by Mustafa B Mheta | Feb 7, 2020 | Africa, Breaking News, MRN articles, MRN Views, World News
Thomas Isidore Noel Sankara was born on 21 December 1949 and he died on 15 October 1987. He was a Burkinabe revolutionary and President of Burkina Faso from 1983-1987. At the age of 33, Sankara became the President of the Republic of Upper Volta. His parents were...
by Ibrahim Vawda | Feb 6, 2020 | Africa, Breaking News, MRN Views, Press Releases, World News
The Media Review Network (MRN) is deeply skeptical of the latest foray into Africa by Netanyahu. His meeting with Sudan’s Chief of the Military Sovereign Council, Abdel Fatah al Burhan, in Uganda raises the question: Why Uganda and not Khartoum? The meeting was so...
by Ibrahim Vawda | Jan 22, 2020 | Africa, Breaking News, MRN Views, Press Releases
The Media Review Network (MRN) has taken note of the SANDF’s decision to withdraw charges against Major Fatima Isaacs of “wilful defiance and disobeying a lawful command”. Major Isaacs refused to remove her headscarf when commanded to do so. Not for the first time...
by Iqbal Jassat | Jan 16, 2020 | Africa, MRN Views, Press Releases, World News
In what has developed into a pattern, Egypt’s authoritarian regime, led by Gen Al-Sisi who attained power via a bloody and violent military coup, has yet again attacked media freedom. We at Media Review Network find it utterly reprehensible that Al-Sisi’s...
by Mustafa B Mheta | Jan 14, 2020 | Africa, Breaking News, MRN articles, MRN Views, World News
Following the assassination of Gen. Soleimani at Baghdad International Airport by U.S. special forces, the Iraq parliament passed a resolution to chase away all foreign forces out of Iraq. This angered President Donald Trump so much. He threatened Iraq with sanctions...
by Mustafa B Mheta | Jan 7, 2020 | Africa, Breaking News, MRN articles, MRN Views, World News
Uprisings against the decades long dominance of neoliberal “centre-right” and “centre-left” governments that benefit the wealthy and multinational corporations at the expense of working people are sweeping the world. Algeria is no different. A long-standing protest...
