Ekeomah Atuonwu Taliban religious police have put up posters across Kandahar, Afghanistan, accusing Muslim women of “trying to look like animals” by not wearing an Islamic hijab that fully covers their bodies. According to reports, the Taliban have imposed strict sanctions on Afghan women since taking power in August, and have reversed the modest gains made […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu After spending over 100 hours trapped in a well with a snake, an Indian boy was discovered alive. According to local news reports, Rahul Sahu, 10, became trapped in a 60-foot well in Chhattisgarh state in central India five days ago, with only a frog and a snake for company. He didn’t explain how […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu Thirty-five teenage girls were rescued from a hotel in southeastern Nigeria where they were being forced into prostitution by a trafficking ring. According to local police, children born to these girls are sold. The girls, aged 14 to 17, were rescued from the Gally Gally hotel in Anambra state, where they had been “used as […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu Nigerian soldiers have discovered one of the more than 200 schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram operatives in the conflict-torn northeast eight years ago, according to the military. The April 2014 attack on a girls’ boarding school in Chibok, Nigeria, and the subsequent mass kidnapping sparked international outrage and a global #BringBackOurGirlscampaign. On Wednesday, […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu Limpopo South African Police Service (SAPS) is now investigating a video which went viral overnight, depicting a white male attacking a young black victim. In the video, the armed aggressor is seen pointing his gun at the child, while kicking and stomping on his victim. It is unclear what led to such a violent exchange. […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu France announced on Wednesday that soldiers from its operation battling Islamist militants in the Sahel region of West Africa had captured Oumeya Ould Albakaye, a senior Islamic State figure in Mali. The French Armed Forces ministry said Albakaye was captured by Operation Barkhane forces between the night of June 11 and the early hours of June 12 close to the […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu The kidnappers of the Zamfara wedding guests have demanded a ransom of N145 million ($40,000) in exchange for their release. According to reports, the abductors demanded N5 million ($12,000) each in ransom for the release of the 29 victims held captive. AEM had earlier reported that on Saturday evening, over 50 guests returning from a wedding in Sokoto State […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu Villagers who escaped a jihadist massacre in northern Burkina Faso said Tuesday that after government forces left the area, they were left without any protection from the attackers. Armed men moved unhindered through the village of Seytengaon Saturday evening, shooting, burning, and looting, they claimed. It is the second deadliest attack in Burkina Faso’s […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu Togo’s 🇹🇬 government declared a “state of security emergency” in its northern border region on Monday to give its armed forces more leeway in dealing with jihadist attacks. In May, eight Togolese were killed in an attack claimed by Al-Qaeda militants based in Mali 🇲🇱 in a northern town near the Burkina Faso […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu Burkina Faso 🇧🇫 on Tuesday began three days of national mourning after suspected jihadists killed at least 50 civilians in one of the worst attacks since the military seized power in January. Strongman, Lieutenant Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, issued a decree late Monday ordering the entire country to observe the period of mourning until midnight […]
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