Felix Duru Mbah

*You Misconstrued Our Talks, Japan Reportedly Tells FG An attempt to promote friendship between Japan and countries in Africa has transformed into a xenophobic row about migration after inaccurate media reports suggested the scheme would lead to a “flood of immigrants”. The controversy erupted after the Japan International Cooperation Agency, or JICA, said this month it had designated four Japanese cities as “Africa hometowns” for partner countries in Africa: Mozambique, Nigeria, Ghana and Tanzania. The programme, announced at the end of an international conference on African development in Yokohama, will involve personnel exchanges and events to foster closer ties between…

Stunningly beautiful 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee, Iryna Zarutska, who had just fled the horrors of war in her native Ukraine in search of a safer and more promising life in the United States (US), was stabbed to death in a North Carolina train station last week. According to the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department, Zarutska was found dead at the East/West Boulevard light rail station in South End, Charlotte, at around 10:30 pm. Zarutska suffered multiple injuries and was declared dead at the scene, The New York Post reported. The suspect, Decarlos Brown Jr, 34, a homeless man with a long criminal past,…