Ekeomah Atuonwu Taliban officials in Afghanistan’s most progressive city have told driving instructors to stop issuing licences to women, professionals from the sector told journalists. While Afghanistan is a deeply conservative, patriarchal country, it is not uncommon for women to drive in larger cities –- particularly Herat in the northwest, which has long been considered liberal by Afghan […]
Read More
Ekeomah Atuonwu An official said Wednesday, that flash floods and storms killed at least 18 people in several provinces of Afghanistan over the last five days. Every year, tens of thousands of Afghans are killed by torrential rains, particularly in impoverished rural areas where poorly constructed homes are at risk of collapsing. Sharafuddin Muslim, Deputy Minister for Disaster […]
Read More
Ekeomah Atuonwu Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported that forces in the Central African Republic (CAR) 🇨🇫, whom witnesses identified as Russian, appear to have summarily executed, tortured, and beaten civilians since 2019. According to HRW, several Western governments, as well as United Nations experts and special rapporteurs, have discovered evidence that Russian-linked forces operating in the […]
Read More
Ekeomah Atuonwu The United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, has expressed support for measures aimed at alleviating the suffering of internally displaced people (IDPs) in Nigeria’s restive northeast state of Borno. Speaking with stakeholders on Tuesday in Maiduguri, the state capital of Borno and the epicenter of the Boko Haram insurgency, the UN Secretary-General expressed concern for the plight of those […]
Read More
Ekeomah Atuonwu SHANGHAI, CHINA- Following a public outcry after a senior citizen was mistaken for dead by staff at an aged care facility and sent to the morgue, Shanghai authorities have fired at least six people. On Monday morning, the Putuo district government confirmed the error and announced an investigation. It was revealed hours later that four […]
Read More
Ekeomah Atuonwu Somalia’s al Shabaab group attacked an African Union mission troop camp in the Shabelle region in the country’s center on Tuesday, according to a local elder and the group. Three civilians were killed in the crossfire, according to another resident. The resident, who lives in a nearby village, later stated that he saw two helicopters flying by […]
Read More
Ekeomah Atuonwu A senator from President Paul Biya’s ruling party and her driver were kidnapped in Cameroun’s troubled Anglophone northwest on Monday, military and administrative sources said. “Elizabeth Regina Mundi was kidnapped late Saturday morning by terrorists in Bamenda,” the northwest’s capital, according to a senior official with the region’s governor. He claimed that two wings of the separatist Ambazonian Defence Forces (ADF) […]
Read More
Ekeomah Atuonwu Ethiopian police used tear gas to disperse young worshippers in Addis Ababa during prayers marking the end of Ramadan. The incident occurred outside the international stadium in the city’s heart, where prayers were to be held to commemorate the Eid al-Fitr holiday. Due to the stadium’s capacity, some worshippers began to pray outside, in Meskel Square. According to […]
Read More
Ekeomah Atuonwu In Burkina Faso 🇧🇫, rescuers are attempting to reach eight miners who have been trapped underground for more than two weeks. Following heavy rain last month, the Perkoa Zinc mine flooded. Six of the miners are from Burkina Faso, with the remaining two coming from Zambia and Tanzania. Burkina Faso’s government has launched […]
Read More
Ekeomah Atuonwu UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has urged military juntas in Burkina Faso, Guinea, and Mali to return power to civilian rule as soon as possible. He also urged the world to follow through on “climate emergency” promises. Guterres said that after meeting Senegalese President Macky Sall in Dakar on Sunday, they agreed on the importance of continuing to talk […]
Read More
Recent Comments