France’s Le Pen refuses to bow out of 2027 vote after being convicted of graft and barred from running
Judge Benedicte de Perthuis said Le Pen had been “at the heart” of a scheme to misappropriate more than 4 million euros ($4.3 million) of EU funds and use them to pay the far-right party’s staff back home.
Kenya, FAO unveil $49.5 million climate resilient agriculture project in Lake Victoria Basin Region
With a target of supporting 140,000 farmers including 80,000 cooperative members and 63,000 farmers’ groups, the initiative, aims to build climate resilience and drive the agricultural sector towards a low-carbon, sustainable future.
Largest tax-dodging scheme by Big Pharma: How Pfizer sold $20 billion of drugs to Americans without paying tax in 2019
A recent review by The Lever also found that Big Pharma routinely engages in tax avoidance. In 2022, major US pharmaceutical companies reported over $214 billion in revenue but only $10 billion in profits in the US. Those same companies reported over $171 billion in revenue outside of the US and over $90 billion in profits – but US consumers pay the highest pharmaceutical costs.
Make America Stupid Again: How Trump’s provincialism in education will kill Enlightenment scholarship
Long after Jefferson’s death in 1826, the seeds of Enlightenment ideas had a hard time finding purchase in the rocky soil of American xenophobia and anti-intellectualism. In 1841, the brilliant mathematician James Joseph Sylvester, only 27 years old but already writing papers whose conceptual brilliance astonished the field, was hired by the University of Virginia. As historian Lewis S. Feuer noted, Sylvester was “the first observing Jew to be called to the United States to fill a full professorship in a secular subject.”
How Museveni’s white elephants ushered in economic hell Ugandans live in today since 1986
In Uganda, several banks have faced closure or significant issues, including Teefe Bank, International Credit Bank, Greenland Bank, the Co-operative Bank, National Bank of Commerce, Global Trust Bank and Crane Bank. It is significant to note that Uganda Commercial Bank was sold off under mysterious circumstances and there was a lot of financial bleeding before, during and after the sale
191 TB cases traced to Migori goldmines ministry health says are dispersal points of the disease
Victor Otieno, a representative from the Miner’s Association in Migori, lamented that lack of protective mining gear was the major reason for the rising cases of TB and other lung condition diseases in the mining sector.
Public ignores calls for uprising in Zimbabwe by rival faction in ruling party ZANU-PF
President Emerson Mnangagwa, who is a former ally of Mugabe, is under United States sanctions. He promised democratic reforms when he took power in 2017 following a popular coup, but opposition and local and international human rights groups accuse the 82-year-old of being as repressive as Mugabe.
Southern Africa bloc and M23 strike deal on SADC forces evacuation from DR Congo
The M23 and SADC agreed to set up a joint committee to assess its condition, and the southern African bloc agreed to help repair it. The size of the SADC deployment has never been made public but analysts estimate it to number around 1,300 troops.
Kenya’s chief minister wants parliament to expedite Public Participation Bill 2024 to make it national lifestyle
Prime Cabinet Secretary Mudavadi said public participation costs for individual legislation range between Ksh10 million and Ksh100 million, diverting funds from critical sectors such as healthcare, which is already grappling with shortages of drugs and personnel.
Vihiga and Siaya residents question consent foreign gold mining company, want it revoked
Through lawyer Willis Otieno the residents said fresh negotiations will have to take place before any activity could take place the area. Otieno said he has already written to the relevant government agencies as well as the foreign investor over the same
