eggae icon Robert Nesta Bob Marley did not die a poor man and his family escaped destitution, thanks to the wealth he left behind from his years of musical dexterity which shot him to global acclaim as one of the best musicians of all time. Born on this day, February 6, 1945, Bob Marley livedContinue reading “Bob Marley died in 1981 but earns $23m a year after a 3-decade legal battle over his estate”
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Somaliland’s oldest statesman who became chief way before Elizabeth II was enthroned has died at 122
The self-declared state of Somaliland mourns its oldest statesman and chief of chiefs, Haji Abdikarim Hussein Yusuf, also known as Haji Warabe, who died on Friday at the Hargeisa International Hospital at the age of 122. Haji Warabe was a member of Somaliland’s Upper of House of Parliament (Guurti) and was regarded as a symbol of peaceContinue reading “Somaliland’s oldest statesman who became chief way before Elizabeth II was enthroned has died at 122”
Only two days in the world, mixed-race British royal baby has been called a monkey
The newly born British royal baby, Master Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor, son of Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex and his biracial American wife, Duchess Meghan Markle, has faced his first dose of racism only two days after he was born on Monday, May 6, 2019. The 7th heir to the throne and eighth great-grandchild ofContinue reading “Only two days in the world, mixed-race British royal baby has been called a monkey”
The forgotten radical black liberation fighters who are still in jail after 40 years
It was all radical and bloody in the 1970s when the black liberation fighters struggle was at its peak in the United States. The violence was spurred by the incessant racism and disregard of the rights of black people despite laws that protected the race after over 200 years in slavery. The liberation struggle gaveContinue reading “The forgotten radical black liberation fighters who are still in jail after 40 years”
African children subjects of trial for new malaria vaccines
Trial of the world’s first malaria vaccines has been launched in Malawi as part of a large-scale pilot project run by the World Health Organization (WHO) to give partial protection against the disease. 360,000 children are expected to take the injectable vaccines within a year after the pilot is also rolled out in Ghana andContinue reading “African children subjects of trial for new malaria vaccines”
Ismail Akwei 