By Deepa Shivaram Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has picked senator Kamala Harris as his running mate in the upcoming November 2020 presidential race, his campaign announced on Tuesday. The decision comes more than a year after Harris, who was also a 2020 Democratic candidate, clashed with Biden over racial issues during the first primary […]

China has announced unspecified sanctions against 11 U.S. politicians mainly those supporting President Donald Trump. Senators Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz top list that includes also heads of organizations promoting democratic causes. China’s Foreign Affairs ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian on Monday said the 11 had “performed badly” on issues concerning Hong Kong, where China has […]

US intel: Russia working to defeat Biden; China and Iran prefer Trump defeat There seem to be balance in the upcoming United States of America’s presidential elections later this year, China, Russia and Iran have intensified their efforts to offer a helping hand to the opposing candidates.. Unlike in 2016 where Russia is said to […]

As received from South Africa: Hi guys, my entire family has had Covid-19; fully tested positive and with symptoms; my kids ages 5 and 7, my husband – a type 1 diabetic, my housekeeper and myself. I am not a working mum so have managed to take time to deal with it but also to […]

Kenya’s Amina Mohammed and Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala have emerged as front runners in the race for WTO top job. They both presented themselves in Geneva for the interview. Delegates indicated Amina and Nigeria’s former Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala are hot favorites to replace Brazil’s Roberto Azevedo as director general, although weeks of campaigning lie ahead. […]

Iran has issued an arrest warrant for U.S. President Donald Trump citing the drone strike that killed a top Iranian general in Baghdad in January this year. Reports indicate that Iran is seeking help from the International Criminal Police Organisation (Interpol) to detain Trump. “Tehran prosecutor Ali Alqasimehr said on Monday that Trump, along with […]

The Tanzanian Parliament on Wednesday passed a bill that provides immunity to heads of state organs from lawsuits. The provision seeks to discontinue filing of cases against the President, the Vice President, Prime Minister, the Speaker, Deputy Speaker and instead, demands that petitions of such nature be presented to the Attorney General. The amendment to […]

Burundi’s outgoing President Pierre Nkurunziza died of Covid-19, diplomatic sources in Bujumbura and Nairobi confirmed on Wednesday. The Burundi government said Nkurunziza’s sudden death was a result of a heart attack. The 55-year old was due to stand down in August following elections on May 20. “He had coronavirus but no one would say so […]

The Government of Burundi has announced the death of President Pierre Nkurunziza. According to an official press release President Nkurunziza died after a heart attack. Reports have indicated that Nkurunziza died on Monday while undergoing treatment. On Sunday the President had attended a volleyball match in Ngozi, but fell ill on Sunday night. President Nkurunziza’s […]

South Sudanese politician, Minister for East African Affairs Hon John Luk Jok has died in Juba this morning. Hon John Luk Jok was SPLA liberator, editor of Magazine and a former Minister who served in many portfolios in the Government of Sudan, South Sudan and the revitalised Transitional Government of National Unity According to the […]

Isn’t this total madness, Tanzania which has the highest COVID-19 infections in the region is now set to re-open and relax strict social distancing measures. President Magufuli has said he will reopen schools and allow sporting activities to resume in the next one week, claiming that Covid-19 infections in the country have greatly reduced. Addressing […]

Félicien Kabuga, one of the world’s most wanted fugitives who is alleged to have been a leading figure in the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, has been arrested in Paris by French authorities. Kabuga was indicted by the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda in 1997 on seven counts of genocide, complicity […]

False confidence and recklessness towards COVID19 is now heading to disaster as Tazania records highest infections in the region. The spread of the virus is so fast that even President Magufuli is now said to be in total panic. Speculation is live that the country’s three of its lawmakers (Members of Parliament and a cabinet […]

There was mad rush in Netherlands’ capital- Amsterdam as the government announced closure of several entertainment joints and restraurants to cub the spread of Coronavirus. Popular sex clubs in Amsterdam’s “Red Light” district are now closed following the government’s order on 15th March 2020. At the same time there were long queues at marijuana coffee […]

Consequently, the Arsenal Colney Training Centre has been closed, with personnel who had had recent close contact with Arteta now in self-isolation. “Our London Colney training centre has been closed after head coach Mikel Arteta received a positive Covid-19 result this evening. Arsenal personnel who had recent close contact with Mikel will now self-isolate in […]

By Alberto Nyakundi Amenya the Banana Peddler Kenyans have been blaming the government of Kenya for allowing the Chinese plane carrying 239 passengers because they might be infectious. Well, they might be right and wrong at the same time because inasmuch as China is the most affected nation, the rampant cases of Corona Virus are […]

Here’s the latest round up of the number of cases the coronavirus and deaths from AP. • Mainland China: 2,592 deaths among 77,150 cases, mostly in the central province of Hubei. • Hong Kong: 74 cases, two deaths. • Macao: 10 cases. • Japan: 838 cases, including 691 from a cruise ship docked in Yokohama, […]

A disputable website, ab-tc.com also known as City News, on Wednesday, February 5 published an article claiming China sought a court’s approval to kill more than 20,000 coronavirus patients. It said this was to avoid a further spread of the deadly virus. The article added that China’s Supreme People’s Court was expected to give approval […]