By Faith Nyasuguta Popular messaging application WhatsApp will not function on millions of phones starting November this year. In a brief by WhatsApp, the application is set for an upgrade that will be incompatible with certain phones and will affect both Iphone and Android users who will not have updated their operating systems by the […]
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By Faith Nyasuguta The World Bank has dismissed aid to Sudan following the military takeover that toppled the Prime Minister. “I am greatly concerned by recent events in Sudan, and I fear the dramatic impact this can have on the country’s social and economic recovery and development,” World Bank President David Malpass said via a […]
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By Faith Nyasuguta A Nigerian muslim man that had put himself up for sale last weekend due to ‘poverty’ has been arrested. Aged 26, Aliyu Na Idris, who was trending on social media was nabbed by Islamic police in Hisbah, Kano state. A viral picture of Idris showed him carrying a sign in which he […]
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By Faith Nyasuguta So far, only 760 000 Kenyans have registered as new voters against the set target of 4.5 million by this week. The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission(IEBC) chairman Wafula Chebukati says that the agency is concerned about the low voter registration trend since the mass listing drive which commenced on Monday October […]
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By Faith Nyasuguta Some 18 worshippers were killed by gunmen who attacked a mosque in northern Nigeria during early morning prayers Monday, local authorities and police have confirmed. The attack took place at the Mazakuka village in Mashegu local government area of the nation’s Niger state. The attackers, who are believed to have been ethnic […]
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By Faith Nyasuguta Nigeria has officially launched a new digital version of its currency, Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has announced. This comes months after postponing the operation initially set for early October. With the new launch, Africa’s most populous country with over 200 million people and also the continent’s largest economy in terms of GDP […]
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By Faith Nyasuguta Ex- US president Donald Trump has announced plans to launch his own social network, in the latest push to reclaim his internet dominance after a ban from Twitter and Facebook in the wake of the violent Capitol insurrection. “TRUTH Social” will be owned by Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG) and is […]
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By Faith Nyasuguta On Monday, Sudanese soldiers arrested most members of Sudan’s cabinet in an apparent military coup. Authorities also confirmed that three people had died and 80 others injured as “forces of the military council coup” opened fire to put down the furious demonstrations against the military, according to the independent Central Committee of […]
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By Faith Nyasuguta Olympics men’s marathon champion Eliud Kipchoge has been named the best male athlete of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. The Kenyan athlete was nominated for the prestigious award alongside nine others. In 2019, Kipchoge knocked down one of the sport’s greatest barriers when he became the first man to run a marathon in […]
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By Faith Nyasuguta African countries have installed envoys to Eswatini, formerly known as Swaziland, in a bid to stem the unrest that has seen one dead and about 80 people wounded by troops in the most recent wave of pro-democracy demonstrations. Protests in the last absolute monarch have surged in recent days, months after authorities […]
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