Faith Nyasuguta The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) reported that the number of people forcibly displaced worldwide last year was equivalent to the population of London. The UNHCR’s latest annual assessment indicated a sharp increase in the number of forcibly displaced individuals during 2023, pushing the total to a record high of more […]
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Faith Nyasuguta South Africa’s third largest political party, the uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MK), has asked the nation’s highest court to halt the seating of the newly elected parliament later this week, alleging fraud in the May 29 election. The National Assembly is set to convene on Friday for lawmakers to be sworn in and to […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Haiti’s newly formed Cabinet was officially inaugurated on Wednesday, completing the reconstruction of a government tasked with leading a nation besieged by gang violence. In his address, Prime Minister Garry Conille emphasized the urgent need to bolster security amidst the rampant gang warfare that grips the country. Conille highlighted the dire humanitarian crisis […]
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Maina wa Njuguna • Heard of Black Wallstreet destruction in 1923? • Any knowledge of racial terror visited upon thriving and successful Black residents by Whites in Tulsa, Oklahoma? • The Greenwood district was home of the most affluent African Americans not just in US but the world. Today, the Oklahoma Supreme Court dismissed the […]
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Faith Nyasuguta African elephants respond to individual names, making them one of the few wild animal species known to do so, according to new research published in Nature Ecology & Evolution. These names are complex low rumbles audible over long distances on the savannah. Biologists from Colorado State University’s Warner College of Natural Resources used […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Early Wednesday, Judith Suminwa Tuluka made history by becoming the first female prime minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Before the National Assembly, the lower house of the DRC parliament, Tuluka and the other 54 new government members officially took office after deputies approved Tuluka’s action program with the required […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Hundreds of unaccompanied child migrants across Europe are being coerced into working for increasingly powerful drug cartels to satisfy the continent’s growing demand for cocaine, according to a Guardian investigation. EU police forces have raised alarms about the large-scale exploitation of African children by cocaine networks operating in western Europe, particularly in cities […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Russia is compelling thousands of African migrants and students to join its military efforts against Ukraine, according to assessments by European officials. This recruitment drive is part of Russia’s strategy to bolster its forces for the offensive in the Kharkiv region. Bloomberg reports that Russian officials have threatened to deny visa renewals to […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Russia’s top diplomat, Sergey Lavrov, pledged increased military assistance during a tour of several countries in Africa’s sub-Saharan Sahel region. This move is part of Moscow’s strategy to expand its influence in the mineral-rich, restive section of the continent. Russia is becoming the preferred security partner for a growing number of African governments, […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Soldiers were searching the mountainous forest in northern Malawi after the aircraft carrying Vice-President Saulos Chilima (pictured above) went missing on Monday. The plane, which included former first lady Shanil Dzimbiri, departed from the capital, Lilongwe, at 9:17 am and was expected to land at Mzuzu International Airport, approximately 370 km (230 miles) […]
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