Faith Nyasuguta An African giant pouched rat, famed for aiding the discovery of over 100 landmines and other explosives in Cambodia, has passed away. Dubbed Magawa, the rat stood out not only for his magnificent record sniffing out the chemicals in unexploded devices but also his long service. Two years ago, Magawa, was the first […]
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Faith Nyasuguta The CEO of the world’s biggest condom maker Karex has revealed that condom sales have dropped in the past two years due to covid-19 restrictions. Speaking during an interview with Nikkei Asia, CEO Goh Miah said condom sales have dropped by as much as 40 per cent in the wake of the pandemic. […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Kenya has suspended all inbound and transit passenger flights from the United Arabs Emirates for seven days. Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA) Director-General Gilbert Kibe said the suspension took effect on Monday midnight, January 10. “Inbound and transit passenger flights from UAE are suspended for a period of seven days. We are doing […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Kenyan atheists are now offering medical and funeral cover in a drive to register new members. The move comes days after the Atheists In Kenya Society (AIK) suffered a major blow when its national secretary stepped down after becoming a Christian. The AIK is thus calling on anyone that considers themselves “an atheist, […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Some 200 people have been buried in Nigeria’s north-western Zamfara state following a wave of vicious attacks by gangs of gunmen over a number of days. Speaking to media outlets, survivors told the BBC that motorbike-riding gangsters ambushed a village after another, shooting indiscriminately. The attacks are believed to be in response to […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Police in Liberia have nabbed a 29-year-old Sierra Leonean man and charged him with attempting to sell his 10-year-old son. The man says it was a desperate move to raise funds to replace a stolen motorbike. On his arrest, the man informed investigating officers in the capital, Monrovia, that he required some $1,000 […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Ethiopia has distanced itself from a recent report issued by a rights group that revealed it is mistreating thousands of Tigrayans deported from Saudi Arabia. According to the Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Dina Mufti, the Human Rights Watch (HRW) report was an irresponsible move to downgrade the government’s efforts. “The report is not only […]
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Faith Nyasuguta According to the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) ,severe lockdowns are no longer the best way to battle coronavirus waves. “The period where we are using severe lockdowns as a tool is over. We should actually be looking at how we use public health and social measures more carefully […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Nigeria has classified criminal gangs –bandits, blamed for mass abductions of schoolchildren- under “terrorist” groups , a move aimed at containing rising insecurity in the north. For over a year now, Nigeria’s northwest and north-central states have been ravaged by violence sparked by disputes over access to land and resources, among other factors. […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Job Ndugai, Tanzania’s National Assembly Speaker has resigned , just three days after making a public apology to President Samia Suluhu following his remarks on the nation’s borrowing. In a statement directed to news outlets, Ndugai said he had written to his party, Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM), on his “personal decision” to resign as […]
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