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Abia Otti Drugs Youths
EducationPolitics

Abia State Set To Pay Salaries Owed To State Workers

Abia State Government has said it would pay salaries owed to state universities’ workers in batches. As disclosed during a press conference on...

Despite Takeover By Local Firm, Poor Sales Force Shoprite To Shut Down Operations In Abuja
BusinessPolitics

Despite Takeover By Local Firm, Poor Sales Force Shoprite To Shut Down Operations In Abuja

Shoprite has announced the closure of one of its business outlets in Abuja, citing economic decline as the reason for the closure. This...

Democratic Alliance Party Demands Take Over of Major ANC-Led Positions in SA
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South Africa’s Democratic Alliance Demands Most Major Portfolios In Government Of National Unity

South Africa’s Democratic Alliance (DA) party, which represents settler-colonial interests, has demanded control of all ministries that run the affairs of the South...

Ukraine Suffers Widespread Blackouts As Russia Attacks Energy Grid
PoliticsSecurity

Ukraine Suffers Widespread Blackouts As Russia Attacks Energy Grid

Ukrainians are suffering from widespread power outages as Russia’s recent missile attack hits the country’s energy infrastructure. Recall that Russia recently intensified its...

Mali's Goita Accuses France of Printing Counterfeit CFA Francs to Sabotage Malian Economy
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Mali’s Goita Accuses France Of Printing Counterfeit CFA Francs In Repeat Of 1960 ‘Operation Persil’

Mali’s transitional President, Colonel Assimi Goïta, has accused the French government of attempting to destabilise the country’s economy by injecting counterfeit CFA franc...

Israeli Defence Minister Runs To US For 'Critical' Talks As Gaza-Lebanon Conflict Heightens
PoliticsSecurity

Israeli Defence Minister Runs To U.S. For ‘Critical’ Talks As Gaza-Lebanon Conflict Heightens

Israeli Defence Minister, Yoav Gallant has flown to meet top Biden administration officials in Washington on what he described as ‘critical’ talks concerning...

Kenyans Question US Delegation Presence In Parliament During Finance Bill Debate
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Kenyans Question U.S. Delegations’ Presence In Parliament During Finance Bill Debate

Kenyans are questioning a group of 10 U.S. Congressional delegations, who, on Thursday, were sighted inside Kenya’s National Assembly Gallery as Members of...

China Sanctions US-owned Lockheed Over Arms Sales To Taiwan
PoliticsWorld

China Sanctions US-owned Lockheed Over Arms Sales To Taiwan

The People’s Republic of China (PRC) has sanctioned a US-owned company which deals in arms manufacturing and sales, Lockheed Martin, for selling weapons...

According to reports, Police in Nairobi arrested and assaulted paramedics during live coverage on CNN. The paramedics, who had identified themselves, were apprehended amidst ongoing protests against the controversial Finance Bill 2024.
Human RightsPolitics

‘7 Days of Rage’: Kenya’s Gen Z Protesters Declare #TotalShutDown Over Tax Hikes

Kenya’s Generation Z has declared a week-long protest to express their undying determination to oppose the Finance Bill 2024 despite passing its second...

Kenya Police Freed Journalist Arrested For Reposting Senator Orwoba's Number On X
Human RightsPolitics

Kenyan Police Release Journalist Arrested for Sharing Senator Orwoba’s Number on X

The Kamkunji Police Division in Kenya has released a Nairobi-based journalist, Edgar Wabwire, who was arrested for reposting the number of a House...

Outrage As Kenya Police Shoots Protester, Rex Kanyike During Anti-Finance Bill Protest
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Outrage As Kenya Police Shoots Protester, Rex Kanyike During Anti-Finance Bill Protest

Nairobi Police have shot a protester following the nationwide Anti-Finance protest led by Gen Z on Thursday night while heading home. The now-deceased...

Kenya's Finance Bill Passes Second Reading Despite Public Outcry
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Kenya’s Finance Bill Passes Second Reading Amidst Nationwide Protest

The contentious Finance Bill has passed a second reading in Kenya’s Parliament on Thursday amidst nationwide protest, leading to the arrest of over...