By Margaret Besheer U.N. humanitarian officials said Wednesday that nearly a year into Sudan’s civil war, almost 18 million people are facing crisis levels of food insecurity — and tens of thousands of children are at particular risk of death from malnutrition. “Areas with active conflict are recording the most highly food-insecure populations,” Maurizio Martina, deputy director general of the Food ...

By:NEWS WIRES Louisiana’s strict abortion ban is having spillover effects across women’s health care in the US state, leading doctors to turn away patients for routine prenatal visits and perform unnecessary Cesarean sections, according to a report released Tuesday. Conservative Louisiana, in the Deep South, joined a dozen other states in implementing a near-total ban on abortion after the US Supreme Court ...

By Will Grant,BBC News, Cap-Haitien, Haiti “Port-au-Prince is in panic mode,” a friend in the Haitian capital texted me. Residents of Petionville, a wealthier area of of the city, are shaken after their most violent day so far in the country’s spiralling security crisis. More than a dozen bullet-ridden bodies lay in the street – the victims of the latest ...

By Florence Phiri in Lilongwe & Tamasin Ford in London,BBC Africa Eye BBC Africa Eye investigates how a WhatsApp group helped save more than 50 Malawian women trafficked to Oman to work in slave-like conditions. Warning: Some people may find details in this story distressing. A 32-year-old woman breaks down in tears as she relives the abuse she experienced when, ...

By:NEWS WIRES A powerful Haitian gang leader pledged Wednesday to continue the fighting that has plunged the country into chaos, as stakeholders work toward establishing a transitional governing body to replace the outgoing prime minister. Gangs that control most of the capital Port-au-Prince launched an armed campaign almost two weeks ago saying they intended to topple Prime Minister Ariel Henry, ...

By: Julius Addae ODURO Home Stars FC on Wednesday March 13, 2024 beat Zone 3 leaders Vision Fc to shield their 6th position in zone 3. The Ho base club fought hard to beat Vision FC 1-0 to accumulate 27 points after their defeat in Hohoe on Sunday March 10, 2024. The 71st minutes goal scored by Eric Akonnor gave ...

Lawyers for the Boeing employee-turned-whistleblower found dead by apparent suicide have hailed him as “a brave, honest man of the highest integrity”. Authorities are currently investigating the death of John Barnett, from what appeared to be a self-inflicted wound. Mr Barnett retired after working more than 30 years at Boeing in 2017. He was giving evidence in a lawsuit against ...

By: Julius Addae ODURO The Volta Regional Football Association has announced the resumption of the second round of the Volta Division two league. The league is scheduled to resume on Friday March 15, 2024.The zonal games are expected to end on Sunday June 9, 2024.Below are the full fixtures of the zones:

By : Nutifafa Bequine The final of the Men’s 100 meters Butterfly, rescheduled from yesterday Monday March 11,2024 due to a false start, will take place Tuesday March 12,2024 at 10:00 am at the Aquatic centre, Borteyman. Ghana’s Silver medalist, Abeku Jackson is aiming to add to the silver he won in the 50m Butterfly.

By Chris Ewokor BBC News, Kuriga Musa Garba,17, had to slither on the ground like a snake to avoid being detected by his kidnappers as he made his escape through the bush of northern Nigeria. Earlier, camouflaged by his school uniform, the teenager had managed to hide in a heap of cut grass as the group of schoolchildren he was ...