Kenya and Tanganyika sign deal to oversee management of Lake Victoria, Lake Tanganyika

Kenya and Tanganyika sign deal to oversee management of Lake Victoria, Lake Tanganyika

Maritime safety and security will also be enhanced through measures to prevent pollution from shipping activities, share best practices and mobilise resources to improve safety standards on the lakes.

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Musk-owned X social media platform seeking €120 million EU fine in European  court

Musk-owned X social media platform seeking €120 million EU fine in European  court

Information published on the Court of Justice of the EU website shows the General Court has registered several related actions, all lodged on February 16, 2026, and currently listed as pending, including challenges brought by X and its corporate entities, a separate action linked to Elon Musk, and another filed by the AI-related company associated with him.

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In a system designed to kill you, invisibility is survival: How silence saved German girl assigned to serve Nazi murders

In a system designed to kill you, invisibility is survival: How silence saved German girl assigned to serve Nazi murders

They settled in Queens. Flora worked multiple jobs – seamstress, whatever she could find – long hours at immigrant wages that barely covered rent. But she had a purpose beyond survival: her son would have the freedom, opportunity and voice stolen from her.

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Dismissed and ostracised: Intriguing story of America’s trailblazing Back Dr Margaret Morgan Lawrence who revolutionised child psychiatry and psychoanalysis

Dismissed and ostracised: Intriguing story of America’s trailblazing Back Dr Margaret Morgan Lawrence who revolutionised child psychiatry and psychoanalysis

Psychiatry and psychoanalysis in the 1940s were overwhelmingly white, male and oriented toward treating wealthy private patients in Manhattan consulting rooms. The dominant theoretical frameworks were Freudian, focused on individual psychosexual development, with little consideration of social context, racism, or structural oppression.

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Royalties and compensation expected to be sticking points as Kakamega in western Kenya braces for largest gold mining deal

Royalties and compensation expected to be sticking points as Kakamega in western Kenya braces for largest gold mining deal

Idakho South ward MCA Stephen Mukhala stressed that compensation must prioritise the value of the land given the valuable minerals underneath. Others insisted that the best way for compensation for landowners should be land to land otherwise some may consume money and later remain landless.

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How in a tiny rented in 1896 in Detroit, US, Henry Ford built the first gasoline-powered car and changed the way the world travels

How in a tiny rented in 1896 in Detroit, US, Henry Ford built the first gasoline-powered car and changed the way the world travels

Seven years later, on June 16, 1903, Ford launched the Ford Motor Company in a small converted carriage factory in Detroit. The company’s first year brought in $37,000 in profit against $28,000 in investment.

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Depression ravaging Uganda as mental illness incidence linked to economic struggles hits 70 per cent

Depression ravaging Uganda as mental illness incidence linked to economic struggles hits 70 per cent

Speaking at the launch of the State of Uganda Population Report 2025, Minister for Health Ruth Aceng said the evidence presented is deeply concerning, with cases rising to 843,295 from 494,326.

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How South African teenage girl who spoke English, French, Arabic, Swahili and Kikuyu was instrumental in Britain’s WWII victory over Germany

How South African teenage girl who spoke English, French, Arabic, Swahili and Kikuyu was instrumental in Britain’s WWII victory over Germany

Over the course of her mission, Pippa Latour sent 135 coded messages. Each one directed RAF precision bombing runs. Each one armed French Resistance cells. Each one brought D-Day closer to success.

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Searchlight turns to deep-seated dog-fight ravaging spy agency after reports ‘Burundian refugees demand’ arrest of Kenya opposition leaders

Searchlight turns to deep-seated dog-fight ravaging spy agency after reports ‘Burundian refugees demand’ arrest of Kenya opposition leaders

Early last year, a security expert George Musamali warned that the health minister – then charge for defence – was clandestinely ‘importing’ foreign national, who are then ferried Kakuma Refugee Camps through Uganda. Once in the camp, they learn basic Kiswahili and secretly given Kenyan identity cards.

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Uganda President Museveni – yet again – launches another 5-year plan to fight corruption

Uganda President Museveni – yet again – launches another 5-year plan to fight corruption

Speaking at the launch in the capital, Kampala, Inspector General of Government Naluzze Aisha Batala said the plan is designed to make a significant contribution to addressing corruption.

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