By Amie T. Camara

If you did not watch what could only be described as a “debate” between the two US presidential candidates , Afrinity Production can assure you that you made a wise decision.

The chaos that was built across television screens last night was truth to the sad spectacle that is America today.

Trump proved, once more, that he is a pitiful excuse for a president. Calmness, thoughtfulness, maturity and rationality are anathema to Trump. Every disgraceful measure of this disgraceful president was on parade for a hellish evening.

Trump shouted obscenities. He lied. He thundered. He deflected. He smirked. He, incredibly, played, again and again, the victim of a fictitious media cabal and an equally fictitious attempted coup d’état.

By comparison, Biden gamely tried to share his ideas and prescriptions for what he would do as president. Agree or disagree with those ideas and prescriptions, Biden spoke to American voters with a discernible degree of gravitas and earnestness.

Biden actually make known of what a great leader he will make and is doubt the right person for America.

Source___Aljazeera

By Amie T. Camara

Afrinity Production draw attention to the shooting of a young man on Wednesday in central Guinean city shaken by clashes since the prime minister visited the city a day before the campaigning for President Alpha Conde’s re-election.

Security forces on Wednesday shot and killed Habib Petel Diallo, 20, during a protest in the city of Dalaba against the premier’s visit, the man’s brother Lamine Diallo said to Channels.

A police officer who asked not to be named said the young man had died with a shot to the head.

Guinean authorities have not officially confirmed the death.

The latest incident in Dalaba follows dozens of deaths in previously anti-government protests, during demonstrations against a third presidential term for Alpha Conde since October last year.

The 82-year-old president has pushed through a new constitution in March that allowed him to reset the two-term presidential limit to zero, and run again in the October 18 election.

Source___Channels TV

ANNIVERSARY, THURSDAY

1ST OCTOBER 2020

Fellow Nigerians

I speak to you today as your President and fellow citizen on this epoch occasion of our country’s 60th independence Anniversary. As President, I wish to renew my appreciation to Nigerians for entrusting me with your hopes and aspirations for a better and greater Nigeria.

Today, it is my unique privilege to re-commit myself to the service of this great country of great people with profound diversities and opportunities. We are bound by destiny to be the largest and greatest black nation on earth.

At this stage in our nationhood it is important that we reflect how we got here to enable us work TOGETHER to get to where we aspire to be as a strong indivisible nation, united in hope and equal in opportunity.

On October 1st 1960 when Prime Minister Alhaji Abubakar Tafawa Balewa received the constitutional instruments symbolizing Nigeria’s independence, he expressed his wish that having acquired our rightful status as an independent sovereign nation, history would record that the building of our nation proceeded at the wisest pace.

This optimism was anchored on the peaceful planning, full and open consultation and harmonious cooperation with the different groups which culminated in Nigeria emerging as a country without bitterness and bloodshed.

Our founding fathers understood the imperative of structuring a National identity using the power of the state and worked towards unification of Nigerians in a politically stable and viable entity.

That philosophy guided the foundation that was laid for our young nation of 45 million people with an urban population of approximately 7million occupying an area of 910,768 square kilometers. These demographics led to development challenges for which major efforts were made to overcome.

Today, we grapple with multiple challenges with a population exceeding 200million occupying the same land mass but 52% residing in urban areas.

I chose the path of self-reflection because this is what I do on a daily basis and I must confess that at most times, I always felt the need for a collective reflection as I know that the foundation for a solid future which this administration is laying can only be sustainable if there is a collective commitment by Nigerians.

Nigeria is not a country for Mr. President, any ruling or opposition party but a country for all of us and we must play our part, irrespective of challenges we face, to make this country what we desire.

Source__Channels TV

Afrinity Production draw attention to Dawda Cham, born and raised in Jarra Soma in the Lower River Region of The Gambia. He graduated from Nusrat Senior School in 2016 and now a final year Biology Major at the University of The Gambia.

Cham is into youth activism, environmental advocacy and actions, student leadership and also into poetry.

Dawda was actually born to a less privileged family and has not been fortunate to live together with his parents for a longer period of time as he lost his parents between the age of 3 and 12.

Growing up like that was really hard for Dawda. Fortunately for him, he had a very supportive and relentless grandma who is also late but supported him to get through all the hurdles and odds of life at that tender age.

Dawda’s primary school journey was smooth and interesting but as he transcend to other levels of education, things became a little hectic because of some financial constraints but through support from relatives and friends, he was able to sail smoothly until he got to University through the Gambia Government Scholarship.

Volunteerism has been something he grew up with from primary school days. He has always been that student who likes to take up responsibilities to make a change and always wants to make other people feel good.

Through his active participation in school activities and community initiatives, he got lots of connections and exposure to many things. It was one of the workshops he attended on “Environmental Sanitation and Sustainability” that, he built interest in environmental advocacy and climate action after learning that climate change has become a threat to the future of our planet. Since that day, he has been working tirelessly to ensuring that the environment are protected.

“Knowing that my country suffers from some serious environmental problems such as indiscriminate littering in the streets, street urination, poor drainage systems etc. and efforts to dealing with these problems, however, have been handicapped by a real failure to understanding their nature and possible remedies, I have taken it upon myself to change the dynamics for this country through environmental advocacy and climate actions and that spirit is what keeps me moving until today,” he said.

