Ekeomah Atuonwu Local officials in South Africa’s Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality warned on Thursday that the municipality is rapidly running out of water as local dams run dry due to a severe drought. “Nelson Mandela Bay is in the grip of a drought disaster, and it’s only going to get worse in the long run,” […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu Togolese President Faure Gnassingbé has agreed to serve as a mediator in the Malian political crisis, according to foreign ministers from the two nations. Mali has been embroiled in a crisis since the military seized power in 2020, and the country has been under pressure to return to democratic rule. AEM reported that tensions between the junta […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu Hong Kong reopened beaches and pools on Thursday as part of a relaxation of COVID-19 restrictions, while China’s capital Beijing began relaxing quarantine rules for foreign visitors. Hong Kong had closed water sports venues due to an outbreak of the highly transmissible omicron variant, but has eased restrictions as the number of new […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu A court document showed on Wednesday that Guinea’s attorney general had ordered legal proceedings against ousted President Alpha Conde and 26 of his former officials over the violence surrounding Conde’s disputed bid for a third term. Conde, 84, was deposed in a military coup last September by officers who now rule West Africa. […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu Taliban officials in Afghanistan’s most progressive city have told driving instructors to stop issuing licences to women, professionals from the sector told journalists. While Afghanistan is a deeply conservative, patriarchal country, it is not uncommon for women to drive in larger cities –- particularly Herat in the northwest, which has long been considered liberal by Afghan […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu An official said Wednesday, that flash floods and storms killed at least 18 people in several provinces of Afghanistan over the last five days. Every year, tens of thousands of Afghans are killed by torrential rains, particularly in impoverished rural areas where poorly constructed homes are at risk of collapsing. Sharafuddin Muslim, Deputy Minister for Disaster […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported that forces in the Central African Republic (CAR) 🇨🇫, whom witnesses identified as Russian, appear to have summarily executed, tortured, and beaten civilians since 2019. According to HRW, several Western governments, as well as United Nations experts and special rapporteurs, have discovered evidence that Russian-linked forces operating in the […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu The United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, has expressed support for measures aimed at alleviating the suffering of internally displaced people (IDPs) in Nigeria’s restive northeast state of Borno. Speaking with stakeholders on Tuesday in Maiduguri, the state capital of Borno and the epicenter of the Boko Haram insurgency, the UN Secretary-General expressed concern for the plight of those […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu SHANGHAI, CHINA- Following a public outcry after a senior citizen was mistaken for dead by staff at an aged care facility and sent to the morgue, Shanghai authorities have fired at least six people. On Monday morning, the Putuo district government confirmed the error and announced an investigation. It was revealed hours later that four […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu Somalia’s al Shabaab group attacked an African Union mission troop camp in the Shabelle region in the country’s center on Tuesday, according to a local elder and the group. Three civilians were killed in the crossfire, according to another resident. The resident, who lives in a nearby village, later stated that he saw two helicopters flying by […]
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