Moses Makwaya Four suspects have been apprehended by the police for allegedly stealing a newborn baby from University Teaching Hospital UTH– Zambia’s largest health institution. Two general workers whose identities were withheld pending further investigations allegedly received K3500 (about US $205) from a woman identified as Precious Nkunika to steal a newborn baby from another […]
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Compiled by Ekeomah Atuonwu As journalists we sympathize with the families of Shireen Abu Aqla, a 51-year-old Palestinian American journalist who was shot on the field of duty. She was a veteran correspondent for Al Jazeera’s Arabic news channel and had reported on the Israel-Palestinian conflict for two decades. Still in the Middle East, President […]
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Oliver Meth An endemic virus has been detected in a South African man who had travelled extensively in Nigeria. The man said to be from the coastal province of KwaZulu Natal, fell ill after entering South Africa on Thursday. He had been hospitalised at a Pietermaritzburg hospital. The country’s National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) […]
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Moses Makwaya- Shibuyunji Central Province, Zambia The Rural Electrification Authority (REA) in Zambia have experienced vandalism on their infrastructure where vandals cut conductors from poll lines and steal them. Recently, a theft occurred in a week on consecutive days in Shibuyunji district, Central Province which has affected over 4000 people and 28 public facilities. The […]
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Oliver Meth A new research study has found that at least 90 percent of African pregnant women on antiretroviral treatment (ART) had an undetectable viral load with reported maternal health having improved over time. The PEPFAR PROMOTE study was a follow-up study to the IMPAACT PROMISE (Promoting Maternal and Infant Survival Everywhere) clinical trial. During […]
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Avellon Williams JAMAICA- During her visit to Nairobi on May 11, 2022, Kamina Johnson Smith, Jamaica’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade held bilateral diplomatic talks with Nairobi’s ministers. After landing in Nairobi Smith expressed happiness and noted, “What a pleasure to be back in Nairobi. My sister CS Raychelle Omamo and I were not able to align […]
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Faith Nyasuguta An Indian couple has sued their son and his wife for taking too long to give them a grandchild, adding that they either get a baby in the next 12 months or pay $650,000. Sanjeev and Sadhana Prasad, 61 and 57, say they used up their savings raising their son, paying for his […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu The President of United Arab Emirates (UAE) 🇦🇪, Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, has passed away at age 73, state news agency reported today. The Ministry of Presidential Affairs announced 40 days of mourning with flags at half-mast, with work suspended in the public and private sector for the first three days. The leader had been battling […]
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Lisa Mugo Chaney Jones, Kanye West’s new girlfriend and Kim Kardashian look alike, has inked her wrist in honor of her boyfriend with his new legal name ‘Ye’. The 24-year-old Instagram model posted a picture of herself on her stories wearing a silver crop top and matching silver pantsand shoes. Her fans could not help but spot her new ink on […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu According to two witnesses, Deborah Samuel, a female student of Nigeria’s Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto, was beaten and set on fire by fellow students who accused her of making “blasphemous” words in a WhatsApp group. Following the attack, the school in Sokoto, Nigeria’s northern state, was immediately closed. According to the witness, “She composed an audio in Hausa that contains […]
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