Faith Nyasuguta The parliament of Zimbabwe has given a nod to a controversial bill set to punish citizens for “unpatriotic acts”, among them imposing heavy fines or even the death penalty on them. According to critics, it is a dark day for democracy. The so-called patriot clause of the Criminal Act targets those who harm […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has said “”No one will make us move,” in response to threats of sanctions from some Western countries since he signed into law the “Anti-Homosexuality Law 2023″, considered to be one of the harshest in the world. “The NRM (National Resistance Movement, the ruling party) has never had two […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Kenya has marked its 60th birthday today (Thursday) with over 60 percent of her economy mortgaged to foreign and domestic creditors. Despite its life expectancy doubling to about 65 years, just a small percentage of the population shares in the spoils of its economic might in the region. In 1963, on June 1st, […]
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Avellon Williams GHANA- In Obuasi, in Ghana’s Ashanti region, heavily armed soldiers have fired shots at protesters amid a crackdown on illegal miners by the government. According to AngloGold, authorities arrested seven illegal miners on Monday after they exited a shaft belonging to one of the world’s largest gold miners. On Tuesday, reports began to trickle […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Nigerian Afrobeats star Wizkid has contributed to the soundtrack of the upcoming Marvel film Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse. This has been disclosed by American producer Metro Boomin, who is behind the project. “Wizkid is confirmed for the @SpiderVerse(link is external) soundtrack available everywhere [from] 2 June,” Metro Boomin shared on Twitter this week. […]
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Faith Nyasuguta One of Africa’s most prolific writers , playwrights, and feminists, Ama Ata Aidoo, has passed away, as revealed by her family in the early hours of Wednesday, May 31, 2023. The respected writer, popular for her exceptional literary contributions and activism, succumbed to a brief illness. In a statement issued on Wednesday, her […]
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