Another legend, Earl Simmons, known by his stage name DMX (“Dark Man X”), American rapper, songwriter, and actor has crossed over to the great unknown. Earl Simmons was born in Mount Vernon, New York on December 18, 1970, the son of 19 year old Arnett Simmons and 18 year old Joe Barker, and was raised […]
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Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Tanzania Broadcasting Corporation (TBC) has announced that the 5th President of the country John Magufuli is dead. The announcement was made Wednesday night, March 17, 2021 by Vice President Her Excellency Samia Suluhu Hassan, who said Magufuli had been hospitalized at the Jakaya Kikwete Cardiac Institute since March 6. Vice President […]
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A UN-sponsored transitional government backed by parliament has emerged in Libya after several years of failed attempts. Composed of 33 ministers and two deputy prime ministers, led by Misrati businessman Abdulhamid al-Dabaiba, it will succeed the Government of National Accord (GNA) led by Fayez al-Sarraj and is expected to lead the country to elections in […]
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King Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu of the Zulu nation in South Africa has died in hospital where he was being treated for diabetes-related issues. The king, 72, was the leader of South Africa’s largest ethnic group and an influential traditional ruler. He had been admitted to hospital in KwaZulu-Natal last week to monitor his ongoing diabetes […]
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Kinshasa, DRC – At least 60 people have died and hundreds are missing after a boat capsized in the Congo River in western Democratic Republic of the Congo-DRC. Steve Mbikayi, minister for humanitarian action says that yesterday Monday February 15,2021, 700 people were on board the vessel that sunk near the village of Longola Ekoti, in […]
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Rwanda has started immunizing its health care workers against COVID-19, the health ministry said on Sunday, February 14,2021. An official in the ministry told the BBC that immunization with the Pfizer vaccine started last week in a few hospitals in the capital, Kigali. In a tweet, the ministry said the vaccines were acquired “through international […]
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US election is underway with 21 Presidential Candidates including rapper Kanye West. The United States of America is a federal republic consisting of 50 states. As of 8AM – this morning, incumbent President Donald Trump (Republican) has 118 electoral college votes = 61,254,236 votes, Joe Biden (Democrat) 223 = 62,747,384 votes. A candidate needs 270 […]
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The United Nations (UN) Secretary General, Antonio Guterres has expressed concern over the situation caused by COVID-19 pandemic especially intensified food insecurity. In his World Food Day message published by UN News yesterday October 16, 2020, he said some 130 million people risk being pushed to the brink of starvation by the end of this […]
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After nearly 7 months of closure, Entebbe International Airport has reopened today to passenger flights with the first flight of Turkish Airlines that arrived at 3 am. Tthe management of Uganda Airlines say it is ensuring all measures to observe the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPS) in the fight against COVID-19. According to the executive director Uganda Tourism […]
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At least 22 people, most of them air cadets died in a military plane crash near the eastern city of Kharkiv in Ukraine last night. The aircraft, an Antonov-26 that was carrying cadets from Kharkiv Air Force University on a training flight with 27 people on board came down as it was landing. Two were seriously […]
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