American pop icon Taylor Swift endorses VP Kamala Harris, stirs resentment in Trump’s camp
Taylor Swift wrote that her endorsement was partially prompted by Trump’s decision to post AI-generated pictures suggesting that she had endorsed him. One showed Swift dressed as Uncle Sam, and the text said “Taylor wants YOU to VOTE for DONALD TRUMP.”
Harris puts Trump on defensive in fiery debate as pop star Taylor Swift backs vice president
A former prosecutor, Harris, 59, appeared to get under the former president’s skin repeatedly, prompting a visibly angry Trump, 78, to deliver a series of falsehood-filled retorts.
South African: White farmers accused of killing two women, feeding them to pigs in crime that echoes racism
Several political parties protested outside Mankweng Magistrates Court, calling for the men to be denied bail and face the harshest possible sentence. The South African Human Rights Commission called on the public not to take the law into their hands in retaliation.
No slip ups: Trump’s insults of Harris in debate are double-edged sword that cuts both ways
Trump has already levelled a series of racist and sexist attacks against Harris. The former president has falsely claimed Harris, who is Black and South Asian, only recently “became a Black person.” He reposted a vulgar online message suggesting she used sex to advance her career. He fired off insults that play into tropes about women and Black people, calling her “weak,” “dumb as a rock” and “lazy.”
Voter intimidation cited as Trump’s rhetoric on elections turns ominous as Election Day nears
Election experts and several state and local election officials were quick to condemn the former president’s comment, which they viewed in part as an attempt at intimidation as offices are preparing for the start of voting.
Tanzanian opposition official is plucked out of bus, beaten to death and body doused with acid
Acid attacks are not unusual in Tanzania, where some opposition figures in the past have been physically assaulted or even shot.
It’s likely ancient civilisation of humanity began at the source of River Nile in Busoga, Uganda, not Egypt
Indigenous peoples are and regard themselves as guardians and stewards of nature. Moreover, they invariably recognise linkages between health, diet, properties of different foods and medicinal plants, and horticultural/natural resources management practices – all within a highly articulated cosmological /social context (Hugh-Jones, 1999; Posey, 1999). The Basoga, therefore, should be seen in this light is vis-à-vis Budhagali falls. The Falls were a critical element in what can be called the sacred balance of the Basoga with nature.
Kenya finance minister John Mbadi says government will seek public views on laws to fix economy
Mbadi, who initially said he would revive some tax hikes in the abandoned finance bill before rowing back after a public outcry, ruled out the restructuring of the country’s debt.
Out of school for two years, Gazan children eke out a living by crushing rubble used to build new graves
Humanitarian workers say the extended deprivation of education threatens long-term damage to Gaza’s children. Younger children suffer in their cognitive, social and emotional development and older children are at greater risk of being pulled into work or early marriage, said Tess Ingram, regional spokesperson for UNICEF, the United Nations agency for children.
Investment in Uganda is euphemism for thievery as presidents Museveni and Kagame chaperon the looters
Uganda’s new generation of materialistic leadership is today dominated by people who spent five years in the bush (1981-86) robbing banks, cooperative unions, et cetera. They are now brazenly looting Uganda’s natural resources and depleting the national treasury by allocating taxpayers’ money to themselves and to preferred so-called investors who are predominantly foreigners from India and China.
