Faith Nyasuguta Kenya has marked its 60th birthday today (Thursday) with over 60 percent of her economy mortgaged to foreign and domestic creditors. Despite its life expectancy doubling to about 65 years, just a small percentage of the population shares in the spoils of its economic might in the region. In 1963, on June 1st, […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Nigerian Afrobeats star Wizkid has contributed to the soundtrack of the upcoming Marvel film Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse. This has been disclosed by American producer Metro Boomin, who is behind the project. “Wizkid is confirmed for the @SpiderVerse(link is external) soundtrack available everywhere [from] 2 June,” Metro Boomin shared on Twitter this week. […]
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Faith Nyasuguta One of Africa’s most prolific writers , playwrights, and feminists, Ama Ata Aidoo, has passed away, as revealed by her family in the early hours of Wednesday, May 31, 2023. The respected writer, popular for her exceptional literary contributions and activism, succumbed to a brief illness. In a statement issued on Wednesday, her […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Thirteen members of the same family have passed away in Namibia after eating porridge that authorities believe became toxic when it was mixed with a fermented substance left over from a homemade alcoholic beverage, the state broadcaster reported. According to the Namibian Broadcasting Corporation, another four people are in a critical condition and […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Kenyan head of state William Ruto now wants African leaders to take first steps towards ditching the globally-bullish US dollar by signing up to a pan-African payments system to facilitate trade within the continent. Ruto called upon his peers in Africa to mobilize central and commercial banks to join Pan-African Payments and Settlement […]
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Faith Nyasuguta US president Joe Biden has condemned Uganda’s anti-gay law, calling for its immediate repeal and the possibility of implementing sanctions. “The enactment of Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Act is a tragic violation of universal human rights — one that is not worthy of the Ugandan people, and one that jeopardizes the prospects of critical economic […]
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Faith Nyasuguta On Monday, Chelsea hired Mauricio Pochettino as their new manager as the Argentine accepted the daunting task of reviving the troubled Premier League club. Pochettino gave a nod to a two-year contract with an option for an additional year and will return to the Premier League four years after being sacked by Chelsea’s […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Nigerian president elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu has been sworn into office. The 71 year-old took the oath of office on Monday, May 29 in Abuja, the capital city of Nigeria, in an inauguration ceremony attended by world leaders and dignitaries. This comes during a period of unprecedented challenges for Africa’s most populous country, […]
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Faith Nyasuguta President Samia Suluhu Hassan has announced the resumption of the annual salary rise for public service employees, a move lauded by many. Her statement comes seven years after the late John Magufuli abandoned the system of annual pay increases in 2016. Without making the raise known to the public, she assured the employees […]
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Faith Nyasuguta One of the most wanted suspects in Rwanda’s genocide, a man suspected of orchestrating the killing of more than 2,000 people, has been arrested in South Africa after 22 years on the run, a special tribunal set up by the United Nations said Thursday. Fulgence Kayishema, according to the International Residual Mechanism for […]
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