Faith Nyasuguta The globe’s longest-serving president is eyeing a re-election to continue his 43-year rule in Equatorial Guinea. Head of state Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, 80, has presided over a regime marked by alleged human rights abuses among them torture and disappearances. A number of opposition candidates were also vying for the spot of president, […]
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Faith Nyasuguta World Cup organizers will ban the sale of all beer with alcohol at the eight stadiums used for the soccer tournament, the Associated Press has gathered. The decision comes only two days before games start in Qatar and 12 years after the country first consented to respect FIFA’s commercial partners. Non-alcoholic beer will […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Kenya’s Priscilla Sitienei, believed to be the world’s oldest school pupil has passed away peacefully at her home at the age of 100 years. “Gogo”, which refers to grandmother in the local Kalenjin language, was how Ms Sitienei was lovingly described by many. Her grandson Sammy Chepsiror, told Kenya’s Standard newspaper: “She died […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Twitter’s new owner Elon Musk has called on his staff to choose by Thursday between being “extremely hardcore” and working intense, long hours, or losing their jobs, according to an internal memo seen by AFP. Since taking over, the Tesla tycoon has been under criticism for radical changes at the social media company, […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Ukrainian Foreign Ministry has pointed fingers at Russia for pushing imprisoned Africans to join the war against Ukraine. In a tweet, ministry spokesman Oleh Nikolenko said: “Putin is sending African citizens imprisoned in Russia to the war in Ukraine. A former Zambian student was killed. “We call on African Union and all African […]
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Faith Nyasuguta The US Department of State is currently offering a reward for any information that will lead to the arrest or disruption of three Al-Shabaab leaders said to be responsible for attacks in Somalia, Kenya and the neighbouring nations. Anyone with information on any of the three will get a reward of up to […]
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Faith Nyasuguta A Zambian student, 23 years, convicted in Russia and serving a prison sentence on the outskirts of Moscow has been found dead in combat in Ukraine, the Zambian government said on Monday, demanding an explanation from Russia. In a statement, Foreign Minister Stanley Kakubo said, Lemekhani Nathan Nyirenda “died on 22 September 2022 in […]
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Faith Nyasuguta As oil and gas exports expand, the economic stability of many African countries is getting threatened, according to a new analysis. The revelation comes despite soaring fossil fuel prices. It is projected that the demand for fossil fuels could possibly fall sharply in the medium term, in line with a report published on […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Sudan’s Central Darfur state has declared a state of emergency “for one month” after more than 24 people were killed in a tribal conflict, tribal leaders and the official Suna agency reported Monday. Governor Saad Adam Babiker, quoted by Suna, said the state of emergency was declared late Sunday night because “both sides […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Kenya and South Africa are in consultation to form a Pan-African airline to rival established players such as the Ethiopian Airlines and Emirates. President William Ruto and his South African counterpart Cyril Ramaphosa said they were engaging on the matter at a high level that if successful will see Kenya Airways and South […]
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