Kenyan, Ethiopian troops praised by AU envoy for suppressing al Shaabab militia inside Somalia
ATMIS (African Union Transition Mission in Somalia) troops have been praised for a job well done, particularly in and around Somalia southern port city of Kismayu, from the AU chair’s special representative. Ambassador Mohamed El-Amine Souef commended ATMIS troops and affirmed the mission’s commitment to a safe and stable Somalia...
Deployment of Russian Wagner mercenaries in Soledar battle raises questions about Putin’s military capacity
Russia’s defence ministry says its forces are taking part in the battle for Soledar, a town north of Bakhmut in east Ukraine, which has been the focus of recent fighting. It comes after the head of Russia’s notoriously brutal Wagner mercenary group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, claimed his fighters were in full...
Meta’s East African content moderation hub in Nairobi shuts down as its third-party servicer calls it quits
Meta’s East African content moderation hub is shutting down as the social media giant’s third-party contractor moves away from policing harmful content, cutting around 200 staff and leaving several employees without work permits. The owner of Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram first contracted Sama in 2017 to assist with labelling data...
Haaland vs Rashford: Manchester’s hotshots on show as Noisy Citizens lock horns with Red Devils
Pep Guardiola has ‘ridiculous’ tactical plans swirling in his head before Saturday’s derby against Manchester United. Manchester City can go within two points of Premier League leaders Arsenal with victory at Old Trafford, where Guardiola has won six times in nine visits. Man City boss operated with two midfielders as...
Derby: Man City manager Guardiola promises ‘ridiculous tactics’ versus hungry Man United’s Red Devils
The second Manchester derby of the Premier League season looks set to be a mouth-watering encounter this weekend. United welcome City to Old Trafford with the hosts in fine form while Pep Guardiola’s side will be looking to make history. The Citizens will complete the league double over their rivals...
Legacy media, including Kenya’s Nation Media, sued in US for colluding with vaccine makers to hide truth about Covid
A lawsuit filed today by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr and multiple other plaintiffs, alleges the Trusted News Initiative, a self-described “industry partnership” launched in March 2020 by several of the world’s largest news organisations, partnered with Big Tech firms to collectively censor online news. In a live interview on Tuesday...
Match fixing rocks English football as FA probes Oxford defender Brown’s foul on Arsenal’s Saka
The FA have opened a spot-fixing investigation into suspicious betting patterns surrounding the booking of Oxford defender Ciaron Brown in Monday’s FA Cup defeat by Arsenal. We have learned that the FA have a dossier of evidence regarding supposed corruption, including alleged phone messages before kick-off at the Kassam Stadium,...
NASA announces discovery of second potentially habitable Earth-size exoplanet orbiting nearby star
A NASA mission has spotted an Earth-size exoplanet orbiting a small star about 100 light-years away, NASA announced on Tuesday in a statement. The planet, named TOI 700 e, is likely rocky and 95 per cent the size of our world. The celestial body is the fourth planet to be...
Big Pharma Covid scam: Why 15,000 physicians and medical scientists warned against vaccinating healthy children
In 2012, Pfizer paid $1.2 billion to settle claims by nearly 10,000 women that its hormone replacement therapy drug, Prempro, caused breast cancer. The Prempro settlements came after six years of trials. Several plaintiffs were awarded tens of millions of dollars, including punitive damages for the drug maker’s actions in...
Qatari investors plot to wrest ownership of Man United from unpopular Glazer Family this year
Qatar Sports Investment are reportedly only interested in buying a minority stake in a Premier League club amid speculation that the group wants to purchase Manchester United from the Glazer Family. It had previously been claimed that the Red Devils were on a three-club shortlist made by QSI. United’s controversial...
