How Kenyan church named Good News presided over cult massacre that haunts survivors
Many of Africa’s evangelical churches are run like sole proprietorships, without the guidance of trustee boards or laity. Pastors are often unaccountable, deriving authority from their perceived ability to perform miracles or make prophecies. Some, like Mackenzie, can seem all-powerful.
Trumps ‘I hate Taylor Swift!’ post on his social media platform elicits furious response from pop icon’s fans
Taylor Swift’s backing of Kamala Harris has drawn over 9 million “likes” to her Instagram post, fuelling speculation that it could boost the Democrat’s chances of winning the presidential election.
Secret Service thwart another Trump assassination attempt, suspect arrested as he tries to escape from scene
Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw said Secret Service agents saw a rifle barrel poking out from bushes about 400 to 500 yards (365 to 460 meters) away from Trump as they cleared holes of potential threats ahead of his play.
Trouble with Uganda: We abuse land because as a community we regard it as our entitlement, therefore can defile it
Environmental racism, then, is a critical term that highlights environmental framings which disproportionally negatively affect people of colour (Dickinson, 2012) and advantage whites (Bullard, 2001). Environmental apartheid and environmental racism imply absence of environmental justice. People are pressed to the margins of nature where the ecology is unfriendly and hardly enjoy ecological health.
Usually bullish Republican Trump rules out another debate with Democratic rival Harris
Although Trump touted his performance on Tuesday against Harris, six Republican donors and three Trump advisers who spoke to Reuters earlier this week said they thought Harris had won the debate largely because Trump was unable to stay on message.
Trump drags cats and dogs into racism as US presidential campaign slides off decorum to white supremacism
Following Donald Trump’s comment during the debate in Philadelphia, Vance doubled-down on the claim when asked by NBC News Washington Correspondent Yamiche Alcindor what is his message to Haitian Americans and Haitian immigrants who say the false claim is putting their lives at risk?
Law that gives South African government control over language of education opposed by Afrikaans speakers
Democratic Alliance leader John Steenhuisen said he would meet President Cyril Ramaphosa before he signs the bill into law on Friday. One civil society group has said it would take legal action to oppose the bill once Ramaphosa signs it.
Kenyan and Zambian currencies to hold steady against green buck as Nigeria’s and Uganda’s fluctuate
The local unit rallied strongly early this year as concerns eased that the East African country would default on a $2 billion Eurobond that matured in June, but it lost momentum from April onwards.
Jajja and Misambwa: Culturalists concur the guile Ugandan president used to defile totemic Bujagali Shrine is an indigenous rights crime
It is unbelievable that without being consulted by the clans of Basoga could have participated in consensus-building to bring about the extinction of the rich Basoga culture and spirituality. Even the living Budhagali whom proponents of the dam claim “agreed” that the shrines could be transferred has on several occasions pronounced itself to the “non-listening proponents” of the dam that he has no power to do so since the decision to move or not to move the shrines is spiritual rather than human
Taking healthcare to the sick: South Africa’s travelling ‘health train’ is threatened by systemic corruption
When the train began in 1994, many Black people in South Africa still lived in rural villages with little access to health facilities. It was a period of change in the country. The train began as an eye clinic, but it soon became clear that needs were greater than that.
