GUINEA JUNTA HEAD TO BE SWORN IN AS PRESIDENT

GUINEA JUNTA HEAD TO BE SWORN IN AS PRESIDENT

By Faith Nyasuguta  Col Mamady Doumbouya, the Guinea military leader will be sworn in as the interim president today, Friday. The ceremony is set to be held at the presidential palace with those in attendance limited to invites only. In early September, Col Doumbouya led the coup that ousted President Alpha Condé and now he […]

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 SOUTH SUDAN SAYS 40 AFGHAN REFUGEES ARE IN THE NATION ILLEGALLY

SOUTH SUDAN SAYS 40 AFGHAN REFUGEES ARE IN THE NATION ILLEGALLY

By Faith Nyasuguta  Over 40 Afghans have entered South Sudan without following the outlined legal procedures in line with the nation’s immigration authorities. While addressing the sector commanders on Tuesday morning in Juba, Gen Atem Marol, who chairs the South Sudanese Immigration, Passports, and Civil Registry revealed that the refugees entered the country illegally. “My […]

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 HIV POSITIVE BABIES IN KENYA, UGANDA RECEIVE STRAWBERRY FLAVOURED TABLET

HIV POSITIVE BABIES IN KENYA, UGANDA RECEIVE STRAWBERRY FLAVOURED TABLET

By Faith Nyasuguta  After years of waiting, Kenya and Uganda have finally introduced a strawberry-flavored tablet for children living with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The pediatric formulation of dolutegravir, a drug recommended as first-line anti-retroviral for HIV treatment by the World Health Organisation (WHO), has been lauded as a game-changer in managing the virus […]

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 GUINEA JUNTA BARS MEMBERS FROM VYING IN THE NEXT POLLS

GUINEA JUNTA BARS MEMBERS FROM VYING IN THE NEXT POLLS

By Faith Nyasuguta  The military junta in Guinea has barred its members from vying in the upcoming elections that are set to mark the return to civilian rule. The move follows a Monday announcement that revealed a transitional charter had confirmed military boss colonel Mamady Doumbouya as the president following the coup early this September. […]

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 PARACETAMOL COULD HARM DEVELOPING FETUSES, SCIENTISTS REVEAL

PARACETAMOL COULD HARM DEVELOPING FETUSES, SCIENTISTS REVEAL

By Faith Nyasuguta  A multinational group of 13 scientists has called on the healthcare community to carefully consider the use of paracetamol/acetaminophen (APAP) during pregnancy until the painkiller is thoroughly probed for any potential impact on fetal development in the womb. In a statement published on Thursday in the journal Nature Reviews Endocrinology, a ballooning […]

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 CULTURE: THE TOPOSA PEOPLE OF SOUTH SUDAN

CULTURE: THE TOPOSA PEOPLE OF SOUTH SUDAN

By Faith Nyasuguta The Toposa tribe which hails from South Sudan is an Agro-pastoralist community. Despite their love for rearing cattle, they also grow sorghum. They get their food from their cattle and sorghum which is often stored in wooden granaries build by women only. The Nilotic community abhors circumcision, unlike many African communities that […]

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 JOY AS NIGERIA SCHOOL ABDUCTION SUSPECTS ARRESTED

JOY AS NIGERIA SCHOOL ABDUCTION SUSPECTS ARRESTED

By Faith Nyasuguta  Nigerian police have arrested three suspects behind the abduction of over 100 students in the Nigerian state of Kaduna. The trip is among another 50 suspects believed to be members of different gangs currently operating in the northwest and central Nigeria. Frank Mba, the police spokesman said that security forces are also […]

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