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Year: 2021

Africa 

Sudan anti-coup protests mark uprising anniversary

Village Reporter,
Last updated: 3 hours ago Sudanese took to the streets in the capital of Khartoum and elsewhere across the country for mass protests Sunday against an October military takeover and a subsequent deal that reinstated Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok, but sidelined the movement. The demonstrations marked the third anniversary of the uprising that eventually forced the military removal of longtime… Read More
OP-ED Opinions 

Nigeria’s Grief Geometry! By Gbenro Olajuyigbe

Elwin Mandowa,
In geometry, space, sides, lines and angles are ingredients for understanding relativity. However, Grief Geometry is a different kind of kettle. It is here used in reference to the ceaseless adversarial violence with non-receding fatal consequences; resulting in despair, fear, shocks, wailing, lamentation, gnashing of teeth and  other sorrowful  expression of endless grief occasioned by widespread banal violence and generalized… Read More
Pacific 

Afghanistan economy in ‘freefall’, threatening to take entire population with it

Village Reporter
Speaking virtually to the 17th Extraordinary Session of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Council of Foreign Ministers in Islamabad, Pakistan, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Martin Griffiths painted a grim picture of 23 million people facing hunger; malnourished children overflowing in health facilities; 70 per cent of teachers working without salaries; and millions of students – Afghanistan’s future – out… Read More
Africa 

Santa visits children in Amazon riverine communities

Village Reporter,
Last updated: 47 minutes ago Santa Claus went around the Solimões River Saturday, stopping at riverine communities along the jungle shoreline in the Amazon basin to bring gifts for the children and Christmas cheer for everyone else. Since 1998, the project “Friends of Santa Claus” distributes gifts to children throughout the Amazon state. Santa Claus along with volunteers travelled by… Read More
Africa 

Mass anti-coup protests hit Sudan

Village Reporter,
Thousands of Sudanese on Sunday took to the streets of the country’s capital Khartoum marking three years of protests that touched off a popular uprising that led to the overthrow of longtime President Omar al-Bashir Earlier reports suggested that Security forces had fired tear gas at the protesters near the republican palace in the capital, chanting against the current military… Read More
Entertainment Lifestyle 

Beyonce reports Osinbajo to Twitter for violating her copyright

Village Reporter,
Twitter said a post by Nigeria’s Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has been withheld, following complaints by copyright owner Beyonce Knowles. The microblogging site said the March 8 tweet violated the American singer’s copyright. Mr Osinbajo had posted a video tweet featuring Beyonce’s song ‘Run the World’ to mark the 2021 International Women’s Day celebration. The tweet, however, did not attribute… Read More
Entertainment Lifestyle 

Teni, Shizzi fight dirty on Twitter over production of ‘Case’

Village Reporter,
  Oluwaseyi Akerele, Nigerian record producer better known as Shizzi, has engaged Teni Apata, the musician, in a war of words on Twitter ove… Oluwaseyi Akerele, Nigerian record producer better known as Shizzi, has engaged Teni Apata, the musician, in a war of words on Twitter over the production of ‘Case’, her hit single.   Teni released ‘Case’ in 2018… Read More
Africa 

Turkey’s Africa summit: A likely opportunity to sell more drones

Village Reporter,
At a two-day Turkey-Africa summit, which ended in Istanbul on Saturday, President Erdogan described as a great injustice, the absence of an African representative at the UN Security Council. The summit is also a business opportunity; Turkey has been deepening defence ties with African countries and has sophisticated and battle tested drones to sell. ” It is a great injustice… Read More