Two inmates of Nigeria’s Kirikiri Maximum Security Prison in Lagos have enrolled for doctorate degrees at the National Open University (NOUN), which is Nigeria’s foremost Open and Distance Learning institution. Tunwashe Kabiru and Oladipupo Moshood successfully enrolled for Doctorate Degrees in Business Administration and Peace and Conflict Resolution reports the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). The twoContinue reading “PhD behind bars: Nigeria’s Kirikiri Prison gets its first candidates”
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Russia to pitch first camp in Africa with military base in Somaliland
Russia is in talks with breakaway Somali region, Somaliland, to set up a naval base of at least 1500 men outside Zeila, a city near the border with Djibouti to offer support to warships and submarines patrolling the strategic stretch of coastline. Reported by Somaliland and other international news outlets, the base is expected to beContinue reading “Russia to pitch first camp in Africa with military base in Somaliland”
More cracks recorded in Kenya as Africa’s geographical divide deepens
Amonth after a huge crack was reported in Kenya’s Rift Valley, another two-kilometre fault line has cracked open on Monday on the outskirts of Naivasha town in Nakuru County where farms have been swallowed. Local media reports say at least 16 families have moved to safe grounds as several acres of crops were destroyed byContinue reading “More cracks recorded in Kenya as Africa’s geographical divide deepens”
Kenyan court says NO to anal test for homosexual suspects
A Kenyan court has ruled against the forced anal examination of men suspected of being gay following a case filed by rights groups who describe the test as torture. Thursday’s ruling ends the examination that was backed by law in a 2016 ruling which says it did not violate the privacy of individuals. Human RightsContinue reading “Kenyan court says NO to anal test for homosexual suspects”
Africa is splitting into two after tear in Kenya’s Rift Valley [Video]
After heavy rains and seismic activities on Monday, the earth has split open at Kenya’s Rift Valley leaving a huge tear that is more than 50 feet deep and more than 50 feet wide weaving through the arable land in Narok County. Geologists say in about 50 million years, the African continent will split intoContinue reading “Africa is splitting into two after tear in Kenya’s Rift Valley [Video]”
Ismail Akwei 