Ekeomah Atuonwu In the latest attacks in Nigeria’s volatile northwestern state of Kaduna, gunmen killed 32 people and destroyed dozens of homes, according to local authorities. For years, heavily armed criminal gangs known as bandits have raided villages in northwest and central Nigeria to kidnap or kill residents, but they have become increasingly brazen. In […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu AttackersĀ raided the Karma industrial gold mine in northern Burkina Faso early Thursday morning, killing one soldier and one mine employee. The mine’s operations have been halted to focus on securing the site, according toĀ NereĀ Mining Group, the Burkina Faso-based consortium that owns it. An official who answered the phone atĀ NereĀ Mining toldĀ journalistsĀ that three or four […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu In India, a video of a couple begging for money to retrieve their son’s body from a hospital has sparked outrage. The video, which was shot inĀ Samastipur, Bihar’s northern state, shows an elderly man and woman going door to door asking for assistance. The couple claimed they were forced to beg after a […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu China has dispatched a new group of medical personnel to Uganda to assist in the fight against various diseases and the improvement of the country’s public health system. Seven medical experts, a translator, and a chef were chosen from three hospitals and a university in Yunnan Province, southwest China. They flew out of […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu The Nigerien Embassy, in collaboration with the Ghanaian government, has begun the process of repatriating some Nigerien beggars from Accra’s streets. On Wednesday, June 8, 2022, Abdallah Mohamed Hassan, a spokesperson for the Nigerien Embassy in Accra, toldĀ state radio stationĀ that the embassy has engaged the Ghanaian government to have the Nigerien panhandlers removed […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu Photos of people in Zimbabwe allegedly selling their toes have been circulating on social media in recent weeks. AEM had previously reported that a toe could fetch up to $20,000 million. The internet went crazy over this, with Kenyans among those making fun of it. A top government official has, however, slammed the […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu The All Progressives Congress (APC) of Nigeria chose former Lagos State, the country’s commercial center, BolaĀ TinubuĀ as its presidential candidate in the February 2023 elections. PresidentĀ MuhammaduĀ BuhariĀ will leave office next year after ruling Africa’s most populous country and top oil exporter for the maximum eight years permitted by the constitution. Tinubu, 70, who led Nigeria’s […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu A train derailed near the central Iranian city of Tabas on Wednesday, killing at least 17 people and injuring dozens more, according to state media. Tabas is about 900 kilometers (560 miles) from Tehran in the South Khorasan province. The train was carrying 348 passengers, according to Mir Hassan Moussavi, the deputy head of Iran’s state-owned railways. He […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu After gunmen invaded St. Francis Catholic Church inĀ Owo,Ā OndoĀ State, killing innocent worshippers on Sunday, Pope Francis expressed his sympathy and closeness with Catholics in Nigeria. Gunmen opened fire on worshipers both inside and outside Owo’s St. Francis Xavier Church. No one had claimed credit for the incident as of June 6. The pope claimed the attendees […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu South African šæš¦ President CyrilĀ Ramaphosa, who isĀ involvedĀ in a burglary scandal, will testify before his party’s Integrity Commission, according to the ruling African National Congress (ANC). The ANC said in a statement that it “welcomed and commended the president’s decision to voluntarily present himself to the ANC Integrity Commission,” but did not name a […]
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