International News Updates
Top on the news on the international scene this Monday, 21st January 2018:
ZIMBABWE
Life appears to have returned to normal in the capital city, Harare after last week’s violence during which 12 people died.
Violence started when governement increased the price of fuel.
During the upheaval, internet was shut down.
According to latest reports, calm has returned as the population has resumed daily activities.
In the meantime, soldiers have been deployed across town especially around filling stations.
KENYA
Four persons suspected to be masterminders of last week’s attack at the DusitD2 Complex in Kenyan capital, Nairobi have surrendered to the police.
This information is contained in the privately-owned Daily Nation Newspaper.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Kamala Harris, an African-American woman has announced she will run for the 2020 Presidential Election in the United States of America.
Kamala Harris, is first African-American woman to announce her candidacy for the White House in the 2020 Presidential election.
TECHNOLOGY
In technology news, WhatsApp is limiting the number of recipients of a forwarded message to five.
Initially the user could send the same message to 20 recipients.
This latest move is intended to check the propagation of false information on the platform.
The announcement was made recently at an event in Jakarta, Indonesia.
Eleanor Ayuketah Ngochi