Wayne Lumbasi Brazilian football legend Pele’s health continues improving, but no date has been set for his discharge from hospital. Pele, 82, has been battling colon cancer since September 2021 and was hospitalised on Nov. 29 for doctors to reevaluate his treatment. He is also being treated for a respiratory infection diagnosed following his hospitalization. […]
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Avellon Williams TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO- Over the weekend, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the Organization of African, Caribbean, and Pacific States (OACPS) signed an agreement to enhance and strengthen migration cooperation. “This renewed partnership will encourage a broader participation of all relevant state and non-state actors to design and implement evidence-based and gender-responsive policies […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Zambian police have discovered the bodies of 27 suspected Ethiopian migrants “dead from hunger and exhaustion” in a northern district of the capital Lusaka. The victims are “all men aged between 20 and 38,” the police said in a statement on Sunday (November 11). The bodies were rushed to the morgue for identification and […]
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Avellon Williams GEORGETOWN, GUYANA- Salaries, and wages for sugar workers in Guyana have been raised by eight percent. At a recent press conference, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo said the Cabinet made the decision on Thursday. According to him, the government continues to invest in the sugar industry, which was closed under the previous administration, placing more than 7,000 sugar workers […]
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Wayne Lumbasi Of all the awards that players compete for at the FIFA World Cup, the one that consistently demands the most attention is the Golden Boot. The Golden Boot is awarded to the highest-scoring player at the FIFA World Cup. If two players are equal, the one with the most assists will win it. […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Equatorial Guinea’s head of state Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, who holds the world record for the longest time in power for a living head of state excluding monarchs, has been sworn in for a sixth, seven-year term. International community members, ithe US government, have raised concerns over the legitimacy of the landslide victory […]
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Renson Mwakandana Sanctions have been placed on some participants in the violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo by the European Union. The list of persons includes Willy Ngoma, a spokesperson for the M23 rebel faction who has remained silent on the matter. The M23 is held accountable for spreading unrest and insecurity in the country’s east and […]
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Avellon Williams FRANCE- To reduce unwanted pregnancies among young people, French President Emmanuel Macron announced Thursday that pharmacies would provide condoms for free. “It’s a small revolution for contraception,” Macron said during a health debate with young people in Fontaine-le-Comte, a suburb of Poitiers in western France. The move follows the government’s decision to offer free […]
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Faith Nyasuguta A probe by the UN has found that at least 131 civilians in the Democratic Republic of Congo died in a November attack by the M23 rebel group. The UN report noted that the massacre took place in two villages – Kishishe and Bambo – in the Rutsuhuru district of the eastern North […]
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Lisa Mugo Our prayers go up for singer and performer Celine Dion, as she has revealed that she is battling a rare neurological syndrome called stiff person syndrome and will postpone her 2023 “Courage World Tour.” The 54-year-old singer made the announcement on her Instagram in an emotional video, stating that she was not ready to talk about it […]
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