Ekeomah Atuonwu Burkina Faso’s ex-president Blaise Compaore, sentenced in absentia to life in jail for the 1987 assassination of revolutionary icon Thomas Sankara, apologised to the ex-leader’s family on Tuesday. “I ask the Burkinabe people for forgiveness for all the acts I may have committed during my tenure, and especially the family of my brother and friend Thomas Sankara,” he […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu Michaela Ewuraba Boakye-Collinson, an award-winning actress with Ghanaian roots, has been starred in the new sequel of Black Panther dubbed Wakanda Forever. On her personal Instagram handle, Ewuraba whose parents are Ghanaian but grew up with her sister in London, shared the Wakanda-Forever trailer with a shot that captured a scene of her. The Ghanaian-British woman has worked as an actress, screenwriter, […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu Tobi Amusan won the women’s 100m hurdles event in Eugene, Oregon, to become the first Nigerian athlete to win a gold medal at a World Athletics Championship. Amusan crossed the finish line at Hayward Field in an astounding 12.06 seconds after breaking the world record in the semi-final with a time of 12.12. Due to an […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu Monkeypox has been classified as a worldwide health emergency by the World Health Organization. The designation, which follows a global spike in cases around the globe, is the highest alert the WHO can give. In 75 different countries, more than 16,000 cases have been documented, according to WHO Director General Tedros Ghebreyesus. The number of cases has also […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu Facebook has suspended the pages of the Taliban-run Afghanistan National Television and Bakhtar news agency, demonstrating the firmness of its anti-Taliban stance. According to Khaama Press, the Afghanistan National Television and Bakhtar news agency websites are no longer accessible. The Taliban also reportedly engaged in intensive media operations after seizing control of ANT’s media center. The websites for both […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu Health authorities in Ghana have officially confirmed two cases of the highly infectious Marburg virus in the country, after two people who later died, tested positive for the virus on July 10. A total of 98 people identified as contact cases are currently under quarantine, the Ghana Health Service said, noting that no other cases of Marburg […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu Six-time Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was elected as crisis-wracked Sri Lanka’s new President in a parliamentary vote Wednesday, with the backing of the disgraced former leader’s party. After Gotabaya Rajapaksa left the nation and resigned as a result of demonstrators occupying his palace, official results handed the seasoned politician 134 votes, an overwhelming majority in the 225-member parliament. “Our […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu Young girls cannot leave Chad without parental consent, a policy that has been condemned by women’s rights organizations, which are calling for a reversal. Idriss Dokony Adiker, the security minister general, rationalized the choice by claiming that “a migratory flow of young females” was fleeing the nation for “purposes of exploitation.” The declaration forbids putting […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu A community group in rural Zimbabwe is making reusable sanitary towels so that girls do not skip school when they have their period. The Chiedza Community Welfare Trust, in Zimbabwe’s Mutasa District, started sewing cloth sanitary pads when founder Gladys Mukaratirwa realised that local girls were missing school every month because they could not afford disposable hygiene products. “If […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu In Nigeria, access to food is a challenge for many low-income families – FAO estimates that around 13 million people face hunger and nearly seven million suffer from severe malnutrition. As a child, Oscar Ekponimo also experienced the fear of not knowing where his next meal would come from. So, after studying computer science and attending business […]
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