An amulet called “Odeshi”, meaning “impenetrable”, in the Nigerian Igbo language, allows to escape attacks or simply protect yourself against bullets. Let’s discover it! Odeshi is a power bestowed on those who wear amulet or drink a herbal preparation made by traditional healers. This ritual aims to make them invulnerable …
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Two brothers inflicted cutlass wounds on Ibrahim Indago, a farmer at Atta Ne Atta in the Asante Akyem South Municipality of the Ashanti Region, Adomonlive website reported. According to the website quoting Mr Indago, the two brothers assaulted the farmer following a misunderstanding about a goat. He revealed he was …
Read More »Russia: who was Mikhail Gorbachev, the last USSR leader?
What to know about Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) who died at the age of 91 on August 30, 2022 in a hospital near the Kremlin? Mikhail Gorbachev, supporter of Perestroika, advocated a rapprochement with the Western world for a stable and …
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US Department of Justice on Tuesday released new photos of so-called “classified” documents seized from the Florida residence of former President Donald Trump. Documents classified top-secret, some bearing the sign “HCS”, which in the language of the American intelligence community designates information provided by “human sources”, informants and other undercover …
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Central African Constitutional Court has rejected certain provisions relating to the “Sango” cryptocurrency launched by President Faustin Archange Touadera, following the adoption of bitcoin as the national currency last April. This cryptocurrency project, which is supposed to attract investors to the country and which may not see the light of …
Read More »Death of first and last USSR leader, Mikhail Gorbachev
Russian authorities announced the death of the first and last President of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), Mikhail Gorbachev, who led the Kremlin from 1985 to 1991. His major political figure of the 20th century has changed his country and a large part of Europe through his reforms. …
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Sudan’s foreign ministry has summoned Ethiopian ambassador Yibeltal Aemeru after he accused Khartoum of violating diplomatic norms, the official Sudanese news agency (Suna) reported. According to the news agency, the ambassador told local media that “Ethiopian forces had shot down a plane carrying weapons for the Tigray People’s Liberation Front …
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South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has denied claims that the southern African country is “a xenophobic nation”. His remarks follows comments made by a provincial health minister to a Zimbabwean patient undergoing treatment, which were viewed as blaming foreign nationals for the country’s ailing healthcare system. “You are killing my …
Read More »A pro-Zelensky turned pro-Russian shot dead in Ukraine
A former Ukrainian MP was found dead at his home on Sunday August 28, following a gunshot wound, according to the first results of a Russian commission of inquiry. Alexei Kovalev, a former member of the party of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, had joined the Russian military-civilian administration in Kherson. …
Read More »Last native of a vanished tribe found dead after 26 years alone in the Amazon
A man believed to be the last survivor of a now extinct indigenous community and who lived in isolation for nearly three decades in the Brazilian Amazon, has been found dead, authorities said. Known as the “Tanaru Indian”, he was found dead on August 23 in a Tanaru indigenous mud …
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