Switzerland's Federal Court has withheld an IAAF's decision that prevents South African athlete Caster Semenya from competing in 800 meter track events without taking testosterone - reducing medication. That was reported by some media on July 30, 2019. Caster Semenya had appealed to the court, against the IAAF's decision. The IAAF's decision was an application of its rule that requires all athletes with differences in sexual development alias DSD to reduce their testosterone

A prominent Tanzanian freelance investigative journalist, namely Erick Kabendera, was on July 29, 2019 arrested at his home in Dar es Salaam by some plain-clothed police officers, and taken to custody. That was reported by some media on July 30, 2019. Police in Dar es Salaam reportedly said the journalist is been detained over citizenship issues. However, some some human rights activists and critics of the government there do not buy the police statement. They observed the ci

Trial of rapper A$AP Rocky, born Rakim Mayers, commenced in Stockholm Magistrate Court on July 30, 2019. On the first day of the trial, the African American rapper pleaded not guilty to a charge of assault. The plaintiff is said to be a 19 year-old man. A$AP Rocky was arrested and incarcerated on July 3, 2019, for alleged assault claimed to have occurred during a street confrontational incident in downtown Stockholm on June 30, 2019. The rapper denied any wrong doing, saying

From July 29, 2019, Cubans are allowed to have access to Internet from their homes. That follows coming into effect a provision of a law passed some recently, that permits personal Internet access. Hitherto this permission, Cubans could only access the Internet from some public areas known locally as Hot Spots. Despite high costs of Internet service in the country, the permission to have Internet access from home is seen as a great step towards increased individual freedom in

At least 65 people were killed in Borno State, north east of Nigeria, on July 27, 2019, by the Islamist terrorist group Boko Haram, reported some media on July 28, 2019. According to the reports, 21 people were massacred when the terrorists unleashed an attack at a funeral in a village near the city of Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State. When some villagers attempted to pursue the attackers, additional 44 of them were killed by the terrorists. ______________________ © 2015

There rumors that popular rapper Nicki Minaj (36) may be pregnant and probably engaged, reported some media on July 28, 2019. The lucky guy is Kenneth Petty (40). The duo dated for a while in New York City when Nicki Minaj was 16 and Kenneth Petty 20, and rekindled their romance almost 20 years later. The rapper's pregnancy rumors are said to have gained momentum by the words in a verse the rapper contributed to a song called Zanies And Fools in Chance The Rapper's new album

President John Magufuli of Tanzania on July 26, 2019 inaugurated construction of a gigantic hydroelectric dam called Stiegler's Gorge Hydroelectric Power Station (SGHPS), reported some media same day. The inauguration was just a formality because the dam is already under construction with 15% said to be completed. The construction began after the government of Tanzania handed over the project site to the contractor, Arab Contractors of Egypt, in February 2019. Stiegler's Gorg

A prominent American Congressman Adriano Espaillat on July 25, 2019 castigated the charging of A$AP Rocky for alleged assault by a magistrate court in Stockholm, saying the rapper is a victim of aggression, who has been made the aggressor and the aggressor made the victim. He added that amounts to gross miscarriage of justice, and wondered how a country's criminal justice system could condone that. Congressman Espaillant concerns seem to be supported by latest data captured i

Famous rapper A$AP Rocky on July 25, 2019 was charged for assault by Stockholm Magistrate Court, after over 20 days in incarceration. Following the charge, Sweden's public prosecutor reportedly said the rapper and two of his colleagues will remain incarcerated awaiting trial. Trial date is not yet known. A$AP Rocky was arrested and incarcerated on July 3, 2019, for alleged assault claimed to have occurred during a street confrontational incident in downtown Stockholm on June

Construction of an ultra modern third terminal at Dar es Salaam's Julius Nyerere International Airport (JNIA) in Tanzania has been completed. The new terminal was reportedly handed over to Tanzania Airports Authority (TAA) by the project contractor BAM International, sometimes in May 2019. According to the reports, since the handover, TAA has been acclimatizing to the new state-of-the-art terminal in various ways including launching from it Air Tanzania inaugural flight to Mu