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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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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