NIGERIA BANDIT GANGS CLASSIFIED AS ‘TERRORISTS’ IN NEW FIGHT AGAINST VIOLENCE

NIGERIA BANDIT GANGS CLASSIFIED AS ‘TERRORISTS’ IN NEW FIGHT AGAINST VIOLENCE

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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 TANZANIA: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SPEAKER JOB NDUGAI RESIGNS

TANZANIA: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SPEAKER JOB NDUGAI RESIGNS

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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 LIBERIAN PRISONS FACE SHARP FOOD SHORTAGE

LIBERIAN PRISONS FACE SHARP FOOD SHORTAGE

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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 DEFINING MOMENT?- REPORT ON GRAFT DURING EX-PRESIDENT JACOB ZUMA’S ERA RELEASED

DEFINING MOMENT?- REPORT ON GRAFT DURING EX-PRESIDENT JACOB ZUMA’S ERA RELEASED

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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 KFC VOWS TO SOURCE POTATOES FROM KENYAN FARMERS AFTER ONLINE UPROAR

KFC VOWS TO SOURCE POTATOES FROM KENYAN FARMERS AFTER ONLINE UPROAR

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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 NEWBORN BABY ABANDONED IN AIR MAURITIUS PLANE TOILET BIN

NEWBORN BABY ABANDONED IN AIR MAURITIUS PLANE TOILET BIN

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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 FORMER TUNISIA MINISTER SUSPECTED OF TERRORISM-MINISTRY

FORMER TUNISIA MINISTER SUSPECTED OF TERRORISM-MINISTRY

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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