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  • Kenya Deploys Military as Finance Bill Protests Turn Deadly, Four Killed

    By Ifunanya | June 25, 2024 | Comments Off on Kenya Deploys Military as Finance Bill Protests Turn Deadly, Four Killed

    NAIROBI, Kenya, June 25 – The Kenyan military was deployed Tuesday following escalating violence that left at least four protesters dead and numerous others injured after the controversial Finance Bill was passed, raising taxes. Protests […]

  • Protesters Storm Kenya’s Parliament, Buildings Set Ablaze (Photos)

    By Ifunanya | June 25, 2024 | Comments Off on Protesters Storm Kenya’s Parliament, Buildings Set Ablaze (Photos)

    Part of Kenya’s parliament building was set on fire Tuesday as thousands of protesters stormed the complex in response to a newly passed finance bill. Legislators fled the scene amidst the chaos, marking one of […]

  • Senegal Reports 78 Covid-19 Cases Among Returning Hajj Pilgrims

    By Ifunanya | June 25, 2024 | Comments Off on Senegal Reports 78 Covid-19 Cases Among Returning Hajj Pilgrims

    Senegal has confirmed 78 cases of Covid-19 among pilgrims returning from Hajj in Mecca, according to tests conducted at Dakar’s Blaise Diagne International Airport. The country’s health ministry stated that the detection of Covid-19 cases […]

  • Stampede at Rwanda President Kagame’s Rally Kills One, Injures 37

    By Ifunanya | June 25, 2024 | Comments Off on Stampede at Rwanda President Kagame’s Rally Kills One, Injures 37

    A reelection rally for President Paul Kagame in Rubavu, western Rwanda, turned tragic on Sunday as attendees rushed forward, causing a stampede that resulted in one fatality and left 37 others injured. Officials reported that […]

  • Delhi Water Minister Atishi Hospitalized After 5-Day Hunger Strike Amid Severe Water Crisis

    By Ifunanya | June 25, 2024 | Comments Off on Delhi Water Minister Atishi Hospitalized After 5-Day Hunger Strike Amid Severe Water Crisis

    Atishi, Delhi’s water minister, has been hospitalized after five days of a hunger strike aimed at highlighting the city’s acute water shortage exacerbated by a prolonged heatwave. Atishi’s hospitalization on Tuesday morning was prompted by […]

  • Afghanistan Makes Historic World Cup Semi-Final Debut, Beats Bangladesh by Eight Runs

    By Ifunanya | June 25, 2024 | Comments Off on Afghanistan Makes Historic World Cup Semi-Final Debut, Beats Bangladesh by Eight Runs

    Afghanistan achieved a historic milestone in cricket, qualifying for the semi-finals of a World Cup for the first time by defeating Bangladesh in a tense, low-scoring match in St Vincent. The victory secured Afghanistan’s place […]

  • China’s Chang’e-6 Lunar Probe Returns with First Samples from Moon’s Far Side

    By Ifunanya | June 25, 2024 | Comments Off on China’s Chang’e-6 Lunar Probe Returns with First Samples from Moon’s Far Side

    China’s lunar probe has returned to Earth with the first-ever samples from the Moon’s unexplored far side. The Chang’e-6 landed in the Inner Mongolia desert on Tuesday, after a nearly two-month-long mission fraught with risks. […]

  • Wikileaks’ Julian Assange Leaves UK After Deal with US

    By Ifunanya | June 25, 2024 | Comments Off on Wikileaks’ Julian Assange Leaves UK After Deal with US

    After a years-long legal saga, Wikileaks says that founder Julian Assange has left the UK after reaching a deal with US authorities that will see him plead guilty to criminal charges and go free. Assange, […]

  • Kenyan Police Deployed to Haiti to Combat Gangs

    By Ifunanya | June 25, 2024 | Comments Off on Kenyan Police Deployed to Haiti to Combat Gangs

    Hundreds of Kenyan police officers departed for Haiti on Monday to lead a multinational force aimed at combating powerful gangs responsible for a surge in deadly violence this year. The deployment, marking Kenya’s significant contribution […]

  • Young Congolese Fighters Unite to Repel M23 Rebels from Sake, DRC

    By Ifunanya | June 25, 2024 | Comments Off on Young Congolese Fighters Unite to Repel M23 Rebels from Sake, DRC

    In the Democratic Republic of Congo, a group of young individuals aged 18 to 25, known as the “Wazalendo” or “patriotic resistors,” have taken up arms alongside the Congolese army to defend their country. They […]

  • ‘There is no ban on smoking or ritual scenes in movies’ – DG NFVCB

    By Ifunanya | June 25, 2024 | Comments Off on ‘There is no ban on smoking or ritual scenes in movies’ – DG NFVCB

    The Director General of the National Film and Video Censors Board, NFVCB, Shaibu Husseini has clarified that the federal government did not ban smoking and ritual scenes in Nigerian movies. It was widely reported that […]

  • Over 1,300 Die in Scorching Hajj Heatwave, Egyptians’ Worst Hit

    By Ifunanya | June 24, 2024 | Comments Off on Over 1,300 Die in Scorching Hajj Heatwave, Egyptians’ Worst Hit

    More than 1,300 people died during this year’s Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia as the faithful faced extremely high temperatures at Islamic holy sites in the desert kingdom, Saudi authorities announced Sunday. Saudi Health Minister […]

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