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By Akanimo Sampson By March this year, Ethiopia recorded 3.04 million Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs)  due to ethnic conflict and environmental shocks over the past year. Since April, the government of Ethiopia, according to International Organisation for Migration’s (IOM) Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) has rolled out a phased plan to return, relocate and integrate those displaced, resulting in tens of thousands of IDPs returning to their places of origin The global migration agency and its humanitarian partners are now scaling up use of the Community-Based Planning (CBP) approach to support the government’s return initiative, and to strengthen sustainable return, recovery, and social…

By Akanimo Sampson The war-torn Central African Republic (CAR) is being ravaged by flood that has already displaced around 30,000 persons with scores struggling to cope with the disaster of nature. CAR has been mired in a brutal civil war since the 2013 ouster of President Francois Bozizé by a coalition of rebel groups. The militias have been fighting each other or the government, forcing around a quarter of the country’s 4.7 million people to flee their homes. Last September, the United Nations estimated that two-thirds of CAR’s population requires humanitarian aid to survive. At the moment, the flooding has…

The Appeal Court in Calabar, Thursday, November 14, ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission, lNEC, to issue Certificate of Return to the All Progressives Congress, APC, candidate in Mbo State Constituency of Akwa Ibom. This was as the appellate court nullified the State Assembly election won by Okon Asukwo, of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP and declared Effiong Johnson of APC, a winner. Though the State House of Assembly election was held on Saturday, March 9, 2019, Asukwo declared a winner of the election by INEC was a member of the House of Assembly. However, PDP in the state in…

Ten staffers of Dalhatu Araf Specialist Hospital, Lafia in Nasarawa State, found guilty of financial misconduct, sabotage and sale of blood meant for patients, have been dismissed. Dr Hassan Ikrama, the hospital’s Chief Medical Director (CMD) said, “Some of them were engaging in stealing of blood from Blood Bank and selling same to private hospitals and diverting money meant for the hospital. Some were using the facilities of the hospital to carry out investigation in the laboratory and put the money for the charges in their private pockets.” Ikrama noted that all the dismissed staff were investigated and found culpable by…

From October 22 to 25, 2019, participants gathered in Nairobi, Kenya to brainstorm on Citizen Science. The specialist training workshop on Managing Citizen Science Projects for Impact under Citizen Science for Conservation in Africa. The participants shared results, ideas and experiences, aimed at strengthening the management of their Citizen Science projects, engaging citizen scientists, and using citizen science results for conservation. Sponsored by Cambridge Conservation Initiative’s Collaborative Fund, the workshop was collaborated by Tropical Biology Association (TBA), University of Cambridge, National Museums of Kenya, British Trust for Ornithology (BOT) and Kenya Bird Map Project. The workshop covered skills in: Engaging…

By Akanimo Sampson Most of the Kilinochchi District’s 400 irrigation tanks in Sri Lanka have fallen into disrepair due to three decades of conflict in the country. The climate has also changed. While some areas of Sri Lanka experience floods, in others dryness has turned to drought. It is more than six months since Mrs Murugesu Nagulambigai last saw rain. Her hometown, Arasapuram, in the northern Kilinochchi district, is a naturally dry area and traditionally local farmers coped with the lack of rainfall by irrigating crops from artificial village reservoirs, known locally as “tanks.” In Nagulambigai’s village the only water…

The Super Eagles of Nigeria pipped the Squirrels of Benin Republic 2-1 in the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifier played at the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium, Uyo on Wednesday. The Squirrels scored in the first five minutes before the Super Eagles equalised through penalty in the 45th minute of the tension-soaked match. Victor Osimhen scored through a penalty in the 45th minute while Samuel Kalu scored in the 65th minute to help Nigeria bounce back from a goal down. So far, the Eagles have picked three vital points at the end of the crucial encounter.

Claiming that God gave man everything that lives on earth as food and not to discriminate, a South African Pastor has fed his members with weird creatures. Lesego Daniel of Rabboni Centre Ministries is seen on his church’s Facebook page serving his members with millipedes and beer. Daniel had repeated the bizzare act by giving his church members petrol to drink and grass to eat. An unedited statement from the church indicates “Truly this scripture was fulfilled in Rabboni centre ministries today as our father has been teaching us that anything can be declared to be the body and the…

By Akanimo Samppson Conflicting narratives are circulating in the market, as the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) 2020 draws close. BIMCO recently reported that while ship owners are ready for the upcoming sulphur regulation, the bunker market is not. Availability will vary significantly between ports and adequate supply in main bunkering hubs may not be enough to cushion the blow from IMO2020. Conversely, others are expecting less disruption from the new regulation and expects to continue onward with business unhindered. Many owners seeking to pass on their added fuel costs might be faced with a rude awakening if the markets are…

By Akanimo Sampson The number of trafficking victims from Côte d’Ivoire in Tunisia is zooming significantly since 2012, according to official figures, just as Africa is thought to be the source of the most migrant deaths worldwide, yet data collection on the reasons, frequency and details of migrant mortality remains elusive. That was just one take-away from a two-day International Organisation for Migration (IOM) conference in Senegal. The session convened to an open discussion of concrete areas of collaboration between actors working on the issue of migrant deaths and disappearances in Africa. It however, began Monday in Dakar, with the participation of…