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A Nairobi-based lawyer has moved to court to challenge the development and implementation of the Competency Based Curriculum (CBC) to replace the 8-4-4 education system. Lawyer Esther Ang'awa, the parent of a Standard Three pupil, says the implementation of the CBC has economic implications on learners, parents and caregivers. The parent, in her 69-page petition,…

An Oyo state High Court has ordered the Department of State Services (DSS) to pay N20 billion to self-acclaimed Yoruba Nation activist, Sunday Adeyemo, also known as Sunday Igboho. Justice Ladiran Akintola gave the order in a suit filed by Igboho, who is currently in detention in neighbouring Benin Republic. The judge also dismissed application…

Luanda — The Angolan government and the World Bank (WB) signed this Thursday in Luanda, a financing agreement valued at US$150 million, to facilitate the purchase of vaccines, as part of the covid-19 prevention process. On the occasion, the minister of Finance, Vera Daves, highlighted the partnership between the Government of Angola and the WB,…

President Mnangagwa has appointed retired judge Justice November Mtshiya to chair the tribunal to investigate the suitability of suspended High Court Justice Thompson Mabhikwa to hold a judicial office and extended the life span of the tribunal by another six months. Justice Mtshiya takes over after Justice Mafios Cheda who had initially been tasked to…

Health activists under their umbrella, Uganda National Health Consumers' Organisation, (UNHCO) Thursday started a campaign "to get the country on track to regulate and replace the use and consumption of industrially-processed fats also known as trans-fats." The campaign is in line with directives set by the World Health Organisation (WHO) to eliminate industrially-produced trans-fat/oils from…

Work has started in Seychelles to tighten laws against child prostitution and labour, said a top government official. The Minister for Social Affairs, Patricia Francourt, and the principal secretary of that department, Linda William-Melanie, outlined on Tuesday the country's completed report on optional child protection laws to present to the United Nations. Although Seychelles is…

Allies of the former minister, prosecutors said, set up companies after Mrs Alison-Madueke took office and got contracts to trade hefty oil allocations on global markets. Diezani Alison-Madueke, Nigeria's former minister of petroleum resources, was part of a grand kickback scheme involving officials of state-run Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and middlemen that delivered mouth-watering…

The Tokyo 2020 Olympics have come and gone. The games always motivate some young people to get into sports. But while there is glamour attached to sports participation, there are also well documented challenges with regard to administration and funding in Nigeria. Many of the athletes representing Nigeria in Tokyo experienced funding problems as a…

A WOMAN at Otjiwarongo State Hospital allegedly gave birth to her child in the hospital's reception area unassisted last Friday. Fabiola Katjitjivi (23) says she arrived at the hospital at 12h00 after going into labour. Upon her arrival, Katjitjivi was allegedly left at the reception area unattended. One of her aunts, who works at the…

Effective Law Enforcement, Access to Shelter, Financial Support Are Critical (Nairobi, September 21, 2021) – The Kenyan government’s response to gender-based violence during the Covid-19 pandemic has been too little, too late, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The 61-page report, “‘I Had Nowhere to Go’: Violence against Women and Girls during…

The late former president Robert Mugabe caps former First Lady Grace Mugabe at her graduation. The trial of suspended University of Zimbabwe vice chancellor Levi Nyagura on allegations of illegally awarding a PhD to former First Lady Grace Nthombizodwa Mugabe has been deferred to October 13. During the last sitting, former Cabinet Minister Tichaendepi Robert…

From a keynote address to the Nigerians in Diaspora Organization Americas Annual General Meeting on September 4, 2021 We cannot build sustainable security in Nigeria if we, as a country, do not understand the exact nature and sources of today's insecurity and then translate this understanding into deep-rooted security and political reforms. Nigeria's security threats…

Ralph Bunche Senior Fellow for Africa Policy Studies John Campbell reflects on his last decade writing for Africa in Transition. As of today, I am retiring from the Council on Foreign Relations, where I have held the Ralph Bunche Chair for Africa Policy Studies since 2009. I am delighted that my successor is Michelle Gavin,…

Kampala — Uganda has invited Rwanda for an ad-hoc meeting to discuss and verify the implementation of an agreement that both countries signed in 2019 to put an end to their long standing bilateral tensions. An invitation letter sent by Uganda's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Gen Jeje Odongo, was received by his Rwandan counterpart, Vincent…

Dar es Salaam — Tanzania's representatives in the African Champions League, Young Africans (Yanga), today play Rivers United of Nigeria in the first leg of the preliminary round at the Benjamin Mkapa stadium. The match is scheduled to start at 5pm and Yanga players are upbeat to utilize well the home venue. Yanga's head coach…

East African stock exchanges are racing to establish investment clinics to help attract companies to the stockmarkets and end the persistent initial public offering (IPO) drought. The Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange (DSE) joined Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) and Rwanda Stock Exchange (RSE) in implementing capacity building and training programmes for small and medium-sized enterprises…

Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) says it has completed upgrading four national roads and eight other roads in various cities and towns, bringing to 5,591 kilometres the national stock of paved roads. UNRA executive director Allen Kagina said during the 2020/2021 financial year, the national roads agency was able to complete construction of roads connecting…

Uganda has invited Rwanda for an ad-hoc meeting to discuss and verify the implementation of an agreement that both countries signed in 2019 to put an end to their long standing bilateral tensions. An invitation letter sent by Uganda's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Gen Jeje Odongo, was received by his Rwandan counterpart, Vincent Biruta, on…

As the country is slowly opening up, Tsumeb will be treated to a night of good Jazz sounds tomorrow. The first-ever festival will be held at Lilly's Pub in the heart of the copper town. Tickets are going for N$150 in advance, while a N$250 fee is payable at the gate. The event will be…

INFORMATION received from the police in the Netherlands and Australia set Namibian detectives on the trail of Windhoek resident Johann Maree, who is charged with committing numerous sex crimes with underage boys and selling child pornography to paedophiles on the internet. This was conveyed to magistrate Celma Amadhila when Namibian Police commissioner Nelius Becker testified…

DESPITE dining with president Hage Geingob following their brave performance at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympic Games, Paralympians are still not impressed with the treatment they receive from the government in comparison to their able-bodied compatriots. The president on Wednesday hosted a dinner to honour the Paralympians after their return from Tokyo, Japan, with two medals.…

The Central Bank on September 9, updated the country on the state of the economy in the first half of the year during the twice-yearly Monetary Policy and Financial Stability Statement. During the update led by Governor John Rwangombwa, the central bank made updates of key economic aspects. Below are the key highlights. 1. Rwanda…

President Museveni yesterday met some of the families who lost their loved ones in the recent spate of machete killings in Greater Masaka Sub-region, and once again vowed to hunt down all the killers he described as "cowardly pigs" . Mr Museveni made a contribution of Shs10 million to each of the 25 families presented…

More than 1,000 heads of livestock are feared dead in Tana River County as drought ravages the county. What used to be green grazing fields filled with grass and fodder is now a bed of carcasses as residents count losses each day. Villages are filled with choking odour as locals teeter at the brink of…

Reading time: Twelve months ago, the world came together to support COVAX, a multilateral initiative aimed at guaranteeing global access to life-saving COVID-19 vaccines. With the support of the international community, COVAX immediately began securing financing, entering into negotiations with vaccine developers and manufacturers and addressing the host of technical and operational challenges associated with…

President Emmerson Mnangagwa has relaxed lockdown measures while downgrading the lockdown level from four to two with a review in two weeks time. In a televised address, Mnangagwa allowed the following measures: Public gatherings have been allowed for not more than 100 people. Curfew hours have been adjusted to between 10 PM and 5.30 AM,…

ICELANDIC whistleblower Jóhannes Stefánsson says both Namibian and Icelandic Fishrot accused are trying to jeopardise and delay the fishing rights bribery scheme cases by lying to the court. This is what Stefánsson, the former director of operations in Namibia for Icelandic fishing company Samherji, told The Namibian on Monday. This was in response to a…

A consignment of up to 647,080 doses of the American-made Moderna Covid-19 vaccine arrived in Uganda on Monday. The vaccine doses that have been donated by the US government arrived at around 6pm. National Medical Stores (NMS) spokesperson, Sheila Nduhukire said the "Ministry of Health will handover the consignment to NMS for onward storage and…

Covid-19 vaccine donations will not cut it for Africa, and the continent needs to be serious about setting up vaccine manufacturing plants so as to end reliance on the West, Rwandan President Paul Kagame has said. His remarks come a week after BioNTech, a German biotechnology company producing the Pfizer vaccine, announced that it was…

Vihiga Bullets have qualified for next season's Football Kenya Federation Premier League (FKF-PL) after finishing second as the Betika National Super League season ended Sunday. The western region team secured a 2-0 win over Kibera Black Stars at Bukhungu Stadium to end on 64 points from 37 matches and grab the second automatic promotion slot…

The Korean Ambassador’s cup opens up a Teakwondo Competition which will be online for those who will wish to join. The submission of the application started on the 1st May and will end on the 25th June 2021. Those who would wish to join should know how to participate those …

A fiery new drum-seduced track that allows your senses to escape into the jungle with blissful happiness is making its way to the masses from spiritual guru and international artist Dezvelkito. “Voodoo Woman” is an upbeat dance track that highlights the kind of women who entrance men and end up …

Maputo — The French oil and gas company Total has announced that it is suspending resumption of work on building natural gas liquefaction plants in the Afungi Peninsula, in the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado. Total heads a consortium exploiting the offshore natural gas resources in Area One of the Rovuma Basin. The project,…

