Ekeomah Atuonwu The Rwandan Court of Appeal upheld a 25-year prison sentence against ailing “Hotel Rwanda” hero Paul Rusesabagina, who was convicted on terrorism charges last year, rejecting a prosecution appeal to increase the penalty to life in prison. The outspoken critic of President Paul Kagame, who has been detained for nearly 600 days, was convicted last […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu Thousands of people gathered in Jakarta’s Istiqlal mosque on Saturday as the world’s largest Muslim-majority country began the holy month of Ramadan. With coronavirus cases decreasing in Indonesia, the country relaxed restrictions to allow people to gather for special prayers performed only during this holy month. President Joko Widodo announced last week that the country would […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu Dangote’s 650,000 barrels per day (bpd) oil refinery in Nigeria will start production in the fourth quarter of 2022, according to Group Executive, Devakumar Edwin. He said, “75% hydraulic testing… and 70% electrical cable fitting have been completed in preparation for the refinery’s completion in the fourth quarter of this year.” Edwin also stated that the refinery, which is […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu On Monday, thousands of Angolans gathered in Luanda, the country’s capital, to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the end of the civil war. A mass was attended by many politicians, including President Joo Lourenço, his wife and Vice President Bornito de Sousa Baltazar. The event drew politicians from both the government and the opposition. “We must toast our […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu The United States returned a cache of smuggled ancient artifacts to Libya on Thursday, as the oil-rich Mediterranean country struggles to protect its heritage amid years of war, turmoil, and unrest. Among the items returned are two sculptures from the ancient city of Cyrene dating from the fourth century B.C. According to a statement […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) reports that efforts to deliver critical medical aid into the war-torn Ethiopian region of Tigray remain limited. This is despite a humanitarian truce reached last week between the government and rebel forces. The ICRC has been allowed to airlift medical supplies into Tigray since January […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu Angola has suspended the pay for doctors who went on strike last week to demand higher wages and medical supplies. “We will not pay the striking doctors’ salaries,” Labour Minister Teresa Dias told reporters. On March 21, doctors went on strike for the second time in four months. The most recent strike, in December, it lasted five […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu The Federal Government has announced that the wearing face masks in public places is no longer required, as part of efforts to ease COVID-19 restrictions across the country. On Wednesday, Dr Muktar Muhammed, the Head of the Technical Secretariat, Presidential Steering Committee (PSC) on COVID-19, stated in Abuja that the final relaxation of COVID-19 measures will be […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu As the cash-strapped island’s economic crisis worsens, Sri Lanka has announced nationwide 13-hour daily power cuts beginning Thursday. Following this, more hospitals have suspended routine surgeries due to a lack of life-saving medicines. The 22-million-person South Asian nation is experiencing its worst economic crisis since its independence in 1948, owing to a severe lack […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu More than a dozen people, including women and children, drowned when their boat capsized in the central Nigerian state of Niger while fleeing armed gang attacks. According to emergency officials, eight bodies have been recovered, including those of two women and six children, while five people remain missing. Search and rescue operations are […]
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