Despite the beauty of nature, sometimes it does not appear to be kind to humanity. One scenario in which mother nature took an ugly turn occurred on Monday, August 14th after Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone, was hit by a mudslide. A hill in the Regent area collapsed and hit around one hundred houses in the city…
Many may be wondering why the Kenyan National Super Alliance (NASA) flag bearer persistently puts himself on the grinder. To others, it is too frustrating a journey for a common citizen to bear. Although this is true, the roots of the economic system and position of a country highly depend on who is in charge…
Unhinged Trump Press Conference Suggests Sympathy for Extremists On Tuesday afternoon, United States President Donald Trump delivered his most bizarre and outrageous press conference yet. At a time when Americans are looking for guidance and leadership in the wake of a rally that featured far-right extremists who used Neo-Nazi imagery to spread a message of…
Netflix is the leading entertainment streaming service in the world and due to its increasing popularity, gone are the days of restricting oneself to a television set when watching your favorite show. Netflix has a client base of over 60 million members across 190 countries. The platform offers approximately 120 million hours of entertainment through television shows, documentaries, and feature films.…
Charlottesville and the Sad State of Racist Extremism in the United States A disastrously violent weekend in Charlottesville, a leafy university town in the Commonwealth of Virginia, has brought into focus the precarious issue of extreme American nationalism and intolerance. What started off as a political demonstration to protest the removal of a monument from…
Kenya is typically known for having some of the most beautiful sunsets in the world with majestic creatures like a proud herd of elephants gliding quietly through long grasses midday. The East African nation is an amazing place that offers ethnic diversity and a beautiful and active culture, but there are also numerous challenges that often keep its people struggling.…
At exactly 10:15 pm EAT on August 11th, 2017, incumbent Uhuru Kenyatta was re-elected as the President of Kenya with over 8 million votes. The long day finally ended with the Chairman of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC), Wafula Chebukati, announcing the election results at the Bomas of Kenya, Nairobi. The Kenyan general elections were…
The Kenya Presidential seat was not only hotly contested, but proved to be bitterly divisive. The recalcitrant National Super Alliance (NASA) coalition claimed that the voting system had been hacked and thus, prevented their preferred candidate, Raila Odinga from clinching the much-coveted seat. Tension has been rising in the country throughout the week as…
Kenyans came out in large numbers on the 8th of August to vote for their preferred candidates for the presidential slot in counties and constituencies across the nation. As the tallying of presidential votes started, they maintained their calm, waiting patiently for the results. Uhuru Kenyatta, the incumbent president, took an early lead against Raila Odinga,…
New York City made headlines late last week by crushing nearly two tons of ivory jewelry, statues, and trinkets in an event held by the New York Environmental Conservation Commission in conjunction with Tiffany & Co and the World Wildlife Federation in honor of World Elephant Day on August 12. Officials aimed to demonstrate that the state and city are…