It's estimated that 90% of the world's trade is transported by sea. As consumers, we rarely give much thought to how the things we buy make their way across the planet and into our homes. That is, until an incident like the recent grounding of a huge container ship, the Ever Given, in the Suez…

The Executive Committee of the CAF, meeting today in Yaounde, has made dark hours to President Ahmad Ahmad, recently re-installed at the head of CAF after the decision of the CAS. Indeed, the members of the executive committee insistently requested and obtained the withdrawal of Ahmad Ahmad for the remaining …

When President-Elect Joe Biden takes office next month, the @POTUS Twitter account will be wiped of its followers, The Verge reports. As Biden’s digital director Rob Flaherty revealed on Twitter, the social media platform has informed Biden’s team that the @POTUS and @WhiteHouse accounts will start with zero followers. By contrast, the Trump administration’s official accounts “absorbed” …

A new strain of the coronavirus is spreading rapidly in the United Kingdom (UK) and has forced several countries to suspend flights to Britain. Scientists are studying the mutation pattern of the virus to know the new variant better. Here is what we know so far about the new fast-spreading …

Electoral Commission-EC isn’t bothered by the decision by the UN to suspend the travel of its staff to Uganda, according to Justice Byabakama Simon Mugenyi.    He told journalists at the Commission headquarters on Tuesday that if the UN travel restriction to Uganda is based on concerns over the ongoing …

Nigerian Artistes Omah Lay and Terms have today afternoon been arraigned before court and had their charges read to them. The Infinity and Try Me hit-makers were charged with engaging in activities likely to spread an infectious disease after they performed at a concert yet the current presidential directives about …

Nicki Minaj is a first-time mom … she and husband Kenneth Pettyhave welcomed their new child to the world! Sources with direct knowledge tell us … Nicki gave birth Wednesday in L.A. We don’t know the baby’s name or sex. instagram.com/p/CC3zixqDZTj As you know … Nicki announced her pregnancy back in July, posting a …

Astro is debuting its first set of in-ear headphones, the A03. It’s an unexpected step for the company, which traditionally makes over-ear gaming headsets, like the new A20 Gen 2 and the mainstay A40. They’re $49.99, so while not the most affordable wired option, it’s a reasonable price considering they offer punchy sound, and a…

Home News Mobile Phones The Google Pixel 5 (Image credit: Google) The Google Pixel 5 is the latest flagship from Google, and the successor to 2019’s Google Pixel 4. But the new phone isn’t as much of an upgrade as you might expect – in fact, it's arguably not an upgrade at all, as the…

Kobe Bryant Storage Locker Treasures Returned to Vanessa … ‘It’s All Worked Out’ 10/1/2020 1:00 AM PT Exclusive The treasure trove of Kobe Bryant memorabilia found in an abandoned storage locker has been returned to the NBA star’s family, this publication Sports has learned. We broke the story … someone …

Shia LaBeouf Caps His Summer … w/ Battery, Theft Charges!!! 10/1/2020 12:50 AM PT Exclusive Shia LaBeouf allegedly transformed into a bully and thief over the summer … and now he’s being charged over it. Law enforcement sources tell this publication … the “Honey Boy” star and a man got …

Season four of the reality contest is currently taking place in the US and, in a first for the series, the Hollywood star removed his own mask before being instructed to. The Wrestler actor Rourke made it to week two before deciding he’d had enough wearing his Gremlin costume. He …

Now that it’s October and people have Halloween on the brain, some are ready to revisit their favorite seasonal films. For many, Hocus Pocus is on the list and the 1993 classic can’t be mentioned without fans talking about the sequel. Sarah Jessica Parker, Kathy Najimy, and Bette Midler starred …

Clare Bronfman, the Seagram’s liquor fortune heir, was sentenced to 81-months in prison for her role in protecting Keith Raniere, the disgraced leader of Nxivm, who was convicted of turning women into sex slaves. John Minchillo/AP hide caption toggle caption John Minchillo/AP Clare Bronfman, the Seagram’s liquor fortune heir, was …

We are less than 24 hours away from Launch Night In and have already seen some last minute leaks. The latest comes from the Canadian Google Store, which this evening briefly revealed how Chromecast with Google TV buyers in that country will get six months of free Netflix. A Reddit user spotted the unannounced Chromecast…

Home News Computing (Image credit: lenovo) The Lenovo ThinkBook 15 Gen 2 i (note the i) looks relatively unimpressive from the outside but this new laptop has pioneered a new way of consuming multimedia-content on the move.In what is one of the most unique features we've seen for a while, the device offers branded integrated…

Kylie Jenner Bikini Voter Drive Works … Vote.org Gets Crazy 1500% Boost!!! 9/30/2020 1:00 AM PT Exclusive Kylie Jenner is flexing her political influence in a very impressive way … turning your standard IG thirst trap into nearly 50,000 potential new registered voters! this publication’s learned Kylie’s smoke show bikini …