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Sowore accuses Nigerian govt of detaining protest leader over “Lenin” nickname

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Sowore accuses Nigerian govt of detaining protest leader over “Lenin” nickname

The Presidential Candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) in the 2023 presidential election, Omoyele Sowore, said on Friday that the Nigerian authorities have continued to detain one of the leaders of the #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria protest, Michael Adaramoye, popularly called “Michael Lenin” simply because of his nickname. Mr Adaramoye’s nickname, Lenin, is the last name of … Read more

100 years since death of Lenin marked by silence from China’s Communist Party. Why?

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100 years since death of Lenin marked by silence from China’s Communist Party. Why?

Marxist-Leninism has been enshrined in the charter of the Chinese Communist Party as a guiding principle, along with the ideologies of successive communist leaders since the People’s Republic of China was founded in 1949. However, unlike during the times of founding leader Mao Zedong, commemorations of Lenin appear to have fallen off the agenda for … Read more