Kenyan troops to DRC are in the central nation ‘for disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration’
Kenya is the latest addition to troop contributing countries aiming to end hostilities in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). At the weekend, President William Ruto’s country became the first East African Community (EAC) bloc member to deploy in the DRC. The deployment will, according to a Kenya Defence Forces...
UN appalled by expose on serious human rights violations by private military, security companies
A growing reliance on private contractors to protect vessels, commercial shipping, offshore platforms, ports and other maritime infrastructure has exposed human rights violations perpetrated by private military and security companies, mercenaries and others, United Nations experts have said. A report presented to the General Assembly by the Working Group on...
800 soldiers from US, EU and 20 African nations set for joint training in Kenya from next January
More than 80 participants from the US, Africa partner nations and multinational forces gathered in Nairobi, Kenya, from October 24-28, to plan exercise Justified Accord 2023. This is US Africa Command’s largest East Africa military training exercise. Justified Accord 2023 (JA23), scheduled for late January to late February 2023, is...
Floundering Chelsea manager Potter has backing of owner but rumour mills allege his imminent sack
The Chelsea ownership are still fully behind Graham Potter despite his shaky start to his Stamford Bridge tenure, according to reports. Potter left Brighton to join the Blues in September after Chelsea owner Todd Boehly decided Thomas Tuchel was not the man to lead the Premier League club into a...
After Ronaldo’s ‘betrayal’ tirade against Man United, club told they’ve firm grounds to sack him
Manchester United could have the grounds to terminate Cristiano Ronaldo’s contract following his bombshell interview with Piers Morgan. Clips of Ronaldo’s sit-down conversation with Piers Morgan were aired on Sunday evening. The 37-year-old was heard accusing Ten Hag and the United executives of trying to force him out of the...
Holacracy: Unpacking hierarchy overloads to provide linkages at all cadres of an organisation
Continuation…. There are disturbingly similar and the all-too-familiar scenario where executives feel they’ve been incredibly clear about their organisation’s goals and strategies, while those lower down in the organisation chart are positively bewildered – or at least foggy – about the goals. Equally alarming in this exercise is the lack...
Holacracy: Reaping reward of devolved company hierarchy that is executed minus nit-picking boss
The March 2015 announcement by Zappos that they were fully embracing holacracy, an organisational structure that they’ve been experimenting with since 2013, has renewed my interest in hierarchy-induced dysfunctionality. In case you’re not familiar with this approach for structuring teams, you should know that holacracy doesn’t mean chaos. There is...
Democrats in razor-thin command of Senate as Speaker Nancy Pelosi hints at Biden second term
Democrats have managed to retain at least their razor-thin majority in the Senate, securing President Joe Biden’s influence on the judiciary and a small glimmer of hope for what remains of his agenda. Nevada Sen Catherine Cortez Masto successfully defended her seat from Republican challenger Adam Laxalt, much to the...
Cryptocurrency firm FTX on verge of losing billions of investor dollars as FBI zero in on insider fiddling
Collapsed cryptocurrency trading firm FTX confirmed there was “unauthorised access” to its accounts, hours after the company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Friday. The embattled company’s new CEO John Ray III said on Saturday that FTX is switching off the ability to trade or withdraw funds and taking...
Attitude change delivers as Man United boss Ten Hag lavishes ‘confident and arrogant’ young star with praise
Alejandro Garnacho came off the bench to score a stoppage-time winner to secure a 2-1 victory at Craven Cottage in their final Premier League game before the World Cup break on Sunday. Man United are three points behind fourth-placed Tottenham having played a game less in the Premier League. After...
