Faith Nyasuguta British royal, Prince Charles has expressed ‘sorrow’ for the atrocities of slavery at the Commonwealth summit in Rwanda this past weekend. The British royal calls for slavery to be taught across Britain as he spoke of his ‘personal journey of discovery’ that has ‘deepened his own understanding of slavery’s enduring impact’ However, the […]
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Wayne Lumbasi The Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) has extended the ban on Nigeria’s 2008 long jump silver medalist Blessing Okagbare to 11 years for doping violations. Nigeria women’s 4×100 relay team has also been disqualified from participating in next month’s World Athletics Championships in the United States of America over Blessing Okagbare’s ban. Blessing was previously suspended for 10 years […]
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Wayne Lumbasi Watford have called off their proposed friendly against the Qatar national side after supporters voiced their concerns with the fixture. The Hornets had announced their decision to play against the Qataris in July during a pre-season training camp in Austria ahead of the 2022-23 Championship campaign. News of the match was greeted with anger […]
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Renson Mwakandana The Ethiopian military, according to Sudan, “executed” seven of its prisoner troops and a civilian. Sudan’s army claimed it was outraged by the decision to display the dead in public and threatened to retaliate in a statement on Monday. “This treacherous action will not go unanswered, and [we] will respond to this cowardly behavior,” […]
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Renson Mwakandana As the area struggles with a fresh outbreak of Covid-19, the current surge of unrest in eastern DR Congo has prompted a new stream of refugees to flee to Uganda. Since January, more than 62,000 Congolese refugees have entered Uganda; the number has risen recently as a result of the resumption of hostilities between M23 […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Tanzania has said it will clamp down on “illegal immigrants” in the northern town of Loliondo, suspecting that Kenyan Maasai are crossing the border to aid the local community as opposed to the creation of a nature reserve. As reported earlier, the Maasai herders of Loliondo are opposed to the Tanzanian authorities, who […]
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Avellon Willians HAVANA, CUBA- Anita Among, the Speaker of the Ugandan Parliament, has praised Cuba’s continued support for Uganda’s development programmes. In a meeting with Mr. Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla, Cuba’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, at Hotel Africana in Kampala on Sunday, Ms. Among said, “I acknowledge the instrumental role that your government is playing towards the improvement of our education, agriculture, and […]
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Avellon Williams COLOMBIA- Francia Marquez, a single mother, and former cleaner, won many over as she and President-elect Gustavo Petro were elected to reshape South America. It is perhaps the greatest rags to freedom story in some time that Colombia has voted in its first-ever Black woman Vice President. As part of the historic vote, leftist Afro-Colombian activist and […]
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Lisa Mugo Nigerian musical sensation, Tems has scooped her very first BET award for the Best International Act category. Tems was up against various artistes from different countries around the globe including her fellow country mate, Fireboy DML. Tems has made history as she is now the very first female artiste to win the Best International Act BET award. The 27-year-old accepted the award […]
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Faith Nyasuguta About 22 teenagers, with the youngest possibly aged 13, died at the weekend after a night out at a township tavern in South Africa, in a tragedy whose cause remains unclear. Majority of them are thought to have been students celebrating the end of their high-school exams on Saturday night, provincial officials said. […]
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