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Jun 30, 2020
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Kim Kardashian West Sells 20% Stake In Her Cosmetics Brand KKW Beauty

Kim Kardashian West has sold 20% stake in her cosmetics brand KKW Beauty to Coty Inc. for $200 million, reported some media on June 29, 2020. The sale deal reportedly put the value of KKW Beauty at $1 billion. Earlier in November 2019, Kim Kardashian West’s half sister, cosmetics tycoon Kylie Jenner, sold 51% in her cosmetic brand Kylie Cosmetics also to Coty Inc. for a staggering $600 million. _________________ © 2015 - 2020 Africa Up To Date. All Rights Reserved

Jun 28, 2020
1 min

Opposition Leader Dr Chakwera Inaugurated As Malawi's New President

Africa | Malawi June 28, 2020 Malawi’s opposition leader Dr Lazarus Chakwera was inaugurated as the country's new president in the morning of June 28, 2020, reported some media. Dr Chakwera was on June 27, 2020 declared by the country's electoral commission, the winner of a re-run presidential election held on June 23, 2020. According to the commission. Dr Chakwera won with 58.57% of the vote. The presidential re-run election followed a historic annulment of the results

Jun 28, 2020
2 min

Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan To Sign Deal Over Blue Nile Dam After AU Intervention

Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan are expected to sign an agreement over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam the former is building on Blue Nile, in the coming few weeks. That was reported by some media on June 27, 2020. The expected signing of the deal follows an intervention by the African Union (AU) into a dispute that has been ongoing for sometimes now, over the gigantic hydro-electric dam project. Ethiopia has so far maintained the hydro-electric dam is vital for its development

Jun 26, 2020
1 min

30% Of Pakistan’s Civilian Pilots Fly With Fake Licences

262 of Pakistan’s total 860 civilian pilots, about 30% of the country’s civilian pilots, have either fake licences or cheated in exams during their pilot training courses. That was reported by some media on June 25, 2020. The damning revelation is said to be in a report about findings of an inquiry into the recent crash of a Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) passenger plane in Karachi that killed 97 people onboard. The crash was reportedly caused by human error. Following

Jun 26, 2020
1 min

NASA To Name Headquarters After African American Engineer Mary W. Jackson

NASA on June 24, 2020 announced it will name its headquarters in Washington, D.C. after African American engineer Mary W. Jackson. Mary W. Jackson, a mathematician and aerospace engineer, worked at NASA from 1951 to 1985. She was the first female African American engineer at NASA. She died in 2005. Mary W. Jackson is said to have helped NASA succeed in sending American astronauts into space. Also, she is said to contributed immensely in helping African Americans, women, and o

Jun 26, 2020
1 min

Tanzanian Small-Scale Miner Becomes Millionaire After Finding Gigantic Tanzanite Gemstones

A Tanzanian small-scale miner instantly joined the world’s exclusive club of millionaires after finding two gigantic tanzanite gemstones, reported some media on June 25, 2020. According to the reports, the miner sold the huge precious gemstones to the government there for a staggering 7.74 billion Tanzanian shillings that is equivalent to $ 3.35 million. Tanzanite is a very precious gemstone found only in Tanzania. _________________ © 2015 - 2020 Africa Up To Date. All Rights

Jun 21, 2020
1 min

Alexandra Burke Lambastes The Music Industry For Racism

As racial justice protests gains momentum worldwide following the barbaric murder of unarmed handcuffed African American George Floyd in Minneapolis, MN, by a racist American policeman of European descent, music artist and former X Factor winner Alexandra Burke has lambasted the music industry for racism. That was reported by some media on June 20, 2020. According to the reports, the Caribbean British artist made the attack when narrating her experience in the entertainment i

Jun 21, 2020
1 min

DRC’s President's Ex-Chief Of Staff Handed 20 Year Jail Sentence For Embezzlement

A court in Kinshasa in Democratic Republic of Congo on June 20, 2020 sentenced the country’s president's former chief of staff Vital Kamerhe to 20 years in jail for embezzling more than $50 million of public funds. The embezzled funds were earmarked for low cost housing for the poor. The court also banned the former high profile politician from contesting for any political position for a period of 10 years. _________________ © 2015 - 2020 Africa Up To Date. All Rights Reserve

Jun 19, 2020
3 min

Oxford University Succumbs To Anti-Racism Protesters’ Call For Cecil Rhodes' Statue To Fall

Oxford University’s Oriel College on June 17, 2020 expressed its desire to remove a statue of racist imperialist Cecil Rhodes from the façade of one of its buildings in downtown Oxford, hence succumbing to pressure from anti-racism protesters who have been demanding that. The protesters perceived the statue as a symbol of racism, hence relentlessly asserted the statue must fall! Oxford’s anti-racism protests follows the barbaric torture and murder of unarmed handcuffed Africa

Jun 15, 2020
1 min

Talks About Somalia Two States System Held In Djibouti

Officials of the government of Somalia and the breakaway state of Somaliland on June 14, 2020 met in Djibouti, to discuss a call by Somaliland for establishment of a two state system in the Eastern African country, while at the same time reiterating the state’s right to independence. That was reported by some media on June 15, 2020. According to the reports, the meeting was attended by Somalia’s President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo, Somaliland Leader Muse Bihi Abdi, Ethiopia’s

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