Faith Nyasuguta Heavy rain that sparked flooding and landslides in western and northern Rwanda has killed at least 109 people, the state-run broadcaster said on Wednesday, as authorities searched for survivors trapped in their homes. Muddy water flowed swiftly down an inundated road and destroyed houses in a video clip posted by the Rwanda Broadcasting […]
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Faith Nyasuguta The warring parties in Sudan have given a nod to a seven-day truce commencing May 4, in a phone conversation with South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir, the foreign ministry in Juba said Tuesday, raising hopes of an end to weeks of bloodshed. Sudan’s army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his deputy turned rival, […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Col. (Rtd) Charles Okello Engola, the Ugandan State Minister for Labour, Employment and Industrial Relations, was on Monday allegedly shot dead by his bodyguard. Okello’s death was confirmed by the Speaker of Parliament, Anita Among while presiding over the plenary session on Tuesday morning. “This morning, I received the sad news that Hon […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Nigeria has postponed a census set to take place this week with the incoming government tasked with setting a new date. This was revealed by the information ministry over the weekend as it announced the latest delay to the nation’s first census in 17 years. Previously, the census had been scheduled for May […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Sudan’s former prime minister Abdalla Hamdok has issued a red flag over the ongoing violence in his nation, warning the clashes could escalate into one of the worst civil wars than those experience in Syria and Libya if the fighting is not stopped. The former premier is now calling for a truce between […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Tanzania is planning to build a bridge that will connect mainland to the Islands of Zanzibar to ease movement of goods and people, which if undertaken, the 50 km bridge will be the first in Africa. The ambitious project, which is expected to cost over $2 billion, will be one of the largest […]
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Faith Nyasuguta On Thursday, Egypt’s antiquities ministry insisted that Cleopatra had “white skin and Hellenistic characteristics” in an ongoing row over a Netflix drama-documentary showing the famed beauty of antiquity as black. Queen Cleopatra, produced by Jada Pinkett Smith and starring Adele James, is set to be released on the streaming platform on 10 May. “As Egypt’s last pharaoh, […]
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Faith Nyasuguta A new report released on Thursday from an international team of climate scientists has revealed that a devastating drought that has struck the Horn of Africa could not have occurred without global warming. “Human-caused climate change has made agricultural drought in the Horn of Africa about 100 times more likely,” said a summary of […]
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Faith Nyasuguta A claim that former United States (US) President Barack Obama has been appointed as a Special Envoy for US Diplomacy (SED) to Kenya is FALSE. The claim was originally made by a Kenyan newspaper as an April Fools’ Day joke. AEM has since established that Obama has not announced any plans to move […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Nigeria has witnessed a disturbing increase in cases of building collapse over the years, Director General, Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON), Farouk Salim has said. He noted that statistics have shown that there are over 221 cases in Nigeria, making it the topmost country in Africa with the highest number of building collapse, […]
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