Before slave trade was abolished in USA, slaves on plantation farms in Texas would receive 150 lashes for offence of dancing without a permit
Hall kept a white overseer and a Black driver beneath him. The driver was an enslaved man given authority to push other enslaved people harder, a position that sat at one of the cruellest intersections slavery could produce.
US President Trump imposes 100 per cent ad valorem tariff on certain pharmaceutical imports
The tariffs imposed will be effective on or after 12:01am eastern daylight time on July 31, 2026.
UN reopens office in Khartoum after Sudanese army pushed out paramilitary Rapid Support Force of capital
For his part, Associate Administrator of the UNDP Xu Haoliang said the return of UN agencies to Khartoum represents important support for Sudan in the current phase.
Transatlantic rifts: US allies tell Trump NATO ‘is not an interventionist alliance’ as they decline to join war against Iran
Spanish Defence Minister Margarita Robles told parliament that the United States and Israel “cannot be the ones who decide what rules apply in the world.” She described the military campaign against Iran as falling outside international law.
Election jitters push presidency in Kenya to intensify citizen and voter registration led by senior state officials
GI-TOC investigation also blacklist frontier counties and towns in eastern and western Kenya, Kakuma Refugee Camp, Daadab Refugee Camp, Mombasa and UN offices in the capital, Nairobi, as the hubs where illegal national documents are given to foreigners at a fee – often hefty bribes.
30 years after she went missing, teen is located by Arizona cold case unit as grown woman with family
When she vanished in May 1994, the paper says, officials in Star Valley, Arizona, believed she may have been abducted. So, they classified her disappearance as happening under ‘endangered and suspicious circumstances’.
State’s ‘daredevil’ push to mark Independence Day celebrations in terror-prone Wajir ton in northern Kenya is 28 per cent complete
Dr Omollo, who also chairs the Steering Committee on National Celebrations, said preparations were steadily gaining momentum, noting that the main stadium had reached 28 per cent completion.
UN warns civilian casualties and severe constraints on aid operations worsening crisis in Lebanon, Gaza and West Bank
UN peacekeepers along the Blue Line, known as UNIFIL, describe the situation as bleak and concerning. UNIFIL said the Israel Defence Forces have expanded their incursion westward, with tanks and clashes reported in Sector West, roughly 12 km north of the Blue Line.
Kenya to use 2025 national wildlife census data to protect wildlife, now under threat from expanding human settlements
WRTI Director Patrick Omondi stated that the institute is now disseminating the census findings to all 47 counties, equipping them with actionable spatial information to guide land-use planning and conservation policy.
Kenya unveils ambitious $38 billion asset portfolio to streamline state corporations, regulate asset management
Appearing before the National Assembly’s Public Debt and Privatisation Committee chaired by Shurie Abdi Omar, Mr Odede detailed sweeping measures that will enhance transparency, eliminate inefficiencies and improve returns on public assets.
