Faith Nyasuguta In recent days, some 100 Rwandans have arrived in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) claiming to be fleeing the Covid-19 vaccination, which has been mandatory in their nation. Authorities disclosed that the Rwandans came in small groups by canoe to the south of the island of Idjwi, located on Lake Kivu, which […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Seven months after banning Twitter in the nation, Nigeria has lifted the ban on the social media site. In June 2020, the Nigerian government suspended Twitter after the company deleted a tweet by President Muhammadu Buhari about punishing regional secessionists. According to local authorities, the social media giant sided with the secessionists. Later […]
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Staff writer The deadliest fire in nineteen years engulfed an apartment in Bronx, NY, killing 19 confirmed Africans mainly immigrants from The Gambia 🇬🇲 yesterday. All the victims hail from the same town, Allunhare in The Gambia. The entire country of The Gambia is reeling in a state of shock. “When this news broke in […]
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Avellon Williams LONDON- On Wednesday, Prime Minister Boris Johnson apologized for attending a garden party during Britain’s lockdown in the wake of 2020’s Coronavirus outbreak , saying there are things his government “did not get right.” Politicians and members of the public are fuming over Johnson’s staff’s and his administration’s violation of pandemic restrictions by socializing when […]
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Faith Nyasuguta The Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) has introduced new prison garbs for serving inmates, ditching the immediate former white uniforms for males and green for females. The dumped uniforms were inherited from the colonial era, and Justice Minister Ziyambi says the changes are meant to dispense colonial historical injustices. Male inmates will […]
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Faith Nyasuguta The World Bank has warned that the global economy is entering a phase of “pronounced slowdown”. This has been blamed on the Covid-19 Omicron variant, the triple blow of soaring inflation, high government debt levels and increasing income inequality threatening recoveries in emerging and developing economies. Latest projections by the Global Economic Prospects […]
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Faith Nyasuguta An African giant pouched rat, famed for aiding the discovery of over 100 landmines and other explosives in Cambodia, has passed away. Dubbed Magawa, the rat stood out not only for his magnificent record sniffing out the chemicals in unexploded devices but also his long service. Two years ago, Magawa, was the first […]
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Faith Nyasuguta The CEO of the world’s biggest condom maker Karex has revealed that condom sales have dropped in the past two years due to covid-19 restrictions. Speaking during an interview with Nikkei Asia, CEO Goh Miah said condom sales have dropped by as much as 40 per cent in the wake of the pandemic. […]
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Avellon Williams DOMINICAN REPUBLIC — Authorities apprehended Rodolphe “Whiskey” Jaar, an alleged convicted drug trafficker and former DEA informant while attempting to cross the border from Haiti on Friday. Haitian and Dominican officials confirmed. After spending months hiding in Haiti, Jaar, a Haitian national, tried crossing into the Dominican Republic on Friday after allegedly being a part of the assassination […]
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Avellon Williams KABUL, AFGHANISTAN- On Tuesday, the United Nations and its partners launched a $4.4 billion funding appeal to prevent a humanitarian catastrophe in Afghanistan in 2022. The UN Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief chief Martin Griffiths told reporters in Geneva that the appeal for humanitarian assistance is the largest ever made to a single […]
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