Ekeomah Atuonwu A court document showed on Wednesday that Guinea’s attorney general had ordered legal proceedings against ousted President Alpha Conde and 26 of his former officials over the violence surrounding Conde’s disputed bid for a third term. Conde, 84, was deposed in a military coup last September by officers who now rule West Africa. […]
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Lisa Mugo A 23-year-old man identified as Isaiah Lee has been arrested by the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) after he attacked Dave Chappelle on stage during his Netflix performance in Los Angeles’ Hollywood Bowl arena. Lee jumped on stage with a gun which was later on discovered to be a replica containing a knife blade inside. […]
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Wayne Lumbasi Real Madrid stunned Manchester City on Wednesday night at the Santiago Bernabeu in Madrid to earn a place in the Champions League final. The Spanish giant won 3-1 in extra time to claim a 6-5 aggregate victory in the semifinals. In the topsy-turvy game, City dominated the whole game and Madrid didn’t have […]
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Faith Nyasuguta The Comesa Competition Commission (CCC) has cautioned consumers against eating some chicken and vegetable flavoured instant noodles commonly referred to as Indomie that were recalled from the Egyptian market on Tuesday. The recall followed tests by Egypt’s Food and Safety Authority (FSA) which revealed that Indomie’s chilli, chicken and vegetable flavour packets contained […]
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Wayne Lumbasi The blue shirt worn by Diego Maradona when he scored two momentous goals to knock England out of the 1986 World Cup, including the so-called “Hand of God” goal, has sold for a record-breaking sum at auction. The shirt, which has spent the last 20 years on loan at the National Football Museum in […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu Taliban officials in Afghanistan’s most progressive city have told driving instructors to stop issuing licences to women, professionals from the sector told journalists. While Afghanistan is a deeply conservative, patriarchal country, it is not uncommon for women to drive in larger cities –- particularly Herat in the northwest, which has long been considered liberal by Afghan […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu An official said Wednesday, that flash floods and storms killed at least 18 people in several provinces of Afghanistan over the last five days. Every year, tens of thousands of Afghans are killed by torrential rains, particularly in impoverished rural areas where poorly constructed homes are at risk of collapsing. Sharafuddin Muslim, Deputy Minister for Disaster […]
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Avellon Williams KINGSTON, JAMAICA, – The Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) and the Ghana Stock Exchange (GSE) have formed a partnership through which the capital markets of Jamaica 🇯🇲 and Ghana 🇬🇭 will expand their products and services to investors in both countries. During the special bell-ringing ceremony at JSE’s Harbour Street offices in Kingston on May 2, representatives of […]
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Faith Nyasuguta During the COVID-19 pandemic, consumption of single-use plastics grew by 250-300%, according to the International Solid Waste Association. This points to an urgent need for a greater sense of responsibility, in the quest for building back better and greener. For Kenya alone, about 37,000 tonnes of plastics are emptied into the marine ecosystems […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported that forces in the Central African Republic (CAR) 🇨🇫, whom witnesses identified as Russian, appear to have summarily executed, tortured, and beaten civilians since 2019. According to HRW, several Western governments, as well as United Nations experts and special rapporteurs, have discovered evidence that Russian-linked forces operating in the […]
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