Ekeomah Atuonwu Burkina Faso’s former president Blaise Compaore has been sentenced to life for complicity in the 1987 murder of his predecessor Thomas Sankara in a coup, a military tribunal ruled on Wednesday. Sankara, a charismatic Marxist revolutionary, was assassinated at the age of 37 in the West African nation’s capital, Ouagadougou, four years after […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu Suspected rebels using machetes and guns to attack a village in eastern Congo have killed at least a dozen civilians, according to Congo’s army and a survivor. According to army spokesman Captain Anthony Mwalushayi, the attack was carried out late on Sunday in Masambo, about 50 kilometers from the city of Beni, by fighters affiliated with […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu A Nigerian atheist and outspoken religious critic was sentenced to 24 years in prison on Tuesday after pleading guilty to blasphemy charges in the predominantly Muslim northern state of Kano, in a ruling that highlights the country’s religious freedoms. Mubarak Bala’s charges stem from comments he made on Facebook in April 2020 that were critical […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu The whereabouts of 168 passengers are still unknown one week after gunmen attacked a train with explosives in northwestern Nigeria, according to the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC). On March 28, at least eight people were killed and many more were injured when gunmen detonated a bomb on the train tracks and opened fire […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu Schools and universities in Iran have reopened for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic began more than two years ago. Students and teachers in Iran were required to attend classes in person beginning on Sunday, which coincided with the start of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Some schools and universities had […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu The Rwandan Court of Appeal upheld a 25-year prison sentence against ailing “Hotel Rwanda” hero Paul Rusesabagina, who was convicted on terrorism charges last year, rejecting a prosecution appeal to increase the penalty to life in prison. The outspoken critic of President Paul Kagame, who has been detained for nearly 600 days, was convicted last […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu Thousands of people gathered in Jakarta’s Istiqlal mosque on Saturday as the world’s largest Muslim-majority country began the holy month of Ramadan. With coronavirus cases decreasing in Indonesia, the country relaxed restrictions to allow people to gather for special prayers performed only during this holy month. President Joko Widodo announced last week that the country would […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu Dangote’s 650,000 barrels per day (bpd) oil refinery in Nigeria will start production in the fourth quarter of 2022, according to Group Executive, Devakumar Edwin. He said, “75% hydraulic testing… and 70% electrical cable fitting have been completed in preparation for the refinery’s completion in the fourth quarter of this year.” Edwin also stated that the refinery, which is […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu On Monday, thousands of Angolans gathered in Luanda, the country’s capital, to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the end of the civil war. A mass was attended by many politicians, including President Joo Lourenço, his wife and Vice President Bornito de Sousa Baltazar. The event drew politicians from both the government and the opposition. “We must toast our […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu The United States returned a cache of smuggled ancient artifacts to Libya on Thursday, as the oil-rich Mediterranean country struggles to protect its heritage amid years of war, turmoil, and unrest. Among the items returned are two sculptures from the ancient city of Cyrene dating from the fourth century B.C. According to a statement […]
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