Faith Nyasuguta The largest and only operating hospital in Ethiopia’s war-ravaged Tigray region, Ayder Referral Hospital, has said it was forced to suspend providing services over shortages of medical supplies. According to Kibrom Gebresilase, the hospital’s technical director, said the health facility is unable to provide services due to power outages, lack of medicines and […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Who are the highest-paid African leaders at the moment? This is probably one of the most asked questions around the continent. Without any doubt, African leaders are generally considered the number one citizens of their respective countries, and understandably so, the leadership role bestows a lot of prestige on the person honoured with […]
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Faith Nyasuguta On Monday, fighting resumed in North Kivu Province in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, between the Congolese army and M23 rebels after a week of relative calm. The Congolese Tutsi grouping, M23, recently relaunched attacks against government forces, sparking diplomatic tensions between DRC and Rwanda over allegations of official support for the […]
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Faith Nyasuguta The endless depreciation of the Kenyan shilling is raising concern among importers and business people currently experiencing first-hand pain of the dollar shortage that has seen them part with up to Ksh120 per dollar against the quoted rate of Ksh116. On May 30, the Kenya Association of Manufacturers expressed worries over the dollar […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Coca Cola has inaugurated its newest ‘mega factory’ in Sebta City in Ethiopia. Estimated to cost $100 million, the factory located 25 km from the capital, Addis Ababa, is furnished with state of the art machinery and is set to create 30,000 job opportunities. During the inauguration, senior government officials were in attendance. […]
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Wayne Lumbasi LeBron James has completed one of the most iconic rags to riches transformations in American history. The professional basketball star’s net worth is now valued at more than $1.2 billion and has just completed his 19th season in the NBA. James’ basketball career has brought in more than $385 million, according to Forbes, but the lion’s share of […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Ex-South African spy chief has accused President Cyril Ramaphosa of kidnapping and bribery in a case currently registered with the police. According to Arthur Fraser, the case related to the alleged attempted theft of $4m in 2020 at one of the president’s properties and the alleged efforts to conceal what happened. President Ramaphosa […]
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Faith Nyasuguta On Tuesday, the President of Angola, João Lourenço welcomed his Congolese counterpart Félix Tshisekedi. Currently, Lourenço is acting as a mediator to defuse the ballooning tensions between the Democratic Republic of Congo and its neighbor Rwanda. The officials “discussed various aspects that may contribute to the peaceful resolution of their dispute” the Angolan […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Tobacco has come across as a substance with a much greater threat than what is widely known by many. In the most recent report by the World Health Organisation, tobacco is one of the world’s biggest polluters, from leaving mountains of waste to catalysing global warming. The report, dubbed: “Tobacco: poisoning our planet”, […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Several UN agencies have cautioned that the risk of famine in Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia is worsening with the prospects of another bad rainy season, the fifth in a row. So far, there have been several warnings by the United Nations on this issue. Somalia and parts of Kenya and Ethiopia have been […]
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