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Kenya has committed to sending police officers to Haiti to aid in the stabilization of the Caribbean nation. This mission, endorsed by the United Nations, represents a crucial step in addressing the escalating violence and political instability that have plagued Haiti in recent years. Haiti has been struggling with severe political disorders and social unrest […]
The United States warned China of serious consequences were it to provide arms to support Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, as Kyiv’s top general visited the frontline town of Bakhmut where Ukrainian defenders were holding out against constant attacks. Washington and its NATO allies are scrambling to dissuade China from providing military aid for Moscow’s war, […]
Soldiers were forced to intervene on Sunday after 15 men pretending to be electoral officials stormed a voting collation centre in the Alimosho neighbourhood of Lagos, attacking party agents with knives and sticks, video obtained by Reuters TV showed. “Hoodlum boys … just came and started coming out with daggers and hitting everybody that are […]
Former Chelsea and Newcastle United player Christian Atsu has been found dead after the earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria nearly two weeks ago. The 31-year-old, who moved to Hatayspor in September 2022, has been missing since the earthquake that struck southern and central Turkey as well as northern and western Syria on February 6, […]
More than 11,000 people have been confirmed dead with more than 8,000 rescued; Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has said 8,754 people have been confirmed dead in Monday’s quake. The combined total, with 2,470 deaths recorded officially in Syria, has reached 11,224.Touring the stricken epicentre, Erdoğan insisted the rescue operation was improving and told people to ignore […]
Professor George Albert Omore Magoha leaves behind a great legacy spanning a decades-long career in the public service. Here is Prof. Magoha’s profile from a list of the over 55 countries he visited including his academic credentials. https://radiovuna.co.ke/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/cv_for_prof__george_magoha-22-aug-2018.pdf The surgeon, 71, who died on Tuesday night after collapsing at his Nairobi home, had only recently joined Maseno University as […]
At least 18 children have died in Uzbekistan after consuming a medicinal syrup manufactured by Indian drugmaker Marion Biotech, according to the Uzbek Health Ministry. The ministry said 18 out of 21 children who took the Doc-1 Max syrup while suffering from an acute respiratory disease died after consuming it. It is marketed on the […]
Suspected Al-Shabaab militants, in the wee hours of Thursday morning, shot and killed two people along the Lamu-Garsen road in Lamu County. Reports say that at least 10 militants, clad in military attire, had set up an illegal roadblock on the road and were questioning motorists before GSU officers arrived at the scene and confronted […]
Malawi’s Vice-President Saulos Claus Chilima has been arrested on allegations that he accepted money in exchange for awarding government contracts, this is arccoding to the country’s anti-corruption agency. In a statement released by the agency, Chilima is accused of receiving $280,000 (Ksh 34, 216. 000) from a British businessman “and other items”. Mr Chilima has […]
Senegal forward Sadio Mane has been ruled out of the World Cup in Qatar in a crushing blow to his team’s chances after officials confirmed on Thursday he would need surgery on a leg injury sustained in the run-up to the tournament. Mane had been a doubt for the west African side after injuring his […]
