Aubameyang puts former coach to shame with a hattrick as Barcelona sees off Valencia in La Liga clash
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang’s career at Barcelona is off and running as the former Arsenal striker scored a hat-trick in the 4-1 win over Valencia on Sunday. After joining as a free agent in the closing stages of the January transfer window, Aubameyang failed to score in his first three appearances for...
How hackers supported by Russian breached classified information, compromised American defence
Hackers backed by the Russian government have breached the networks of multiple US defines contractors in a sustained campaign that has revealed sensitive information about US weapons-development communications infrastructure, the federal government has revealed. This story originally appeared on Ars Technica, a trusted source for technology news, tech policy analysis,...
Kenya Defence Forces keen on bolstering its fleet by acquiring more MD 530 helicopters from the US
Kenya has expressed interest in acquiring additional MD 530 helicopters from the United States, the US Army has revealed. A US Army spokesman told Janes magazine that India, Kenya, and Lebanon have shown interest in procuring new MD 530s. “We are working towards resuming production for Kenya as part of...
Analysis: Successes and apparent popularity of recent coups in Africa have set a precedent that may inspire copycats
On the evening of February 15, 2022, reports emerged that key police and military officials in Djibouti were put under house arrest, reportedly amid fears of a coup d’état. This was the latest in the string of successful and attempted coups in Africa – from Mali to Madagascar and Guinea...
Africa’s leading jailer and suppressor of journalists travels to Brussels for EU-Africa summit
Africa’s biggest jailer of journalists, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, will visit Brussels to attend the European Union – Africa summit from February 17-18, 2022. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has appealed to the European Union leaders and the Belgian Prime Minister Alexander de Croo to speak out against...
Earth-like third planet spotted orbiting Sun’s closest neighbour that’s likely to ‘have oceans of liquid water’
Astronomers have discovered a third planet orbiting Proxima Centauri, the star closest to the Sun. Called Proxima Centauri d, the newly spotted world is probably smaller than Earth, and could have oceans of liquid water. “It’s showing that the nearest star probably has a very rich planetary system,” says Guillem...
New milestone in medical research as scientists in the US use umbilical cord blood to treat HIV and leukemia
A woman of mixed race appears to be the third person ever to be cured of HIV, using a new transplant method involving umbilical cord blood that opens up the possibility of curing more people of diverse racial backgrounds than was previously possible, scientists announced on Tuesday. Cord blood is...
Survey points to new trends in Africa where political power is inherited, ‘winner’ answers to powerful overlords
West Africa’s latest successful coup, in Burkina Faso on January 24 2022, has renewed unease about coups “returning” and democracies “dying” in Africa. The recent attempt in Guinea-Bissau, too, recalled the first decades after independence, when coups were rampant. By 2012, there had been over 200 coups and attempted coups...
How Somali militants exploit Kenya’s coast religious diversity and land politics to propagate an Islamic caliphate ideology
The frequency of terrorist attacks in Kenya’s Lamu County on the border with Somalia has been alarming. Frequent kidnappings there were the ostensible reason Kenya invaded Somalia in 2011. Three years later, the seaside county was the scene of a deadly attack in which 48 people were killed during an...
Cancerous Kenyan doctors’ greed: Gory details of how patients spend millions on cancer only to learn the diagnosis was wrong
From the dreadful prostate, liver, duodenum, lymphoma, skin, bone, breast, lung, kidney, throat and other malignant cancers, the disease is spreading in Kenya like bonfire. And it’s not only affecting the urbanites, the villagers are not also spared. Evidence of cancer scourge can be seen as you visit major hospitals...
