Faith Nyasuguta The Comesa Competition Commission (CCC) has cautioned consumers against eating some chicken and vegetable flavoured instant noodles commonly referred to as Indomie that were recalled from the Egyptian market on Tuesday. The recall followed tests by Egypt’s Food and Safety Authority (FSA) which revealed that Indomie’s chilli, chicken and vegetable flavour packets contained […]
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Faith Nyasuguta During the COVID-19 pandemic, consumption of single-use plastics grew by 250-300%, according to the International Solid Waste Association. This points to an urgent need for a greater sense of responsibility, in the quest for building back better and greener. For Kenya alone, about 37,000 tonnes of plastics are emptied into the marine ecosystems […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan has ordered a review of the media law to boost press freedom in the country, amid a strong warning against irresponsible journalism. According to Samia, her administration is currently in dialogue with media stakeholders following complaints that the laws were draconian and that they hamper media development in […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Mali’s ruling military government has declared that it is breaking its defence accords with ex-colonial ruler France, decrying “flagrant violations” of its national sovereignty by the French troops based there. The last development is the latest sign of declining relations between Mali and France. According to authorities based in Bamako, they had informed […]
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Faith Nyasuguta As Kenya’s general elections are fast approaching, tension between President Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy president (DP) William Ruto is mounting. Currently, President Kenyatta has asked his Deputy to resign claiming he did not act enough for his nation. He accused him of absconding duty, inciting Kenyans against the government and refusing to […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has declared an immediate increase in the country’s minimum wage by 12 percent to aid workers cope with a rise in consumer prices, partly driven by the Ukraine war. “There is a compelling case to review the minimum wage so as to cushion our workers against further erosion of […]
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Faith Nyasuguta The Guinea military government head has announced that the nation will return to civilian rule after a 39-month transition period. Speaking on television, Col Mamady Doumbouya noted that the proposal would now be put to Guinea’s parliament. His army overthrew the elected president in a coup in 2021, something many Guineans previously welcomed. […]
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Faith Nyasuguta The 2016 crash of EgyptAir flight MS804 from Paris to Cairo, which was previously described by the Egyptian authorities as an act of terrorism, was sparked by a pilot smoking a cigarette, an investigation has found. On May 19, 2016, the jet disappeared in the Mediterranean Sea between Crete and the coast of […]
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Faith Nyasuguta A Malawi High Court has convicted five people of murdering an man living with albinism and three others including a former Roman Catholic priest, a police officer and a hospital clinician of trading in his body parts. The deceased, MacDonald Masambuka, went missing in February 2018 and when his body was found a […]
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Faith Nyasuguta South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa and his South Sudan counterpart Salva Kiir will lead foreign leaders in paying their last respects to the late Kenya’s ex-President Mwai Kibaki at his State funeral in Nairobi on Friday. In his condolence message, president Ramaphosa noted that Kibaki championed the cause of democracy and unity in […]
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