TWITTER BAN LIFTED IN NIGERIA AFTER SEVEN MONTHS

TWITTER BAN LIFTED IN NIGERIA AFTER SEVEN MONTHS

Faith Nyasuguta  Seven months after banning Twitter in the nation, Nigeria has lifted the ban on the social media site. In June 2020, the Nigerian government suspended Twitter after the company deleted a tweet by President Muhammadu Buhari about punishing regional secessionists. According to local authorities, the social media giant sided with the secessionists. Later […]

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 19 WEST AFRICANS PERISH IN A FIRE – BRONX, NEW YORK

19 WEST AFRICANS PERISH IN A FIRE – BRONX, NEW YORK

Staff writer The deadliest fire in nineteen years engulfed an apartment in Bronx, NY, killing 19 confirmed Africans mainly immigrants from The Gambia 🇬🇲 yesterday. All the victims hail from the same town, Allunhare in The Gambia. The entire country of The Gambia is reeling in a state of shock. “When this news broke in […]

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 “BRING YOUR OWN BOOZE” PM JOHNSON APOLOGIZES FOR ATTENDING LOCK-DOWN PARTY

“BRING YOUR OWN BOOZE” PM JOHNSON APOLOGIZES FOR ATTENDING LOCK-DOWN PARTY

Avellon Williams  LONDON-  On Wednesday, Prime Minister Boris Johnson apologized for attending a garden party during Britain’s lockdown in the wake of 2020’s Coronavirus outbreak , saying there are things his government “did not get right.” Politicians and members of the public are fuming over Johnson’s staff’s and his administration’s violation of pandemic restrictions by socializing when […]

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 ZIMBABWE DUMPS COLONIAL-ERA PRISON UNIFORMS IN NEW MOVE

ZIMBABWE DUMPS COLONIAL-ERA PRISON UNIFORMS IN NEW MOVE

Faith Nyasuguta  The  Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) has introduced new prison garbs for serving inmates, ditching the immediate former white uniforms for males and green for females. The dumped uniforms were inherited from the colonial era, and Justice Minister Ziyambi says the changes are meant to dispense colonial historical injustices. Male inmates will […]

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 WORLD BANK PROJECTS SLOWING GLOBAL GROWTH, BULGING INEQUALITY

WORLD BANK PROJECTS SLOWING GLOBAL GROWTH, BULGING INEQUALITY

Faith Nyasuguta  The World Bank has warned that the global economy is entering a phase of “pronounced slowdown”. This has been blamed on the Covid-19 Omicron variant, the triple blow of soaring inflation, high government debt levels and increasing income inequality threatening recoveries in emerging and developing economies. Latest projections by the Global Economic Prospects […]

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 THIRD SUSPECT IN JOVENEL MOISE ASSASSINATION ARRESTED

THIRD SUSPECT IN JOVENEL MOISE ASSASSINATION ARRESTED

Avellon Williams  DOMINICAN REPUBLIC — Authorities apprehended Rodolphe “Whiskey” Jaar, an alleged convicted drug trafficker and former DEA informant while attempting to cross the border from Haiti on Friday. Haitian and Dominican officials confirmed. After spending months hiding in Haiti, Jaar, a Haitian national, tried crossing into the Dominican Republic on Friday after allegedly being a part of the assassination […]

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 U.N. LAUNCHES $4.4B “LARGEST-EVER” HUMANITARIAN AID FOR AFGHANISTAN

U.N. LAUNCHES $4.4B “LARGEST-EVER” HUMANITARIAN AID FOR AFGHANISTAN

Avellon Williams  KABUL, AFGHANISTAN- On Tuesday, the United Nations and its partners launched a $4.4 billion funding appeal to prevent a humanitarian catastrophe in Afghanistan in 2022. The UN Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief chief Martin Griffiths told reporters in Geneva that the appeal for humanitarian assistance is the largest ever made to a single […]

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