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A 19-year-old man has joined the race to unseat incumbent Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni in the 2021 election. Hillary Humphrey Kaweesa picked presidential nomination forms from Uganda’s Electoral Commission this week and says he has all it takes to lead the nation.  "I want to make the…

Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has picked US Senator Kamala Harris as his running mate. Senator Harris, 55, has been a US senator representing California since 2017. Prior to that. She served as California Attorney General from 2011 to 2017. Harris was born in 1964 in Oakland…

At least 50 people have died and 3,000 injured after two powerful explosions rocked Lebanon’s capital city, Beirut on Tuesday. The massive explosion at Beirut's port sent shockwaves across the city, shaking buildings and shattering windows. Although the exact cause of the explosion remains unclear…

A 10-year-old Nigerian girl has secured a job as a coding instructor in the United Kingdom. Emmanuella Mayaki recently received the offer from Southfield Primary School in Coventry, England, where she will take up the after-school sessions as the new coding club teacher. She will be coaching other…

(AP)  - Former GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain has died after battling the coronavirus. He was 74. A post on Cain’s Twitter account on Thursday announced the death. Cain had been ill with the virus for several weeks. It’s not clear when or where he was infected, but he was hospitalized…

The family of former Tanzania President Benjamin Mkapa has dispelled claims that he died of Covid-19. Family spokesperson, William Erio said the 81-year-old was diagnosed with Malaria and succumbed to cardiac arrest. "He was feeling better on Thursday and I was with him until 8 pm that day. After…

Former Tanzania President Benjamin Mkapa has died at the age of 81. Mkapa, who governed the nation between 1995 and 2005, passed away on Friday while undergoing treatment at a hospital in Dar es Salaam. His passing was confirmed by President John Magufuli, who said the country’s third president…

US Congressman and civil rights leader John Lewis is dead. Lewis, a democrat who represented Georgia’s 5th congressional district since 1987, was 80 years old. Lewis rose to prominence as one of the leaders of the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960, and was one of the organizers of the 1962 March on…

Zindzi Mandela, the daughter of the late former South African President Nelson Mandela, tested positive for Covid-19 prior to her death. Zindzi passed away while undergoing treatment at a hospital in Johannesburg on Monday morning aged 59. On Wednesday, her son Zondwa Mandela told South Africa…

An American woman who had been held hostage for more than a year in Nigeria has been rescued. The retired civil servant from Washington, DC is said to have been lured to Nigerian last year by a man who she met on Facebook, The Guardian reports. Frank Mba, a Nigerian police spokesman said the 34-…