Avellon Williams SOUTH AFRICA- A public health crisis has intensified in South Africa as medics join other public servants in a strike to demand better wages. The public workers have been protesting since Monday last week in demand of a 10% wage increase. A 4.7% rate has been proposed by the government. As long as their […]
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Avellon Williams LIBYA – The Italian coast guard confirmed Sunday that a boat carrying over 40 migrants capsized off the Libyan coast as a cargo ship tried to save them. “During the rescue operations by the motor vessel… the boat capsized during the transfer of the migrants: 17 people were rescued and recovered by the vessel […]
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Avellon Williams ZIMBABWE- Precious Sibalo, a 35-year-old Zimbabwean who served as a flight waitress for 12 years, has now been licensed as a commercial pilot. However, her ambitions to become a pilot were thwarted once she was given to her grandmother in Magwegwe, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, where she also attended school. On a school trip to the airport, she saw pilots and […]
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Lisa Mugo Famed South African rapper Constantinos Tsobanoglou, better known as Costa Titch, died suddenly while he was performing on stage at Ultra Music Festival in Johannesburg. A video depicting his final moments alive shows the rapper collapsing mid performance. He is immediately helped up by his team before he collapses yet again. His family has […]
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Faith Nyasuguta On Friday, the ruling junta in Mali announced on that it would postpone a constitutional referendum scheduled for March 19, while affirming that it would respect its commitments to return civilians to the helm of the country in 2024. “The date of the referendum scheduled for March 19, 2023 (…) will be slightly […]
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Wayne Lumbasi Arsenal restored their five-point advantage at the top of the Premier League in outstanding fashion with a ruthless victory at Fulham. Mikel Arteta’s side responded to Manchester City’s narrow victory at Crystal Palace on Saturday night by wrapping up this win by half-time as they opened up a 3-0 lead with a devastating […]
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Avellon Williams TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO- An illness causing vomiting and diarrhoea has affected more than 300 passengers and crew members on the Ruby Princess. According to CruiseMapper, Princess Cruises carried about 4000 people on its voyage from February 26 to Sunday (Monday NZT) in the western Caribbean. In a statement, Princess Cruises said the cause is likely […]
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Avellon Williams SOUTH AFRICA- “I’d never touched a computer — but I knew how valuable these skills were, and here was an opportunity being handed to me.” A poor township kid from South Africa, Tim Hogins grew up in a poor household. On weekends, he watched kids pile into buses headed to Sun City knowing he would not […]
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Renson Mwakandana In defiance of outcry from human rights organizations, Ugandan MPs on Thursday brought legislation to parliament that calls for severe new punishments for same-sex relationships in a nation where homosexuality is already banned. Speaker of the House Annet Anita Among, at the first stage in an expedited procedure to turn the idea into law, forwarded the measure […]
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Faith Nyasuguta China’s Xi Jinping has secured a historic third term as head of state from the nation’s rubber-stamp parliament. This comes after a consolidation of power that has seen Mr Xi, 69, become China’s most dominant leader in generations. The functions of the Chinese president are largely ceremonial their system of governance. Xi’s power […]
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