Substance abuse agency intensifies campaign in central Kenya as drug consumption hits crisis levels
While acknowledging the efforts made by the authority, Mwangi noted some of the challenges they face in the fight, including negligence among parents, that has affected the younger generation due to a lack of positive role models on drug abuse, as well as cultural norms where some communities use substances that they are not willing to accept that they are part of the drugs.
National Museum launches six-month exhibition to memorialise Kenyan freedom fighter Pio Gama Pinto 60 years after assassination
He said Pinto contributed a lot in fight for freedom by being part of the Mau movement as well as the Pan African Press Editor where he helped in publications.
Siaya County government in Lake Victoria Basin accused of swindling community of ancestral land
The chairman accused national and county government officials of snubbing their meeting despite being invited, blamed the county government of Siaya of dragging its feet to have the land registered as community land.
Bukhungu Stadium: ‘Football Cathedral’ on course to regaining pilgrimage status as sports minister assures it’ll be ready for 2027 AFCON
The successful 2023 school ball games brought back memories of 1936 match that saw Western Kenya team that included the likes of Peter Muchuma (captain), Elijah Masinde wa Namene, Musisi, Nate and Elijah Lidonde, among others outsmart Remington FC 3-0 to become the first African team to beat a European team.
Trump preparing executive order to make English official US language, White House source says
There are 32 US states that have adopted English as their official language, according to ProEnglish, a group advocating English as an official language.
Publish or perish: Why internet publishing is new storehouse of knowledge for deprived African scholars
In Africa South of the Sahara, South Africa and Nigeria have progressed fastest in the adoption and use social media in academic libraries. However, it is true to say that in most African universities there is still a lot of hesitation to use academic production in social media such as Researchgate.net and Academia.edu to measure academic success and reward those who publish in these media, however qualitative their work is. This is probably true in most universities of the world.
Witchcraft case that implicates Zambian president shines light on colonial-era law, exposes how politicians invest in black magic
Police say the men in the current case were arrested in a hotel room in the capital, Lusaka, in December after a cleaner reported hearing strange noises. They were found in possession of a bottled chameleon and other items including a mysterious white powder, a red cloth and an unidentified animal’s tail. The men also face charges of cruelty to animals.
Big cat juju: Mystical beliefs in wildlife powers in Senegal fuelling rapid decline of lion and leopard populations in West Africa
The gris-gris, prescribed by influential religious leaders called marabouts, are crafted from bits of skin with written prayers or Quranic verses sewn inside. They are widely used across Senegal; police don them for protection, wrestlers for strength and politicians for clout. Average citizens wear them to ward off curses that other people may have put on them for a variety of reasons – matters of romance, perhaps, or jealousy at economic success.
While Uganda is generating and exporting violence to Congo, its adherence to universal human rights needs serious questioning
Regarding the Right to Asylum Uganda today is reputed to be the most open country to refuges in Africa and the third in the whole world as a ready destination for refugees. Most of Uganda’s refugees come from the violence-ridden countries of the Great Lakes Region and Nile Basin Region. Some critical thinkers have reasoned that this may be explained by the fact that the dominant rulers of Uganda were themselves refugees and, therefore, show a lot of empathy towards refugees.
Kenya’s wildlife tourism nucleus lays out plans to broaden range of products for more earnings
David Kinyangi, a Director at the State Department of Tourism, underscored the importance of public participation in the preparation of the two documents and assured the residents that their views would be incorporated in the final document.
