69 KILLED IN NIGER GUN ATTACK

69 KILLED IN NIGER GUN ATTACK

By Faith Nyasuguta  Niger has declared two days of national mourning starting Friday after the killing of some 69 people in an ambush by alleged Islamist insurgents. The attack took place in the country’s south-west, near the border with neighbouring Mali. According to the government, victims included a local mayor and the head of a […]

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 US URGES CITIZENS TO VACATE ETHIOPIA AS REBELS ADVANCE

US URGES CITIZENS TO VACATE ETHIOPIA AS REBELS ADVANCE

By Faith Nyasuguta  Ethiopia’s US embassy has called on its citizens to consider vacating the warring nation. The caution comes amid a declaration of a state of emergency after the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) rebels seized more territory in the northern region. Further, the US embassy has barred its staffers from travelling outside Addis […]

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 PLASTIC WASTES CHOKE TUNISIA’S BEACHES

PLASTIC WASTES CHOKE TUNISIA’S BEACHES

By Faith Nyasuguta  Estimates reveal that currently, about 80 thousand tonnes of plastic waste litter the seaside. To avert the already bad situation, the state has now joined forces with local waste collectors, or barbechas, as they are known in order to clean up the country. For the majority, this activity is a full time […]

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 UGANDAN SCHOOLS TO REOPEN, ALMOST TWO YEARS LATER

UGANDAN SCHOOLS TO REOPEN, ALMOST TWO YEARS LATER

By Faith Nyasuguta  Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has said that schools will reopen next year despite the low uptake of Covid-19 vaccines. As a Covid-19 measure, Ugandan schools have been shut for nearly two years, since March 2020. “Be informed that the schools will be opened in January and the rest of the economy will […]

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