AFCON IN PICTURES: MOMENTS CAPTURED SO FAR
Ian Kisoti
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KENYA SUSPENDS PASSENGER FLIGHTS TO AND FROM DUBAI
Faith Nyasuguta Kenya has suspended all inbound and transit passenger flights from the United Arabs Emirates for seven days. Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA) Director-General Gilbert Kibe said the suspension took effect on Monday midnight, January 10. “Inbound and transit passenger flights from UAE are suspended for a period of seven days. We are doing […]
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KENYAN ATHEISTS INTRODUCE MEDICAL PACKAGE TO ATTRACT NEW MEMBERS
Faith Nyasuguta Kenyan atheists are now offering medical and funeral cover in a drive to register new members. The move comes days after the Atheists In Kenya Society (AIK) suffered a major blow when its national secretary stepped down after becoming a Christian. The AIK is thus calling on anyone that considers themselves “an atheist, […]
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FIRST PIG HEART TRANSPLANT INTO A HUMAN
Staff writer Doctors at the University of Maryland medical center recently transplanted a genetically modified pig’s heart into a human patient. This was the patient’s last option because he was ineligible for a human heart transplant because of his deteriorated health condition. It’s now been three days since the high stakes surgery and the patient, […]
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COVID VACCINES: POPE FRANCIS SAYS HEALTH CARE A ‘MORAL OBLIGATION’
Avellon Williams ROME- Pope Francis suggested Monday that the Coronavirus vaccine was a “moral obligation ,” and he lamented how people had rejected one of the most effective ways to save lives due to “baseless information”. During his annual speech to ambassadors accredited to the Holy See, in which he assesses the state of the […]
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AFCON: KENYAN AND RWANDAN OFFICIALS ON DUTY
Ian Kisoti Despite Kenya not participating at the 2022 Africa Cup of nations the country is represented by two officials. Peter Waweru Kamaku and Gilbert Cheruiyot are the Kenyans on duty at the tournament as match referee and assistant referee respectively. The tournament will also see in action female match officials; Swalim Mukansanga from Rwanda as referee, BouchraKarboubi from Morocco on the Video Assistant […]
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THE NIGERIA MOTORBIKE GANG ATTACK DEATH TOLL JUMPS TO 200
Faith Nyasuguta Some 200 people have been buried in Nigeria’s north-western Zamfara state following a wave of vicious attacks by gangs of gunmen over a number of days. Speaking to media outlets, survivors told the BBC that motorbike-riding gangsters ambushed a village after another, shooting indiscriminately. The attacks are believed to be in response to […]
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LIBERIA: MAN IN COURT FOR ATTEMPTING TO SELL HIS SON
Faith Nyasuguta Police in Liberia have nabbed a 29-year-old Sierra Leonean man and charged him with attempting to sell his 10-year-old son. The man says it was a desperate move to raise funds to replace a stolen motorbike. On his arrest, the man informed investigating officers in the capital, Monrovia, that he required some $1,000 […]
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AFCON: TEAMS MUST PLAY IF 11 PLAYERS ARE AVAILABLE
Ian Kisoti Teams participating in the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) must play their matches even if they have 11 players who have tested negative for COVID 19. The New guidelines from the Confederation of African Football state that an outfield player will be required to play in goal if there are no goalkeepers available […]
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HAITI: TWO JOURNALISTS BURNED ALIVE BY HAITIAN GANG
Avellon Williams PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI- While reporting on the lack of security in the country’s capital, two journalists were shot and burned to death by a gang in Haiti. Reporter Amady John Wesley died alongside radio journalist Wilguens Louissaint after being attacked in Petion-Ville by members of the Ti Makak gang on Thursday. The two reporters had gone to the area with a third […]
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