Faith Nyasuguta Sixteen suspects – including motorcycle taxi riders or ‘bodaboda’ riders – who had been arrested for sexually assaulting a female motorist in Kenya’s capital have been freed by a court. The main suspect in the case, Zachariah Nyaora Obadia, was however charged on Monday. According to the prosecution, it had no evidence to […]
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Faith Nyasuguta A team of scientists has said they have developed a male oral contraceptive that is 99 percent effective in mice and has caused zero observable side effects. The drug is expected to enter human trials by the end of 2022. The findings are set to be presented at the American Chemical Society’s spring […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Togo’s former prime minister Gilbert Houngbo has been elected the next head of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and will become the first African to lead the United Nations agency. Following two rounds of voting, ILO’s governing body elected the 61-year-old to succeed British trade unionist Guy Ryder, whose tenure comes to a […]
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Faith Nyasuguta A famed, much-loved lioness at Kenya’s Maasai Mara game reserve, fondly nicknamed Queen of the Mara Triangle, has passed away. The big cat was also dubbed Mama Kali – Swahili for “fierce mother”. During her death, she was believed to be about 10 years old and she spearheaded the Angama pride which lived […]
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Faith Nyasuguta From Kenya to Nigeria down to Zimbabwe, petrol prices are sky-rocketing. This is a huge problem that has been sparked by a number of factors, among them the increasing scarcity of the commodity. For Africa’s most populous country Nigeria, petrol has been scarce for nearly one month. An earlier report by Africa Equity […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Hundreds of thousands of condoms, mosquito nets and tuberculosis drugs worth $100,000 are said to have disappeared from a warehouse operated by the Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (Kemsa). They are believed to have been stolen and resold on the black market and to private chemists, according to a report by the UN’s Global […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Kenya’s Deputy President William Ruto has blasted his boss, President Uhuru Kenyatta over his public decision to support ex-Prime Minister Raila Odinga in his presidential bid. The deputy swiped at Kenyatta over his economic policies claiming that Kenya was heading in the wrong direction and that he will fix the mess within 30 […]
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Faith Nyasuguta The Pritzker Prize, architecture’s most prestigious award, has been awarded to 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso-born architect Diebedo Francis Kere – the first African to win the honour in its more than 40-year history. At 56 years, Kere was hailed for his “pioneering” designs that are “sustainable to the Earth and its inhabitants – in […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Cameroon is the latest African nation after Kenya, the Gambia, Tanzania, Rwanda, and Ghana to ban the smoking of Shisha. The health ministry notes that about 46 per cent of young Cameroonians smoke the substance yet it has detrimental effects on their health. Despite a “misconception” that shisha is not as harmful as […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Ten African game development studios have come together under one umbrella, the Pan Africa Gaming Group (PAGG), in a bid to unify Africa’s gaming sector, which is presently fragmented. The association is further looking to drive the uptake of gaming in the continent, and grow developer talent. The announcement was made against the […]
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