KENYA: EDUCATION MINISTER BARS GAY STUDENTS FROM BOARDING SCHOOLS, SPARKS UPROAR

KENYA: EDUCATION MINISTER BARS GAY STUDENTS FROM BOARDING SCHOOLS, SPARKS UPROAR

Faith Nyasuguta  Kenyan Education Cabinet Secretary(CS) Prof. George Magoha has sparked a new controversy after ordering that students engaging in homosexuality be forbidden from boarding schools. The professor says that gay learners should be restricted to day schools closer to their homes. “Right now, there are contemporary cases of children who are homosexual and lesbians, […]

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 UK APPROVES PFIZER’S COVID PILL

UK APPROVES PFIZER’S COVID PILL

Avellon Williams  LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM- A report released today by the UK’s Medicine and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) shows that Pfizer’s pill reduces hospitalization and death risk. First to receive the pill, named Paxlovid, in the UK will be those most at risk of becoming seriously ill from coronavirus. According to The Independent Report, the medicine […]

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 WHO PROJECTS COVID ‘TSUNAMI’ AS OMICRON CASES JUMP

WHO PROJECTS COVID ‘TSUNAMI’ AS OMICRON CASES JUMP

Faith Nyasuguta  The WHO has projected that a Covid “tsunami” could overwhelm healthcare systems. This comes amid surging infections fuelled by the Omicron variant, dampening New year celebrations worldwide again. Governments are between a rock and a hard place as they seek to impose anti-virus restrictions and keep economies, societies open in the wake of […]

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 RAIN CAUSES FLOODING IN BAHIA, BRAZIL

RAIN CAUSES FLOODING IN BAHIA, BRAZIL

Avellon Williams  BAHIA, BRAZIL- Christmas is a time when many people are more conscious than ever about the problems faced by others, but for some families around the world, it can be a very difficult time indeed – with homes destroyed by flooding or wars leaving them without food or water, Brazil’s Northeastern state of Bahia […]

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 BANDITS LOOT FOOD AID WAREHOUSE IN DARFUR, SUDAN

BANDITS LOOT FOOD AID WAREHOUSE IN DARFUR, SUDAN

Faith Nyasuguta  Gunmen in Sudan have looted a World Food Programme (WFP) warehouse housing some 1,900 tonnes of food aid in Darfur amid a violence surge in the troubled western region, officials have said. According to El-Fasher residents – the capital of North Darfur state- there was heavy shooting around the warehouse late Tuesday. “We […]

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 ARTETA, BARCA TRIO TEXT POSITIVE FOR COVID 19

ARTETA, BARCA TRIO TEXT POSITIVE FOR COVID 19

Ian Kisoti Arsenal coach Mikel Arteta has tested positive for COVID 19 for the second time after testing positive in March 2020. He will miss Arsenal’s 1st January clash with Manchester city at Emirates stadium where his assistants Albert Stuivenberg and Steve Round will take charge. Arsenals right backs Calum Chambers, Cedric Soares, Takehiro Tomiyasu […]

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 SENEGAL LAUNCHES COMMUTER TRAIN WORTH $1.3 BILLION

SENEGAL LAUNCHES COMMUTER TRAIN WORTH $1.3 BILLION

Faith Nyasuguta  This week, a new $1.3 billion commuter railway in Senegal set to ease traffic gridlock and boost a crumbling public transport system made its maiden journey from the capital Dakar. The Regional Express will connect Dakar with Diamniadio, an industrial city that is being set up on a dusty plain some 40 kilometres […]

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