Mystery of brothers arrested on Sunday, bodies found in morgue on Tuesday - The Kenya News
Emmanuel Mutura (L) and Benson Njiru (R) went missing on Sunday, August 1, and were found dead on Tuesday, August 3. [Muriithi Mugo, Standard] A family from Kithangari Village in Embu North Sub-County is seeking answers after two youthful brothers died in unclear circumstances. The siblings, Benson
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Source: The Kenya News
Kenya: Raila Odinga Reveals New Strategies Ahead of 2022 Polls
[Nation] Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) leader Raila Odinga has devised new strategies ahead of next year's election that he is expected to employ in his fifth stab at the presidency.
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Source: allAfrica.com
Kenya: Athletics World Turns Attention to Kenya As Kip Keino Classic Tour Attracts Deep Field
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Action in the world of Athletics turns attention to Kenya when the second edition of the Kip Keino Classic Continental Tour will be held on Saturday at the Moi International Sports Center Kasarani.
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DP Ruto lacked 'necessary' papers, says Kibicho
Interior PS responds after it emerged that back and forth phone calls by senior officials frustrated the DP’s planned travel to Uganda.
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Tanzania: Police Arrest Herders Over Stolen Cattle
[Daily News] POLICE in Rukwa Region have arrested several herders and recovered 59 stolen cattle between January and August this year.
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Source: allAfrica.com
FIFA bans ex-CAF President Issa Hayatou for a year : The standard Sports
World football’s governing body FIFA has banned former president of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) Issa Hayatou for one year.
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Fully Vaccinated Sheriff Dies From ‘COVID-Related Death’ Amid Delta Variant Concerns
Hinds County Sheriff Lee Vance, who was fully vaccinated, died in his Mississippi home nearly two weeks testing positive for COVID-19, underscoring the strength of the coronavirus delta variant.
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Source: NewsOne
Anacostia High Football Team Members Quarantined for COVID: Report
Members of the Anacostia High School football team have been placed on quarantine after possible exposure to the coronavirus, D.C. Public Schools confirmed. The post Anacostia High Football Team Members Quarantined for COVID: Report appeared first on The Washington Informer.
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Raila gambles with Mau debate to win Maa votes
ODM leader says preservation of water towers like the Mau and the Aberdares key to ending drought and floods.
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Driver crashed to death by own truck - NewsDay Zimbabwe
A TRUCK driver was crushed to death by his broken down truck after going underneath to fix brake failure near Nyamhunga bus terminus in Kariba on Sunday. The man had stopped the truck to fix its brakes, but while he was trying to do so, it ran over and killed him
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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People
Prince George’s Community College Pays Off Nearly $3M of Student Debt
Prince George's Community College has decided to eliminate the outstanding balances of currently enrolled students who attended the institution between March 13, 2020, and
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Source: The Washington Informer
2022 presidential candidates have had stints a heartbeat from power
Three of them have deputised a sitting president, one has been a prime minister and the other is the son of a former president.
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State Reports Over 70 COVID-19 Outbreaks in Schools | The Michigan Chronicle
A majority of schools across Michigan have been back in session for the fall 2021-22 semester for over a week now. With thousands of students in close proximity (even with social distancing) it can be hard to slow the spread of COVID-19. That fact is evident as the State of Michigan reported 71 new
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Mayor London Breed Expands CityBuild to Support San Francisco’s Local Workforce and Economic Recovery | Post News Group
Mayor London N. Breed and the Office of Economic and Workforce Development (OEWD) announced the expansion of CityBuild, a nationally recognized construction training program that provides career pathways for historically underserved San Francisco residents into the building and construction
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Burundi prepares to receive COVID vaccines | Africanews
Health Minister Thaddee Ndikumana says government will store the incoming vaccine doses but will not take responsibility for any side effects.
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Source: Africanews | Latest breaking news, daily news and African news from Africa
Couple among the dead in collapsed building as death toll rises to three
National Construction Authority said that the collapsed building had been inspected twice and had failed safety tests
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Destiny’s Child Member and Author Michelle Williams to Open Milwaukee Film’s Cultures & Communities Festival - Milwaukee Community Journal
Grammy award winner to headline C&C Fest with “Getting Real about Depression.” MILWAUKEE – Monday, Aug. 2, 2021 – Destiny’s Child member, actress, entrepreneur, and author Michelle Williams will open Milwaukee Film’s upcoming Cultures & Communities Festival (C&C Fest), presented by the Froedtert
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Source: Milwaukee Community Journal - Wisconsin's Largest African American Newspaper
Atheists support ACK’s move to keep politicians from the pulpit, hit out at DP William Ruto
Atheists in Kenya Society: The Deputy President should stop taking advantage of the socio-economic vulnerabilities of unemployed youth.
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Gideon, envoy say ICT key in war against Covid
Senator Gideon Moi and Australian High Commissioner Luke Williams seek partnership in harnessing green energy and agriculture to boost trade ties
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Study Finds Black Children Twice As Likely To Die By Suicide Than White Children
A study conducted by the Nationwide Children's Hospital showed Black children are twivce as likely to die by suicide as White Children
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Sequencing Used to Identify Delta, Other Coronavirus Variants
Researchers use genomic sequencing — not the clinical tests used to diagnose patients with COVID-19 — to identify and track specific variants of the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, including the highly contagious delta variant. But viral posts try to deny the existence of the variant by misleadingly
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Source: The Washington Informer
Inside the Vihiga rainmakers shrines
This Abasiekwe clan is believed to have the ability to provoke rainfall and even cause it not to rain.
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Source: https://www.standardmedia.co.ke
Three bodies retrieved from collapsed building in Mamboleo, Kisumu
A building under construction in Mamboleo, Kisumu county has collapsed. Scores of construction workers are trapped, rescue operations ongoing.
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Tourists behaving badly: Visitors risking their lives at Maasai Mara
Some tourists visiting the Maasai Mara Game Reserve flout laws on how one should behave in the protected zone.
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Kenya: The Gikomba Market Fires - Sad Tale of a Man-Eat-Man Society
[Nation] Noisy hawkers, impatient hand cart pullers, sharp-eyed pick pockets, curious buyers and resolute sellers, the perfect cocktail that is the sea of humanity at Gikomba Market.
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Source: allAfrica.com
California’s workforce at a breaking point
(CALMATTERS NETWORK) - California’s workers are not all right. Waves of Bay Area restaurants and pop-ups are temporarily closing to give exhausted employees a much-needed mental health break — that is, if […] The post California’s workforce at a breaking point appeared first on
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Source: The Sacramento Observer
Nile perch: Lake Victoria’s golden fish that breeds regional conflict
They breed in Kenyan waters and disperse into open waters towards Uganda and Tanzania forcing fishermen to venture far deeper into the lake.
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Burundi launches massive COVID-19 testing among students, teachers | Africanews
In an effort to limit the spread of Covid-19, the government of Burundi last week began a compulsory screening campaign for all pupils in boarding schools. This initiative will last until 14 September.
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Source: Africanews | Latest breaking news, daily news and African news from Africa
Opinion: Letter to the Editor: How Enslaved People Came to be Called “Contrabands”
We much appreciated Jeanne Theismann’s front-page article regarding an historic first for the Commonwealth: the inclusion of Alexandria’s Contrabands and Freedmen Cemetery, the burial place of about 1,800 African Americans, in the national African American Civil Rights Network.
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Source: The Connection Newspapers
A Jury Rejected Coroner's Suicide Report For Black Teen Who Died In a Known Racist's Attic
Derontae Martin, whose death was initially ruled a suicide, actually died by violence after an inquest rejected the coroner's initial report.
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