Faith Nyasuguta In a remarkable turn of events, two infants were found floating near the shores of Lake Kivu, providing a glimmer of hope amidst the devastating aftermath of the floods that have claimed the lives of over 400 individuals in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. While the infants’ parents tragically perished, the local […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Autopsies conducted on corpses found in mass graves tied to a religious cult in Kenya have shown missing organs and raised suspicions of forced harvesting, investigators said. A fresh round of exhumations resumed on Tuesday. The discovery of mass graves in April near the Indian Ocean coastal town of Malindi has stunned the […]
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Faith Nyasuguta A US jury has concluded that Donald Trump sexually abused writer E Jean Carroll in the 1990s and later defamed her by branding her a liar. The latest move has dealt a major blow to the ex-US president who seeks re-election next year. The outcome was read out on Tuesday afternoon in a […]
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Maina wa Njuguna All women aged 40 to 74 years should be screened for breast cancer every other year, according to a draft recommendation statement from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. While these recommendations are general, individuals can assess their personal risks, which may differ from person to person such as one’s family health […]
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Faith Nyasuguta A Malawi high court has ordered all education authorities to admit learners with dreadlocks in public schools countrywide. Sitting in the eastern city of Zamba, the court was ruling on a petition filed by two Rastafarian children who were denied admission to public schools in 2016 and 2010. The two learners have, however, […]
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Faith Nyasuguta A London court has jailed a rich Nigerian politician alongside his wife and a doctor for trafficking a street trader from Lagos to the United Kingdom to illegally harvest his kidney for a transplant for their seriously ill daughter. Last Friday, the UK’s Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said Ike Ekweremadu had been sentenced […]
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Thandisizwe Mgudlwa – CAPE TOWN, South Africa In the past couple of years, the name of former president Thabo Mbeki has re-emerged as a possible solution for fixing the South African economy and spreading the wealth of the country to all its people. Mostly, this assertion has been shared in the public domain by independent […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Fatouma, Kadidia, Hawa, Adama, Oumou, Bah, Mohammed, Oumar and Elhadji, the nonuplets that two years ago broke the Guinness record of the most living births at once, celebrated on Saturday their birthday for the first time at home in Mali. Relatives, friends and even the paediatrician of the nonuplets attended the celebration. The […]
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Faith Nyasuguta UN officials returning from a border town in Central African Republic report that nearly 9,700 people have crossed over from Sudan so far and that they expect more to come. It was revealed that about a third of them were Central Africans returning home. Some have been taken in by local families whilst […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Despite the ongoing global shocks tied to the prolonged impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Ukraine war, and the appreciation of the US dollar,Rwanda has successfully repaid its $400 million Eurobond. According to information accessed by The EastAfrican news outlet, the full payment, which was due this week, has been successfully completed. It […]
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