Ekeomah Atuonwu The Rwandan Court of Appeal upheld a 25-year prison sentence against ailing “Hotel Rwanda” hero Paul Rusesabagina, who was convicted on terrorism charges last year, rejecting a prosecution appeal to increase the penalty to life in prison. The outspoken critic of President Paul Kagame, who has been detained for nearly 600 days, was convicted last […]
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Oliver Meth Finally, the long awaited sixth assessment report on mitigation by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has been released. The important report on mitigation emphasises the urgency of acting on mitigation, globally. “For South Africa, we take a developmental approach to climate action, and this report provides valuable scientific information to guide […]
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Avellon Williams UKRAINE- After graphic images of battered bodies left out in the open or hurriedly buried from the suburb of Kyiv emerged this past weekend, of a massacre of killings of civilians in the Ukrainian town of Bucha, senior United Nations officials echoed the Secretary-General’s call for an independent investigation into the deaths. Human rights chief […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Tesla CEO Elon Musk has acquired a 9.2% stake in Twitter, according to a US securities filing. The news sent the social media giant’s shares soaring about 25% in pre-market trading. The Securities and Exchange Commission said that the Tesla founder bought 73,486,938 Twitter shares on March 14. Based on Twitter’s closing price […]
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Lisa Mugo 24-time Grammy Award winner Kanye West has pulled the plug on performing at Coachella which was set to take place from April 15-17 and has taken Travis Scott along with him. Kanye who says what he means and means what he says has pulled out of one of America’s biggest music festivals last minute despite being […]
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Faith Nyasuguta A new research shows global warming and heatwaves could make populous urban areas extremely hard to live in. The World Meteorological Organisation declared 2019 one of the warmest years globally since 1850. In Africa, most heatwave hotspots were tied to urban areas owing to the significant economic activities carried in them and the […]
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Wayne Lumbasi Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, Ghana’s vice president, made a strong case to the National Football League (NFL), the global governing body in charge of American Professional Football, to establish an NFL Africa Academy in Ghana to unearth and develop talents from Ghana and neighboring countries. Dr. Bawumia, who hosted a delegation of the NFL on Friday, stressed that […]
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Lisa Mugo Tanzania’s Diamond Platnumz’s mother Sandrah Kassim has come out to reveal that her son is head over heels over his new bae and that she wants to watch the two walk down the aisle soon. Mama Dangote took to her Instagram account to post a picture of Diamond and to share her joy with the world and to […]
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Wayne Lumbasi Arsenal’s hopes of finishing in the top four were dealt a huge blow after Crystal Palace produced a spirited display to see off the Gunners 3-0 at Selhurst Park. Mikel Arteta’s side dropped to fifth in the Premier League behind rivals Tottenham after their defeat on Monday night. Goals from Jean-Philippe Mateta, Jordan […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu Thousands of people gathered in Jakarta’s Istiqlal mosque on Saturday as the world’s largest Muslim-majority country began the holy month of Ramadan. With coronavirus cases decreasing in Indonesia, the country relaxed restrictions to allow people to gather for special prayers performed only during this holy month. President Joko Widodo announced last week that the country would […]
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