Will Israel’s new ‘Together’ opposition alliance break PM Netanyahu’s hold on Israeli politics?
Former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and opposition leader Yair Lapid, head of the Yesh Atid party, on Sunday announced a joint political list named “Together” to challenge Netanyahu’s bloc in the parliamentary elections in October.
Uganda records rise in wildlife populations but lion numbers diminished by cultural demand for skins
The report noted mixed trends across species. Lion numbers have declined from an estimated 373 in 2020 to 291 in the 2022/2023 census, a drop linked to poisoning related to livestock predation, snaring, illegal trade in lion parts and cultural demand for lion skins, habitat degradation and encroachment.
Public inquest told Endarasha Hillside Academy dormitory did not have CCTV cameras
A public inquest into the Hillside Endarasha Academy dormitory fire that claimed the lives of 21 boys on September 5, 2024 heard on Monday that the two dormitories did not have CCTV cameras. During the inquest which resumed on Monday before Senior Resident Magistrate, Mary Gituma, a Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV)...
Concerns rise on why Bill Gates-funded campaign gives African children DTP vaccine banned in US and Europe for ‘causing brain injury’
Of the 18.3 million children vaccinated, 12.3 million “zero-dose children” had not previously received any vaccines and 15 million had not received a measles vaccine, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
Suspension of FKF national official set aside as High Court issues conservatory orders in football governance dispute
According to court documents, Yusuf claims he was neither notified of the meeting nor given an opportunity to respond to allegations before adverse decisions were made against him, including a directive requiring him to step aside from office.
Mandera County officials to serve one month in jail for contempt in $90,700 land dispute
The sentencing marks a significant escalation in the long-running legal battle stemming from the county’s failure to honour a decree issued in Garissa ELC No. 27 of 2018.
State targets $14.7 million per crop season for farmers upon restoring 1,000 acres of land in Kano irrigation scheme
West Kano Irrigation Scheme covers approximately 2,830 acres and produces about 8,000 metric tonnes of rice per season. With the ongoing expansion, production is projected to rise significantly, reaching over 80,000 metric tonnes annually.
Kenya police boss, Lands Principal Secretary Korir sucked into Paradise Lost land ownership dispute
Paradise Lost land lawyers further alleged that a group of individuals, whom they described as goons, invaded the land, uprooted vegetables, felled trees and now patrol the property day and night to prevent the alleged rightful owners from accessing it.
How looting humanitarian aid has become source of revenue for cash starved South Sudan and rebels
In one incident, government soldiers looted hundreds of boxes of medical supplies from a humanitarian-run facility near Ayod town in January, shortly after recapturing a nearby military barracks, according to an NGO incident report and multiple interviews. The facility was stripped bare.
Pope Leo wants US and Iran to return to ceasefire talks in Islamabad as he condemns capital punishment
Pope Francis changed the church’s social teaching to declare capital punishment immoral in all cases.
