Avellon Williams – PORT of SPAIN, TRINIDAD Small businesses, the world over have been virtually decimated by the COVID-19 pandemic. During the sundry lockdowns, designed to curb the spread of the virus, these businesses have been the first to be ordered closed and the last to reopen. Among those small businesses that have been ordered […]
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By Lisa Mugo (Machakos, Kenya) The hill that defy’s the laws of gravity. Instead of objects rolling down the slopes, they roll up the hill! The hill is named after the two twin brothers – Kyalo & Mwilu. We get two takes to explain this strange phenomenon – (i) Local –• Both twin brothers shared […]
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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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Avellon Williams KINGSTON, JAMAICA – Africa is being eyed as the next big source market for tourists to Jamaica as the local industry seeks to diversify beyond traditional markets in North America and Europe. Minister of Tourism Edmund Bartlett, told Jamaica’s Parliament on Tuesday which was hosting a delegation from Nigeria’s Parliament, “something new is emerging, […]
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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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By Faith Nyasuguta East African nation Rwanda, is set to host the 2025 Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) World Road Cycling Championships, an event that often attracts more than 5,000 cyclists and 20,000 delegates. For the first time since it was launched, the tournament will be held in Africa in 2025. The fresh announcement has come as […]
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Avellon Williams PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD – Mr. Daniel Foote, the United States Ambassador to Haiti has resigned. Mr. Foote’s resignation comes in the wake of the Biden administration’s decision to embark on large-scale deportations in response to a surge of Haitian migrants. The decision to deport Haitian migrants comes after a sharp increase of persons from […]
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By Canisius Mushibwe The highest court in South Africa has ruled that the plan by the University of South Africa (UNISA) to remove the Afrikaans language to teach students is unconstitutional. In 2016, UNISA changed its dual-medium language policy of English and Afrikaans to only the queens’ language.The higher learning institution said this was to curb […]
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By Faith Nyasuguta The vice-president of Sudan’s ruling sovereign council has revealed that politicians are to blame for Tuesday’s attempted coup. “Politicians are the main cause behind coups because they have neglected the average citizen… and are more concerned fighting over how they can stay in power,” Gen Mohamed Hamdan Dagolo, alias Hemeti, was quoted […]
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By Canisius MushibweBird conservationists in South Africa say over Sixty endangered African penguins have been stung to death by a swarm of bees near Cape Town. The county’s national parks agency has reported that 63 penguins of a breeding colony in Simonstown were found lifeless as a result of honeybees sting between September 16 and […]
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