LIVE- Hurricane Ian leaves two million without power

On the ground reporting from Azadeh Moshiri and Alexandra Ostasiewicz in St Petersburg, Florida. SUMMARY is bringing severe flooding, high winds and storm surges to the Florida coast It is losing power as it moves inland, and has now been downgraded to a category one system More than two million customers in Florida have no…

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Keep moving: 10,000 steps a day may halve dementia risk

Dementia affects more than 55 million people worldwide and is the seventh leading cause of death globally. With the proportion of older people in the population increasing, the number of dementia cases is also on the rise. There is mounting evidence that regular physical exercise not only benefits general health, but is also one of…

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Many dead after crash of UPDF helicopter in DRC

 A Ugandan army spokesman confirmed Wednesday the crash of one of the country’s military helicopters in eastern Congo. The spokesman, Felix Kulayigye, told The Associated Press “we are still waiting” for more details about the crash earlier this week. An unamed Congo army spokesman who spoke to Reuters agency on Wednesday said “at least 22…

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Election campaign kicks off in Nigeria

By Lauriane Noëlle Vofo Kana Updated at 0613 EAT on 0612 EAT The campaign for presidential and National Assembly seats officially kicked off Wednesday, Sept 28, in Nigeria. In accordance with Section 94(1) of the Electoral Act 2022, campaign in public by all political parties “commences 150 days before polling day [Editor’s note: Sept.28] and…

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NSSF Declares 9.65% interest affecting savers earnings.

A market analyst said the Fund’s interest rate for the year ending June 2022 “would do very well to match last year’s return” at the end of a particularly difficult market environment. “I will be pleasantly surprised if it clears the double-digit mark,” the analyst, who asked not to be identified in order to speak…

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Russian proxies in Ukraine claim victory in annexation votes

UN says it remains “fully committed” to Ukraine’s territorial integrity “within its internationally recognised borders”. Russian-installed officials in occupied regions of Ukraine have reported huge majorities in favour of becoming part of Russia after five days of voting in so-called “referendums” that Kyiv and its allies have condemned as illegitimate and a sham. Hastily arranged…

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Former CAR top rebel leader pleads not guilty as trial starts at ICC

By Jerry Omondi Mahamat Said Abdel Kani pleaded not guilty to all charges on Monday at the International Criminal Court (ICC) as his long-awaited trial started at The Hague. The former top-ranking rebel commander is accused of carrying out or ordering crimes against humanity and war crimes in the Central African Republic (CAR) in 2013….

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Drought is killing Kenya’s endangered wildlife

Kenya’s worst drought in four decades has killed almost 2 percent of the world’s rarest zebra in three months, and 25 times more elephants than normal over the same period, Reuters reported. “It’s a serious threat to us,” said Andrew Letura, a monitoring officer at Grevy’s Zebra Trust (GZT). Letura said drought has killed about 40…

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