Di Ghana Refugee Board (GRB) don confam say at least 186 Ivorians bin enta di kontri for di last two weeks. According to di board, di Ivorian nationals say dem bin dey run away from political tension ahead of dia kontri presidential election wey go happun for October 2025. Di president Alassane Ouattara bin announce say im go seek fourth term chance for office afta im don change di constitution for 2016 to remove presidential term limits. Early last month, thousands of pipo bin hit di streets to demonstrate say dem bin comot opposition leaders from di upcoming elections. Dem…
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Millions of malnourished children across Africa could be cut off from life-saving food within three months due to global aid cuts, a report released Thursday by Save the Children warned. The report said at least four countries, Nigeria, Kenya, Somalia and South Sudan, are on track to run out of ready-to-use therapeutic food (RUTF), an emergency peanut paste that has saved millions of children over the past three decades. Without it, children suffering from severe acute malnutrition are nine times more likely to die from common infections. In Nigeria, where 3.5 million children under five are severely malnourished, the need…
A first group of seven migrants has arrived in Rwanda as part of a deal to accept deportees from the United States, the Rwandan government said Thursday. “The first group of seven vetted migrants arrived in Rwanda in mid-August… Three of the individuals have expressed a desire to return to their home countries, while four others wish to stay and build lives in Rwanda,” government spokesperson Yolande Makolo told AFP. The authorities offered no information on the nationalities of the seven deportees. Rwanda said on August 5 that it would accept up to 250 migrants from the US, stating that…
The storm currently swirling around the Archbishop of the province of the Niger and the Bishop of Awka Diocese, His Grace,The Most Rev’d Alexander Chibuzo Ibezim,PhD, is a painful reminder of how quickly we forget who our leaders are and what they represent. Allegations of embezzlement have been thrown about, and whispers of EFCC investigations dominate the headlines. Yet, behind the noise, one fact remains: the Archbishop is not just a man—he is the spiritual father of the Anglican Communion, a symbol of faith for millions of believers. To drag his name in the mud so carelessly is to weaken…
By Rédaction Africanews Two days of clashes between government forces and rebel fighters in South Sudan are raising fears for the country’s fragile peace agreement. The Sudan People’s Liberation Army in Opposition (SPLA-IO) on Thursday accused government forces of launching attacks on their fighters in Western Equatoria and Upper Nile States. A spokesperson for the group said one rebel fighter and two soldiers were killed and a number of others wounded. The SPLA-IO said the attacks were a clear violation of the 2018 peace deal aimed at ending South Sudan’s bloody civil war between the government of President…
Blackened by soot, the gutted and derelict remains of South Africa’s infamous Usindiso building in central Johannesburg are an unintentional memorial to the 76 people who died here in a devastating fire two years ago. At one time an office block, the 1950s building in the Marshalltown area was abandoned and then taken over by several hundred people desperately needing a home. One of those was Vusi Tshabalala, who shakes his head in disbelief as he recalls how he survived the blaze on that late August night. “The fire seemed to come out of nowhere,” the 45-year-old tells the BBC…
The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, on Friday urged South-East governors to establish May 30 as a public holiday in the region. May 30 is annually observed as Biafra Day by pro-Biafra activists in the South-East. Its a day set aside to remember those who lost their lives during the Biafra civil war. Emma Powerful
The Arewa Joint Action Movement, AJAM, has taken a dig at the immediate past government of Muhammadu Buhari on issues of insecurity in the North. The group believes that the change in administration in 2023 marked a pivotal moment in the fight against insecurity in the region, adding that there is now hope that peace
Manchester United manager, Ruben Amorim, has insisted that Bruno Fernandes wants to stay with the Premier League. Speaking after a 3-1 win over Hong Kong in a post-season friendly on Friday, Amorim claimed Fernandes was “saying no to a lot of things”. The Portugal midfielder is being linked with a huge move to Al Hilal
Business and academic activities were grounded in Umuahia and Aba on Friday as many residents stayed indoors following the sit-at-home declared by the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, to mark the Biafra Day. IPOB said the sit-at-home is to honour honour fallen heroes. Also, some government offices in Umuahia either recorded low turnout of staff