Trump’s lies about a helicopter accident, emergency landing and a non-existent Brown
Willie Brown has never shared a helicopter with Trump, the former mayor said. Instead, it was former California Governor Jerry Brown who rode with Trump in a helicopter in 2018 to survey wildfire damage, and no emergency landing was reported.
Tough choices Zimbabwean children make daily: Giving up school or risk being mauled by wild animals
In Zimbabwe, schoolchildren face threats from animals. Now they are learning how to spot the dangers On the impoverished edges of a conservancy that protects wildlife in southeastern Zimbabwe, 14-year-old Esther Bote wakes up at dawn to a practiced daily routine. She cleans the house, lights the fire, cooks, bathes...
Paris Olympics: Kenya’s Wanyonyi leads the way into open 800 metres final
Wanyonyi, silver medallist at last year’s world championship, was pushed at the end by American Bryce Hoppel but ensured he crossed the line first in 1:43.32 minutes.
Report: When Tigrayan conflict ended in Ethiopia it triggered a surge in rape and violence against women
Women can be double victims. An entrenched cultural idea of a woman’s “purity” often stigmatises survivors – forcing them into silence. They are left alone to bear the burden of what they have been forced to endure as communities become desensitised to the horror.
Humanitarian aid trap: Somali official calls for state control over aid funds as ‘aid community actors are only accountable to themselves’
Budget support is justified, Ainte said, because the government is responsible for what happens in Somalia, even if the conflict means it does not control all of the country’s territory. Ainte did not specify which institutions might work with the government to programme any redirected money, though he mentioned it could be done by UN agencies.
Martial court in Congo sentences to death leaders of rebel coalition unveiled in Kenya last year
The AFC is a political-military movement launched by Nangaa in December with the aim of uniting armed groups, political parties and civil society against Congo’s government. One of its most renown members is the M23, an armed group accused of mass killings in eastern Congo’s decadeslong conflict.
Fallen veteran football administrator Issa Hayatou leaves behind rich history in African sports
In 2002, during a period of deep financial and political turmoil at Fifa, Hayatou challenged then-president Sepp Blatter in an election he would lose heavily despite support for him in Europe. The 139-56 result showed Issa Hayatou had lost votes from his African colleagues.
South Sudan teetering on the brink of collapse as oil revenues dwindle and police, army not paid in months
South Sudan’s economy largely depends on the oil it exports via neighbouring Sudan. But war in Sudan has created widespread chaos, and the pipeline in an area of fighting ruptured in February. The drop in oil revenues has compounded South Sudan’s long problem of official mismanagement.
Youth protests and credit downgrades drive away risk-averse investors as Kenya’s debt, fiscal woes deepen
The latest debt sale, on August 1, saw the benchmark 1-year Treasury bill get less than a tenth of demand for the amount on offer. That weak demand is making it even more expensive – and complicated – to fund the debt-burdened government’s budget.
Trump sharpens attacks on Kamala as only a ‘woman who represents certain groups of people’
Speaking at a press conference on Thursday at his Mar-a-Lago resort, Donald Trump repeatedly insulted Vice President Kamala Harris, attacking her intelligence and insisting he has not “recalibrated” his campaign despite facing a new opponent.
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