Faith Nyasuguta The Ukraine war has exerted an upward pressure on already high global food prices, with major effects on acute food insecurity. Economic concerns are also driving food insecurity, as the world economy – still recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic – has slowed down due to global supply chain disruptions, high levels of inflation […]
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Renson Mwakandana After entering Kenya in 2020, the payments service company Virtual Pay has now expanded its regional reach by entering Tanzania. The Bank of Tanzania authorized the international supplier of payment solutions to conduct business in the second-largest economy in East Africa. The firm operates across a variety of industries, including financial services, online retail […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu Burkina Faso’s ex-president Blaise Compaore, sentenced in absentia to life in jail for the 1987 assassination of revolutionary icon Thomas Sankara, apologised to the ex-leader’s family on Tuesday. “I ask the Burkinabe people for forgiveness for all the acts I may have committed during my tenure, and especially the family of my brother and friend Thomas Sankara,” he […]
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Lisa Mugo Highly sought-after Nigerian artiste Teminade ‘Tems’ Openiyi, is set to feature on Beyonce’s album ‘Renaissance’. Beyonce took to her social media where she shared further details about her soon to be released album, revealing the people featured with one of them being Africa’s musical sensation Tems. Tems was listed as a song-writer in track number 10, ‘Move’ alongside Richard Isong, Ariowa Irosogie, Denisia ‘Blue June’ […]
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Ekeomah Atuonwu Michaela Ewuraba Boakye-Collinson, an award-winning actress with Ghanaian roots, has been starred in the new sequel of Black Panther dubbed Wakanda Forever. On her personal Instagram handle, Ewuraba whose parents are Ghanaian but grew up with her sister in London, shared the Wakanda-Forever trailer with a shot that captured a scene of her. The Ghanaian-British woman has worked as an actress, screenwriter, […]
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Avellon Williams ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES – The Prime Minister, Dr. Ralph Gonsalves, proposed Monday a single-item referendum asking the people of St Vincent and the Grenadines to replace Queen Elizabeth with a non-executive president as head of state. Gonsalves told Parliament he would only pursue a referendum if bipartisan support was obtained. “I will tell you […]
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Lisa Mugo Michael Dwayne ‘Lil Wayne’ Carter, is in mourning as a former police officer that he refers to as uncle Bob, who saved him after he attempted suicide has died at 65. The rapper shared the tragic news on his Instagram where he posted a picture of Bob followed by a heartwarming caption. “Everything happens for a […]
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Faith Nyasuguta China’s demand for traditional medicines has sent poachers hunting for African animals from rhinos to pangolins, now donkeys. But as in nations from Burkina Faso to Kenya, South Africa is now seeing its donkey population drop, threatening other businesses that make soaps and creams from donkey milk. The produce extracted from them can […]
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Avellon Williams KINGSTON, JAMAICA- A report by the National Council on Drug Abuse (NCDA) in 2021 found that public education prevention initiatives had impacted some 145,828 adults, while in-school prevention programs had impacted 4,000 children across 73 institutions. A survey of economic and social conditions in Jamaica was published by the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) in 2021. According […]
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Lisa Mugo TV host Nick Cannon, has welcomed his eighth child with model Bre Tiesi in an all-natural unmedicated home birth. The 31-year-old model took to her Instagram where she revealed that they welcomed their baby boy, Legendary Love back in June 28. “I did it. An all natural unmedicated home birth. This was the most […]
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