“I dislike the rate at which greenhouse gases are been released in our atmosphere which has become unbearable for our planet Earth. The heat-trapping gases are released by humans to obtain power for our modern lives but less did we put into consideration the huge amount of harm we are causing to the environment. We are doing this through burning fossil fuels, agriculture and land-use and other activities that drive climate change. Greenhouse gases are dramatically increasing in our planet and this rapid rise is a problem because it’s changing our climate at a rate that is too fast for living things to adapt to,” he lamented.

Dawda Cham looks up to the following people;

Mustapha Njie – as a successful businessman, who has tried to ensure that he is not the only one enjoying the profits of his business but initiated projects and programs through which he share his fortunes with others._

Essa Mbaye Faal – another successful man who shares his blessings with others and help those in need, especially young Gambians for them to have a better future.

Modou Turo Darboe – a very wealthy man who responds generously to causes that improve livelihoods not only in The Gambia but even in Senegal, notably the Casamance region. His style of giving is unmatched.

Dawda’s professional goal as a student of Biology, is to become a Medical Doctor in the nearest future to uplift the fragile health sector of The Gambia. He believe the health sector needs more doctors and nurses to attain world’s standard. He is also concerned with the fact that most people in remote areas in The Gambia don’t easily have access to health care services and he is committed to the process of bridging this existing gap.

Dawda Cham is also the winner of the Covid-19 poetry challenge. The competition was aimed at raising awareness among people on COVID-19 precautionary measures to curb the spread of the virus. After a submission of 83 videos, 16 videos were selected and the selected videos were published on EU in The Gambia and YEP-Gambia Social Media platforms for people to vote by viewing, sharing and liking the videos.

Dawda emerged victoriou and he received a cash prize of D10,000 and a free professional video was done for him on the same poem.

By Amie T. Camara

By Amie T. Camara

Afrinity Production make known to you President Muhammadu Buhari’s orders on Tuesday that the newly commissioned Itakpe-Warri railway be extended to link with Abuja creating a direct line between the north and the south.

The President of Nigeria said this should be achieved before the end of his tenure as President in May 2023.

He gave the directive while virtually commissioning the 326km Itakpe Warri Railway and ancillary facility yard from the Conference Hall of the State House in Abuja.

Source___Channels TV

By Amie T. Camara

Afrinity Production unveil the releasing of $200 million which is ordered by the commercial court in London to be used as a deposit in the case against Process & Industrial Development (P&ID) to the Nigerian government.

The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele who confirmed the development on Tuesday, said the ruling follows the establishment of prima facie fraud before the court.

Source___Channels TV

By Amie T. Camara

Afrinity Production discloses the action taken by France to gradually ban the use of wild animals in travelling circuses as part of sweeping new animal welfare measures.

On Tuesday, Ecology Minister of France Barbara Pompili said, “Our attitude to wild animals has changed.”

She also announced a ban on farming minks for fur and on keeping dolphins and orcas in captivity in marine parks.

The move was hailed as “an historic victory” by leading animal rights groups.
“It is time to open a new era in our relationship with these [wild] animals,” Ms Pompili said during a press conference.

“It is time that our ancestral fascination with these wild beings no longer means they end up in captivity.”

The minister did not outline a precise timetable for the changes but said they would be implemented “in the years to come”.

Source___BBC

By Amie T. Camara

Afrinity Production dicloses the sudden demise of Helen Reddy, the Australian singer behind feminist anthem I Am Woman.

Reddy died on Tuesday in Los Angeles, her family said in a statement on Facebook.

Her children Traci Donat and Jordan Sommers described her as a “wonderful mother, grandmother, and a truly formidable woman”.
“Our hearts are broken. But we take comfort in the knowledge that her voice will live on forever.”

Reddy, who had Addison’s disease and was diagnosed with dementia in 2015, spent the last years of her life in a celebrity care home in Los Angeles.

She had a string of pop-rock hits in the 1970s, but is best known for the 1972 anthem I Am Woman – which became prominent in the women’s liberation movement.

Source___Reuters

By Amie T. Camara

Afrinity Production unveil to you the winner of the first US election debate. In a clash that was the political equivalent of a food fight, the winner was the man who emerged least covered in slop.

On Tuesday night, that man was Joe Biden – if only because his main goal was to prove to Americans that he could hold up under pressure, that he had not lost a step due to his advancing age. He had to show he could take a pie to the face, metaphorically speaking, and keep his cool.

He mostly met that standard, although it was at least in part because Donald Trump, by his constant hectoring and interruptions, seldom gave the former vice-president a chance to say something truly damaging to his own cause.

Twitter Trump – the unconventional, bombastic, insulting and rumour-mongering aspect of this president – was on full display throughout the hour-and-a-half event. Unfortunately for the president, many Americans, even his own supporters, find his social media persona one of his more unattractive attributes.

Trump needed this debate to shake up a race that is tilting against him – and which has been remarkably stable, through economic, health and social adversity.

Source___BBC

By Amie T. Camara

Afrinity Production brings to you the first Debate of the upcoming Presidential election in The US.

Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden traded personal insults in the first 2020 presidential campaign debate held on the campus of the Cleveland Clinic at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio.

President Trump accused Biden of being a leftist and promoting socialism. Biden openly called Trump a racist and told him to “shut up” as Trump repeatedly tried to goad Biden with interruptions.

Interruptions, personal attacks dominate televised US election debate between presidential rivals.

The debate did little to illuminate the policy choices facing Americans in the election and probably did not shift the dynamic of a race in which the incumbent, Trump, is fighting from behind.

Source___BBC