Faith Nyasuguta Kenya’s National Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (NGLHRC) has been granted the right to register by the Supreme Court after being denied registration by Kenya’s NGO Coordinating Board 10 years ago due to accusations of promoting same-sex behaviour. In February, the court’s ruling found that the board’s refusal was discriminatory, and on […]
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Faith Nyasuguta On Monday, President Emmerson Mnangagwa came under fire for appointing his son, David Kudakwashe Mnangagwa, as the deputy finance minister in a new cabinet following his re-election. The move has sparked major concerns about nepotism within the government. David Mnangagwa, 34, is set to serve as the deputy to Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube, […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Upto 2,000 people may have been drowned after a powerful storm unleashed catastrophic floods in the eastern Libyan city of Derna, according to the head of one of the nation’s two rival governments. Speaking on Libyan network Almasar, Ossama Hamad, the prime minister of the east-based government, reported “more than 2,000 dead and […]
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Faith Nyasuguta An analyst for the Economist Intelligence Unit has indicated that recent attacks in Mali were executed in areas where there used to be a high concentration of foreign forces. “The attacks that took place, they took place in northern Mali and northern Mali was where a lot of the French forces were concentrated […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Uganda has now turned to local pension funds as a survival mechanism following external freezing of funding from the World Bank. According to a local news outlet, the government is in talks with the World Bank for the lender to rescind its decision to withhold budget support for Kampala worth Ush6.7 trillion ($1.787 […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Ethiopia has announced that it has filled its Grand Renaissance Dam on the Nile, the source of a long-running water dispute with downstream Egypt and Sudan. The news sparked a prompt condemnation from Egypt, who denounced it as illegal. Ethiopia’s announcement comes just a fortnight after the three nations resumed negotiations, after a […]
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Faith Nyasuguta The earthquake that struck Morocco late on Friday has killed more than 2,100 people, a death toll that is set to rise as rescuers are struggling to reach some rural and mountainous areas. Listed below are some of the deadliest earthquakes of the past 25 years: 8 September 2023: Morocco. A magnitude 6.8 […]
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Maina wa Njuguna Two Swedish oil company executives of Lundin Oil are finally in court to face criminal charges in what is alleged to be their complicity and war crimes against the people of Sudan. Mr. Ian Lundin and Alex Schneiter have denied the charges. The company sought the assistance of Sudanese government to help […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Al-Nassr and Portugal attacker Cristiano Ronaldo has declared an end to his rivalry with Lionel Messi as the two footballing icons reach the twilight of their careers. For the last 15 years, Ronaldo and Messi’s battle for individual supremacy has captivated the sporting world, as the two attacking stars continue to push each […]
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Faith Nyasuguta A key official of Uganda’s National Drug Authority (NDA) on Wednesday stunned MPs on the House Committee of HIV/AIDS when he confessed that they were aware of, but initially ignored the potentially deadly abuse of antiretroviral drugs to fatten farm animals. The law makers were dismayed that the regulator of such a sensitive […]
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