China’s hero doctor Li Wenliang was punished for telling truth about coronavirus

By CNN,

In their botched handling of the tragic death of Li Wenliang, the Chinese doctor who sounded the alarm on the Wuhan coronavirus, authorities in Beijin...

coronavirus , Li Wenliang , wuhan

U.S. Soccer scraps anthem-kneeling policy

By Reuters,

United States Soccer on Saturday voted to end a ban on players kneeling during the national anthem, something they have done to protest racial inequal...

anthem-kneeling , National Anthem

LeBron James hits back at Ibrahimovic criticism of political activism

By Reuters,

Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James on Friday fired back at Zlatan Ibrahimovic and vowed to never stay silent about social causes after he was cri...

LeBron James , Los Angeles Lakers , Social justice , Zlatan Ibrahimovic

Facebook removes inauthentic assets linked to Ugandan government

By Guest Writer,

By Tessa Knight On January 8, 2020, Facebook removed 32 pages, 220 user accounts, 59 groups, and 139 Instagram profiles working to promote Ugandan ...

bobi , facebook , Museveni , Uganda elections

Sport hails new Biden-Harris administration

By Reuters,

Sports trailblazers Billie Jean King, Megan Rapinoe and Lewis Hamilton were among those hailing the inauguration of U.S. President Joe Biden and Vice ...

Joe Biden , kamala harris

The powerful duality of Kamala Harris’ ascent

By CNN,

Two weeks after a deadly insurrection put on display the White outrage that threatens the country's multiracial democracy, a dramatically different sc...

kamala harris

How the U.S. helped Museveni stay in power for over 3 decades

By CNN,

Ugandans go to the polls on January 14, with Bobi Wine and nine other candidates challenging incumbent President Yoweri Museveni, who has been in powe...

bobi , Museveni , uganda

‘We live in two Americas’, LeBron James says, after Capitol siege

By Reuters,

Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James said the violent mob of President Donald Trump’s supporters forcing their way into the U.S. Capitol showed t...

Donald Trump , LeBron James , racism , U.S. Capitol

Uganda IG to journalists: Police will continue beating you for your own safety

By Ian Omondi,

Uganda’s Inspector General of Police (IGP) Martin Okoth Ochola has now come out to defend recent cases of police brutality towards journalists, espe...

IG Martin Ochola , police brutality , President Yoweri Museveni , uganda

IPOA launches probe into incident of police assaulting motorist, journalist

By Benjamin Muriuki,

The Independent Police Oversight Authority (IPOA) has launched a probe into an incident where three police officers were captured on video assaulting ...

IPOA

Uproar after police officers in Voi captured on CCTV beating up students

By Makori Ongechi,

Police in Voi are being accused of brutality against students of The Coast Institute of Technology following a protest. Recovered CCTV footage from...

Coast Institute of Technology , Francis Sang , police brutality , Taita Taveta County.

“I will fear no evil!” Bobi Wine declares as he resumes presidential campaigns

By Benjamin Muriuki,

Ugandan presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi, better known as Bobi Wine, is set to resume his campaigns on Thursday amid heightened tension in the...

Bobi Wine

Minister wants Nigeria to sanction CNN for report on shooting of protesters

By Reuters,

Nigeria should sanction CNN for a report that the country’s military shot and killed protesters demonstrating against police brutality, a minister s...

#SomeoneTellCNN , Nigeria

President-elect Joe Biden seeks to unite nation with victory speech

By CNN,

President-elect Joe Biden addressed a deeply divided nation Saturday night, turning to the challenges ahead by grounding his victory speech in the spi...

Biden , kamala harris , Trump

Vote counts push Biden closer to victory as Trump falsely claims election being ‘stolen’

By Reuters,

With his re-election chances fading as more votes are counted in a handful of battleground states, U.S. President Donald Trump launched an extraordina...

Biden , Trump , us election

U.S. Election: Biden predicts win, promises to unite as Trump goes to court

By Reuters,

Democrat Joe Biden on Wednesday predicted victory over President Donald Trump after winning two critical U.S. states, while the Republican incumbent a...

Joe Biden , kamala harris , President Donald Trump , us election

Biden confident, Trump accuses Democrats of trying to steal tight White House election

By Reuters,

Democrat Joe Biden said he was confident of victory and President Donald Trump accused Democrats of trying to steal the election on Wednesday as a tig...

Joe Biden , President Donald Trump , US Elections , White House

Nigerian citizens justify massive looting of COVID-19 supplies

By VOA,

Amid tensions last week over police brutality, mobs of Nigerian citizens are overrunning several government-owned facilities and ransacking palliative...

coronavirus , Nigeria

Nigeria’s Ogu calls for players boycott amid unrest

By Reuters,

Nigeria midfielder John Ogu has called for a boycott of their upcoming games to protest police brutality amid ongoing violence in the commercial capit...

John Ogu , SARs , Special Anti-Robbery Squad

Raila asks African Union, Nigerian gov’t to probe police brutality incidents, prosecute perpetrators

By Tonny Ndungu,

ODM Leader Raila Odinga has called on the African Union and the Nigerian authorities to expedite probe into the injuring and killing of peaceful prote...