Faith Nyasuguta Ex-Ivory Coast President Henri Konan Bedie, part of an old guard of politicians who dominated politics in the West African nation for a generation, has died, aged 89, a close relative told news outlets on Tuesday. The “Ivory Coast Democratic Party-African Democratic Rally (PDCI-RDA) is deeply saddened” to announce the “sudden death” of […]
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Faith Nyasuguta A Ukrainian official has pointed fingers at Moscow for orchestrating the coup in Niger, referring to alleged involvement as a “standard Russian tactic”. Last Wednesday, President Mohamed Bazoum and his democratically elected government were toppled by military leaders in the seventh military coup the country has seen in less than three years. Mykhailo […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Derrick Boadi Sakyi, a Ghanaian student in the United States of America, has had his scholarship suspended following his involvement in hateful attacks against LGBT Ghanaians on Twitter. Papa Kojo, a Ghanaian LGBTQ activist exposed the attacks after receiving a threat from Sakyi. A search by the activist showed that Sakyi had just […]
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Faith Nyasuguta France has now confirmed that it will immediately start evacuating its citizens and other Europeans from Niger, days after a junta ousted the president, Mohamed Bazoum, and took over power in the west African country. Since the coup on July 26 that overthrew one of the last pro-western leaders in Africa’s Sahel region, […]
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Faith Nyasuguta A renowned Ugandan Church has broken the Guinness World Record for the longest applause after ecstatic members of the Phaneroo Ministries International clapped for a staggering 3 hours and 16 minutes nonstop. The unprecedented three hours and sixteen minutes clapping expedition featured strict rules that included – clapping hands only with no vocal […]
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Faith Nyasuguta The military junta that grabbed power in Niger has accused France of plotting a military intervention to reinstate the deposed president, Mohamed Bazoum, as tensions in the region balloon in the wake of the coup. Speaking on national TV, the junta said that France was searching “for ways and means to intervene militarily […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Niger Republic has suspended the export of uranium and gold to France with immediate effect. This comes even as protesters in Niger burnt a French flag and shouted “Down with France!” as they supported the coup, according to witnesses. “We have uranium, diamonds, gold, oil, and we live like slaves? We don’t need […]
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Faith Nyasuguta The Kenyan government has committed to deploy a contingent of 1,000 police officers to help train and assist Haitian police to restore normalcy in the country and protect strategic installations, Foreign Affairs minister Alfred Mutua has said. The offer, made public on Saturday, has been welcomed by the Haitian government, calling it “an […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Traffic congestion is a common urban challenge faced by many cities across the world. As urbanization and population growth continue to rise, traffic problems worsen, resulting in productivity losses, increased pollution, and reduced quality of life for residents. To assess and quantify traffic congestion, transportation analysts and experts rely on the Traffic Index, […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Kenya has been named the most targeted African country in Identification Card (ID) fraud, a new report dubbed the State of KYC in Africa published by Smile ID shows. It was ranked ahead of Nigeria and South Africa, which were ranked second and third, respectively. This occurred approximately a year after the 2022 […]
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