Members of the Fulani tribe have targeted and killed 28 Christian villagers in north-central Nigeria as attacks in the region continue to escalate. “Fulani gunmen were shooting sporadically and shouting, ‘We are looking for those alive to kill’,” said Amos Samuel, a 35-year local farmer in Gonan Rogo, a village in Kaduna state. The attacks […]
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Flower Tourism Wilts Under COVID-19
Once it was becoming clear that the COVID-19 outbreak was spreading rapidly in Italy, all European countries moved to a lockdown to protect their citizens. Airfields were closed, and people were directed by their governments to stay home. Museums, restaurants, hotels and all social venues also closed, with the exception of supermarkets and pharmacies. These […]
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COVID-19 Means Fewer Condoms in Zimbabwe
Family planning supplies and contraceptives are sold out or inaccessible as the Zimbabwean government continues to battle COVID-19. “The lockdown has meant that community health workers like myself who have often had to distribute contraceptives like family planning pills and at times condoms, have had to stop operating and this means disaster in homes,” said […]
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Test your news knowledge with Zenger: May 18
The author of this book series announced a companion novel. Pajhwok The Hunger Games Harry Potter Twilight The Maze Runner Correct! Wrong! Author Stephenie Meyer announced a Twilight companion book will be out Aug. 4. Who is set to play Joe Exotic, the Tiger King, in an upcoming scripted series about the popular Netflix show? […]
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Cameroon University Suspends Professor For Asking A Legal Question In A Law Class
Felix Nkongho Agbor Balla Cameroon’s University of Buea suspended a law instructor more than a month after he asked students a legal question during a political and constitutional history course. English Law lecturer Felix Nkongho Agbor Balla posed level two law students the following: “The Anglophone crisis since 2016 was caused by the lawyers’ and […]
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Algeria cracks down on media
BOUIRA, Algeria—Anti-censorship groups have criticized Algeria’s government for launching an assault on the media with a wave of arrests, detention of journalists and the blocking of several popular news websites. The Committee to Protect Journalists, a U.S.-based media watchdog, has urged authorities in the North African country to lift a block on three news outlets that […]
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Popcorn With Zenger: Comedic Premise of ‘Coffee and Kareem’ Sours
While the coronavirus outbreak has done serious financial damage to Hollywood, the film industry’s creative stagnation has been longstanding. Ignoring the revolving door of superheroes, remakes and reboots, Hollywood still has a glaring problem: The films labelled “comedies” are not funny. For years, the idea of a major-studio comedy has been devolving into an endless […]
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Test your news knowledge with Zenger: May 17
In what Texas city was a salon owner was sentenced to seven days in jail after violating state and county orders to close her salon amid the coronavirus pandemic? Public Domain San Antonio Dallas Austin Houston Correct! Wrong! Shelley Luther, owner of Salon a la Mode, said she reopened the business while following social distancing […]
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For The First Time, Clarence Thomas Tells His Story On Television
He didn’t have a flushing toilet as a child and, when he finally moved into a house that had one, he was fascinated and continually flushed it – annoying his grandfather, who paid the water bill. As a U. S. Supreme Court justice, his tastes are remarkably modest. His ideal vacation is driving cross-country in […]
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Meet The Clergy Who Won’t Stop In-Person Preaching During COVID-19
Dozens of Christian conservative activists and clergy members defied Virginia’s stay-at-home order and gathered Saturday for a “Pray for VA, Pray for USA event.” On March 30, Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam put an executive order in place because of the COVID-19 pandemic requiring residents to stay at home with exceptions for jobs and activities deemed […]
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Ashes Instead Of Soap: Inside Zimbabwe’s COVID-19 Fight
Many of Zimbabwe’s rural communities lack soap. So in the fight against COVID-19, people are using ashes. “Communities are drawing lessons from the 2018 cholera outbreak where villagers who couldn’t afford soap were encouraged by authorities to wash their hands using ashes,” said Siphephile Siziba, a community leader from Nsezi village located in the southwestern […]
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Test your news knowledge with Zenger: May 15
Which Indian actor passed away at the age of 54 on April 29 after being diagnosed with a neuroendocrine tumor in 2018? Pajhwok Salman Khan Irrfan Khan Aamir Khan Akshay Kumar Correct! Wrong! Bollywood star Irrfan Khan was known internationally for his roles in “Life Of Pi” and “Slumdog Millionaire.” The NBA is considering using […]
