Faith Nyasuguta “Umhlanga” (pronounced: um̩ɬaːŋɡa) mostly known as the “Reed Dance” ceremony, is a Zulu cultural festival held every year in September. This festival, unlike many in African culture, has annually attracted thousands of spectators and highlighted the beauty and bounty of the Zulu Kingdom. WHAT IS THE REED DANCE FESTIVAL? Guess what? You are […]
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Avellon Williams JOHANNESBURG- The picture above shows a vulture and a starving child and is a landmark piece of photography by Kevin Carter. During the Sudanese famine in 1993, the photograph became known as “The Struggling Girl.” Because Britain decided to slow down Sudan’s industrialization efforts during its early colonial years, Sudan has always had an enormous budget […]
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Faith Nyasuguta William Ruto has won the race to be the fifth president of the East Africa’s economic powerhouse, Kenya, according to results announced by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC). However, four election commissioners said they could not support the “opaque” vote count ahead of the announcement, raising questions about what will happen […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu At least 52 people have been killed and thousands of homes have been damaged or destroyed in Sudan due to flooding brought on by severe rainfall. “A total of 52 people have been killed and 25 others wounded due to torrential rains and floods since the beginning of the fall season,” state media reported, quoting […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Kenya has announced the addition of coding as a subject into its primary and secondary schools curricula. The fresh development makes the East African country the first African nation to give a nod to coding as a subject of study in the 2 early schools. “I applaud the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development […]
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Lisa Mugo Columbian singer Shakira, is planning on leaving her hometown in Barcelona and relocate to Miami, amid her tax fraud allegations in Spain. The ‘Wacka Wacka’ singer is facing a lot of personal problems in Spain, as she is currently going through a custody battle and break up with her long-term boyfriend and baby daddy Gerard Pique and is […]
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Wayne Lumbasi No better Chelsea debut could have been imagined for Kalidou Koulibaly. On Sunday, August 14, the second day of the Premier League, the Senegalese defender started his second match with the Blues and assisted in giving his team a lead against Tottenham. The former Neapolitan, who was left unattended at the back post, […]
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Wayne Lumbasi Asisat Lamina Oshoala of the Super Falcons of Nigeria has been nominated for the 2022 Ballon d’Or Female Player of the Year Award. Oshoala is the first African woman to accomplish such a feat, so this is a victory for Africa as well as Nigeria. She is the most decorated African female footballer […]
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Renson Mwakandana Each of Kenya’s 47 counties selects a woman’s representative, and at 24, Ms. Linet Chepkorir will be the youngest of them. After Linet Chepkorir’s victory in the race to represent the county’s women in parliament was officially announced, there were celebrations in the outlying community of Chemomul in western Kenya’s Bomet county. The village welcomed her […]
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Renson Mwakandana Dozens of people perished on Sunday, with many of them crushed in a hasty attempt to flee, after a fire broke out at a church in Egypt. According to authorities, there are at least 41 fatalities and several injuries. There may be children among the deceased. At the Coptic Abu Sifin church in […]
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