Aid agency’s warnings of dire situation in Sudan prompt donors pledge $2.1 billion to off famine
Sudan descended into conflict in April last year when simmering tensions between the military and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces exploded into open fighting in the capital, Khartoum, and elsewhere across the country.
US Supreme Court declines Black Lives Matter activist’s appeal over protest incident that injured police officer
The Baton Rouge protest was one of numerous demonstrations in the United States in 2015 and 2016 arising from incidents involving police and Black individuals. These predated the massive racial justice protests that flared in various cities in the United States and abroad following the 2020 murder of George Floyd, a Black man, by a white police officer in Minneapolis.
Hellen Obiri destroys strong field to lead Kenyan sweep in Boston Marathon as Ethiopia’s Lemma takes men’s race
The start line was painted to say “100 years in Hopkinton,” commemorating the 1924 move from Ashland to Hopkinton to conform to the official Olympic Marathon distance. The announcer welcomed the gathering crowds to the “sleepy little town of Hopkinton, 364 days of the year.”
Bureau of Prisons to close California women’s prison or ‘rape club’ where inmates are prone to sex abuse
Since 2021, at least eight FCI Dublin employees have been charged with sexually abusing inmates. Five have pleaded guilty. Two were convicted at trial, including the former warden, Ray Garcia. Another case is pending.
Fallout from Trump’s bid to overturn election loss heads to Supreme Court, has implications
Trump took numerous steps to try to reverse his 2020 loss. His false claims of widespread voting fraud helped fuel the attack on the Capitol as Congress met to certify Biden’s victory. Trump and his allies also devised a plan to use false electors from key states to thwart certification.
Don’t try this at home: Why Ugandan teens wrestle in mud to try out skills picked from pro-wrestling on TV at home
In February, the American wrestler whose ring name is Jordynne Grace shared a video of a wrestler smashing his opponent against bamboo poles. “What are the chances we could get in touch with them and see if they want a real ring?” she wrote on the social platform X.
South Africa recalls toxic J&J’s cough syrup currently retailing in six African nations
Kenya and Nigeria have already issued recalls for the same syrup, which is used in the treatment of hay fever and other allergic conditions affecting the upper respiratory tract.
Hailed as Africa’s largest infrastructure investment, Lapsset Corridor Project slips into limbo as Kenya fends off fierce resistance
Not coincidentally, there has been increased terror attacks along the Lapsset corridor as al-Qaeda-supported al Shabaab Somali terrorist outfit has over the past few years turned the Boni Forest in Lamu, Garissa – which is to be upgraded to a city – Mandera, Wajir and Moyale into its terrorism theatres.
KWS: Eight buffaloes in Kenya electrocuted after walking into low-lying power lines
Conservationists have in the past raised alarm over the risk of wild animals being electrocuted by power lines.
Russian Wagner mercenaries mutate into beasts that are raping women in Central African Republic with abandon
A local fighter who works with Wagner asserted that he saw six of the Russians rape a local woman in the tent where he was sleeping at their base in Bambari in early 2023. He said the Russians give women canned food like sardines or bottled water afterward. He spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of reprisal. The Russian government didn’t respond to questions.
