Faith Nyasuguta The globe’s longest-serving president has won re-election in Equatorial Guinea to continue presiding over his authoritarian regime. Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, 80, secured about 95% of votes, according to officials that announced six days after the vote. “The results prove us right again,” Vice-President Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue, the president’s son, said. “We […]
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Faith Nyasuguta The Burundi government has affirmed that it will not allow the importation of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) into the country despite some East African Community member states opening up for the products. “GMO is not allowed in Burundi, not even importing them; they are totally prohibited. It’s only the hybrids and even [for] […]
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Faith Nyasuguta About 140,000 people paid $8 for a Twitter Blue subscription between November 10 and 15, according to the New York Times. The Times cited data from Travis Brown, a software developer in Berlin, who found over 137,000 accounts with Twitter Blue subscriptions between November 10 and 15 using a computer program. The program downloaded […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Presently, Lagos is regarded as a mega city following its estimated population of 20 million plus people. A recent study now indicates that it will continue growing exponentially. With the current growth rate, Lagos is set to become the world’s largest city by the end of this century. Funny enough, Lagos is not […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Nigeria has officially launched new banknotes in a move to eliminate counterfeiting and the financing of Islamist groups. On Wednesday, Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari said the new naira bank notes would help to control liquidity in an economy where most money is held outside the bank. The traditional 200, 500 and 1000 naira […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Kenya has cancelled a licence given to a foreign company to uproot and export baobab trees from the coastal region amid public outcry. The Georgian company is said to have purchased eight of the giant trees from local farmers. According to environmental experts, the planned export of the trees is “biopiracy”. The authorisation […]
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Faith Nyasuguta On Tuesday, a Tanzanian court ordered the release of 24 Maasai after prosecutors dropped murder charges against them for the death of a policeman during a protest against a government-protected area project, their lawyer said. The Loliondo Maasai are opposed to Tanzanian authorities, who they accuse of trying to evict them from part […]
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Faith Nyasuguta The military bosses in Mali have prohibited all non-governmental organisations currently funded or supported by France from operating in the nation. The ban includes humanitarian groups. Via a statement, the junta noted that the move followed France’s decision to stop development aid over Bamako’s alleged use of paramilitaries from the Russian Wagner group. […]
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Faith Nyasuguta South Africa’s ex-president Jacob Zuma, who has officially finished serving a 15-month jail sentence for contempt of court, must return to jail after his conditional release last year on health grounds was contrary to the law, an appeal court has ruled. The former head of state, 80 years old, was convicted in June […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Lupita Nyong’o started acting as a teen in Kenya and went on to work behind the scenes of the film The Constant Gardener. She directed and produced the albinism documentary In My Genes and starred in the TV series Shuga. Nyong’o went on to earn acclaim for her role as Patsey in 12 […]
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