Viola Davis honoured at the 48th annual Chaplin Award Gala/in /by
Viola Davis was honored as the 48th Chaplin Award Gala recipient Monday (24 April 2023) in New York
US helping from afar as Americans flee fighting in Sudan/in /by
The White House said Monday that the U.S. is helping from afar as thousands of Americans left behind in Sudan seek to escape fighting in the East African nation after the U.S. Embassy evacuated all of its diplomatic personnel over the weekend and shut down.
Libya: 34 bodies washed ashore in five days/in /by
The bodies of 34 illegal migrants who drowned while trying to reach Europe have been recovered from the coast of western Libya in five days, the Libyan Red Crescent (LRC) said Monday.
First batch of evacuees from Sudan arrive in Kenya/in /by
A Kenya air force plane landed in Nairobi on Monday night with 39 people. The country's defense minister said more evacuation flights are planned
Uganda: Sand mining sparks fear and debate/in /by
In Uganda, sand is intensely being mined from wetlands in the centre of the country. The mining efforts are driven by a booming construction industry. But locals and activists warn it is endangering the ecosystem and flooding nearby residential areas.
World Malaria Day: New vaccine brings optimism/in /by
The efficacy of the R21 vaccine is 75% compared with the RTS,S vaccine, sold by GlaxoSmithKline as Mosquirix, which is about 30% effective. Ghana became the first country to approve its rollout on 13 April
Nigeria: Halliburton Nigeria Oil Production Facility Reaches 10m Barrels Milestone/in /by
[This Day] Abuja -- Halliburton Testing and Subsea (TSS) Nigeria has celebrated two significant milestones, including an Early Production Facility (EPF) and processing of its 10 millionth barrel of oil as well as reaching the milestone with zero lost-time incident (LTI) days.
Sudan conflict: Egyptian evacuees on buses reach safety at border/in /by
“There is heavy shelling, there is no water, no electricity, it is an unstable situation. Jets are over us all the time, over the capital, we never expected something like this at all even in dreams, especially in Khartoum. This is something I can't describe, it is so difficult." Mona Othman, Sudan
Comoros refuses Mayotte migrant boats permission to dock/in /by
"As we said before, the Comoros are not ready to receive the expelled from Mayotte, even though the convention signed in July 2019 clearly stipulated that consultations were needed. There have been and are still being held, but so far we have not reached an agreement." Houmed Msaidie
Nigeria: AKK Gas Pipeline Project Nears 70% Completion – NNPCL/in /by
[Premium Times] Mr Kyari said the NNPCL has so far released the sum of $1.1bn to finance the project.