Faith Nyasuguta A 34-year-old South African woman guilty of trying to sell an albino child to a traditional healer has been sentenced to 20 years in prison by a South African court in northern KwaZulu-Natal area. The woman reportedly wanted the traditional healer to pay R100 000 (USD 5,852.79) for the 11-year-old child, reports said. […]
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Faith Nyasuguta According to Samia Suluhu Hassan, the President of Tanzania, Africa is rich in natural resources and has the potential to play a key role in the global energy transition. Speaking at the 53rd World Economic Forum Annual Meeting, Suluhu called for more private sector investment in Africa to tap into the continent’s resources […]
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Faith Nyasuguta A Twitter bird statue fetched $100,000 on Wednesday as Elon Musk auctioned off furniture, decorations, kitchen equipment and more from the tech firm’s downtown San Francisco headquarters. The online auction of “surplus corporate office assets of Twitter” lasted for over 24 hours and featured a 10-foot neon light in the shape of Twitter’s […]
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Faith Nyasuguta On Wednesday, the United Nations revealed that peacekeepers discovered mass graves in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo, following a series of attacks blamed on a local militia. Peacekeepers made the discoveries while patrolling the troubled Ituri province following violent attacks by suspected CODECO militants. “Our colleagues there report that […]
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Faith Nyasuguta In 2022, the energy sector took a huge hit globally, owing to a chain of economic complications that swept through the entire planet. Last year, which was foreshadowed to be where the earth would rehabilitate completely from the Covid-19 pandemic became defined by the scramble for alternative fuel sources that partially sparked inflation […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Egyptian authorities have announced the discovery of an ancient tomb in Luxor dating back around 3,500 years that archaeologists believe holds the remains of an 18th dynasty royal. The tomb was unearthed by Egyptian and British researchers on the west bank of the River Nile, where the famous Valley of the Queens and […]
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Lisa Mugo Tanzanian singer Rayvanny, has revealed that he paid a whooping $556,268 in order for him to terminate his contract with Diamond Platnumz’s Wasafi Records. The revelation came during an online feud between the BET award winner and singer Harmonize, who was his former signee. According to Rayvanny, Harmonize always complains about how he paid Diamond $256,739 yet he paid […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has placed a blanket ban on travel abroad for Members of Parliament and civil servants in a bid to save money for other priority sectors. While commissioning facilities at Uganda Petroleum Institute-Kigumba (UPIK) in Kiryandongo District on Saturday, Mr Museveni was unhappy to learn that the institute does not […]
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Faith Nyasuguta A move to set up the East African Monetary Institute –the Central Bank of East Africa—will be made this year, a significant establishment required in implementing a single currency regime. According to East African Community (EAC) Secretary-General Dr Peter Mathuki said the Council of Ministers is set to plan on the location of […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Elon Musk’s satellite internet firm, Starlink, has publicised plans to launch in Kenya in the second quarter of this year. This move marks the company’s expansion into the African market and is part of Starlink’s mission to provide internet access to remote and underserved areas around the world. At the moment, Kenyans can […]
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