Wayne Lumbasi At least 25 schoolgirls were kidnapped by unknown gunmen during an early Monday morning attack on a school in Nigeria’s northwestern Kebbi State, while a vice principal and a security guard were shot and killed for resisting. The assault took place at the Government Girls’ Comprehensive Senior Secondary School in Maga, Danko-Wasagu Local […]
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Wayne Lumbasi The Luo are among the most prominent communities in East Africa, known for a long and rich history and a cultural identity that has shaped the region for generations. Their origins lie in the Nile Valley, from where they gradually moved south, settling around Lake Victoria and spreading across Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, and […]
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Wayne Lumbasi The Central Organization of Trade Unions (COTU-K), led by Secretary-General Francis Atwoli, has demanded the immediate deportation of a Chinese national following the circulation of a viral video showing him assaulting a Kenyan factory worker. The footage, captured at the TCM Mabati Factory in Eldoret, shows the Chinese manager kicking and striking the […]
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Wayne Lumbasi People have lost their lives in a tragic accident at a copper cobalt mine in southeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. The disaster occurred when a makeshift bridge collapsed under the weight of numerous artisanal miners trying to cross a flooded trench, sending many plunging into the waters below. The Kalando mining site, […]
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Wayne Lumbasi Nigeria has taken a major turn in its education system, announcing the cancellation of the long-standing policy that mandated the use of mother-tongue languages in primary schools. The Federal Government declared that English will now be the sole medium of instruction from pre-primary through primary education, citing the need to improve national cohesion […]
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Wayne Lumbasi Kenya’s government has raised concern over reports that more than 200 Kenyans have been recruited to fight for Russia in the ongoing war in Ukraine. Foreign Affairs Minister Musalia Mudavadi said the figure is based on information gathered through Kenya’s embassy in Moscow and ongoing investigations into recruitment networks targeting young Kenyans. According […]
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Wayne Lumbasi Africa is grappling with its worst cholera outbreak in 25 years, according to the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC). Health authorities across the continent have recorded a sharp rise in infections throughout 2025, with hundreds of thousands of suspected and confirmed cases reported. Thousands of people have died as […]
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Wayne Lumbasi Eritrea and Ethiopia are edging closer to war as rising tension, military build ups, and diplomatic hostilities threaten to plunge the Horn of Africa into another period of instability. The two neighbours, once bitter rivals in a border war that claimed more than 70,000 lives between 1998 and 2000, are now facing renewed […]
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Wayne Lumbasi Zimbabwe is set to receive one of its largest private sector investments in decades after Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote signed a deal worth more than $1 billion with the government. The agreement, formalised in Harare, signals renewed investor confidence in Zimbabwe’s economy and strengthens economic ties between Nigeria and Southern Africa. Under the […]
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Wayne Lumbasi President Donald Trump has signed a federal spending bill that officially ended the longest government shutdown in United States history. The shutdown, which began on October 1, 2025, had left hundreds of thousands of federal workers working without pay and delayed crucial government services. The legislation, passed by the House of Representatives in […]
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