Ekeomah Atuonwu In a case that has sparked widespread outrage among human rights activists in Pakistan, police have arrested three suspects for allegedly gang-raping a 25-year-old woman in an empty compartment of a moving train. “A ticket checker lured the 25-year-old mother of two children to an empty compartment last week, and three men raped […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu Zimbabweans are reportedly cutting their toes in exchange for dollars in order to survive the country’s economic downturn, according to a video on social media. The video, which was posted on Twitter, showed a man limping with wool covering a portion of his toe. He was bragging about using the proceeds from the […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu KK (Krishnakumar Kunnath), a popular Indian singer, has died. He died on Tuesday night in Kolkata. According to reports, KK performed at Nazrul Mancha on Tuesday and then went to his hotel, where he became ill. He was taken to a private hospital and pronounced dead. The singer, 53, had previously shared photos from his Tuesday […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu Ghana’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration signed a $200 million grant agreement with the Japanese government yesterday for the implementation of a Japanese-funded scholarship programs for government officials. This year, 13 officials will be sponsored by the annual program to pursue master’s and doctorate degrees in Japan. The program is funded […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu On Tuesday, the African Union’s chairman warned EU leaders that their decision to bar Russian banks from the SWIFT financial messaging system risks jeopardizing food supplies to the continent. The Ukrainian conflict and Russia’s blockade of its neighbor’s ports, combined with African conflicts and climate change, have already sent global cereal prices skyrocketing […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu Rescuers have recovered all 22 bodies from the site of a plane crash on a Nepalese mountainside. All the bodies have been flown to Kathmandu and are being examined by doctors at the Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital. According to the airline, the bodies will be handed over to relatives after an autopsy. On Sunday, a […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu Senegalese authorities detained two health workers from a neonatal unit where 11 newborns died in a fire last week. When the fire broke out at the Abdoul Aziz Sy Dabakh Hospital in Tivaouane, a town 120 kilometers (75 miles) northeast of Dakar, the nurse and a nurse’s aide were on duty. According to RFM, they were arrested for “neglecting […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu On Monday, Namibia received 23 historic items of jewelry, tools, and other objects looted under colonial rule and returned to Germany on an indefinite loan. The relics’ repatriation is part of a mission to promote rapprochement between the two countries. “All the objects were collected from various Namibian communities during the German colonial […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu After 41 days, a Nigerian biker, Kunle Adeyanju, who embarked on an adventurous trip from London to Lagos for charity, has arrived in Lagos. Kunle Adeyanju left London on April 19 with a simple goal in mind: reach Lagos and raise funds to support the fight against polio. 13 countries and 13,000 kilometres later, Nigerian-born Kunle Adeyanju crossed, Sunday, the Benin-Nigeria border after […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu A stampede at a church charity event in southern Nigeria on Saturday killed 31 people and injured seven, according to police. The shocking development at the program was aimed at giving hope to the needy. According to one witness, among the dead were a pregnant woman and several children. According to Grace Iringe-Koko, a police spokeswoman, the […]
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