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  • Pursue Your Dreams, Singer Teta Tells Rwandan Girls

    Pursue Your Dreams, Singer Teta Tells Rwandan Girls

    {{Teta Diana 22, is an upcoming Rwandan singer, she encourages other Rwandan girls to pursue their dreams but also work hard in order to achieve.

    The talented singer shared her life in an exclusive conversation with Benigne Ishimwe Mugwaneza, a Ni Nyampinga journalist.}}

    {{ Give an insight into your singing career}}

    I started singing when I was only five years and I always listened to Kamaliza and Whitney Houston. My mother used to write poems and theatre plays, and I too followed in the same footsteps. I always sang in the bathroom and listened to the radio as often as I could.

    I began my professional career in 2012, at the Tusker Project Fame competition, before that when I was in high school; I participated in several talent shows. After the Tusker Project Fame completion, I then officially began my music.

    {{How do you manage to stay creative in a male dominated industry?}}

    I believe music is an expression of yourself and what boys and men can do; we girls can do the same. There are many talented and famous female Rwandan musicians, such as Cécile Kayirebwa who are inspiring and still making music, it is indeed true that there are still fewer female musicians in Rwanda compared to men.

    I have always been inspired by Kamaliza, and she was a very talented artist. I encourage as many young Rwandan girls to build their music talents.

    {{Many young girls in Rwanda look up to you, who are your role models and why?}}

    My biggest inspiration is Kamaliza, when we were in exile I used to listen to her cassettes as a child. I am also greatly inspired by Lauryn Hill and Bob Marley. I love how these artists inspire people and the positive messages they spread worldwide.

    {{You sing beautifully, how do you feel when you sing “Ndaje”? }}

    I wrote and sang “Ndaje” with the purpose of healing for all the survivors of the. I was inspired to compose and sing this song as a message of hope to my fellow Rwandans, as a nation we experienced very bad and difficult situations during and after the Genocide.

    “Ndaje” is a message of hope and healing to the Rwandan society at large. I am young but also very aware of the atrocities that happened in Rwanda; however the history of my country concerns me and more so building Rwanda with dignity and self-reliance is my goal. “Ndaje” is one of my contributions to building my country with a message of hope.

    {{What plans do you have for the future (where do you see yourself in the next five years)?}}

    My plans are to work even harder that I am at the moment. I am currently a contestant in the Primus Guma Guma Super Star competition and would in the near future I would like to do collaborations with fellow musicians in the East Africa region, Uganda, Kenya and beyond.

    I would love to one day be able to grow and become a worldwide superstar and one day share a stage with international artists like Lira, Keko and many more divas.

    {{What message do you have for fellow Rwandan girls?}}

    I encourage Rwandan girls to dream big and to work hard at whatever they would like to achieve. Nothing comes easily, and no one will hand you a great or simple life except yourself.

    We should always have dignity, work hard, think about our respective long-term goals and build a bright and rewarding future. I always encourage fellow Rwandan girls to always remember our culture and to respect themselves.

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  • Leaked Video Shows Jay Z Attacked

    Leaked Video Shows Jay Z Attacked

    The leak of a security video that appears to show Beyonce’s sister, Solange Knowles, attacking Jay Z is being investigated by a New York City hotel.

    The Standard Hotel issued a statement saying it is “shocked and disappointed that there was a clear breach of our security system”.

    US celebrity website TMZ posted the minute-long video on Monday and said it was shot last week inside a Standard Hotel elevator.

    It appears to show Solange attacking Jay Z in his wife Beyonce’s presence. A security guard intervenes. There is no audio.

    The hotel says the leaked video violates the confidentiality it provides customers.

    “We are investigating with the utmost urgency the circumstances surrounding the situation and, as is our customary practice, will discipline and prosecute the individuals involved to our fullest capacity.”

    TMZ posted a longer, three-minute version of the video later. Representatives for Beyonce, Jay Z and Solange declined to comment.

    The footage shows the performers in the outfits they wore to the Met Gala last week.

    Jay Z, 44, and Beyonce, 32, were married in 2008. They will kick-off their co-headlining On The Run Tour on June 25 in Miami.

    Solange, 27, recently performed at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, where Beyonce joined her onstage.

    TMZ

  • Women Nagging Husbands to Death- Research

    Women Nagging Husbands to Death- Research

    {{Scientists in Denmark claim to have proven bickering couples are more likely to die young and henpecked men are twice as likely to die in middle age Bickering among couples can be a real health hazard and stressed out men are literally being nagged to death, according to new research.

    Men subjected to nagging, constant demands and worries from their partners are twice as likely to die young than blokes who are less henpecked, Danish scientists claim.

    But women are more immune from high maintenance partners as there is little effect on their death rates. Some 10,000 men and women aged 36 to 52 from Denmark were quizzed about who made the most demands on them and caused the most conflict.

    Researchers found that out of every 100,000 people, 315 deaths could be caused by spousal demands and worries.}}

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  • Monica Lewinsky Breaks Silence

    Monica Lewinsky Breaks Silence

    The one-time White House intern whose affair with President Bill Clinton led to his impeachment has broken her long silence in the media.

    In Vanity Fair magazine, Monica Lewinsky, 40, writes that she deeply regrets the fling.

    The president “took advantage” of her, she writes, though she describes their relationship as consensual.

