Renson Mwakandana Police attacked citizens who organized alternative festivities to honor Adwa Victory Day on Thursday, which brewed tensions in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa. The day commemorates Ethiopia’s founding emperor Menelik II’s army’s triumph over Italian invaders in the renowned Battle of Adwa in 1896. As hundreds of protesters were ejected from a Menelik II-themed […]
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Renson Mwakandana A Condor Airlines flight from Frankfurt, Germany to Mauritius made an emergency landing at Mauritius International Airport around 6:40 a.m. Thursday, March 2, after being caught in severe turbulence near Madagascar. 17 passengers were injured, two of them in serious condition. Images of the interior of the aircraft revealed damage while the Mauritius police said that there […]
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Renson Mwakandana On Tuesday, over a thousand Kenyan traders demonstrated against Chinese merchants in the nation’s capital, Nairobi. The demonstration follows criticism caused by the opening of China Square, a general item retailer with prices that are, according to local media, often 45 percent less than those of locally owned businesses. China is Africa’s main commercial partner, and […]
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Renson Mwakandana According to the most recent statistics made public on Monday by the National Institute of Statistics, Rwandans are living at least nine years longer than the majority of East Africans. Statistics from the fifth Population and Housing Census 2022, Rwanda’s life expectancy has increased to 69.6 years from 51.2 years in 2002. According […]
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Renson Mwakandana Despite a decline in oil prices, Kenyan fuel costs will stay high for at least another two months. Oil imported at the current worldwide market rates will begin selling locally in April or May, according to Energy and Petroleum Cabinet Secretary Davies Chirchir, which is when the reprieve would start to be felt locally. […]
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AEM With election day looming nearer and nearer, Africa’s most populous country, Nigeria 🇳🇬 votes in a few days – on February 25th. Can Nigerians learn from the past elections and resist RELIGIOUS divisions and TRIBALISM? The country has many issues that need to be dealt with, such as high unemployment, insecurity, and ranks high […]
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Renson Mwakandana Pages from school books with explicit sexual material that were circulating on social media have been rejected by Zambia’s education ministry. According to a statement, the ministry claims that the pages are “photoshopped and a misrepresentation” of the curriculum in Zambia. One of the bogus pages, which describes sex in graphic detail, is alleged […]
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Renson Mwakandana An investigation into claims of sexual assault on tea plantations, which were made public by a BBC story, has been authorised by Kenya’s parliament. A committee of MPs has been mandated by Deputy Speaker Gladys Shollei to investigate the claims within two weeks. The BBC discovered that in plantations run for years by two […]
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By AEM With election day looming nearer and nearer, Africa’s most populous country, Nigeria 🇳🇬 votes in a few days – on February 25th. Can Nigerians learn from the past elections and resist RELIGIOUS divisions and TRIBALISM? The country has many issues that need to be dealt with, such as high unemployment, insecurity, and ranks […]
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Renson Mwakandana On Monday, February 20, Kenya’s top team, the Special Operations Group (SOG), put on an outstanding display in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Kenyan Special Forces stunned the spectators at the UAE SWAT Challenge 2023 when one of their marksmen strategically fired a sniper weapon at a far-off target. The military force then went […]
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