Faith Nyasuguta On Tuesday, the United Nations’ cultural agency UNESCO added the Congolese rumba dance to its intangible cultural heritage list, triggering delight in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Congo-Brazzaville. In a UNESCO summit, the joint application by the two nations to add rumba to its Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity list was approved. […]
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Faith Nyasuguta The UK has removed all 11 African nations from its red list, a list that severely restricted travel between those states and the UK. Previously, only British or Irish nationals or those with residency in the UK could re-enter the country. The restrictions were enforced last month in a bid to slow down […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Emissions in Rwanda are slowly dropping as more fuel vehicles are being converted into electric cars. Electric motorcycle taxis are also helping to drive the change in a country where fuel guzzlers dominate the roads. The CEO of Rwanda Electric Motors Limited, Donald Kabanda says the argument for conversion is strong. “One battery […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Dorine Marube was diagnosed with endometriosis and that was her depression trigger. She did not believe she was sick and that endometriosis was inside her. The illness affected her studies pushing her into missing classes from time to time. Endometriosis also affected her work, sparking negative comments from colleagues. This is all about […]
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By Faith Nyasuguta The historic town of Lalibela has been recaptured by rebels from Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region, witnesses have revealed. As the UN world heritage site swapped hands, there was no exchange of fire, they added. In August, the town which is a home to ancient rock-hewn churches, had been captured by Tigrayan forces […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Bandits in Nigeria’s Niger state have shot dead about 16 worshippers in a mosque. An unknown number has also sustained injuries from the attack in Ba’are village. During early morning prayers on Wednesday, the gunmen opened fire on the Muslim worshippers, the Niger state government official Ahmed Ibrahim Matane said to media outlets. […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Uganda has confirmed seven cases of the Covid-19 Omicron variant, Health Minister Jane Ruth Aceng has announced. According to Dr Aceng, the variant was detected in two travellers from South Africa and five others from Nigeria, who arrived in Uganda over a week ago. The announcement has raised fears that the virus could […]
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Faith Nyasuguta The United States has sent back over 900 stolen artifacts to Mali during a ceremony held in the West African nation’s capital on Tuesday. The looted archeological and ethnographic objects totalling 921 arrived in Mali last week. Despite being previously listed as replicas, the objects had been illegally trafficked in the U.S. At Bamako’s […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Some 38 inmates have died and 69 others injured following a fire outbreak at a prison in Burundi’s capital Gitega this week. The fire razed Gitega’s central prison which according to sources was holding over one thousand inmates. “The fire was caused by a short circuit and the fire brigade extinguished and controlled […]
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Faith Nyasuguta An ex-director of the Kigali main prison has been sentenced to five years in prison by a Rwandan court for stealing money from a British inmate. According to a court document, Innocent Kayumba, who was sentenced on Friday evening alongside his ex-deputy Eric Ntakirutimana, has appealed against the judgement. In court, it was […]
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