Manchester United progressed to the quarter-finals of the Carabao Cup with a convincing 5-2 win over Leicester City at Old Trafford on Wednesday night. Under Ruud van Nistelrooy’s stewardship for the very first time, United got the better of their Premier League counterparts in what was a pulsating cup tie. United found themselves 4-2 up…
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Polling stations have opened for Botswana’s national election, which will determine whether the ruling Botswana Democratic Party will increase its 58 years in power. 63-year-old President Mokgweetsi Masisi is aiming for a second and final term. His main opponent is Duma Boko of the Umbrella for Democratic Change party. Dumelang Saleshando of the Botswana Congress…
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The Government of Kenya is planning to export teachers to foreign countries for jobs, Education Cabinet Secretary Migos Ogamba has revealed. Appearing before the Senate on Wednesday, the Cabinet Secretary revealed that the country has over 400,000 unemployed teachers who are very qualified and have no jobs, which is very unfair to them. According to…
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Two directors of Silver Bells Academy were arrested by police in Eldoret after they subjected 23 candidates at the institution to a fake Kenya Primary School Education Assessment (KPSEA) examination. According to Moiben sub-county Commissioner Dancan Okwach, the directors of the private institution situated at Kimumu Estate on the outskirts of Eldoret city are being…
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A coalition of prominent human rights organizations and advocacy groups in Kenya has issued a joint statement urging President William Ruto to officially declare femicide a national crisis and disaster. Citing a troubling rise in brutal murders of women and girls, the coalition calls for an immediate, coordinated government response to address the systemic violence…
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The Teacher Service Commission (TSC) has advertised a mass recruitment of 20,000 teacher interns for Junior Secondary Schools (JSS). The announcement comes just a week after the completion of recruitment of at least 46,000 Junior Secondary School teachers on permanent terms. In a notice on Tuesday, the commission said that interested candidates are encouraged to…
The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) has arrested a suspect linked to the brutal murder of Wells Fargo HR manager, Willis Ayieko. The suspect identified as Victor Ouma was apprehended in Nairobi’s Dandora Phase IV estate on Monday night, after being tracked for several days. He is currently detained at Muthaiga Police Station. “The suspect,…
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Learning in all public universities across the country has been paralysed after lecturers downed their tools on Tuesday. The University Academic Staff Union (UASU) declared that their strike will be on until the government heeds to their demands as stipulated in the 2012-2025 Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA). Led by their Secretary General Constantine Wasonga, the…
Togolese football legend, Emmanuel Adebayor, took to the pitch one last time on Sunday for a gala match in Lomé to celebrate his retirement. He was surrounded by a host of African football legends, including El Hadji Diouf, Nwankwo Kanu, Patrick Mboma, and Samuel Eto’o. The game took place in front of a large crowd…
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Unidentified assailants killed at least 40 soldiers during an overnight attack on a military base in the country’s west, Chad’s presidency said Monday. President Mahamat Deby Itno visited the base in Barkaram, an island in Chad’s Lake region, early morning and announced the launch of a military operation to track the assailants, according to a…
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