EU BANK SANCTIONS TO AFFECT FOOD PURCHASES – AU CHAIRMAN

EU BANK SANCTIONS TO AFFECT FOOD PURCHASES – AU CHAIRMAN

Ekeomah Atuonwu On Tuesday, the African Union’s chairman warned EU leaders that their decision to bar Russian banks from the SWIFT financial messaging system risks jeopardizing food supplies to the continent. The Ukrainian conflict and Russia’s blockade of its neighbor’s ports, combined with African conflicts and climate change, have already sent global cereal prices skyrocketing […]

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 NEPAL: 22 BODIES RECOVERED AFTER PLANE CRASH

NEPAL: 22 BODIES RECOVERED AFTER PLANE CRASH

Ekeomah Atuonwu Rescuers have recovered all 22 bodies from the site of a plane crash on a Nepalese mountainside. All the bodies have been flown to Kathmandu and are being examined by doctors at the Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital. According to the airline, the bodies will be handed over to relatives after an autopsy. On Sunday, a […]

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 SENEGAL: POLICE ARREST TWO AFTER DEATH OF 11 BABIES IN FIRE

SENEGAL: POLICE ARREST TWO AFTER DEATH OF 11 BABIES IN FIRE

Ekeomah Atuonwu Senegalese authorities detained two health workers from a neonatal unit where 11 newborns died in a fire last week. When the fire broke out at the Abdoul Aziz Sy Dabakh Hospital in Tivaouane, a town 120 kilometers (75 miles) northeast of Dakar, the nurse and a nurse’s aide were on duty. According to RFM, they were arrested for “neglecting […]

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 EX-PREMIER FAHIE STILL BEING PAID, WHEATLEY ADVICE ‘FOCUS ON YOUR CASE’

EX-PREMIER FAHIE STILL BEING PAID, WHEATLEY ADVICE ‘FOCUS ON YOUR CASE’

Avellon Williams  BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS – Premier Dr. Natalio Wheatley has confirmed that former Premier Andrew Fahie is still being paid a salary by the BVI government despite pleading not guilty to charges of conspiring to launder money and import cocaine into the United States. While in US Federal detention for a little more than a month, there has been […]

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 AFRICAN HERITAGE TO BE INTRODUCED TO SCHOOL CHILDREN

AFRICAN HERITAGE TO BE INTRODUCED TO SCHOOL CHILDREN

Avellon Williams BRIDGETOWN, BARBADOS- As part of its mission, the Ministry of Education wants to ensure that the island’s school children are fully exposed to African culture. During her address at the launch of the Nelson Mandela Essay Competition at Prime Minister’s Office Division of Culture in Sky Mall, Chief Education Officer, Dr. Ramona Archer-Bradshaw, outlined the […]

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 ZANZIBAR CONDEMNS ABUSE OF SCANTILY DRESSED TOURISTS

ZANZIBAR CONDEMNS ABUSE OF SCANTILY DRESSED TOURISTS

Faith Nyasuguta  A minister from the Tanzanian islands of Zanzibar has cautioned residents against insulting or abusing tourists wearing skimpy clothes. According to Zanzibar Tourism Minister Simai Mohammed, the government would take action against those who offend tourists, a group of people crucial to the islands’ economy. He said he would himself advise tourists who […]

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 DR CONGO, RWANDA PRESIDENTS HOLD TALKS AMID RISING TENSION

DR CONGO, RWANDA PRESIDENTS HOLD TALKS AMID RISING TENSION

Faith Nyasuguta  Rwandan President Paul Kagame has held a phone conversation with his Democratic Republic of Congo counterpart Félix Tshisekedi alongside African Union (AU) Macky Sall amid cross-border tensions. Congo’s government accuses Rwanda of supporting the M23 rebels in renewed fighting in eastern DR Congo – which the government in Kigali denies. Thousands of people […]

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 GERMANY HANDS OVER LOOTED ARTEFACTS TO NAMIBIA, ON LOAN

GERMANY HANDS OVER LOOTED ARTEFACTS TO NAMIBIA, ON LOAN

Ekeomah Atuonwu On Monday, Namibia received 23 historic items of jewelry, tools, and other objects looted under colonial rule and returned to Germany on an indefinite loan. The relics’ repatriation is part of a mission to promote rapprochement between the two countries. “All the objects were collected from various Namibian communities during the German colonial […]

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