Kenya: 2 Suspects Arrested Over Murder of Athlete Benjamin Kiplagat as Final Moments Captured on CCTV

[ad_1] Nairobi — Two suspects have been arrested over the murder of athlete Benjamin Kiplagat. According to police, the suspects were captured on CCTV in the Saturday night ordeal. A knife suspected of being used in the killing of the 34-year-old Kiplagat was found on one of the suspects, Moiben sub county police commander Stephen Okal said. The motive for the killing appears to have been robbery, he said, because money and a cell phone had been taken from Kiplagat. […]

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Africa

Africa: Inclusion of Women and Land Rights As an Avenue to Accelerate the AfCFTA

[ad_1] Collective action in the form of women's groups has greatly benefited women in negotiating access to land To achieve the inclusion and developmental impacts in rural Africa, as well as for the sustainability of their environment, land tenure security is important. While it is clear that there is a direct link between productivity, trade and economic growth - a recurring question at the recent Conference on Land Policy in Africa is, what does it mean in terms of tradeoffs […]

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Africa

Africa: 2023 Has Been a Year of Enormous Suffering, Violence, and Climate Chaos. 2024 Must Be a Year for Rebuilding Trust and Restoring Hope.

[ad_1] Secretary-General's message for New Year 2024 2023 has been a year of enormous suffering, violence, and climate chaos. Humanity is in pain. Our planet is in peril. 2023 is the hottest year on record. People are getting crushed by growing poverty and hunger. Wars are growing in number and ferocity. And trust is in short supply. But pointing fingers and pointing guns lead nowhere. Humanity is strongest when we stand together. 2024 must be a year for rebuilding trust […]

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Africa

Africa: Interview – Ai Expert Warns of Digital Colonization in Africa

[ad_1] Artificial intelligence (AI) is ripe to help resolve certain major problems in Africa, from farming to the health sector, but Senegalese expert Seydina Moussa Ndiaye is warning of a new "colonization" of the continent by this new technology if foreign companies continue to feed on African data without involving local actors. One of 38 people members of the new UN advisory body on machine learning, Mr. Ndiaye spoke with UN News about the landscape ahead, building on his experience […]

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Entertainment

Rwanda: Kigali Boss Babes Unveil Their Reality TV Show At Black Elegance Party

[ad_1] The inaugural Black Elegance Party held Friday night, December 29, at Century Park Hotel, Nyarutarama was not just all about celebrities walking through the red carpet in black attire. It was also an opportunity for the Kigali Boss Babes group to give Rwandans a glimpse of their first reality TV show. The KBB reality TV show reflects the real life of each member of the Kigali Boss Babes, a group of six socialites, women entrepreneurs in the showbiz industry. […]

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Japan

Student letters from 1923 quake preserved by kin of U.S. president

[ad_1] A hefty book containing some 750 letters from Japanese students expressing gratitude for support they received from the United States after the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake has been preserved by a descendant of then-U.S. President Calvin Coolidge, a Japanese research team has learned.Researchers from Tohoku University and other institutions were shown the letters, written in English by students from disaster-affected areas and elsewhere in Japan. With the discovery coinciding […]

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News

Kenya: Chebet Closes Out 2023 on a High With World Record in Barcelona

[ad_1] Nairobi — Commonwealth Games 5000m champion Beatrice Chebet ended her year on a high when she set a world record for the women's 5km at the Cursa dels Nassos race in Barcelona yesterday evening. Chebet clocked 14:13 in first place, to smash the previous record of 14:19, held by Ethiopian Ejegayehu Taye as well as the women-only record of 14:29, set by another Ethiopian, Senbere Teferi in 2021. In second place was Taye, who clocked 14:21 as another Kenyan, […]

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News

Kenya: World Half Marathon Champ Seb Sawe Smashes Course Record in Italy on New Year’s Eve

[ad_1] Nairobi — World half marathon champion Sebastian Sawe set a course record of 28:00 on his way to victory in the men's 10km at the BOClassic race in Bolzano, Italy on New Year's Eve. Sawe finished ahead of Italian Yeman Crippa who clocked 28:04 in second as South African Maxime Chaumeton came third in 28:40. Sawe spoke of his delight at closing out the year on a winning note, noting that he had to be at his best to […]

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Japan

Japan sharing reconstruction lessons with Ukraine

[ad_1] Japan's Reconstruction Agency is sharing insights garnered from the aftermath of the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami with nations facing similar challenges.In the current fiscal year, which ends in March, the agency has drawn up a document titled "Great East Japan Earthquake Lessons Learned & Know-How Gained." The document is an English version of an original Japanese text that compiles from many regions examples of rebuilding infrastructure and the […]

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