MO FARAH OUT OF LONDON MARATHON

MO FARAH OUT OF LONDON MARATHON

Wayne Lumbasi Mo Farah, Britain’s four-time Olympic champion, has withdrawn from the London Marathon due to a hip injury. He was due to run the race for the first time since 2019 after making a return to the track in a failed attempt to compete at last year’s Olympics in Tokyo. As the best distance runner in Great […]

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 AHEU DENG, SOUTH SUDAN’S TALLEST BEAUTY QUEEN

AHEU DENG, SOUTH SUDAN’S TALLEST BEAUTY QUEEN

Avellon Williams SOUTH SUDAN- Beauty queen and fashion model Aheu Deng was born November 28, 1986, in Itang (Ethiopian District), which was a South Sudan rebel camp. Her height makes her one of the tallest recorded beauty queens to have competed in any Grand Slam or beauty contest at 6 feet and 5 inches (1.95 m). Aheu Deng speaks five languages, including […]

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 PROMOTING THE WELL-BEING OF ST LUCIAN YOUTH

PROMOTING THE WELL-BEING OF ST LUCIAN YOUTH

Avellon Williams  CASTRIES, Saint Lucia – The importance of investing in youth has been recognized throughout the globe. It is imperative to note that developing economies raise the aspirations of their young populations beyond providing basic amenities such as health care, education, employment, and housing. The pace at which a nation advances is largely determined by these efforts. […]

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 EAC STATES AGREE TO WORK TOGETHER TOWARDS PACKAGING & PROMOTING TOURISM

EAC STATES AGREE TO WORK TOGETHER TOWARDS PACKAGING & PROMOTING TOURISM

Renson Mwakandana Partner nations in the East African Community have pledged to work together to package and advertise incentives and possibilities for tourist investment in the area through various venues. On behalf of Burundi President Evariste Ndayishimiye, the Minister of Commerce, Transport, Industry, and Tourism, Ms. Marie Chantal Nijimbere, said this on the closing day of the […]

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 KANYE WEST USES KRIS JENNER AS HIS PROFILE PICTURE

KANYE WEST USES KRIS JENNER AS HIS PROFILE PICTURE

Lisa Mugo In the spirit of extending an olive branch to his former mother-in-law, Kanye West has changed his Instagram profile picture to a head shot of Kris Jenner. The 45-year-old rapper also added on his Instagram stories that he was doing it out of pure love and respect for the momager. “I POSTED KRIS […]

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 COOLIO ‘GANGSTA’S PARADISE’ RAPPER DIES AT 59

COOLIO ‘GANGSTA’S PARADISE’ RAPPER DIES AT 59

Lisa Mugo Grammy Award winning hip-hop artiste, Coolio, best known for his 90s hit song ‘Gangsta’s Paradise’, has died at the age of 59. The rapper’s manager Jarez Posey, confirmed the news revealing that he died at a friend’s house in Los Angeles on Wednesday afternoon but the cause of his death is still unknown. “We are saddened […]

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 200,000 PEOPLE IN DANGER OF STARVATION IN SOMALIA -UN

200,000 PEOPLE IN DANGER OF STARVATION IN SOMALIA -UN

Faith Nyasuguta  Somalia is currently facing a “very alarming” situation after over four years of drought have devastated livestock that majority of the population depends upon, according to a key UN official. The United Nations has cautioned that the Horn of Africa nation is on the brink of famine for the second time in just over a […]

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 COCAINE INFLUX FROM CARIBBEAN TERRITORIES POSES THREAT TO FRANCE

COCAINE INFLUX FROM CARIBBEAN TERRITORIES POSES THREAT TO FRANCE

Avellon Williams  LATIN AMERICA / CARIBBEAN– Recent cocaine seizures in the French Caribbean territories of French Guiana, Martinique, and Guadeloupe have shown that these territories are also popular transshipment routes for trafficking cocaine into Europe. In French Guiana, authorities announced on September 22 that a legal experiment, under which people caught with less than 1.5 […]

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