ANGOLA: PRESIDENT JOAO LOURENCO WINS SECOND TERM

ANGOLA: PRESIDENT JOAO LOURENCO WINS SECOND TERM

Ekeomah Atuonwu Joao Lourenco, the president of Angola, was elected to a second five-year term on Monday after his MPLA party scored a narrow victory in last week’s fiercely contested election, continuing decades of control in the oil-rich nation. When the results of the election were revealed by the electoral commission it was clear that […]

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 NIGERIA: UNIVERSITIES’ UNION EXTENDS SIX MONTH OLD STRIKE

NIGERIA: UNIVERSITIES’ UNION EXTENDS SIX MONTH OLD STRIKE

Ekeomah Atuonwu Following a National Executive Council (NEC) meeting of the striking university lecturers at the University of Abuja on Monday, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) extended its six-month-old strike. The strike was started by ASUU on February 14, 2022. The following day, it announced a four-week warning strike. The academics, however, prolonged […]

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 NIGER CREATES INDUCED RAIN TO FIGHT DROUGHT

NIGER CREATES INDUCED RAIN TO FIGHT DROUGHT

Ekeomah Atuonwu According to the meteorological agency, in reaction to the drought that has led to a major food crisis in the nation this year, the Nigerien government has chosen to utilize chemicals to induce rain. Through the use of an aircraft, chemicals such as a mixture of silver, sodium, and acetone are introduced into […]

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 ANGOLA HOLDS STATE FUNERAL FOR EX-PRESIDENT JOSE DOS SANTOS

ANGOLA HOLDS STATE FUNERAL FOR EX-PRESIDENT JOSE DOS SANTOS

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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 MACRON’S VISIT TO ALGERIA & THE WOUNDS OF THE PAST

MACRON’S VISIT TO ALGERIA & THE WOUNDS OF THE PAST

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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 NIGERIAN MAKES VIDEO GAME FEATURING NIGERIAN FOOTBALL LEAGUES

NIGERIAN MAKES VIDEO GAME FEATURING NIGERIAN FOOTBALL LEAGUES

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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 PUPILS TO WEAR TRADITIONAL ATTIRE IN HONOR OF NEW ZULU KING

PUPILS TO WEAR TRADITIONAL ATTIRE IN HONOR OF NEW ZULU KING

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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 CHINA WAIVES INTEREST FREE LOANS FOR 17 AFRICAN NATIONS

CHINA WAIVES INTEREST FREE LOANS FOR 17 AFRICAN NATIONS

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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 ZAMBIA SEEKS TO JOIN HANDS WITH DANGOTE FOR AGRICULTURAL  DEVELOPMENT

ZAMBIA SEEKS TO JOIN HANDS WITH DANGOTE FOR AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT

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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 SOUTH AFRICA: NATIONWIDE STRIKE LOOMS AS TRADE UNION CALLS FOR TOTAL ECONOMIC SHUTDOWN

SOUTH AFRICA: NATIONWIDE STRIKE LOOMS AS TRADE UNION CALLS FOR TOTAL ECONOMIC SHUTDOWN

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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