By LUKE ANAMI By MOSES Ok. GAHIGI Rwandan opposition chief Victoire Ingabire has dismissed President Paul Kagame’s landslide electoral win, difficult the legitimacy of “an election the place no candidate can actually problem Kagame.” Provisional outcomes declared on Monday evening by the Nationwide Electoral Fee (NEC) indicated that the veteran chief garnered 99.15 %, or…
As local weather change drives temperature will increase and decrease precipitation in southern Africa, analysis has discovered that there’s more likely to be a rise within the variety of wildfires in areas which are already scorching, dry and water scarce. Large wildfires broke out in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province on 12 and 13 July 2024,…
A 3-month world operation towards West African organized crime teams netted 300 arrests and the seizure of $3 million in belongings, Interpol introduced Tuesday. Operation Jackal III concerned legislation enforcement businesses throughout 21 international locations and adopted two earlier annual efforts concentrating on West African teams concerned in on-line monetary fraud, particularly the notorious Nigeria-based…
Males cool off with a mist dispenser arrange in a road in central Baghdad amid hovering temperatures. Local weather change has impacted the Center East and North Africa the place summer season is already highly regarded. Many in Iraq, Syria, Tunisia and Saudi Arabia nonetheless labour within the warmth. A instrument of the commerce in…
By NATION AFRICA Kenya’s veteran journalist Macharia Gaitho has Wednesday morning been freed after a violent arrest by armed policemen. Mr Gaitho was seized whereas leaving his residence in Karen and bundled right into a ready Probox. The Nation columnist was together with his son on the time of the incident. A brief video exhibits…
Picture by Lillien Jones As a toddler, Lillien Jones (BYU ’28) beloved the wild animals that will enterprise into her yard—deer, coyotes, rabbits, and hawks—and she or he visited the Hogle Zoo each likelihood she may. Then, whereas taking a zoology class in highschool, she expanded her ardour from simply viewing animals to learning them…
The subsequent US census and federal authorities varieties will embody new choices for race and ethnicity together with a class for individuals of Center Jap or North African origin, officers mentioned. The modifications, the primary in practically three a long time, have been introduced by the Workplace of Administration and Price range (OMB) and printed…
63 arrests have been made in Eire over the previous three months – as a part of a joint, international operation focusing on organised crime gangs working from West Africa. Interpol has confirmed that ‘Operation Jackal’ has dismantled a number of felony networks around the globe. Arrests right here in Eire adopted 37 searches carried out…
By NATION AFRICA Kenya’s anti-government road demonstrations resumed on Tuesday after a two-week break, with the nation’s youth demanding extra reforms at each nationwide and county governments. Though President William Ruto succumbed to the protesters’ stress and withdrew Finance Invoice 2024, sacked his whole Cupboard and attorney-general, and referred to as nationwide dialogue amongst different…
Thick white smoke billowed over the rooftops and energy strains at a navy base housing Djiboutian troops hooked up to the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS). Al-Shabaab claimed accountability for the June 30 suicide bombing that killed not less than 4 individuals — together with a father, mom and their 7-year-old daughter — …