US-Israeli war with Iran spells havoc with no end in sight, could suck in Arab-cum-Muslim world
The conflict has resulted in heavy casualties, with Iranian deaths estimated at over 1,900 and more than 24,800 injured, including the confirmed deaths of then Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, top security official Ali Larijani, and Intelligence Minister Esmaeil Khatib.
Scars of slavery-1: No one wanted to marry the colonel’s crippled daughter, so he handed her over to the roughest slave
Eulália had married the colonel five years prior – an ambitious widow who saw Violeta as an obstacle to her own plans. She had two children from her first marriage and always made it clear that Violeta was an unwanted nuisance.
How Empress Taytu Betul saved Ethiopia from becoming Italian colony, then led a force of 5,000 infantry and 600 cavalry against European army
Taytu had watched the Italians operate for years. She’d seen them colonise Eritrea to the north. She’d watched them swallow most of Somalia. She knew exactly what Italy wanted: Ethiopia. And she knew that European powers didn’t sign “friendship treaties” with African nations they viewed as equals.
Uganda: Where ‘biometrics of deceased voters’ and ‘ghosts’ vote for President Museveni and Electoral Commission deems it ‘democratic’
When the National Resistance Movement (NRM) captured state power in January 1986, President Yoweri Museveni – whom I shall refer to by his full clan name Tibuhaburwa – addressed the nation with words that have now acquired a bitterly ironic resonance. “No one should think that what is happening today...
Aquaculture consortium outlines strategy to bridge Kenya’s 450,000-tonne fish deficit
Through the Norwegian Agency for Exchange Cooperation, the government of Norway has sent girls form Norway aquaculture sector to Kenya who will mentor girls from Kenya to venture into aquaculture and also link them to institutions and the private sector in Norway for support.
United Nations sets up taskforce to monitor Strait of Hormuz as Middle East hostilities rise
United Nations said Friday the World Health Organization reported that aid shipments are getting “back on track” from Dubai, one of its key relief hubs.
‘I’m coming for you too,’ Trump warns Cuba, Mexico and Colombia following US attacks that ousted regimes in Venezuela and Iran
Donald Trump also warned the governments of Mexico and Colombia that their countries could face US action following the military operation in Venezuela in which American forces seized President Nicolás Maduro and conducted a ‘large scale strike’, The Times of India reports.
Regulator takes insurance education to grassroots communities in Kakamega as it pushes to expand its portfolio
The training targets different groups that include the national government administration officers (NGAO), Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT), Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET), Kenya National of Commerce and Chambers Industry (KNCCI), Persons Living With Disabilities (PLWD), farmers, youth and women.
Youth killed, his brother injured in Rachuonyo in bar brawl as rivals political factions clashed
A 27-year-old man was killed and another seriously injured following a violent altercation between two groups of youths at a local bar in Kanyaluo village, Rachuonyo North Sub-County. The deceased, identified as Clinton Otieno, was fatally stabbed on Wednesday night. The incident is linked to political differences between rival groups...
Museveni’s sterile policies: Uganda continues to export raw coffee, minerals and cheap labour while richer countries sell finished goods, control trade
The foundation of this system lies in what Karl Marx termed “primitive accumulation” – the original theft that precedes capitalist exploitation. In Uganda’s case, this is not a historical phenomenon confined to colonialism but an ongoing process. The deceptively rich have acquired their wealth not through hard work or productive enterprise but through the systematic theft of public funds.
