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Year: 2019

Africa 

Guinea-Bissau polls: Embalo claims victory, ruling party candidate urges patience

Village Reporter,
While official results of Guinea Bissau’s presidential election are not expected until Wednesday, a former army general and ex-Prime Minister Umaro Cissoko Embalo claims he is on course to win the election. His opponent and candidate of the ruling PAIGC party, Domingos Simoes Pereira urged the nation to await official results, saying there is ‘ a lot of fake news… Read More
OP-ED Opinions 

DSS Will Abduct More Nigerians For Being “Irritants” – My 2020 Prophecies By ‘Prophet’ Fredrick Nwabufo

Village Reporter
Permit me to indulge in this end-of-the-year humbug. I have read some prophecies for the year 2020 by men who arrogate to themselves the title ‘’man of God’’.  Well, since I am not born of Satan, I believe I am a craft of that supreme intelligent being.  But let me say upfront, the ‘’spirit’’ which dwells in me is not… Read More
Africa 

Cyclone Calvinia hits Mauritius [Morning Call]

Village Reporter,
Mauritius closed its only airport at midday on Monday and the Indian Ocean island nation’s stock exchange was shut for the day after the meteorological service warned that tropical storm Calvinia could intensify into a cyclone. The meteorological service declared a class III alert. Africanews correspondent Mohammed Yasine Mohabuth tells us what is happening on the ground. @NyashaKMutizwa Read More
Africa 

Algerian army claims foiling destructive plot in 2019 [Morning Call]

Village Reporter,
The Algerian army faced a plot in 2019 aimed at destroying the country, according to the army chief of staff Saïd Chengriha. Chengriha said that the plot was aimed at “striking at the stability of Algeria, undermining the pillars of the state and pushing it into a quagmire of chaos and violence”. The military leader, however, did not elaborate on… Read More
Africa 

Greece says eight abducted as tanker stormed off Cameroon

Village Reporter
ATHENS (Reuters) – Eight people were abducted and one person injured during an armed raid overnight on a Greek-registered tanker anchored off Cameroon, Greek authorities said on Tuesday. Greece’s shipping ministry said the ‘Happy Lady’ tanker was two nautical miles off the port of Limboh in Cameroon when it was stormed by individuals who were armed. Five Greeks, two people… Read More
Human Rights 

FIRST PERSON: ‘You can’t get paid for staring out of the window’ – How I proved my teacher wrong

Village Reporter
As a boy, Zack Martin’s school teacher told him, he couldn’t get paid for staring out of a window, but the former marine says he proved the teacher wrong by becoming a truck driver and building a successful heavy-load trucking business, Crawler Haulers, in the city of Lafayette in Louisiana.  “I joined the US Marines when I was a young kid and it really made me who I am, as… Read More