Ekeomah Atuonwu Girls’ high schools in Afghanistan will be closed by the Taliban administration, only hours after they reopened for the first time in nearly seven months. Due to the Taliban’s reversal, female kids in grades above sixth will be unable to attend school. According to a government news agency, a Ministry of Education notification […]
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Avellon Williams KABUL- As the Taliban took control of Afghanistan in August 2021, they promised a milder version of the harsh rule that marked their previous stint in power, during which women were deprived of most of their rights. This time the movement has been careful not to issue rigid national decrees, but provincial authorities have introduced […]
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Avellon Williams PORT-OF-SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO- Crime is a global issue that affects every country in the world. While some countries have lower crime rates than others, there are still nations that struggle with high levels of criminal activity. The World Population Review, which tracks crime in various forms, expressed per 100,000 people globally ranked Venezuela on top, Papua […]
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Avellon Williams ITALY- Rescue crews recovered three more bodies on Monday, bringing the death toll to 62 in the migrant tragedy off Italy’s southern coast. It underscores once again how desperate and dangerous boat crossings are for people seeking to reach Europe. A number of other people are believed to be missing. Children were among those […]
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Maina wa Njuguna The newly elected 118th Congress – in particular, the US House of Representatives is back with a bang led by a weakened Speaker, Kevin McCarthy (R) who was elected to the Speakership after a whopping 15 rounds of votes, something not witnessed in 100 years. Yesterday, the US House voted and removed […]
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Avellon Williams Ancient Indonesia In Indonesia, the first people arrived about 40,000 years ago, when the sea level was lower and the island was connected to Asia by a land bridge. A new wave of people arrived around 10,000 BC at the end of the last ice age. Food was first obtained by hunting animals, […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu The death toll in the powerful earthquake that struck a remote border region of Afghanistan overnight, has reached 1000, leaving several injured. The 5.9 magnitude quake struck hardest in the rugged terrain of the east, where people already lived hardscrabble lives in a country in the grip of a humanitarian disaster made worse […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu Authorities have confirmed that an earthquake rocked eastern Afghanistan early Wednesday, killing at least 255 people. The magnitude 6 quake that shook Paktika province remained unknown, but it comes as the international world has mostly fled Afghanistan since the Taliban took control of the country last year, during the chaotic exit of the United States forces […]
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This week, two presidents emerged from Africa and from the Middle East. Ex-Somali president Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud was re-elected into office following an intense contest with the incumbent Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo. Following the demise of President Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyanaged 73, Sheikh Mohammed was elected as the new UAE President barely 48 hours later. In what could be termed bizarre, a corpse was found on the runaway of […]
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Compiled by Ekeomah Atuonwu As journalists we sympathize with the families of Shireen Abu Aqla, a 51-year-old Palestinian American journalist who was shot on the field of duty. She was a veteran correspondent for Al Jazeera’s Arabic news channel and had reported on the Israel-Palestinian conflict for two decades. Still in the Middle East, President […]
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