Anti-doping agency says medics helping Kenyan athletes cheat/in /by
"It is clear that doping in Kenya is becoming increasingly organized and these cases highlight the involvement of people with medical experience," AIU President David Howman said in a statement
Togo: a half-brother of the president evacuated to Gabon after 14 years in prison/in /by
Considered the mastermind of a failed putsch, Kpatcha Gnassingbé, former Minister of Defense (2005-2007) aged 52, was sentenced in September 2011 to 20 years in prison for "conspiring against state security". He had been arrested on April 15, 2009 in front of the American embassy where he was trying
South Africa : Government revokes national state of disaster/in /by
Amidst ongoing energy crisis, South African officials have revoked the national state of disaster wednesday.
Paris’ Louis Vuitton Foundation presents Warhol and Basquiat’s artwork/in /by
Between 1983 and 1985 Andy Warhol and the young Jean-Michel Basquiat painted more than a hundred paintings together. Suzanne Pagé, general curator of the Louis Vuitton Foundation, says that a "third artist" was born out of this partnership "based on a mutual fascination"
At least 10 students abducted by gunmen in northwest Nigeria/in /by
Students from the Government Secondary School in Kaduna state were abducted during an attack Monday, however, it was unclear exactly where they were kidnapped from, said Samuel Aruwan, the state commissioner of security.
Zimbabwe: Voters “intimidated” on the phone, says NGO/in /by
"This information only appears on the new electoral lists and only the ZEC (electoral commission) is supposed to have access to it,"
Guinea: Doctors convicted for rape and death of young woman/in /by
Three Guinean doctors were found guilty Tuesday of the death of a young woman from rape in a private clinic, in a case that shocked the country, an AFP reporter noted.
South Sudan: Women harnessing the power of plants for sustainable energy/in /by
"Since the floods came, it destroyed the forest, which was the source of the firewood we used to fetch and the charcoal we used to burn, that's when we were introduced to (hyacinth charcoal) which is a better option." Roda Nyawuy, flood victim in Benitu
Twitter logo changed! Elon Musk replaces Twitter’s blue bird with ‘Doge’ Meme/in /by
As of now, when Twitter users open the website, they will be greeted with a new loading screen featuring Kabosu, the Shiba Inu who served as the inspiration for the infamous Doge meme.
Richest man in Nigeria steps up plans to buy Valenciennes ?/in /by
The sports daily l' Equipe did not hesitate to make the announcement. The L2 Valenciennes club is on sale through the KPMG firm.