Addis Abeba — The United Nation Human Rights Office, in a statement it issued yesterday, has condemned the execution of seven people in Kuwait on Wednesday. Liz Throssell, spokesperson of the UN Human Rights Office, described the execution, “Disturbing”. According to the statement, the victims include four Kuwaiti nationals- three men and a woman, an […]
REFUGEES in Namibia’s remote Osire settlement are facing stark choices, as inflation continues to push up the cost of necessities, such as food and fuel. Mbuyi Kayembe is one of over 7 000 residents in the Osire settlement, located in arid scrubland over 200 kilometres from Namibia’s capital Windhoek. He fled his home in the […]
Cape Town — The northern Ethiopian region has been the centre of a battle for control between the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) – which led the country’s previous government – and the current administration of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed since November 2020. The conflict has become what World Health Organisation Director Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus […]
Harare — On Gender Day African Development Bank Rallies Global Support for Women to Build Climate Resilience A panel discussion honouring “Gender Day” at the 27th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) in Egypt featured former Irish president Mary Robinson as its moderator. She demanded the creation of a special climate fund to assist grassroots […]
Sharm el-Sheikh — While global activism on the climate crisis has gained momentum, the people who are on the frontlines of these struggles – environmental human rights defenders – face the gravest risks to protect their homes and communities. Indigenous leaders, activists, journalists, human rights and environmental defenders who speak up to protect the rights of […]
Nairobi — The East African Community’s armed force, led by Kenya, has vowed to protect the city of Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo as M23 rebels advance toward the city, which is home to one million people. Kenya sent hundreds of troops to Goma this week to quell the violence after rebels […]
The naval officer also ignores an ongoing court case and deploys soldiers to assault civilians on disputed land. On 11 August, Alabi Olujide received a distress call that some military personnel had invaded his farm field in the Igboku area of Epe, Lagos State. Disturbed, he rushed down to the farm to realise that what […]
Abuja — No fewer than 133 million Nigerians, representing 63 per cent of the population are currently living in multi-dimensional poverty, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) disclosed yesterday. Of the total, 105.98 million poor Nigerians are located in rural areas compared to 16.97 million in urban areas. In August 2019, President Muhammadu Buhari committed […]
Khartoum — The U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights on a visit to Sudan has urged authorities to respect human rights as a core of the country’s transition to democracy. At the end of his four-day visit to Sudan, Volker Tuerk said justice and accountability must be expedited for victims and survivors of rights violations. […]
Blantyre — Health officials in Malawi are struggling to contain one of the worst cholera outbreaks in years. The outbreak has spread to nearly all of the country’s 28 districts, killing more than 250 people and infecting more than 8,000. “The cholera situation as of currently, we are receiving a lot of cases every day, […]
Accra — The Accra Initiative of seven West African countries is meeting in the Ghanaian capital Thursday to discuss ways of preventing the spillover of terrorism from the Sahel region. Islamist militants have gradually spread their activities from Niger to Burkina Faso and Mali to West Africa’s coastal states. Over the years West Africa has […]
The Eagles were below average and poor in the defeat in which Cristiano Ronaldo was missing because of illness. The Selecao of Portugal defeated the Super Eagles of Nigeria 4-0 in their first-ever meeting, as they make their way to the Qatar 2022 World Cup. The 2016 European champions scored two goals from Bruno Fernandes […]
Nairobi — Chiefs will have at least five police officers assigned to them and be required to keep work plans and a register of services as the Government mulls empowering and professionalizing grassroots administrators. Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki said Thursday the considerations that will come to effect by early next year are intended to […]
Nairobi — Sirisia Member of Parliament John Waluke has been released on a Sh10 million cash bail pending the hearing of appeal against the 67 year jail term imposed by the Anti-Corruption Court. Appellate judges Asike Mahandia, Grace Angenye and Sankale ole Kantai said Waluke to be set free as per the terms set out […]
Nairobi — Interior CS Kithure Kindiki says the government will introduce cameras to reduce the number of traffic police officers who are accused of traffic snarl-up on the roads. Among some of the measures the government is looking forward to mitigate and improve are road safety management by reducing the backlog of duties for the […]
Nairobi — Co-operatives & Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) Cabinet Secretary Simon Chelugui has refuted claims Hustler Fund defaulters will be fined up to Sh10 million. Instead, CS Chelugui said that fund officials misappropriating the fund will be prosecuted. He also says individuals found creating fake websites, links and mislead the members of the […]
Nairobi — Three suspects have been arrested in the ongoing operation to recover four stolen guns and 110 bullets in Kipasi police post Mbita sub county on Wednesday night. Homa Bay County Commissioner Moses Lilian says the suspects have been detained for interrogation. “I can confirm that three suspects are in custody and undergoing interrogation […]
Nairobi — Marvel Studios film ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ has generated Sh24.85 million ($203,583) in Kenya, a few days after it debuted in theaters. The film was launched last week at the Century Cinemax in Sarit Center, Nairobi, attracting hundreds of filmmakers, talent and the media. The premiere, which was organized by mobile company Infinix, […]