The week in focus ushered us into a new month accompanied by the May Day celebrations. On delivering his May Day speech, the South African president was interrupted as striking mineworkers stormed the stage. In a similar encounter, Ethiopian police used tear gas to disperse young worshippers in Addis Ababa during prayers marking the end of Ramadan. On 3rd of May, the world marked […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu An official said Wednesday, that flash floods and storms killed at least 18 people in several provinces of Afghanistan over the last five days. Every year, tens of thousands of Afghans are killed by torrential rains, particularly in impoverished rural areas where poorly constructed homes are at risk of collapsing. Sharafuddin Muslim, Deputy Minister for Disaster […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu On Tuesday, several explosions targeted educational facilities in Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, with an explosion at a boys’ high school killing at least six people. The explosions were aimed at the Mumtaz Education Center and the Abdul Rahim Shahid high school in Kabul’s western Dasht-e-Barchi district. The first blast occurred as the children were leaving school. A second explosion occurred […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu Afghanistan is the world’s unhappiest country, and it was that way before the Taliban took power last August. This is according to the World Happiness Report, which was released ahead of the UN-designated International Day of Happiness on Sunday. Afghanistan was ranked last out of 149 countries surveyed in the annual report, with […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu The world must not overlook Afghanistan because of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the UN refugee head said warning that ignoring its humanitarian needs might be “extremely risky”. Filippo Grandi, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, who is on a four-day visit to Afghanistan, said the international community must continue to engage with Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities since […]
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Avellon Williams KABUL, AFGHANISTAN – Recent photographs show the struggle for survival at an overcrowded hospital in the southern province of Kandahar, as desperately malnourished babies and children lie side by side as doctors race to treat with them. For weeks, humanitarian organizations have been warning of a looming disaster as the Taliban struggles to […]
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By Faith Nyasuguta In a bid to provide food for his family, an Afghan father said he sold his daughter, Parwana Malik, 9 years, for $2,200 to a 55-year-old man. This was revealed by CNN which reported that the family has lived in an Afghanistan northwestern province for years, struggling to afford basic needs including […]
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By Faith Nyasuguta Ex- US president Donald Trump has announced plans to launch his own social network, in the latest push to reclaim his internet dominance after a ban from Twitter and Facebook in the wake of the violent Capitol insurrection. “TRUTH Social” will be owned by Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG) and is […]
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By Faith Nyasuguta Over 40 Afghans have entered South Sudan without following the outlined legal procedures in line with the nation’s immigration authorities. While addressing the sector commanders on Tuesday morning in Juba, Gen Atem Marol, who chairs the South Sudanese Immigration, Passports, and Civil Registry revealed that the refugees entered the country illegally. “My […]
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The first batch of 51 Afghanistans have arrived in Uganda on a private chartered flight.
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