Faith Nyasuguta The Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok has revealed to a group of national political and intellectual figures that he intends to resign in the coming hours, reports have said. On November 21, Hamdok was reinstated following a coup a month earlier that saw the military seize power and end a transitional partnership with […]
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Faith Nyasuguta A minister of the Madagascar government has revealed that he swam for 12 hours to safety after his helicopter crashed at sea during a rescue mission. “It’s not my time to die,” an exhausted Police Minister Serge Gelle said as he recovered on a stretcher. He revealed that two other security officials travelling with […]
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Faith Nyasuguta The ex-Gabonese football coach of the national under-17 team, accused of sexually assaulting hundreds of children, has been arrested by police, a judicial source has revealed. According to the police, Patrick Assoumou Eyi “was arrested on Monday in Ntoum”, some 40 km from the capital Libreville and “he is currently in the hands […]
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Avellon Williams PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI- To assist Haiti in addressing its security challenges, the United States plans to provide high-powered weapons and armored vehicles. According to reports, the information was disclosed during a recent U.S. government virtual meeting, an event convened to address Haiti’s security, political, and economic challenges and ensure the safety of its people. Haiti’s Chancellor […]
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Faith Nyasuguta The Tigray rebels in Ethiopia who had in previous months advanced into the neighboring regions of Amhara and Afar, are withdrawing to their region to “open the door” for humanitarian aid, a spokesperson told AFP on Monday. “We have decided to withdraw from these areas to Tigray. We want to open the door […]
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Faith Nyasuguta In Nigeria, a female soldier has been arrested for accepting a marriage proposal while on duty, an army mouthpiece has said . According to the spokesman, she had breached the military’s code of conduct by “indulging in romance while in uniform”, he added. A last week video emerged showing the soldier accepting a […]
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Avellon Williams PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI – “Two (2) in ten (10) children aged six (6) to ten (10) are not in primary school in Haiti,” states the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on its Twitter account Further, experts believe these figures will rise after the earthquake and subsequent violence that shook Haiti in August 2021. According to a […]
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Faith Nyasuguta For 11 days, North Koreans have reportedly been prohibited from laughing as the totalitarian country commemorates the 10-year anniversary of the death of supreme leader Kim Jong-un’s father and predecessor, Kim Jong Il. “During the mourning period, we must not drink alcohol, laugh or engage in leisure activities,” a resident of the northeastern […]
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Faith Nyasuguta The government of South Africa has vowed to donate two million doses of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine to other African countries in a bid to boost Africa’s inoculation drive. The jabs, estimated to cost $18m, are set to be manufactured at the Aspen Pharmacare manufacturing facility in Gqeberha, previously Port Elizabeth, […]
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Faith Nyasuguta For the seventh time in a row, Kenya has been named a world-leading safari destination by the World Travel Awards (WTA). In the 2021’s prestigious awards, the East African nation beat Botswana, South Africa, Tanzania, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe. This was revealed late last week during the WTA grand final winners’ day, held […]
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