Ekeomah Atuonwu On Sunday, striking mineworkers stormed the stage, forcing South African President Cyril Ramaphosa to abandon his Workers’ Day speech in the northwestern city of Rustenburg. Workers at the Sibanye-Stillwater mine are demanding a wage increase of 1,000 rand ($63) per month, rather than the 850 rand ($54) offered by the mine. Ramaphosa chose to commemorate Workers […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu Formula milk businesses are paying influencers and social media platforms to gain direct access to pregnant women and moms at some of their most vulnerable times. The $55 billion global formula milk industry is targeting new mothers with directed social media content that is not always obvious as advertising. Globally, digital technologies are rapidly being […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu The International Monetary Fund warned Thursday that Bitcoin is not a solution for Africa’s economic woes, following the Central African Republic’s adoption of the cryptocurrency as legal tender. Read here. Abebe Aemro Selassie, the head of the IMF’s African department, stated that when adopting cryptocurrencies, a “robust” payment system with financial transparency and a governance framework must […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu At least 200 people were killed in three days of fighting in Sudan’s West Darfur, according to the state governor, who provided the first official toll for the recent clashes. Clashes erupted near West Darfur’s state capital, El Geneina, between members of the non-Arab Massalit community and Arab fighters. It was the most recent ethnic clash in […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu The Democratic Republic of the Congo launched a vaccination campaign on Wednesday after two people died of Ebola in the northwestern town of Mbandaka, according to the World Health Organization’s Africa office. Earlier, AEM had reported that this is the 14th outbreak of the killer virus in the country since 1976, with six occurring […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu The organizer of the Miss Rwanda beauty pageant has been arrested on suspicion of sexually abusing contestants, according to authorities. The arrest of Dieudonné Ishimwe, the CEO of Rwanda Inspiration Back Up, the company that organizes the contest, comes just a month after this year’s event. Mr Ishimwe is yet to respond to the allegations leveled […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu In accordance with a State Government directive, all Chrisland Schools in Lagos reopened on Monday. On April 18, the Lagos State Government ordered the closure of all Chrisland schools due to allegations of sexual abuse against one of its students. However, state officials announced that the schools would reopen following a “review of the ongoing administrative […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu Dozens of burnt bodies were buried in mass graves in Nigeria’s Imo state on Tuesday, as the stench of decomposing flesh hung in the air following the weekend explosion at an illegal oil refinery that killed more than 100 people. A group of men, some bare chested and barefoot, dug three graves near the explosion […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu The Nigerian National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested Chief Afam Ukatu, who it describes as the billionaire drug baron behind the N3 billion ($7.18) tramadol deal involving suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police and former Intelligence Response Team leader Abba Kyari. The agency’s spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, said in a statement on Monday that he was arrested “after months […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu Despite cleaning operations and road infrastructure repairs in South Africa’s Kwa-Zulu Natal province following devastating floods two weeks ago, 62 schools remain inaccessible. The province’s Department of Education has stated that it will provide approximately 100 mobile classrooms to the affected schools. It claims that this is a temporary solution while it rebuilds […]
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