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Tinubu Bags New Appointment After Stepping Down As ECOWAS Chair

VAM News July 7, 2024 0 Comment

Voice Air Media, News Update President Bola Tinubu has been re-elected as the chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), about one year after he took over the leadership of the...

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Tragedy as 46-year-old Teacher commits suicide, drops letter for Wife

VAM News July 6, 2024 0 Comment

Voice Air Media, News Update A 46-year-old teacher at Maguya Day Secondary School in Chipata District in Zambia has allegedly committed suicide by taking unknown poisonous substances. Panford Mweetwa, who was recently transferred from...

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BREAKING: Togo lifts suspension on foreign journalists

Akanji Philip June 22, 2024 0 Comment

Togo authorities said they will lift a suspension on accreditations for foreign journalists imposed in April after a highly contested constitutional reform. The High Authority for Audiovisual and Communication suspended accreditations before legislative...

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AfDB, WFP: Sudan’s Wheat Production Soars by 70% Despite Conflict, Hunger

Akanji Philip June 21, 2024 0 Comment

The African Development Bank and World Food Programme have stated that wheat production in Sudan rose by 70 per cent amid soaring hunger in the country. According to a statement posted on its...

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One dead, 200 injured in tax protests— Report

Akanji Philip June 21, 2024 0 Comment

A man died on the sidelines of mass demonstrations against proposed tax hikes in the Kenyan capital, police said Friday, with the mounting protest a day earlier also leaving 200 people injured. A...

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Ramaphosa sworn-in as South Africa President

VAM News June 19, 2024 0 Comment

Voice Air Media, News Update Ramaphosa was sworn-in for a second term in Pretoria, the South African capital. The president took his oath of office before Chief Justice of South Africa, Raymond Zondo. “I...

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Ramaphosa re-elected as South Africa President despite ANC’s performance

VAM News June 15, 2024 0 Comment

Voice Air Media, VAM News Update THE South African parliament re-elected Cyril Ramaphosa, the African National Congress’s (ANC) President, as the President of South Africa on Friday during the first sitting of the National...

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Tragedy as South Africa auto crash claims 13 lives

Bright Olorungbotemi May 28, 2024 0 Comment

Thirteen people died Tuesday in a head-on collision between a minibus taxi and a truck on a major road in South Africa’s northern province of Limpopo, transport authorities said. The accident happened around dawn...

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Mali, Niger, B/Faso absent as ECOWAS parliament mulls mediation C’ttee— Report

Akanji Philip May 22, 2024 0 Comment

The Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS Parliament, yesterday mulled the appointment of an ad hoc mediation committee to get Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso absent at the extraordinary session, to rescind their...