CAMEROUN: GUNMEN KIDNAP SENATOR, DEMAND RANSOM
MURAYA May 3, 2022
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CAMEROUN: GUNMEN KIDNAP SENATOR, DEMAND RANSOM

Ekeomah Atuonwu A senator from President Paul Biya’s ruling party and her driver were kidnapped in Cameroun’s troubled Anglophone northwest on Monday, military and administrative sources said. “Elizabeth Regina Mundi was kidnapped late Saturday morning by terrorists in Bamenda,” the northwest’s capital, according to a senior official with the region’s governor. He claimed that two wings of the separatist Ambazonian Defence Forces (ADF) […]

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ETHIOPIA: POLICE AND WORSHIPPERS CLASH DURING EID CELEBRATIONS
MURAYA May 3, 2022
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ETHIOPIA: POLICE AND WORSHIPPERS CLASH DURING EID CELEBRATIONS

Ekeomah Atuonwu Ethiopian police used tear gas to disperse young worshippers in Addis Ababa during prayers marking the end of Ramadan. The incident occurred outside the international stadium in the city’s heart, where prayers were to be held to commemorate the Eid al-Fitr holiday. Due to the stadium’s capacity, some worshippers began to pray outside, in Meskel Square. According to […]

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MINERS TRAPPED FOR TWO WEEKS IN BURKINA FASO
MURAYA May 2, 2022
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MINERS TRAPPED FOR TWO WEEKS IN BURKINA FASO

Ekeomah Atuonwu In Burkina Faso 🇧🇫, rescuers are attempting to reach eight miners who have been trapped underground for more than two weeks. Following heavy rain last month, the Perkoa Zinc mine flooded. Six of the miners are from Burkina Faso, with the remaining two coming from Zambia and Tanzania. Burkina Faso’s government has launched […]

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UN SECRETARY GENERAL URGES WEST AFRICAN JUNTAS TO RETURN TO CIVILIAN RULE
MURAYA May 2, 2022
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UN SECRETARY GENERAL URGES WEST AFRICAN JUNTAS TO RETURN TO CIVILIAN RULE

Ekeomah Atuonwu UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has urged military juntas in Burkina Faso, Guinea, and Mali to return power to civilian rule as soon as possible. He also urged the world to follow through on “climate emergency” promises. Guterres said that after meeting Senegalese President Macky Sall in Dakar on Sunday, they agreed on the importance of continuing to talk […]

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PROTESTING MINERS OBSTRUCT SPEECH BY SOUTH AFRICA’S PRESIDENT
MURAYA May 2, 2022
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PROTESTING MINERS OBSTRUCT SPEECH BY SOUTH AFRICA’S PRESIDENT

Ekeomah Atuonwu On Sunday, striking mineworkers stormed the stage, forcing South African President Cyril Ramaphosa to abandon his Workers’ Day speech in the northwestern city of Rustenburg. Workers at the Sibanye-Stillwater mine are demanding a wage increase of 1,000 rand ($63) per month, rather than the 850 rand ($54) offered by the mine. Ramaphosa chose to commemorate Workers […]

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FORMULA MILK MARKETING IS EXTREMELY MANIPULATIVE- WHO
MURAYA April 29, 2022
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FORMULA MILK MARKETING IS EXTREMELY MANIPULATIVE- WHO

Ekeomah Atuonwu Formula milk businesses are paying influencers and social media platforms to gain direct access to pregnant women and moms at some of their most vulnerable times. The $55 billion global formula milk industry is targeting new mothers with directed social media content that is not always obvious as advertising. Globally, digital technologies are rapidly being […]

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BITCOIN NOT A SOLUTION TO AFRICAN ECONOMIC WOES – IMF
MURAYA April 29, 2022
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BITCOIN NOT A SOLUTION TO AFRICAN ECONOMIC WOES – IMF

Ekeomah Atuonwu The International Monetary Fund warned Thursday that Bitcoin is not a solution for Africa’s economic woes, following the Central African Republic’s adoption of the cryptocurrency as legal tender. Read here. Abebe Aemro Selassie, the head of the IMF’s African department, stated that when adopting cryptocurrencies, a “robust” payment system with financial transparency and a governance framework must […]

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SUDAN: WEST DARFUR CLASHES LEAVE OVER 200 DEAD
MURAYA April 28, 2022
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SUDAN: WEST DARFUR CLASHES LEAVE OVER 200 DEAD

Ekeomah Atuonwu At least 200 people were killed in three days of fighting in Sudan’s West Darfur, according to the state governor, who provided the first official toll for the recent clashes. Clashes erupted near West Darfur’s state capital, El Geneina, between members of the non-Arab Massalit community and Arab fighters. It was the most recent ethnic clash in […]

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VACCINATION AGAINST EBOLA BEGINS IN DR CONGO
MURAYA April 28, 2022
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VACCINATION AGAINST EBOLA BEGINS IN DR CONGO

Ekeomah Atuonwu The Democratic Republic of the Congo launched a vaccination campaign on Wednesday after two people died of Ebola in the northwestern town of Mbandaka, according to the World Health Organization’s Africa office. Earlier, AEM had reported that this is the 14th outbreak of the killer virus in the country since 1976, with six occurring […]

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MISS RWANDA: ORGANIZER ARRESTED OVER ALLEGED SEXUAL ABUSE
MURAYA April 27, 2022
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MISS RWANDA: ORGANIZER ARRESTED OVER ALLEGED SEXUAL ABUSE

Ekeomah Atuonwu The organizer of the Miss Rwanda beauty pageant has been arrested on suspicion of sexually abusing contestants, according to authorities. The arrest of Dieudonné Ishimwe, the CEO of Rwanda Inspiration Back Up, the company that organizes the contest, comes just a month after this year’s event. Mr Ishimwe is yet to respond to the allegations leveled […]

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