5,000 JOBS WERE LOST DURING ESWATINI PROTESTS LAST WEEK

5,000 JOBS WERE LOST DURING ESWATINI PROTESTS LAST WEEK

Faith Nyasuguta The Eswatini government has assessed the recent protests and approximated that some 5,000 jobs were lost during that period. As the week began, interim prime minister Themba Masuku toured Matsapha, an area where massive business property was destroyed last week over protests. The state has approximated that the overall national damage is at […]

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 UN CONDEMNS ATTACKS, ABDUCTIONS OF AFRICAN CHILDREN

UN CONDEMNS ATTACKS, ABDUCTIONS OF AFRICAN CHILDREN

Faith Nyasuguta The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has decried the alarming surge in attacks and kidnappings of children in parts of Africa. In a statement,the agency’s Executive Director Henrietta Fore indicated that the cases were higher in West and Central Africa. UNICEF noted that the “non-state armed groups and parties to the conflict in […]

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 JACOB ZUMA SURRENDERS, TO SPEND HIS FIRST NIGHT IN JAIL

JACOB ZUMA SURRENDERS, TO SPEND HIS FIRST NIGHT IN JAIL

Faith Nyasuguta Ex-South African President Jacob Zuma will spend his first night in prison today. This comes after the former leader turned himself in to South African police early Thursday to commence his 15 month-long sentence. According to officials, Zuma was convicted of contempt of the nation’s loftiest court. Prison officials have asserted that the […]

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 HAITI PRESIDENT JOVENEL MOÏSE KILLED BY UNKNOWN ATTACKERS

HAITI PRESIDENT JOVENEL MOÏSE KILLED BY UNKNOWN ATTACKERS

Faith Nyasuguta Haitian President Jovenel Moïse was killed on Wednesday during an ambush at his private residence, Haiti’s interim prime minister Claude Joseph has said. In a statement, Joseph dubbed the killing a “hateful, inhumane and barbaric act”. He confirmed that a group of unknown people attacked Moïse’s home on Wednesday and shot him dead. Martine […]

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 TANZANIAN SCHOOLS REOPEN, REVIEWS COVID GUIDELINES

TANZANIAN SCHOOLS REOPEN, REVIEWS COVID GUIDELINES

Faith Nyasuguta Tanzania has reopened all its schools even as the government indicates that it is reviewing provided guidelines on countering Covid-19 spread. Abel Makub, the Health Ministry permanent Secretary noted that the government opted to review the earlier guidelines following the global rapid surge of COVID-19 cases. “The Health Ministry has been closely following […]

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 400,000 ETHIOPIA PEOPLE FACE FAMINE IN TIGRAY

400,000 ETHIOPIA PEOPLE FACE FAMINE IN TIGRAY

Faith Nyasuguta The United Nations has said that over 400,000 people in Ethiopia’s Tigray are facing famine. This comes amid a unilateral ceasefire by the federal government that could be at risk of being breached. Last Friday, the UN Security Council held the maiden public meeting in over seven months-since the Tigray war broke out. […]

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