Ekeomah Atuonwu According to government statistics, Benin will produce 728,000 tonnes of cotton annually in 2020–21, making it Africa’s top producer of the fabric. Nearly all of its raw cotton is exported, with Bangladesh receiving the lion’s share. Currently, a project is underway to process cotton locally and generate income with the intention of exporting clothing to […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu On Sunday, the United States and Britain issued a warning over a potential terrorist assault in Abuja, the federal capital of Nigeria, with particular emphasis on targeting government structures, houses of worship, and educational institutions. Nigeria is mostly facing an Islamist insurgency in the northeast, but in July, the Islamic State claimed credit […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu Accra, the capital of Ghana, saw a three-day strike by traders against rising living expenses as the West African nation struggles with the economic effects of the conflict in Ukraine. Only street food vendors were standing in front of the closed stores in Accra’s Central Business District and the largest automotive spare parts district, […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu Nigerian officials have urged the Indian government to guarantee the security of Nigerian students studying in the nation. This comes after fighting between Indian and Nigerian students at Delhi’s GD Goenka University last weekend, which was brought on by a disagreement over a football game. On Twitter, footage of the altercation has been posted. More […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu As the registration window closes, the Ghanaian government will block around 10 million Subscriber Identification Module (SIM) cards. After a year-long nationwide registration effort, the communications authority and industry regulator will on October 31 cut phone and data connections for unverified cards. The communication authority extended the verification deadline by two months in […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu Following the diagnosis of 54 Ebola cases last month, the Ugandan government declared an outbreak of the disease. Since September 20, at least 19 people have passed away, including four healthcare professionals. Last week, the first instance in Kampala, the city’s capital, was noted. According to the Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Ugandan […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu According to a hospital source, a bus struck an explosive device in central Mali on Thursday, leaving at least 11 persons dead and 53 injured. Early in the afternoon, a security source reported that the explosion happened on the route in the Mopti region between Bandiagara and Goundaka. The area has a reputation for being a center of […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu Hundreds of displaced girls in Cameroon have demonstrated against the wars that have interfered with or ended their schooling. Due to the separatist struggle in the country’s western regions and the terrorism of Boko Haram along the country’s borders with Nigeria and Chad, about a million Cameroonian children have missed school in recent years. Better […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu Thousands of students in the Amhara region of northern Ethiopia have skipped the national exams that determine their admission to institutions. Approximately 12,000 high school pupils, according to statistics, declined to take the tests. The education ministry did not give a reason for their refusal in a statement, but the move coincides with […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu Over 300 people have died in Nigeria’s worst floods in a decade in 2022, including at least 20 this week, according to the authorities, who claim that they have no control over the situation. According to the National Emergency Management Agency of Nigeria, 500,000 people have been impacted by the floods in 27 […]
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