Ekeomah Atuonwu The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) reports that efforts to deliver critical medical aid into the war-torn Ethiopian region of Tigray remain limited. This is despite a humanitarian truce reached last week between the government and rebel forces. The ICRC has been allowed to airlift medical supplies into Tigray since January […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu Angola has suspended the pay for doctors who went on strike last week to demand higher wages and medical supplies. “We will not pay the striking doctors’ salaries,” Labour Minister Teresa Dias told reporters. On March 21, doctors went on strike for the second time in four months. The most recent strike, in December, it lasted five […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu The Federal Government has announced that the wearing face masks in public places is no longer required, as part of efforts to ease COVID-19 restrictions across the country. On Wednesday, Dr Muktar Muhammed, the Head of the Technical Secretariat, Presidential Steering Committee (PSC) on COVID-19, stated in Abuja that the final relaxation of COVID-19 measures will be […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu As the cash-strapped island’s economic crisis worsens, Sri Lanka has announced nationwide 13-hour daily power cuts beginning Thursday. Following this, more hospitals have suspended routine surgeries due to a lack of life-saving medicines. The 22-million-person South Asian nation is experiencing its worst economic crisis since its independence in 1948, owing to a severe lack […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu More than a dozen people, including women and children, drowned when their boat capsized in the central Nigerian state of Niger while fleeing armed gang attacks. According to emergency officials, eight bodies have been recovered, including those of two women and six children, while five people remain missing. Search and rescue operations are […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu A 19th-century carved mask from Central Africa has been sold for $4.6 million in France, despite Gabonese protesters in the auction house demanding the item’s “restitution.” “It’s a case of receiving stolen goods,” a man identifying himself as a member of Montpellier’s Gabonese community exclaimed from the back of the auction room, surrounded by […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu Israel is experiencing an increase in violence resulting from a series of deadly terror attacks across the country, most recently in the central city of Bnei Brak. A total of 11 people were killed in three terror attacks over a one-week period. On Tuesday night, five people were killed after a gunman, armed with an M-16 […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu Nigeria’s World Cup qualifier against Ghana was marred by ugly scenes at the final whistle. The super eagles of Nigeria and the black stars of Ghana met in a final battle for the world cup qualifier at the MKO Abiola stadium in Abuja on Tuesday. After the Nigerian team failed to secure their place in the world […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu In the latest attack on basic human rights by the country’s new rulers since seizing power, the Taliban have ordered airlines in Afghanistan to prohibit women from flying unless they are accompanied by a male relative. Hardline Islamists have imposed severe limitations on freedoms, primarily targeting Afghan children and women, and have ordered local […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu As the insurgent group continues to tighten down civil rights in Afghanistan, the Taliban government is targeting international media with broadcasting prohibitions. Some DW content will no longer be replayed by Afghan partners, according to DW’s Afghan service on Monday. According to the UK’s national broadcaster, news broadcasts in Pashto, Persian, and Uzbek would […]
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