Oliver Meth Seventeen African countries abstained from voting against Russia at the UN General Assembly. Zimbabwe says the vote is not in the best interest of solving the crisis. The country says the historic United Nations (UN) vote denouncing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine “further complicates the situation”. Zimbabwe, along with South Africa, Namibia, Angola, Mozambique, […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Historically, obesity levels have been relatively low in Africa. However, they are steadily rising across the continent as a result of urbanisation, sedentary lifestyles, and fat-rich diets. Projections now show that one in five adults and one in 10 children and teenagers will be obese by December 2023 if no robust measures are […]
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Faith Nyasuguta United Nations countries have given a nod to a legally binding global treaty to address plastic pollution in the world’s oceans, rivers and landscape. Meeting in Nairobi, Kenya, the United Nations Environment Assembly has taken up a resolution detailing what to do about plastic pollution. It calls for two years of negotiations toward […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu Women and various women groups stormed the Nigerian National Assembly on Wednesday to protest the rejection of three main bills that seek to support women representation in government, either appointive or elective. As early as 8am on Wednesday, hundreds of women showed up at the National Assembly Complex in the Nigerian capital to demonstrate against […]
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Avellon Williams BEIJING- International Paralympic Committee banned Russian and Belarusian athletes from the Winter Paralympic Games for their countries’ roles in the war in Ukraine, the IPC announced in Beijing on Thursday. After announcing on Wednesday that Russian and Belarusian athletes will compete when the Games open on Friday, the IPC reversed its position on Thursday. […]
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Avellon Williams CARACAS, VENEZUELA- In a rare show of support for Russia after its invasion of Ukraine, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro assured his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin that he had his “strong support,” Kremlin officials said. Venezuelan President also condemned “destabilizing actions of the United States and NATO” in the call, as well as a Western campaign […]
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Lisa Mugo AMERICA- Beauty mogul and billionaire Kim Kardashian has officially been declared single as the judge on Wednesday agreed to end her marriage to rapper Kanye West. Kim will no longer be referred to as Kim Kardashian West and will revert back to Kim Kardashian as the hearing has allowed her to drop her marital name. Kanye was […]
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Wayne Lumbasi Five Sudanese footballers died on Sunday when their boat sank in the Nile, north of the capital Khartoum. It said the players, members of the third division team Navigation, were on their way to play a match when their boat sank. The agency did not state how the vessel sank but said the entire team was […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu Yemi Alade, a Nigerian singer, songwriter, musician, and actor, has been named Africa’s spokesperson for COVID 19. She also affirmed this on her twitter page below: In a campaign dubbed It’s Up to Us, the multi-award-winning African star is entrusted with urging Africans to get vaccinated against Covid-19. The Africa Centre for Disease Control (CDC) and Mastercard […]
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Faith Nyasuguta States of the East African Community (EAC) are set to commence using a single currency by 2024. Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda already decided they will merge their respective shillings with Rwanda and Burundian Francs to form the single legal tender for the bloc in two years. South Sudan is also expected to lose […]
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