Oliver Meth In recent weeks, South Africa has experienced severe fuel shortages in light of significant flooding and infrastructure damage to the region’s Johannesburg and Durban provinces. Despite reassurances from authorities that the crisis is under control, many airlines serving O.R. Tambo International Airport have been forced into refuelling detours. Last week, South Africa said […]
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Oliver Meth The Covid-19 pandemic has sparked a rise in mental health disorders worldwide, with healthcare workers on the frontline among the most affected. Those who take care of others are more likely to suffer in silence than to seek help for their own symptoms of anxiety, depression, stress and burnout. New research by the […]
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Avellon Williams KINGSTON, JAMAICA- Prime Minister Andrew Holness, has expressed excitement over Nigerian billionaire Tony Elumelu’s decision to invest massively in the Caribbean’s economy. Delta State-born Elumelu is the chairman of Heirs Holdings-a chain of business organizations, the founder of Transcorp, and the chairman of the Tony Elumelu Foundation. In a tweet on his verified Twitter handle on Sunday, […]
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Faith Nyasuguta A militia attack in Congo’s northeastern Ituri province has left at least 40 civilians dead. According to local sources, 100 plus people are missing after the suspected Sunday massacre by the armed group Cooperative for the Development of Congo (Codeco) in the Mongwalu territory. The rebels are reported to have targeted an artisanal […]
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Lisa Mugo Rwanda born, Scottish actor Ncuti Gatwa is set to star as the Time Lord on BBC’s ‘Doctor Who’ in 2023 making him the first black person to do so. Gatwa is succeeding Jodie Whittaker, making him the 14th Doctor on the popular fiction show. The actor who is known for his role in Netflix’s sitcom ‘Sex Education’ where he starred as Eric Effiong revealed […]
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Lisa Mugo American-Moroccan rapper French Montana will possibly get slapped with a lawsuit for poaching lyrics from 90s rapper Turk who claims he lifted lyrics from his group ‘Hot Boys’ song ‘I Need A Hot Girl’. Turk claims that French did not ask for permission to use his lyrics but according to French, he went through all […]
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Oliver Meth Africa’s only vaccine plant, Aspen Pharmacare, is warning that they may have to stop production because of low demand. Fewer than one in six Africans have had two doses of a coronavirus vaccine, with many reluctant to get jabbed. The global organisations that buy Covid vaccines for poorer countries “need to step up” […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu During an overnight attack on a jail in north-west Burkina Faso, militants freed about 60 inmates – the entire prison population. The armed men arrived in Nouna around midnight, riding in 4×4 vehicles and on motorcycles, brandishing Kalashnikovs and heavy machine guns. Before fleeing, they ransacked offices and set vehicles on fire. The raid followed the killing of […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu According to a Taliban decree issued over the weekend, women in Afghanistan must cover their faces in public. According to a statement from the General Directorate of Administrative Affairs, the new rules require women to cover their faces, ideally with the traditional burqa. If a woman breaks the rules, her “male guardian” will […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu Nigerian airlines have canceled plans to ground all domestic flights due to the skyrocketing cost of jet fuel, the airline operators association announced on Sunday. Since the planned shutdown was announced on Friday, the Airline Operators of Nigeria has been under pressure from the government, consumer protection organizations, and customers to postpone it. […]
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