Ekeomah Atuonwu The World Health Organization confirmed the death of a second Ebola patient in the northwestern Democratic Republic of the Congo on Tuesday, just days after a new outbreak of the deadly disease emerged. According to genetic testing, an infection confirmed last week was a new “spillover event,” a transmission from an infected animal, […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu On Sunday, charred bodies were found scattered among burnt palms, cars, and vans following a weekend explosion at an illegal oil refining depot on the border of Nigeria’s Rivers and Imo states that killed more than 100 people. The ground was blackened by oil and soot and still emitting smoke in some places […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu An ambulance service official told journalists that a blast at a seaside restaurant in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu killed six people. “So far, we’ve transported six dead civilians and seven injured,” said Abdikadir Abdirahman, director of Aamin Ambulance Service. Al Shabaab, Somalia’s Islamist group, claimed responsibility for the blast, with military operations spokesperson Abdiasis Abu Musab telling newsmen that they were targeting “security […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote said on Friday that his 650,000 barrel per day oil refinery will be operational next year 2023, before Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari’s term expires. The refinery is being built in Lagos at a cost of $19 billion, having been delayed for several years, which has increased the cost from Dangote’s earlier estimates […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu A former Member of Parliament among others has been sentenced to ten years in prison by an Egyptian court for smuggling antiquities out of the country. Alaa Hassanein, a former MP, and four others face ten years in prison, while Hassan Rateb, a prominent businessman, and 17 others face five years. They were all fined […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu Since 2017, 43-year-old Beth Gatonye has taught dozens of visually impaired women – and a few men – the art of massage in order to create jobs for Rwanda’s marginalized community. Even today, demand for massage services offered by her company Seeing Hands is limited to foreigners. “Rwandans say they don’t want a blind person touching […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu The Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP) armed group has claimed responsibility for an explosion that killed or injured 30 people at an alcohol-sold market in Nigeria’s Taraba state, expanding the area where the ISIL affiliate operates in the country. The explosion occurred on Tuesday in the rural town of Iware, and local […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu Togo will allow prison visits to resume on Friday, reversing a two-year ban set to combat the spread of the coronavirus. Family visits are important for many detainees, as they allow relatives to bring food, clothing, and medicine, as they are in many African countries. “From Friday, April 22nd, inmates’ parents, friends, representatives […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu Following the death of a pregnant woman that sparked nationwide outrage in Senegal, six midwives have been charged for the death according to their lawyer on Wednesday. AEM reported that Astou Sokhna who was nine months pregnant, died in a public hospital in early April in the northern town of Louga after she repeatedly pleaded with doctors to perform a […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu Sister Alphonsine Ciza spends most of her day in gumboots, a white veil tucked under a builder’s hat, manning the micro-hydroelectric plant she built to overcome daily electricity cuts in her town of Miti in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. She works around the clock with a team of nuns and engineers, greasing machinery and checking the dials of […]
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