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A 17-year-old girl who was pronounced dead and taken to a mortuary after a mob viciously descended on her for allegedly stealing a bunch of bananas in Apac, Uganda was found breathing just hours before her scheduled post-mortem. The teenager, a Matimia ward native, was immediately rushed for treatment after doctors at Apac Hospital made…

CS Amina Mohamed Lands New Job. Former Sports, Culture and Heritage Cabinet Secretary Ambassador Amina Mohamed has landed a new job as a University don. Amina was named the new Chancellor of the International University of East Africa (IUEA) in Uganda. Ambassador Mohamed steps into the role to replace the former don late Prof. Emmanuel Tumusiime-Mutebile…

Vietnamese police have discovered around 2,000 dead cats intended for use in traditional medicine, state media said Friday. The bodies of the felines were found at a slaughterhouse in Dong Thap province in the Mekong Delta on Thursday, together with 480 live animals, according to the official provincial newspaper. The cats were in cold storage…

The Azimio la Umoja One Kenya coalition party leaders have challenged President William Ruto to address economic challenges facing the country and the rising cost of living instead of focusing on what they termed vindictive politics targeting allies of his predecessor Uhuru Kenyatta. While referring to a police raid at the home of former Interior…

A helicopter belonging to Pokot South Member of Parliament David Pkosing is now the subject of forensic investigation by the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI). The embattled legislator, who was interrogated for the second consecutive day since his arrest on Thursday afternoon, has denied using his aircraft to perpetrate banditry in the North Rift region. The MP…

Barcelona host Manchester United Thursday in a match-up which has twice graced the Champions League final but this week has the relative ignominy of taking place in the Europa League play-off round. The Catalans crashed out of Europe’s premier competition at the first hurdle, while Manchester United finished runners up in their Europa League group,…

The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) has obtained a court order seeking access to CCTV footage of former Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i’s residence in Karen, Nairobi, from February 8 to February 9. This is in light of the police raid purported to have taken place on the former Interior CS’s home on the night of…