Chicago celebrates teen who joined university at 10, at 17 years earned PhD from Arizona State
Tillman earned a bachelor’s in humanities from New York’s Excelsior College in 2018. About two years later, she earned her master’s of science from Unity College in Maine before being accepted in 2021 into Arizona State’s Behavioural Health Management Programme.
Politics or banditry: Speculation rife as Kenya’s military chief dies in suspect helicopter crash
Gen Ogolla, 61, was on a tour of the country’s troubled western region that has seen frequent attacks by local bandits. He was appointed Kenya’s Chief of Defence Forces in April last year after Gen Robert Kibochi retired.
Explainer: How UN food security agency uses deaths and malnutrition to declare famine
In the 21st century, climate-related famines have largely been averted thanks to an innovative tool to track acute hunger, developed during the crisis in Somalia in 2004 by the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and now used by humanitarian agencies worldwide. This initiative is called the Integrated Security Phase Classification or IPC.
Eulogising Ugandan patriot, Prof Rubaihayo, who raised alarm over Rwandan Tutsi infiltration of state and was jailed for it
My association with Professor Patrick Rubaihayo grew from weak to strong to excellent. I would always check on him at his office in the Faculty of Agriculture and forestry and he would check on me at the Faculty of Science. He taught me a lot about Uganda politics, since I had been out of the country for about two decades. He also convinced me to accept that the best politicians are scientists. At that time, he did not know like I did that science is one with three dimensions – natural, social and arts (or humanities).
South Africa’s Constitutional Court disqualifies ex-president Zuma next week’s elections citing criminal past
Zuma was South African president from 2009-2018 but resigned under a cloud of corruption allegations. He made a return to politics last year with a new party and has been fiercely critical of the ruling African National Congress party he once led.
London court to decide whether WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will be extradited to US
The US has provided those reassurances, though Assange’s legal team and supporters argue they are not good enough to rely on to send him to the US federal court system.
Official: Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and his foreign minister killed in helicopter crash
An Iranian official earlier said the helicopter carrying Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian was completely burned in the crash on Sunday.
Smartphone companies scramble for growing market in Africa, but put at risk users personal data
Literacy rates that are below the global average, and lack of services in many African languages – some 2,000 are spoken across the continent, according to The African Language Program at Harvard University – are other reasons why a smartphone isn’t a compelling investment for some.
CNN political commentator and veteran political advisor Alice Stewart aged 58, found dead in garden
Stewart was born on March 11, 1966, in Atlanta, and began her career as a local reporter in Georgia before moving to Little Rock, Arkansas to be a news anchor. She went on to serve as the communications director in then-Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee’s office. She assumed similar roles during Huckabee’s presidential run in 2008 and served as communications director for the 2012 presidential bids of Minnesota Representative Michele Bachmann and then former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum. Most recently, Stewart was the communications director for Texas Senator Ted Cruz’s 2016 campaign.
What has come out of the Trump hush money trial so far, what to watch for as it wraps up
To convict Trump of felony falsifying business records, prosecutors must convince jurors beyond a reasonable doubt that he not only falsified or caused business records to be entered falsely, but that he did so with intent to commit or conceal another crime. Any verdict must be unanimous.
Three shot dead in Kinshasa during what military termed coup attempt to oust Tshisekedi
Congolese army spokesperson Brigadier General Sylvain Ekenge said on state television on Sunday that the attempted coup d’état was “nipped in the bud by Congolese defence and security forces (and) the situation is under control.” He did not give further details.
Review: African migration mindset at present gives a fillip to human trafficking, slave trade and rights abuse
The Migration Policy Framework for Africa and Plan of Action (2018 – 2030) is so comprehensive and inclusive that it captures a range of issues, including: brain drain, remittances, migrant smuggling, human trafficking, forced displacement, return and readmission, refugees and asylum seekers, reintegration, internal displacement and internal migration (migration within countries, for example, from rural to urban areas, from one region to another).
Israel troops pound northern Gaza Strip as new cracks in Netanyahu coalition
At least 35,340 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli strikes since October 7, according to the enclave’s health ministry, while aid agencies have warned repeatedly of widespread hunger and dire shortages of fuel and medical supplies.
