Ekeomah Atuonwu Sunday saw the state funeral for former strongman president Jose Eduardo dos Santos, whose nearly four decades in power in the oil-rich country were tainted by accusations of corruption and nepotism. The ceremony, which honors dos Santos on what would have been his 80th birthday, took place in the nation’s capital Luanda just […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu The three-day visit by French 🇫🇷 President Emmanuel Macron to Algeria 🇩🇿 is intended to address two pressing issues: fostering future economic ties and mending the wounds left by colonialism. As he began a three-day visit to the former colony, President Emmanuel Macron said France and Algeria should look past their “difficult” shared […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu With the advent of “Vikseen Virtual” by sports enthusiast and computer programmer Victor Daniyan, Nigerian soccer has at last entered the video game league. The young Nigerian fixed the oversight of not having Nigerian football heroes featured in video games as stars from clubs throughout Europe after three years of fiddling and thousands of lines of […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu To honor the new Zulu ruler, pupils in the KwaZulu-Natal area of South Africa are expected to dress traditionally on Tuesday. On Saturday, Misuzulu ka Zwelithini was crowned in a customary ceremony despite claims to the contrary from some royals. The new 48-year-old king will be honored and celebrated in schools on August 30 as part of a […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu 23 interest-free mature loans for 17 African nations are set to be forgiven by the Chinese government. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi revealed this during his speech at the recently held Forum on China-Africa Cooperation. He said the action shows China’s commitment to forging greater commercial connections with the African continent. The foreign minister […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu Aliko Dangote, president of the Dangote Group, has been requested by the Zambian Minister of Commerce and Industry, Mr. Chipoka Mulenga, to help grow the agricultural industry in his nation. Chipoka Mulenga appealed for cooperation between the Dangote Group and the Zambian government in the building of a fertiliser plant in the southern African nation while leading a group from Zambia on a weekend […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu Thousands of South Africans are participating in a nationwide strike to show their opposition to the country’s rising cost of living. Trade union federations Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) and South African Federation of Trade Unions (Saftu) have called on all non-essential workers to strike for the day on Wednesday, 24 August. […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu Six weeks after his death in Spain, the body of former Angolan president Jose Eduardo dos Santos arrived in Luanda on Saturday evening. Dozens of people gathered at the airport in Luanda to welcome the casket carrying dos Santos’ remains in support of his family. Following weeks of ambiguity regarding the former president’s […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu Nigerians are “starved of heroes,” according to acclaimed author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, who recently spoke at the annual general meeting of the Nigerian Bar Association. She also said that young people “no longer find individuals to look up to.” In her discussion was also the continuing kidnapping-for-ransom situation and other security issues affecting Nigeria. “Nigeria is in […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu For the first time since the COVID-19 outbreak struck two years ago, millions of kids in the Philippines are back in primary and secondary schools. On Monday, as kids returned to their classes in schools across the nation wearing masks and uniforms, they lined up for temperature checks. One of the last nations […]
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