Faith Nyasuguta Senegal’s incumbent president Macky Sall has announced that he will not be seeking another term in office when his term expires next month. The long-awaited announcement was made in an address to the nation on July 3, 2023, bringing an end to dousing tensions and ending months of speculation that he planned to […]
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Avellon Williams AFRICA- In sub-Saharan Africa, where women often face scorn for becoming pregnant before marriage, unsafe abortions and unintended pregnancies are more frequent. The U.S. Supreme Court ended the right to an abortion a year ago, shaking efforts to legalize and make abortions safer in Africa. After Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio announced decriminalization of abortion, he […]
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Avellon Williams NIGERIA- A significant increase in the price of tomatoes and peppers in major markets across Lagos State may soon make economic hardships unbearable for average Nigerians. The price of a moderate basket of tomatoes has increased from N20,000 to between N90,000 and N100,000. In the same way, a small basket of peppers known as […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Kenya has taken the world by storm, emerging as the global leader in TikTok usage, as revealed by the latest Reuters Institute Digital News report for 2023. With an astounding 54% share of global TikTok usage, Kenya has firmly established itself as the TikTok capital. Interestingly, 29% of TikTok activity in Kenya revolves […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Willem-Alexander, the King of the Netherlands, apologized over the weekend for his ancestors’ role in perpetuating a global slave trade that saw hundreds of thousands of colonized peoples trafficked away from their homes to work on enterprises that enriched the Dutch state. “Today, on this day of remembrance, I ask forgiveness for the […]
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Maina wa Njuguna The ‘Central Park Five‘ was an unforgettable travesty of justice that pitted 5 young minority teenagers against the city of New York police apparatuses that were determined to lock them up and throw away the keys for ‘good’. One of the 5, Yusef Salaam, a political novice clinched a decisive victory for […]
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Thandisizwe Mgudlwa – CAPE TOWN; South Africa The Office of the African Union Chairperson’s Youth Envoy has forged a ground breaking partnership with the African Leadership Academy (ALA), the AU announced on Friday. According to the AU, the partnership aims to unleash the potential of Africa’s youth in championing the African Union Youth Charter and […]
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Faith Nyasuguta Over 24,000 asylum seekers from about one-third of the world’s countries could face removal to Rwanda by the UK Home Office in the future, even though the scheme was found to be unlawful in the court of appeal on Thursday. Home Office data obtained under a freedom of information request shows that, between […]
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Avellon Williams PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI- On Saturday, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres visited Haiti, saying “This is not the time to forget” the Caribbean nation mired in overlapping security, political, and economic issues. As the Western Hemisphere’s poorest country has been wracked by gang violence, a worsening public health situation, and political instability, the world body’s leader has raised the […]
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Avellon Williams NIGERIA- On Sunday, a Chinese Navy Escort Task Group, ETG 162, including MSL Destroyer NANNING, MSL Frigate SANYA, and Supply Ship WEISHANHU, visited Nigeria to strengthen bilateral relations. Chi Jian Chun, the Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria, said the Chinese envoy’s visit to West Africa from July 2 to 6 would also enhance maritime security. […]
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