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Colombian drug lord, Pablo Escobar, had a thing for hippos. The hippos at his former estate are arguably the biggest herd outside Africa according to environmentalists in the country. They are now being sterilised — treated with a chemical to render them infertile by the Colombian government. Escobar, who was believed to be one of
I The past was around my head Like a halo. Illuminated with pains It sits above my head Like the dot above an ‘i’. I felt inferior and very small. Each day, I leap to break that pain. I grew tall and bridged the gab Between us. Pain and joy then fell in love. They
Anyula Euster Mukari studies Public Health at Mt. Kenya University-Thika in Kenya. “Shila” as most people would call her, loves the thrill of working in a healthcare institution. Outside her classroom, she spends her time reading biographies, articles and novels. Having participated in programs conducted by Lapid Leaders Africa, Shila is greatly inspired in becoming
Nigeria’s military made it known to the public reporting a successful attack that led to the killing of Abu Musab al-Barnawi, the leader of Islamic State West Africa Province known as ISWAP. Since the “fall” of the terrorist Boko Haram, ISWAP took over as the strongest jihadist group in Nigeria. According to General Lucky Irabor,
Chief Obafemi Awolowo was a Nigerian nationalist and statesman who played a key role in Nigeria’s independence movement, the First and Second Republics and the Civil War. The son of a Yoruba farmer, he was one of the truly self-made men among his contemporaries in Nigeria. OBAFEMI AWOLOWO: BRIEF BACKGROUND: As a young man he was
Agnes Tirop, a Kenyan athlete and a world record holder was found dead after being stabbed. The murderer(s) is(are) yet to be uncovered by the police but her husband is the prime suspect as he went missing after the incident. The world class athlete was killed at her home in Iten, a Western town in
