Elizabeth Holmes, founder of Theranos found guilty for defrauding investors.

By Faith Barbara Namagembe Updated at 0615 EAT on 4 January 2022. Holmes acquitted on four counts, while jury failed to reach a decision on three counts. A United States jury found Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes guilty of conspiring to defraud investors in the blood-testing startup. Holmes was convicted Monday on four of 11 counts….

Iran’s Raisi says Trump must face justice for Soleimani killing

President Ebrahim Raisi urges formation of a ‘fair court’ in which former President Trump and other US officials are tried. By Maziar MotamediPublished On 3 Jan 2022 Updated at 2247 EAT. Tehran – Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi has said former United States President Donald Trump must face justice for his role in the assassination of top general Qassem Soleimani…

Sudan PM Hamdok resigns.

Hamdok resigns less than two months after he signed a political agreement with the military following the October 25 coup. By Faith Barbara Namagembe Updated at 0639 EAT on 03 January 2022. Sudan’s Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok has resigned amid political deadlock following a military coup that derailed the country’s fragile transition to democracy. In…

Paleoanthropologist in Kenya Richard Leaky dies at the age of 77.

Published By Faith Barbara Namagembe Updated at 2306 EAT on 2 January 2022. The legendary paleoanthropologist’s groundbreaking discoveries helped prove that humanity evolved in Africa. World-renowned paleoanthropologist Richard Leakey, known for his fossil-finding and conservation work in his native Kenya, has died at 77, Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has announced. Leakey, whose groundbreaking discoveries helped…

Tear gas fired at protesters in Khartoum

Thousands by Faith Barbara Namagembe Updated at 1843 EAT on 02 January 2022. Published On 2 Jan 20222 Jan 2022 Security forces have fired tear gas at thousands of protesters in Sudan’s capital Khartoum, televised images show, as demonstrators march towards the presidential palace in the 12th round of major protests since a coup on…