Faith Nyasuguta The chair of the Russian Olympic Committee Stanislav Pozdnyakov has revealed that he potentially can’t see a single Russian Olympic athlete at the 2024 Olympics in Paris. Speaking at a Thursday press conference, Pozdnyakov told reporters that the Russian Olympic Committee did not receive an invitation to the Olympics, and therefore he can’t […]
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Faith Nyasuguta France has revealed that it will begin withdrawing troops from Niger this week following a coup in the west African country, in what marks a turning point in western nations’ efforts to counter a decade-long Islamist insurgency in the Sahel region. “We will begin our disengagement operation this week, in good order, safely […]
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Faith Nyasuguta After selling his stake in the Charlotte Hornets this year, NBA legend Michael Jordan has reached a new financial milestone. Just this week, Forbes announced that the 60-year-old former athlete’s net worth has climbed to $3 billion, ranking him among the 400 wealthiest people in America. With this, Jordan is the first athlete […]
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Faith Nyasuguta On Thursday, Uganda opposition party National Unity Platform (NUP) said their principal Robert Kyagulanyi, alias Bobi Wine, had been picked by security operatives at Entebbe International Airport upon arrival and whisked away. “He was picked off the plane and driven to an unknown destination. Up to now, we cannot speculate his whereabouts,” NUP […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Kenyan head of state William Ruto has had a telephone conversation with his United States counterpart Joe Biden during which Biden thanked the leader for Kenya’s agreement to lead a UN-backed multinational security mission in gang-ridden Haiti. During the conversation, Biden also congratulated President Ruto on the successful hosting of last month’s Africa […]
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Faith Nyasuguta The globe needs 44 million more teachers if education is to be provided to every child, new figures from Unesco show. According to the education and culture agency, 9% of primary school teachers quit the profession in 2022, almost twice the rate of 4.6% in 2015. Audrey Azoulay, the director-general of Unesco, said: […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Kenya’s communications regulator has revealed that the country experienced a record 860 million cyber-attacks in the last 12 months. According to the regulator, “the frequency, sophistication and scale of cyber-threats” targeted at Kenya’s critical information infrastructure had increased dramatically. To put this into perspective, back in 2017, Kenya faced 7.7 million cyberattacks, highlighting […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Some few days ago, the news of the arrest of an ex- gang leader implicated in the 1996 death of rapper Tupac generated a great deal of interest. Almost 30 years after his murder, the mystery surrounding him remains almost incomplete. The police were aware of the involvement of the suspect, who had […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Denis Mukwege, a doctor from the Democratic Republic of Congo who won the Nobel Peace Prize for his work on sexual violence in warfare, has said he will vie for presidency. Mukwege, 68, made the public announcement before a crowd of supporters in the DRC capital of Kinshasa on Monday, challenging current President […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Elon Musk’s satellite internet company, Starlink, has named Jumia Technologies, an e-commerce platform, as its inaugural distributor for satellite terminals and connectivity kits in Africa. According to Jumia, the agreement will see it commence selling the kits on its sites and through agents, using Nigeria and Kenya as a launch pad before rolling […]
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