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Wilson Chuma Kiprugut, Kenya’s first Olympic medallist died on Tuesday at the age of 84, the Kenyan athletics federation announced on Wednesday. Wilson placed third in the 800m race at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. “Chuma was one of those athletes who put Kenya on the world map. This is a sad day for the country and for the world of ...

Kenya Airways is likely to lose an estimated 300 million shillings ($2.5 million) per day if the planned strike by pilots at Kenyan airways takes place as scheduled. KALPA, a union that represents more than 400 pilots at the carrier, issued a notice that is set to trigger a strike at midnight on Wednesday over a dispute involving pensions, accrued ...

The China Harbor Engineering Company Ltd (CHEC) on Monday handed over Nigeria’s first deep sea port to the government after the completion of the huge maritime project in the country’s economic hub city of Lagos. The completion ceremony of Lekki port which took place at the Lekki Area Site in Lagos State brought together dignitaries and stakeholders from Nigeria and ...

Senegal’s renowned Pink lake may be in danger. At the height of the rainy season in August, water cascaded into the lake, nearly tripling its usual depth. The influx washed away some 7,000 tonnes of salt that had been harvested. The president of the Lac Rose’s salt workers’ cooperative estimates the losses at nearly a quarter of a million dollars. ...

Kenya on Wednesday deployed troops to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) as part of a regional military intervention to support the Congolese regime against rebels operating in eastern DRC, Kenyan President William Ruto announced. “As neighbors, the fate of the DRC is linked to ours,” President Ruto said in Nairobi at a ceremony, noting that the regional contingent also ...

Senegalese football captain, Sadio Mane, has won the first Socrates Award at this year’s Ballon d’Or. The Ballon d’Or organisers added a humanitarian prize to this year’s ceremony named for Socrates, the Brazil midfielder, who also held a medical degree. “The Socrates Prize will identify the best social initiative by committed champions,” a statement from the France Football magazine said ...

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has axed most of Liz Truss’s mini-budget, as the prime minister tries to remain in power. Mr Hunt announced he was scrapping “almost all” of the tax cuts announced by the government last month, in a bid to stabilise the financial markets. A minister had to deny Ms Truss was hiding “under a desk” after the prime ...

World 100m Hurdles record holder Tobi Amusan has been nominated for this year’s Women’s World Athlete of the Year. The list of nominees was released by World Athletics on Wednesday, October 12. The nominated athletes were selected by an international panel of athletics experts, comprising representatives from all six continental areas of World Athletics. Lands For Sale Their performances covered ...

Eritrean authorities have intensified military mobilisation and are hunting down draft dodgers across the country, as the war in neighbouring Ethiopia escalates, multiple Eritrean sources have told the BBC. The latest round-ups are the worst so far as women have not been spared, with many elderly mothers and fathers detained in a bid to force their children, who have gone ...

In this regard, Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan “briefed the Russian President on the Ukrainian side’s position on a number of issues” CAIRO, October 12. /TASS/. UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan reiterated his country’s readiness to mediate contacts between Russia and Ukraine during his talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday, the WAM news agency ...