Salary explorer has released its statistics of the 10 highest paying African countries with two East African countries earning a seat at the feast. On number four is the East African country, Kenya where workers earn an average of Ksh 147,000 a month, approximately $1,291 and number 10 goes to Uganda with an average monthly...
Netflix cease its services in Russia
Among many companies that have boycotted working with Russia, Netflix has joined hands condemning the current war between Russia and Ukraine. Since the war broke out, Netflix is among the latest media companies to suspend its services. “Given the circumstances on the ground, we have decided to suspend our service in Russia,” said a Netflix...
Heading to world’s women day, Egypt gains its first female Judge
Radwa Helmi made history on Saturday as the first woman judge to sit on the bench of Egypt’s State Council, a top court in the country. Helmi, making her appearance in a Cairo courthouse, was among 98 women appointed last year to join the council, one of Egypt’s central judicial bodies, following a decision by...
Report: Terrorism is growing faster in Sub-Sahara than anywhere in the world
Since 2017, more people have been killed in terrorist attacks in sub-Saharan Africa than in either South Asia or the Middle East and North Africa. By 2021 almost half of all those killed by terrorists globally were in sub-Saharan Africa, according to the Global Terrorism Index compiled by the Institute for Economics and Peace. The...
Ukraine attempt to recruit fighters in Africa, countries strongly condemned the move.
In the quest to recruit new fighters to defend their country, the Ukrainian embassy in Algeria posted on Facebook to invite Algerians to join the fight against Russians in Ukraine. The Algerian Foreign Ministry has ordered the embassy to take down their post immediately. The post on the Ukrainian embassy Facebook published on Thursday says...
Russia opens borders for Tanzanian students in Ukraine
Through diplomatic channels, the Tanzanian embassies in Sweden and Russia have reached an agreement with Russia to allow Tanzanian students at Sumy State University to return to Tanzania via the Russian border. The process of deporting the students from Ukraine to the Russian border will be coordinated by the Russian government and then handed over...
Meet Melanesians, the only world’s black blonde
Most of us know that white people and the Caucasians are the only race producing blondes. At our very unbeknownst, we have no idea that there is a group of dark skin people that also possess blonde hair known as Melanesians. Jules Dumont D’Urville first coined the term “Melanesia” in 1832 for a particular group...