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Month: July 2023

Entertainment Lifestyle 

Foundry Town Survivors Bring Their Music Home To Ann Arbor

Village Reporter,
Foundry Town Survivors Bring Their Music Home To Ann Arbor – Music Industry Today – EIN Presswire Trusted News Since 1995 A service for music industry professionals · Monday, July 31, 2023 · 647,398,031 Articles · 3+ Million Readers News Monitoring and Press Release Distribution Tools News Topics Newsletters Press Releases Events & Conferences RSS Feeds Other Services Questions? Sourced… Read More
Africa Investments 

East Africa Regional Economic Outlook 2023: Mid-term growth for East Africa region projected highest on the continent for 2023-4

Elwin Mandowa,
East Africa will register the highest regional economic performance on the continent in 2023 and 2024, with growth figures at over 5 percent, according to the newly published African Development Bank 2023 East Africa Economic Outlook. The report, launched on Thursday 27 July, projects mid-term economic growth in the region to accelerate to 5.1% in 2023 and 5.8 % in… Read More
Africa 

Five killed in suspected illegal mining gang violence in South Africa

Village Reporter,
Five people have been shot and killed in Johannesburg in suspected violence between rival gangs of illegal miners, police said on Sunday. The five bodies, believed to be those of illegal miners , were found near an abandoned mine shaft near a suburban slum to the west of Johannesburg. “The preliminary investigation suggests that two rival groups of illegal miners… Read More
Entertainment Lifestyle 

Singer Wizkid loses N99.5million ring to his fans at his concert in UK (Video)

Village Reporter,
Grammy award-winning Nigerian musician, Ayodeji Balogun, aka Wizkid, lost one of his expensive rings at his just concluded concert in the UK. The singer reportedly threw his expensive ring while trying to fling his jacket to the crowd at his sold-out show at Tottenham Stadium in London, UK, on Saturday night. This was made known by popular British-Nigerian podcaster, Adesope… Read More
Entertainment Lifestyle 

Where did Nigerian Pidgin come from, and what’s the story behind it?

Village Reporter,
As a proud Nigerian, I’ve always been amazed by the pidgin language we use in our day-to-day interactions. When I banter with friends, talk with sellers in the market, argue with bus conductors and share laughter with family at home, I’ve sometimes thought, “Where did this language come from, and how did it come to be so widely used and… Read More
Africa 

French embassy in Niger is attacked as protesters waving Russian flags march through capital

Village Reporter,
Thousands of people backing the coup in Niger marched through the streets of the capital denouncing France, the country’s former colonial power, waving Russian flags, and setting a door at the French Embassy ablaze on Sunday before the army broke up the crowd. Demonstrators in Niger are openly resentful of France, and Russia is seen by some as a powerful… Read More
Africa Ghana West Africa World 

Ghana criminalises witchcraft accusations and abuse of victims

Elwin Mandowa, , , , , , , ,
For centuries most African countries including Ghana have struggled with the practice of witchcraft accusations. Often elderly women risk banishment, physical abuse and sometimes lynched once they are accused of being a witch. Ghana’s parliament last Friday passed a bill into law to protect such vulnerable people. The new law makes witchcraft accusation and the abuse of victims a crime.… Read More
Development Health Advice 

WHO hails Mauritius, Netherlands for tobacco control measures but global risks remain

Global Author
Hailing Mauritius and the Netherlands for implementing all of the UN health agency’s MPOWER tobacco control measures – a feat matched to date only by only Brazil and Türkiye – the WHO said that 2.3 billion people in 44 countries remain unprotected by tobacco control measures, exposing them to sickness and the economic burden of addiction.  In 53 countries, complete… Read More