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This week in a Burkina Faso teaching hospital, a group of children underwent surgeries they desperately needed so they could see another day. On the day of the surgery, the children could be seen sitting together in medical gowns at the teaching hospital. One could see the nervousness on the children’s faces as they waited at the end of the hospital’s empty hallway. Group of Five Children Undergo Open-Heart Surgeries Amongst the group of children was Landry Nion. Laundry, the smallest in the group of children, chose to distract himself with a phone game before the surgery. The nine-year-old played…

The first and second dry run/ dress rehearsal for the 2019 Calabar Carnival, scheduled for 20th October and 17th November 2019, has ended. The streets are breathing with life, old and young are loaded with expectations, anticipating the commencement of the carnival itself. The 3rd and final dry run will begin in earnest. 15th of December 2019 has been booked off the calendar for it with preparation on top gear. Calabar carnival is a peak season in Cross River.  You can tell the difference when you visit Cross River during this season. The feeling you get from the atmosphere can…

Vodacom gifts 20,000 smartphones to health workers in South Africa. This is to assist their efforts in battling the spread of the coronavirus. The company will also distribute 10 million voice calls minutes and 100 terabytes of data to the National Department of Health. This will also help health workers transmit and collect data as soon as possible. It will also assist in resource planning purposes as the testing begins to rise. “With this initiative, Vodacom will support the South African government’s objectives to reduce the spread of the coronavirus virus. It also helps in reducing the proposed curve and…

River Nile is the largest river in Africa and a great source of clean water. According to the latest news, the East African countries bordering the Nile River are currently in a fight to determine who should have control over the river. Back in 1929, the British colonial powers handed over the control to Egypt, but now nine countries long for access to the crucial waters. Egypt has always guarded the waters as they primarily benefit. The neighboring countries requested to build dams upstream so that they can use the waters for irrigation purposes, but Egypt prohibits the action. As…

For over 400 years, blacks living in western countries have been facing a lot of discrimination. They have suffered in the hands of white oppressors, primarily for financial purposes. This article exposes 7 most racist companies. They have served as slaves since colonization. However, the question is why should they tolerate such barbarism. They should arise and defend themselves. In America especially, the authorities care less about black Americans. They make judgments based on their skin color. These black Americans should endorse for change without despairing. Some companies which refute that ‘black lives matter ‘ include: (The racist companies) Wal-Mart…

On 9th June 2020, Nigeria nominated Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala for the post of WTO Director-General. Mr. Roberto Azevêdo, the former director-general announced he would resign on 31 August 2020. Dr. Okojo is a development economist and a former two-time finance minister of Nigeria. Why is She The Best Candidate for Director-General Position? Even though many potential candidates, for instance, Kenya’s Amina Mohammed, Dr. Okonjo is the strongest African candidate for this position. She has 30 years of development and financial expertise. Through working under the World Bank for 25 years, she managed to rise to the second top position and…

African youth are disillusioned with politics for a number of reasons. Disillusion refers to the degree to which individuals have disentangle themselves from politics. Since after the colonial period, the African political establishment has been a target of criticism. African leaders in the pre-colonial period had an organized political structure. In this period, there had very minimal political principles and social visions. The post-colonial leadership structure gave Africans an opportunity to exercise their democratic right. The hereditary leadership in the pre-colonial period limited Africans on the kind of leaders they wanted in power. Those in the family linage had a…

Ghanaian player still missing as agent issues update after earthquake. Despite earlier reports, former Newcastle United winger and Ghana international Christian Atsu is yet to be rescued from the ruins of the earthquake that devastated Turkey and Syria. On Wednesday, relatives of Ghanaian footballer Christian Atsu told AFP that despite initially reassuring information, they still had no reports of the player playing for Turkish club Hatayspor after the earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria. Whereas, on Tuesday, the Ghanaian Embassy in Turkey and the Ghana Football Federation assured that the footballer had been found alive in the ruins of a…

Many people do not love lavender leaves as they do with the flowers. Although not much study has been done to the leaves, it is believed that the flowers, leaves, and oil all contain linalool acetate, linalool, perillyl alcohol, 1,8, cineole, and 100 other known compounds. The leaves have an easy procedure that should be carefully considered when harvesting. Snip off the top tips while green. Put the leaves to air dry for a period of days. After they have dried, please store them in a brown paper bag or a glass jar and keep them in the dark space.…

The UN peacekeeping mission to the Senegalese military reported on Tuesday that three Senegalese soldiers were killed and five badly injured when their convoy hit an improvised explosive device in central Mali. From its inception in the country’s desert north after a coup in 2012, Mali’s Islamic insurgency has expanded across West Africa. There have been thousands of deaths and millions of refugees from the Sahel. According to MINUSMA, certain groups are linked to ISIS and al-Qaeda. On Tuesday, the catastrophe occurred near Songobia, a hamlet 29 kilometers southwest of Bandiagara in Mali’s Mopti region. The Senegalese Army confirmed that…