Ekeomah Atuonwu As tensions between Russia 🇷🇺 and Ukraine 🇺🇦heightens, African students in Ukraine are currently living in fear of the possibility of being caught up in a war zone. They are unsure of what plans their governments have in place. Some countries had issued advisories for evacuation from the besieged nation for weeks. Bombs […]
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Staff writer AEM has confirmed that US President Biden will nominate Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson. Judge Brown currently serves in the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. This is a ground breaking nomination, a first where a woman of African heritage will seat as a jurist in the nation’s highest […]
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Avellon Williams Ukraine-President Volodymyr Zelenski has left behind his Presidential suit and dressed in military gear to fight alongside his soldiers as Russian troops closed in on Kyiv. “I remain in the capital,” he said. “I remain with my people.” “I am staying in the government quarter together with others. The enemy has designated me […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, wheat and other grains are back at the heart of geopolitics. The two nations play a key role in the world’s agricultural market. For decades, there has been significant agricultural trade between nations in Africa, Russia and Ukraine. In 2020 African countries imported agricultural products worth $4 billion […]
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Lisa Mugo AMERICA- Pete Davidson, Kim Kardashian’s new boyfriend has left Instagram just seven days after re-joining the social app. Pete posted his very first post which was a video of Martin Scorsese’s 1982 film ‘The King of Comedy’ and many Kanye fans spammed the comment section with the word ‘Skete’ which is a nickname that Kanye gave […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu The African Union (AU) is concerned about Russia’s war on Ukraine and has called for an “urgent ceasefire” to prevent a “planetary conflict.” The incursion has “seriously alarmed” the union’s chairman, Senegalese President Macky Sall, and AU Commission Chairman Moussa Faki Mahamat, according to a statement. They demand that the Russian Federation, as well […]
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Avellon Williams KINGSTON, JAMAICA – 26 Jamaican students are still in Ukraine, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said. Of those students, 25 are in Kharkiv, and one is in L’viv. In addition, 15 students have left the country and two students have not provided information about their whereabouts. The Jamaican Government says it continues to assist […]
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Avellon Williams VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis encouraged people to pray and fast for a peaceful resolution of the conflict in Ukraine on Ash Wednesday as tensions mounted throughout the world. As he concluded his general audience on Feb. 23, the pope urged people to pray and fast to fight the “diabolical insistence, the diabolical […]
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Lisa Mugo Nigeria’s Zinoleesky and Mohbad were arrested on Thursday at their home in Lekki, Lagos by the Nigeria Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). The two musicians were arrested alongside a group of other people. They were put in handcuffs and taken away. Eye witnesses have since come out to say there was no arrest warrant issued but the agency says […]
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Wayne Lumbasi UEFA are expected to confirm that Saint Petersburg will no longer host the 2022 Champions League final at an extraordinary meeting to be held on Friday following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The biggest game of the European club calendar was scheduled to take place at the Krestovsky Stadium, known commercially as the Gazprom Arena, […]
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