NIGERIA EX-PRESIDENT APPOINTED TO BOARD OF EUROPEAN COUNCIL ON AFRICA, MIDDLE EAST

NIGERIA EX-PRESIDENT APPOINTED TO BOARD OF EUROPEAN COUNCIL ON AFRICA, MIDDLE EAST

Ekeomah Atuonwu Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, former President of Nigeria, has been appointed to the international advisory board of the European Corporate Council on Africa and the Middle East (ECAM Council). In a statement on Wednesday, Jonathan’s Special Adviser, Ikechukwu Eze, explained that with the appointment, the former president becomes the first Sub-Saharan African leader to serve on the […]

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 4 KILLED IN SOMALIA BLAST AHEAD OF PRESIDENTIAL VOTE

4 KILLED IN SOMALIA BLAST AHEAD OF PRESIDENTIAL VOTE

Ekeomah Atuonwu According to Somali police, at least four people were killed on Wednesday by a suicide bomber who targeted a checkpoint near the airport in the capital, Mogadishu. “I saw four bodies at the scene. Two of them were government soldiers who died immediately after the attack,” said Ali Hassan, a police officer. According to witness Hamdi Nur, a […]

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 GHANA’S CONSUMER INFLATION RISES TO 23.6% IN APRIL, HIGHEST IN 18 YEARS

GHANA’S CONSUMER INFLATION RISES TO 23.6% IN APRIL, HIGHEST IN 18 YEARS

Ekeomah Atuonwu Ghana’s inflation rate increased to 23.6 percent in April, up from 19.4 percent in March. The new mark is the highest since January 2004. This was revealed by Ghana’s Government Statistician, Samuel Kobina Annim, who stated that imported items surpassed locally produced items for the first time in 29 months. The war in Ukraine and Indonesia’s […]

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 PLANE WITH 11 PASSENGERS CRASHES NEAR CAMEROON CAPITAL

PLANE WITH 11 PASSENGERS CRASHES NEAR CAMEROON CAPITAL

Faith Nyasuguta  A small passenger plane with 11 people on board crashed in a forest near Cameroon’s capital, Yaoundé, on Wednesday, the transport ministry reported. The cause of the crash was not immediately identified. However, the plane lost radio contact with air traffic controllers and was later located in the forest near Nanga Eboko, around […]

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 HEALTH MINISTER- ‘GUYANA TO TRAIN PHYSICIANS TO DETECT AND TREAT LONG COVID’

HEALTH MINISTER- ‘GUYANA TO TRAIN PHYSICIANS TO DETECT AND TREAT LONG COVID’

Avellon Williams  GEORGETOWN, GUYANA- Coronavirus is continuing to affect countries all over the world, and while Guyana is showing signs of recovery such as fewer positive cases, hospitalisations, and deaths, there are still several persons with chronic symptoms, whose symptoms last for a long time after they become ill. This condition is known as long-COVID or long-term […]

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 EX-SENATOR CHARGED WITH CONSPIRACY IN HAITIAN PRESIDENT MURDER

EX-SENATOR CHARGED WITH CONSPIRACY IN HAITIAN PRESIDENT MURDER

Avellon Williams  PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI- The Justice Department announced Monday that a former Haitian senator is facing criminal charges in the United States in connection with the assassination of Jovenel Moise, Haiti’s president, last year. Federal authorities say, Joseph Joel John, 51, was extradited to the U.S. from Jamaica on Friday and appeared before a federal magistrate judge in Miami […]

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