By Faith Nyasuguta The World Health Organization has endorsed the widespread use of the first-ever Malaria vaccine in Africa. Experts say that the move could annually save tens of thousands of children’s lives across the continent. Dubbing the move “historic”, the WHO director-general, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said that after a triumphant pilot programme in three […]
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By Faith Nyasuguta A gorilla that was photographed in 2019 posing for a calm selfie with game rangers at the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Virunga National Park orphanage has died. The mountain gorilla named Ndakasi, passed away after “a prolonged illness in which her condition rapidly deteriorated”, the park revealed in a statement. “She died in […]
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By Canisius MushibweZambia and Malawi have completed the 2021 COSAFA Women’s semifinal line-up after winning their final matches of the championship. Zambia’s Copper Queens won their last Group C match against rivals Uganda at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium on Tuesday with the captain, Grace Chanda scoring the only goal of a sizzling encounter. The […]
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By Faith Nyasuguta African business owners that solely depend on social media platforms to spur their sales have revealed they incurred major losses during the Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp outage. According to experts, most e-commerce services that registered a massive growth in Africa during the Covid-19 were the most affected. “Those who received the biggest […]
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Staff writer Owen Diaz, a former contracted elevator operator at Tesla was awarded $137 million dollars in an anti discrimination lawsuit against the company. Mr. Diaz was among a few blacks that endured a hostile work environment and constant humiliation at the Tesla’s factory in Fremont, California from 2015 to 2016. Some of the complaints […]
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By Faith Nyasuguta The United Nations has revealed that government forces have rescued kidnapped children who were forcefully recruited by Al-Shabaab jihadist group in northern Mozambique. However, UN child agency UNICEF said it could not give more details on the numbers of minors involved, over the fear of endangering efforts to unshackle more children. “Children have […]
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Avellon Williams BRIDGETOWN, BARBADOS- President of Kenya, His Excellency Uhuru Kenyatta, officially hands over the presidency of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD 15) to Prime Minister of Barbados, Mia Amor Mottley on October 5, 2021. President Kenyatta said UNCTAD 15 is taking place in extraordinary circumstances and expressed confidence in Ms. […]
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Avellon Williams PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD- President of Kenya, His Excellency, Uhuru Kenyatta addressed the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 15thquadrennial Session, on October 4, 2021, via a virtual platform being streamed from Barbados, opening ceremony and plenary session of the four-day conference at the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre, Two Mile Hill, St. Michael. President Kenyatta told […]
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Avellon Williams PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD -The musical instrument to be invented in the twentieth century is the steelpan. What is ironic about this fact is the invention of this sweet-sounding melodious instrument has its genesis in the Carnival celebrations in Trinidad and Tobago. While the term ‘Carnival mentality,’ is often used to deride citizens of this country […]
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By Faith Nyasuguta The government of Sudan has warned of a looming shortage of essential goods including medicine, fuel, and food including wheat after protestors blocked major transport goods for imports. For a number of weeks now, protestors from the East of Sudan have blocked the ferrying of supplies from the main port on the […]
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