TALKS TO END SUDAN CRISIS COMMENCE AMID  ANTI-COUP GROUPS BOYCOTT

TALKS TO END SUDAN CRISIS COMMENCE AMID ANTI-COUP GROUPS BOYCOTT

Faith Nyasuguta  Talks seeking to end Sudan’s ongoing political deadlock have kicked off, according to the United Nations. The nation’s main pro-democracy alliance is boycotting the meeting following a continued police crackdown on those protesting last October’s military coup. The U.N. political mission in Sudan, the African Union, and the eight-nation East African regional group […]

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 BELGIAN KING RETURNS MASK TO DR CONGO IN ACT OF RESTITUTION

BELGIAN KING RETURNS MASK TO DR CONGO IN ACT OF RESTITUTION

Renson Mwakandana On his first visit to the former colony, Belgium’s King Philippe returned a traditional mask to the Democratic Republic of Congo, where many people are still upset by Belgium’s unwillingness to apologize for decades of ruthless control. According to some estimates, up to 10 million Congolese died as a result of massacres, malnutrition, […]

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 SUDAN PATIENTS FEEL THE PAIN OF POLITICAL TURMOIL

SUDAN PATIENTS FEEL THE PAIN OF POLITICAL TURMOIL

Faith Nyasuguta  Sudan’s patients requiring urgent medical care are feeling the pinch of the ongoing political turmoil, as well as high-level inflation, as the price of drugs hits the roof. The combination of the two issues have seen prices of basic medicine rise uncontrollably as ordinary citizens struggle to use the ever-weakening Sudanese pound to […]

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 NIGERIA RULING PARTY PICKS EX-GOVERNOR OF LAGOS TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT

NIGERIA RULING PARTY PICKS EX-GOVERNOR OF LAGOS TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT

Ekeomah Atuonwu The All Progressives Congress (APC) of Nigeria chose former Lagos State, the country’s commercial center, Bola Tinubu as its presidential candidate in the February 2023 elections. President Muhammadu Buhari will leave office next year after ruling Africa’s most populous country and top oil exporter for the maximum eight years permitted by the constitution. Tinubu, 70, who led Nigeria’s […]

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 GOV’T OF CUBA REJECTS EXCLUSION FROM SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS 2022

GOV’T OF CUBA REJECTS EXCLUSION FROM SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS 2022

Avellon Williams  HAVANA, CUBA- Earlier this week, Cuba’s government rejected its formal exclusion from the 2022 ninth Summit of the Americas under the themes (“Building a Sustainable, Resilient, and Equitable Future”), which began yesterday in Los Angeles, the United States. In a statement, Cuba’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs asserted that the United States is, “abusing the privilege granted by its status as the host […]

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 IRAN: TRAIN DERAILMENT KILLS AT LEAST 17

IRAN: TRAIN DERAILMENT KILLS AT LEAST 17

Ekeomah Atuonwu A train derailed near the central Iranian city of Tabas on Wednesday, killing at least 17 people and injuring dozens more, according to state media. Tabas is about 900 kilometers (560 miles) from Tehran in the South Khorasan province. The train was carrying 348 passengers, according to Mir Hassan Moussavi, the deputy head of Iran’s state-owned railways. He […]

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 NETFLIX CEO AND CO-FOUNDER ADDED TO RUSSIA’S BANNED LIST

NETFLIX CEO AND CO-FOUNDER ADDED TO RUSSIA’S BANNED LIST

Lisa Mugo The CEO and Co-founder of Netflix, Reed Hastings is among the 61 people who have been added to Russia’s blacklist. Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs published a notice on Monday revealing new U.S citizens who have been added to their blacklist blocking them from entering the Russian Federation indefinitely. According to Russia’s foreign ministry, they are […]

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