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US records another plane crash as air ambulance crashes in Northeastern Philadelphia

An air ambulance carrying six persons on board has crashed into a Philadelphia neighborhood on Saturday just shortly after take off. The small plane, which has been identified as a Learjet 55, was heading to Springfield-Branson National Airport in Missouri when it crashed down and exploded in flames. According to sources, the plane was carrying a child who was being treated for a life-threatening medical condition, her mother and four […]

todayFebruary 1, 2025

over 100 people have been killed in the rebel attack in the eastern region of the DR Congo

Africa

Over 100 killed in Eastern DR Congo as M23 claim absolute control

Over hundred people have lost their lives while over 273,000 have been displaced in the ongoing conflict between M23 Rebels and government backed forces in the Eastern part of the DR Congo. The Rwandan-backed M23 Rebel group have seized major towns in the mineral-rich Eastern DR Congo causing major problems in the region including a potential diplomatic row between South Africa and Rwanda. Rwanda President Paul Kagame and his South […]

todayJanuary 30, 2025

Congolese displaced fleeing the area of Minova board with their belongings boat leaving the port of Nzulo on January 21, 2025 to seek shelter in Goma. Photo by JOSPIN MWISHA/AFP via Getty Images.

Africa

Close to 240,000 Africans displaced in Eastern Congo conflict

About 273,000 people have been displaced in the ongoing rebel conflict in the mineral-rich Eastern DR Congo, according to the latest report from the East African country. Congolese civilians, fleeing bombs and bullets, have overwhelmed displacement camps like Nzulo on the outskirts of Goma. M23, the rebel group, have captured major towns in Eastern Congo and have maintained a strong grip on the Goma airport. According to the United Nations, […]

todayJanuary 30, 2025

Paul Kagame has opened fire with South African counterpart Cyril Ramaphosa

Africa

Rwanda President Paul Kagame accuses South Africa of working with rebel group in DR Congo

Rwanda President Paul Kagame has pointed accusing fingers at South Africa for working with a rebel group in DR Congo to further distablise the East African nation. Rebel group M23 have captured the Eastern Congo town of Goma and maintain control of its airport as regional tensions hikes with casualties rising on a daily basis. Tensions between DR Congo and Rwanda have been reignited following the capture of Goma by […]

todayJanuary 30, 2025

illegal immigrant arrested in the United States of America

Africa

US arrest 956 persons in one day as Donald Trump strengthens crack down on illegal immigrants

By Emmanuel Akyereko A United States of America ICE crack down on illegal immigration resulted in the arrest of about 956 persons nationwide on Sunday, the highest since Donald Trump introduced the policy. The Trump administration has expanded the detention powers of several federal agencies since the introduction of the policy with many raids recorded in Miami, Chicago, and Newark. The 47th President of the United States of America has […]

todayJanuary 28, 2025

Nigerian lady found guilty

Africa

Court in Nigeria orders a lady to pay ¥15,000 to boyfriend after collecting lorry fare and failing to visit him

A court in Nigeria has found a lady named Rhoda Adu, guilty of collecting transportation from her boyfriend and failing to visit him as she promised. A Magistrate Court in Ilesa, Osun State in Nigeria has ruled that Ms Rhoda Adu should pay his boyfriend Olapitan Sola a sum of ¥15,000. According to the court, Sola sent a lorry fare of around ¥299 to Rhoda to visit him which she […]

todayJanuary 27, 2025

Vietnamese in Hanoi in March 2021 take part in a test to gain a specified skilled worker visa for work in Japan. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)

Africa

Japan government considering extending stays of pregnant skilled foreign workers

There is good news on the horizon for foreign skilled workers in Japan as the government of the East Asian country is considering extending the five-year residency limit for skilled foreign workers if they become pregnant. In Japan, there have been cases where holders of foreign skilled worker visas have had their employment appointments terminated after they become pregnant. And, the government is taking steps to ensure that foreign workers […]

todayJanuary 27, 2025

Ahshwin Mouwers was shot down outside a court in South Africa

Africa

Murder witness gunned down outside courtroom in South Africa

By Emmanuel Akyereko A murder case witness, identified as Ashwin Mouwers, was shot dead while waiting to testify in an ongoing murder trial. Lieutenant Colonel Mavela Masondo, the local police spokesperson, has confirmed that Mouwers was shot dead while he was about to testify as a witness in a 2021 murder case that took place in Eldorado Park, Soweto. The national police service in South Africa have launched a search […]

todayJanuary 24, 2025

gasoline tanker blast in Nigeria

Africa

Close to 100 dead in explosive fuel tanker blast in Nigeria

By Emmanuel Akyereko Ninety-eight people have been confirmed dead and several others have sustained multiple degrees of injuries when a gasoline tanker truck blasted in north central Niger during the weekend. The tragic incident happens when locals rushed to the scene with generators to siphon fuel from the tanker, triggering the explosion which left a devastating situation in the city which is close to Abuja. At least three times in […]

todayJanuary 23, 2025

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