Iran’s spiritual leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei killed in Israeli-American rain of bombs on Tehran
Some of the first strikes on Iran appeared to hit near the offices of the 86-year-old Khamenei. Before Israeli officials confirmed the death, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told NBC News that Khamenei and President Masoud Pezeshkian were alive “as far as I know.” He called the attack “unprovoked, illegal and absolutely illegitimate.”
Ex-Librarian President Sirleaf tells African countries to invest in youth as inter-generational clashes over jobs become manifest
In remarks delivered on his behalf by Deputy Head of Public Service Amos Gathecha, Koskei disclosed that fellows initiated 62 cross-ministerial collaborations and introduced 37 new workplace processes, generating service efficiency ranging from 31 to 35 per cent.
Uganda as a unit of imagined communities: Without the barrel of the gun, it’s difficult to think of the ‘Pearl of Africa’ as a state
The principle of nationality that buried the Soviet Union and destroyed its empire in Eastern Europe continues to shape conflicts among the new independent countries of that vast region. Such peace, security and unity are unstable by nature. They may endure in the short to medium term, but they cannot stand the test of time
How Operation Epic Fury by US Department of War and Israel’s Operation Roaring Lion began raining bombs on Iran
The strikes on Iran, which have been called Operation Epic Fury by the so-called US Department of War and Operation Roaring Lion by the Israel Defence Forces (IDF), reportedly hit multiple cities across the country. The impact, targets and damage caused by the strikes was not immediately clear.
National government sets aside Ksh3.2B for electricity reach expansion in Nakuru
The sentiment was echoed by Molo MP Kuria Kimani who lauded the president for equitable distribution of development programmes irrespective of political inclinations of the nation. MP Kuria noted that Molo constituency will be allocated Ksh279 million for Last Mile Connectivity with 39 projects planned for next week in four wards.
Court declines submission to stay prosecution of two senior Kenya Ports Authority staffers over corruption
Mark Oriema Gor (left), a senior Kenya Ports Authority official and Simon Otieno Alloo (right), the Mombasa-based trader and director of Alootek Systems Limited, appear before Chief Magistrate Alex Ithuku in a Mombasa court where they pleaded not guilty to corruption and fraudulent procurement charges related to a 2018 tender for the supply and maintenance of Copco compressors.
Slave diaries-1: Master Robert Thornton’s seven children all looked exactly like Samuel, a field slave he never knew was their father till his death
The psychological weight was almost unbearable. He knew Thomas was his son. Knew it the way any father knows his child through recognition existing in his bones. He counted them. Seven. Seven children. Seven lives. He had helped create. Seven faces proving his fatherhood to anyone willing to look. But he also knew with absolute certainty that acknowledging this in any way would mean immediate death, not quick death.
Israel on high alert in anticipation of retaliatory attacks after pre-emptive strikes against Iran
Take-offs and landings at Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv have been halted, and passengers were advised not to come to the airport, according to the airport’s authority.
How Yemayá, a 17 years old enslaved woman, was impregnated by randy master, died of postpartum complications
Don Fernando had a lawful wife in Spain, Doña Catalina de Mendoza, who visited the island every three or four years and spent the rest of her time in Seville administering the revenues the plantation sent her.
Black Widow-4: Freed slave girl, on a mission to avenge her mother’s murder, faces Ku Klux Klan White supremacists
Josephine said, “I want you to know why you’re going to die. I want you to know that this isn’t random violence or crazy criminals. This is justice. It’s not perfect. It’s late and it’s outside the law because the law let us down. But it’s still justice.”
