Nairobi, like many other cities across the globe, greeted 2023 with spectacular fireworks displays. The greatest of them was held in the UAP-Old Mutual Tower in the city’s Upper Hill commercial sector. Since 2017, the stunning spectacle has been a […]
The Community Empowerment for Progress Organization (CEPO), South Sudan’s civil society watchdog, has vowed to take those spreading hate speech on social media to court, warning that continuous official quiet while hate speech threatens to instigate additional violence undermines public […]
Phoebe Okowa, a Kenyan academic, has been appointed to the International Law Commission for a five-year term. Okowa was elected with 162 votes, making her the first African woman to serve on the Commission. From 2023 through 2027, she will […]
Facebook on Friday said it disabled its topic recommendation feature after it mistook Black men for “primates” in the video at the social network. A Facebook spokesperson called it a “clearly unacceptable error” and said the recommendation software involve was […]
Sudanese government on Saturday said “deeply concerned” about the eruption of clashes between SPLM-IO factions near the border with South Sudan and dismissed accusations of harbouring splinter leaders in Sudan. Forces loyal to First Vice President Riek Machar and a […]
The Minneapolis, Minnesota city council voted unanimously on Friday to pay $27m to settle a lawsuit filed by George Floyd‘s family. In July, Floyd’s family sued the city and the four police officers charged in his death last May. The suit […]
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