Faith Nyasuguta Nigeria has classified criminal gangs –bandits, blamed for mass abductions of schoolchildren- under “terrorist” groups , a move aimed at containing rising insecurity in the north. For over a year now, Nigeria’s northwest and north-central states have been ravaged by violence sparked by disputes over access to land and resources, among other factors. […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Job Ndugai, Tanzania’s National Assembly Speaker has resigned , just three days after making a public apology to President Samia Suluhu following his remarks on the nation’s borrowing. In a statement directed to news outlets, Ndugai said he had written to his party, Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM), on his “personal decision” to resign as […]
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Faith Nyasuguta All 15 jails in Liberia have run out of food for prisoners this week. Following this, two correctional facilities, among them the main Monrovia Central Prison have temporarily closed their doors to newcomers, according to prison officials. The situation has been tied to a number of factors including delays in remission of funds […]
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Faith Nyasuguta A Niger mayor and his driver have been nabbed in a northern Niger desert with over 200kg of cocaine in their car, police have revealed. The duo, that has been kept anonymous, is reported to have been ferrying the drug to Libya after it had been smuggled into the nation from Mali. According […]
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Faith Nyasuguta South African investigators have handed over the first installment of a long-awaited report into graft during ex-president Jacob Zuma’s tenure. The report of the investigation done for four years was handed to Zuma’s successor, President Cyril Ramaphosa, who has pledged to root out graft and financial sleaze. “This is what I would call a […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Ten years after International fast-food chain Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) began operations in Kenya, it has announced plans to start sourcing potatoes from Kenyan farmers. Speaking to a local media outlet, KFC East Africa market’s chief executive officer Jacques Theunissen said the franchise would still lay emphasis on high-quality potatoes while sourcing the […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Kenyan Gospel musician Guardian Angel, 28,has tied the knot with his girlfriend Esther Musila, 52, at a private wedding ceremony. Images of the couple at their wedding surfaced online creating a social media buzz. Here are some of the images from the private event: THE PROPOSAL (link) Guardian proposed to Esther Musila in […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Passport holders in Kenya cannot access 40 nations, a marginal drop from the 43 in October 2021 and 54 in July despite a huge vaccination campaign put up across the country. For months, this has seen Kenyans barred from a number of destinations at a time when nations are easing travel restrictions amid […]
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Faith Nyasuguta An abandoned newborn baby boy has been found by Mauritius airport staffers in the rubbish bin of a plane’s toilet. Following this, a 20-year-old woman from Madagascar, suspected of having delivered on the flight, has been nabbed. Arriving from Madagascar, the Air Mauritius plane landed at Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport on January […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Tunisia’s minister of interior ministry has revealed that a detained former justice minister is suspected of “terrorism”. Ex-minister Noureddine Bhiri of the Ennahdha party was detained over the weekend. So far, he has refused any food or medicine and was on Monday transferred to a hospital where he is said to have continued […]
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