics so that he can better improve the living condition of his people in Philippines. He is already an elected member of parliament but he wants to aim higher. Even people say he can contest for the President of the country.

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