By Faith Nyasuguta The head of the Kenyan prison service has been fired and arrested days after three inmates serving time for terror-related offences allegedly escaped from a maximum security prison. In a statement by President Uhuru Kenyatta, ex-boss Wycliffe Ogalo would be replaced with immediate effect “to entrench accountability in the ranks of the […]
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By Faith Nyasuguta Over 100,000 Americans have succumbed to drug overdoses in the past year, during the Covid-19 pandemic. In history, the figure is the highest annual death toll recorded from drugs in the US. Statistics show that overdose deaths rose by 28 per cent in the 12 months ending in April 2021, according to […]
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By Faith Nyasuguta In Lagos, Nigeria, a gas explosion has killed at least five people, among them a child, an emergency services official has revealed to media outlets. According to a National Emergency Management Agency spokesperson, three men, one woman and a ten-year-old boy had died. A rescue operation is ongoing. Reports indicate that the […]
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By Faith Nyasuguta Kenyan security officials are on high alert following the suicide bombing that hit Uganda’s capital Kampala on Tuesday killing three people and leaving 33 wounded. On Wednesday morning, security was beefed up in all installations and towns across Kenya and particularly along the border points. Police have also called on the public […]
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By Faith Nyasuguta Triple suicide bombings have killed at least three people in Ugandan capital Kampala on Tuesday. Dozens have been nabbed in the bombings in a country that is seen as a stable bulwark against Islamic extremism in Africa. So far, over 33 people are undergoing treatment in hospital, including five in very critical […]
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By Faith Nyasuguta Heavy rains and flooding in southern Egypt have left some three people dead and over 500 others hospitalized from scorpion stings, Al-Ahram, a government-run Egyptian newspaper, reports. Over the weekend, downpours, hail and thunder in the Aswan province pushed local authorities to dismiss school classes on Sunday, Aswan Governor Major General Ashraf Attia […]
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By Faith Nyasuguta Sudanese security forces have nabbed Al Jazeera’s bureau chief, the network has announced days after the latest crackdown on anti-coup protesters that left six dead. The medics’ Union revealed that part of those killed were two teenagers. Five were shot dead by the forces whereas one other died from “suffocation by tear […]
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By Faith Nyasuguta A gynaecologist in Malaysia has set up what he says is the globe’s maiden unisex condom to be worn by both females and males. The condom is created from a medical grade material often used as a dressing for injuries and wounds. Its inventor’s hope is that the Wondaleaf Unisex Condom will […]
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By Faith Nyasuguta Boeing has admitted liability for the second crash of its 737 Max model in Ethiopia, in a legal agreement with families of the 157 victims. According to lawyers for the families, the move was a “significant milestone” for families in pursuit of justice. In the legal stipulation, filed in Chicago on Wednesday […]
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By Faith Nyasuguta Nigerian police are currently investigating an extremely rare incident that led to two cousins allegedly amputating each other’s arms. The incident is said to have happened in the village of Alkali in the north-eastern state of Yobe. Speaking to the BBC, the police spokesperson in the state, Dungus Abdulkarim, revealed that the […]
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