Faith Nyasuguta In South Africa, food manufacturer Nestlé has recalled some of its KitKat chocolate bars after a safe-check realization that they could contain glass particles. According to the company, no customer had complained but preventive measures would be taken by calling back the affected batches. Customers who had made purchases of the listed batches […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Ugandan activists have said the Ugandan government should severely punish all men impregnating girls to make them accountable for the rape. Speaking in Kampala on Wednesday, the activists told journalists that severe punishment could dissuade others from raping girls and aid halt the cycle of sexual abuse. “They should learn that if they […]
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Faith Nyasuguta A Zambian soldier has been lauded across the country for aiding an expectant woman deliver her baby. Following this act, Lance Corporal Humphrey Mangisani was promoted to full corporal. The soldier had organised for a motorbike to take the mother to hospital as he followed on his own bike but unexpectedly, the lady […]
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Faith Nyasuguta The Guinea-Bissau president has said he survived a coup attempt after being under heavy gunfire for some five hours. Umaro Sissoco Embalo noted that the attackers tried to kill him and his entire cabinet at the government palace. He confirmed that many others had been killed in the fighting on both sides. Local […]
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Faith Nyasuguta The Ethiopian Airlines has started operating the Boeing 737 MAX for the first time since a crash nearly three years ago killed all 157 people on board and sparked the global grounding of the aircraft. In March 2019, flight 302 from Addis Ababa to Nairobi plunged six minutes after takeoff into a field […]
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Faith Nyasuguta On Monday, ex-South African president Jacob Zuma was back at the Pietermaritzburg court. The 79-year old man is challenging an October court ruling that barred his plea to replace the chief prosecutor in his corruption trial. South Africa’s ex-president Jacob Zuma made a surprise court appearance in his latest bid to have the […]
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Faith Nyasuguta A week after the Burkina Faso military seized power in a coup, regional bloc African Union (AU) has suspended the West African nation. It has been revealed that the country will be barred from all AU activities until constitutional order has been restored. The West African regional bloc, Ecowas, which suspended Burkina Faso […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Some seven people have been killed and 13 others injured after a minibus they were traveling in ran over an improvised explosive device (IED) in Mandera, northern Kenya, on Monday morning. The public service vehicle -commonly known as matatu in Kenya- plying the Mandera Arabia road had left the Arabia township at about […]
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Faith Nyasuguta The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) has warned that several lives might be lost and over a million people displaced if no action is taken to avert the effects of the worsening drought in Somalia. Presently, 245,000 Somalis have been displaced due to the drought, with the number expected to hit 1.4 million in […]
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Faith Nyasuguta A number of European embassies in Kenyan capital Nairobi have circulated terror alerts and called on their nationals living in Kenya to avoid public places. On Thursday, the French Embassy warned that the persistent threats against Western nationals in Kenya is posing a real risk. CAUTION According to the embassy, the terrorists are […]
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