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US aircraft manufacturer Boeing on Monday announced that families of passengers who perished in the Ethiopian Airlines plane crash will be paid $144,500 each. Boeing asked families of those killed in the March 10th, 2019 accident to submit claims before December 31st this year, according…

It has now emerged that former Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe was battling cancer and died after treatment was stopped. Zimbabwe’s State-run Herald newspaper quoted his successor Emmerson Mnangagwa saying that the 95-year-old succumbed to cancer after his chemotherapy treatment was stopped.…

Nursing, like many careers in healthcare sector, is one of the most marketable and well-paying professions in the world. Registered nurses earn relatively high salaries in many countries but there are some that pay more than others. Luxembourg, a small European nation tucked between Belgium,…

Kenya’s Geoffrey Kamworor is the new world record holder for fastest run Half-Marathon by a male athlete. Kamworor clocked 58:01 on Sunday to win the Copenhagen Half-Marathon, breaking the previous world record held by his compatriot Abraham Kiptum. Kiptum set the record in Valencia last year after…

The family of former Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe has agreed to bury him at the National Heroes Acre in the country’s capital, Harare. The family was initially opposed to the government’s plan to bury him at the monument for national heroes and preferred burying him in a private ceremony at his…

Kenyans are among close to 300 suspects who were arrested by United States authorities in connection with a global online scam. The US Department of Justice (DOJ) said 281 cybercriminals were arrested in 12 countries during a four-month-long operation that ended this month, according to Voice of…

The body of former Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe was airlifted from Singapore on Wednesday morning ahead of burial next weekend. Police motorbikes were pictured escorting a white Mercedes hearse carrying Mugabe's remains from Singapore Casket, a funeral parlor where he had been preserved since…

Former Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe, who passed away last week, is set to receive a State burial next weekend. 95-year-old Mugabe, who had been ailing for a long time, died while undergoing treatment at a hospital in Singapore on Friday. The Zimbabwean government plans to hold a ceremony at the…

Former Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe has passed away at the age of 95. His death was announced by current Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa, who described Mugabe as an icon of liberation and a pan-Africanist. "It is with the utmost sadness that I announce the passing on of Zimbabwe's…

A 14-year-old boy in Elkmont, Alabama on Monday shot and killed all five members of his family before calling police to confess the crime. Three of the victims were found dead in their house in Elkmont while two succumbed to gunshot wounds after being airlifted to a local hospital. "The 14-year-old…