Faith Nyasuguta Police have revealed that a pack of hyenas mauled two people within a 24-hour-span in a village just 50 kilometres (31 miles) east of Kenya’s capital Nairobi. They confirmed that the hyenas, numbering about 20, mauled a man on Monday in the village of Kamuthi near the industrial town of Thika as he […]
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Ian Kisoti The Confederation of African Football on Sunday stated that confirmed clubs can delay the release of players to the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) until January 3. According to FIFA’s rules, the clubs have to release players by December 27 for the tournament commencing on January 9, 2022. “CAF has decided that for those […]
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Faith Nyasuguta The funeral of the Nobel Peace Prize-winning icon who passed away on Sunday will be held on New Year’s day in Cape Town’s St George, the Martyr cathedral. Speaking on Monday, the Archbishop of Cape Town Thabo Makgoba said that the funeral of Desmond Tutu, who died on Sunday aged 90, will be […]
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By Faith Nyasuguta Despite misconceptions, tattoo art has over the years gained popularity in Africa. For some, it is a way of expressing their deepest feelings. We feature one tattoo artist based in Kenya and he tells us everything about the industry.
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Faith Nyasuguta Libya’s election commission now wants the country’s first presidential poll, set to take place on Friday, to be postponed for a month. The commission said it had proposed the new date of January 24 after “liaising” with parliament. Earlier, a parliamentary committee had said that it would be “impossible” to have the elections […]
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Faith Nyasuguta The Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok has revealed to a group of national political and intellectual figures that he intends to resign in the coming hours, reports have said. On November 21, Hamdok was reinstated following a coup a month earlier that saw the military seize power and end a transitional partnership with […]
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Faith Nyasuguta A minister of the Madagascar government has revealed that he swam for 12 hours to safety after his helicopter crashed at sea during a rescue mission. “It’s not my time to die,” an exhausted Police Minister Serge Gelle said as he recovered on a stretcher. He revealed that two other security officials travelling with […]
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Faith Nyasuguta The ex-Gabonese football coach of the national under-17 team, accused of sexually assaulting hundreds of children, has been arrested by police, a judicial source has revealed. According to the police, Patrick Assoumou Eyi “was arrested on Monday in Ntoum”, some 40 km from the capital Libreville and “he is currently in the hands […]
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Faith Nyasuguta The Tigray rebels in Ethiopia who had in previous months advanced into the neighboring regions of Amhara and Afar, are withdrawing to their region to “open the door” for humanitarian aid, a spokesperson told AFP on Monday. “We have decided to withdraw from these areas to Tigray. We want to open the door […]
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