Faith Nyasuguta Some 16 people, among them three children, succumbed to a toxic nitrate gas that leaked while being used by illegal miners to process gold in an informal settlement in South Africa, police and local government authorities said Wednesday. Emergency services initially announced that as many as 24 people might be dead in the […]
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Faith Nyasuguta For Senegalese farmers who struggle to read or write, sending voice notes has unlocked a new world of collaboration across the industry. Ousmane Sambou, a farmer in Senegal, relied on what he learned from his father and village elders to make a living until 2015, when a colleague introduced him to a local […]
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Faith Nyasuguta South Sudan’s president Salva Kiir has pledged to hold the nation’s first elections since independence in 2024. He noted that he would run for the nation’s highest office as the flag bearer for his Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) party. Speaking during an event attended by SPLM supporters in the Greater Bahr El […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Today, July 5, 2023, marks 54 years since one of Africa’s and Kenya’s most promising leaders was felled by a bullet on what is now known as Tom Mboya Street in Nairobi, Kenya. Joseph Mboya was hailed for his unmatched oratory skills, intelligence, focused leadership style and ability to charm his way into […]
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Faith Nyasuguta South Africa’s most powerful customary ruler, the King of the Zulus, says he was “in good shape” after the sudden death of one of his close advisers sparked poisoning fears. “I’m very well, I’m fit and strong,” said Misuzulu Zulu via telephone on Monday from the small neighbouring state of Eswatini, where he […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Senegal’s incumbent president Macky Sall has announced that he will not be seeking another term in office when his term expires next month. The long-awaited announcement was made in an address to the nation on July 3, 2023, bringing an end to dousing tensions and ending months of speculation that he planned to […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Kenya has taken the world by storm, emerging as the global leader in TikTok usage, as revealed by the latest Reuters Institute Digital News report for 2023. With an astounding 54% share of global TikTok usage, Kenya has firmly established itself as the TikTok capital. Interestingly, 29% of TikTok activity in Kenya revolves […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Willem-Alexander, the King of the Netherlands, apologized over the weekend for his ancestors’ role in perpetuating a global slave trade that saw hundreds of thousands of colonized peoples trafficked away from their homes to work on enterprises that enriched the Dutch state. “Today, on this day of remembrance, I ask forgiveness for the […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Over 24,000 asylum seekers from about one-third of the world’s countries could face removal to Rwanda by the UK Home Office in the future, even though the scheme was found to be unlawful in the court of appeal on Thursday. Home Office data obtained under a freedom of information request shows that, between […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Popular social media fitness and bodybuilding influencer Jo Lindner, also known as Joesthetics, died on Saturday after suffering from a sudden aneurysm. Lindner’s girlfriend, Nicha, announced his death through social media, stating that the YouTube star died after complaining of neck pain. “He was in my arms … then this just happened too […]
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