Mwanzo Editor
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Macron Declares July 12 Annual Dreyfus Commemoration Day
The first full remembrance will be in 2026, the 120th anniversary of France’s highest appeals court recognising Dreyfus’s innocence, Macron said.
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Al Jazeera Closes Balkan Branch
With its main studio in Sarajevo, the channel launched its program in November 2011, broadcasting throughout the former Yugoslavia in the regional language, previously referred to as Serbo-Croatian.
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Iran executes man in public over child’s rape, murder
The victim’s family, from the northwestern city of Bukan, had been involved in the legal proceedings and requested the public execution, according to the judiciary’s Mizan Online news website.
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Caster Semenya: A Rebel With a Cause
When 19-year-old unknown South African Caster Semenya pulled off a stunning 800 metres final triumph at the 2009 world championships in Berlin, she could never have imagined the drama that would follow.
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UN says ‘Deeply Troubled’ by Kenya Protest Killings
The violence erupted on Saba Saba Day (meaning Seven Seven) when demonstrators annually mark the events of July 7, 1990 when Kenyans rose up to demand a return to multi-party democracy after years of autocratic…
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Inaugural Women in STEM Africa summit to be held on 8th July in Nairobi
Women in Technology and Innovation Africa (WITIA) has announced the inaugural Women in STEM Africa Summit, set to take place from July 8 to 10, 2025, at the Kenyatta International Convention Centre (KICC) in Nairobi.…
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Health Unions in Kenya Condemns Rising Violence Against Healthcare Workers
Kenya’s top health unions are calling for national introspection and urgent action to curb the rising wave of violence, particularly targeting healthcare workers caught in the crossfire of recent anti-government protests. Speaking at a press…
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Liverpool Football Star Diogo Jota Dies in Car Crash in Spain
The Civil Guard said a vehicle veered off a motorway and burst into flames shortly after midnight in the municipality of Cernadilla in the province of Zamora, confirming the deaths of Jota, 28, and his…
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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Acquitted of Sex Trafficking, Convicted on Lesser Charge
The jury, after 13 hours of deliberation over three days, found Combs guilty of two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution, each of which carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison.
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Kenya to Mark Ushirika Day 2025 as UN’s Year of Cooperatives Draws to a Close
Kenya is preparing to mark this year’s Ushirika Day celebrations on July 12, with the National Council for Ushirika Day Celebrations unveiling a lineup of nationwide events to honour the critical role of cooperatives in…
