Ekeomah Atuonwu All government employees in Afghanistan are required to wear a beard and follow a dress code or face being dismissed, the ruling Taliban have said. This is the most recent in a series of new limitations imposed by the hard-line Islamist government. Representatives from the Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu Suspected bandits attacked a passenger train traveling from Abuja to Kaduna in northern Nigeria after trapping it, according to the state authorities. Anas Iro Danmusa, a passenger, said via Facebook on Monday evening that criminals had hidden explosives on the train and were attempting to board it, and that gunfire could be heard outside. […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo announced that COVID-19 restrictions in the country has been eased, and declared the reopening of land and sea borders. This he stated, in a nationwide address on Monday. “Face masks are no longer required as of today, all in-person activities, including religious gatherings, conferences, workshops, and funerals, may resume at full capacity if the audience […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu On Saturday, dozens of female students and teachers marched in front of Afghanistan’s education ministry in Kabul. The women protested the Taliban’s decision to close girl’s secondary schools just hours after reopening them earlier in the week, holding signs that read “education is our right.” The Taliban’s decision reversed their previous commitment to open girls’ […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu An NFT version of Nelson Mandela’s arrest warrant raised $130,550 at an auction, with proceeds going to a museum preserving the history of South Africa’s anti-apartheid struggle. On August 5, 1962, South Africa’s first democratically elected black president was arrested and imprisoned for 27 years. The reserve price at the Saturday night auction in […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu Face-to-face classes have begun for millions of Filipino students in more than 10,000 public and private schools, as limited in-person sessions began for the first time. It’s been two years since pandemic-driven movement restrictions were implemented in the country and most of the world in March 2022. According to a Department of Education […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu Relatives and collaborators of former Malian Prime Minister Soumeylou Boubèye Maga, who died on March 21st at the age of 67, gathered in Bamako to pay their respects to the late PM, who was laid to rest in the Bozola cemetery. A large crowd gathered at the gates of the Bozola cemetery in […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu According to local media reports, 7,000 members of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) and Boko Haram have surrendered in northeast Nigeria in the last week. According to the News Agency of Nigeria, a top commander in the region, Major General Christopher Musa, an onslaught targeting ISWAP and Boko Haram fighters has […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu Following clashes between Senegalese soldiers and separatists near the Gambian border, over 6,000 people have fled their homes in The Gambia and Senegal. The figures were released on Tuesday by the Gambia’s National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA). The Senegalese military launched an operation against separatist rebels in the West African country’s southern Casamance […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu David Beasley, the head of the United Nations World Food Programme, has warned that the ongoing crisis between Russia and Ukraine will send shockwaves throughout Africa and the Middle East, sparking a mass migration crisis unless Western leaders take action to prepare for food and resource shortages. Because both countries contribute roughly 25% […]
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