    In 1998, Republicans failed in their effort to oust him from office on the grounds he had lied about the affair.

    But with Mr Clinton’s wife Hillary said to be mulling a 2016 run for the presidency, the Lewinsky matter has re-emerged in US political discourse, in part because Republicans are eager to wield it against her.

    In an advance excerpt from the article released by Vanity Fair, Ms Lewinsky writes she hopes to reclaim her story and says she is still recognised every day and sees her name thrown about in pop culture and the news media.

    “I, myself, deeply regret what happened between me and President Clinton,” she writes.

    “Let me say it again: I. Myself. Deeply. Regret. What. Happened.”

    Ms Lewinsky writes that she suffered abuse and humiliation after the scandal broke in 1998, in part because she was made a “scapegoat” to protect the president.

    “The Clinton administration, the special prosecutor’s minions, the political operatives on both sides of the aisle, and the media were able to brand me,” she wrote.

    “And that brand stuck, in part because it was imbued with power.”

    Since leaving the Clinton administration, she worked briefly as a handbag designer and as the host of a US reality dating show.

    Ms Lewinsky then moved to London for a graduate degree, but said she has had difficulty gaining employment in the US because of her past.

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  • Roger Federer Has Second Set of Twins

    Roger Federer Has Second Set of Twins

    {{Roger Federer’s wife Mirka has given birth to their second set of twins.

    Federer, 32, pulled out of this week’s Madrid Masters tournament on Tuesday as the Swiss world number four chose to be with his wife for the birth in Zurich.}}

    “Mirka and I are so incredibly happy to share that Leo and Lenny were born this evening,” tweeted Federer, who will likely miss next week’s Rome Masters.

    The 17-time Grand Slam champion already has four-year-old twin girls, Myla Rose and Charlene Riva.

    Federer, whose older sister Diana also has twins, is expected to return to tennis at the French Open, which starts on 25 May.

    The 2009 champion at Roland Garros has not missed a Grand Slam tournament since 2000.

    Federer, who won the last of his Grand Slam titles at Wimbledon in 2012, last played three weeks ago when he lost to countryman Stanislas Wawrinka in the final of the Monte-Carlo Masters.

    In Madrid on Tuesday, third seed Wawrinka, the Australian Open champion, lost 1-6 6-2 6-4 to Austrian qualifier Dominic Thiem, while fifth seed David Ferrer beat fellow Spaniard Albert Ramos 7-6 (8-6) 5-7 6-3.

    Spain’s Nicolas Almagro needed 11 match points to beat Andrey Golubev 6-3 6-7 (9-11) 7-6 (7-4) and set up a second-round match against Britain’s Andy Murray on Wednesday.

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  • Alpha Back from US, Denies Wedding Plans

    Alpha Back from US, Denies Wedding Plans

    {{Celebrated Rwanda’s Music star Alpha Rwirangira has jetted back into Rwanda for a Three months holiday from the United States where he is studying. He touched ground at Kigali International Airport Sunday afternoon.

    Alpha says during his holiday he will promote most of his new music throughout the East African Region. The artist also revealed will be meeting other regional music stars to co-produce new songs.

    The Aritist however, denied that he had returned to organise a wedding with his girlfriend. He noted, “i have returned for family and music. there is nothing like preparing marriage”.

    Uwingabire Esther seen here in the photo with Alpha just after touching down at Kigali International Airport was also a common sight with the artist last year at all gatherings.

    The two are said to be deeply in love and rumoured to be planning to get married.}}

  • Philippines in Cybersex Blackmail Arrests

    Philippines in Cybersex Blackmail Arrests

    {{Police in the Philippines say they have arrested dozens of suspects linked to an online blackmail syndicate.}}

    The suspects persuaded people in foreign countries to expose themselves in front of webcams or send explicit material, police said.

    They then threatened to send the footage or photos to relatives unless payment was made.

    Philippine National Police chief Allan Purisima said 58 people had been arrested in a probe involving Interpol.

    “The modus operandi of this group is to create an online account on social networking sites with the purpose of locating and attracting prospective clients, especially old male individuals abroad,” he said.

    “Whilst they created this account they would pose as Asian attractive females.

    “After getting acquainted with the victims… they’ll invite and further entice their would-be victims to use video-call and engage in cybersex and this will be recorded, unknown to the victim.”

    The footage was then used to extort money, usually ranging from $500 (£296) to $2,000, he said.

    Interpol said in a statement on Friday: “Operating on an almost industrial scale from call centre-style offices, such cyber-blackmail agents are provided with training and offered bonus incentives such as holidays, cash or mobile phones for reaching their financial targets.”

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  • Singapore Landlords Dont Rent to Indians

    Singapore Landlords Dont Rent to Indians

    When Sunil first moved to Singapore, he had trouble finding an apartment.

    “I called up several landlords who had listed rooms for rent,” Sunil, a Sri Lankan who spent eight years living in the UK, said.

    “Things would start out OK, maybe because of my [Western] accent – but the moment they heard my name, they’d blank out. Many said ‘sorry, we don’t rent to these people’, or ‘sorry, no room for Indians’.”

    Sunil, a civil engineer who arrived in 2012, said he was rejected by at least four landlords.

    “I told them that Sri Lanka was not India, that I wouldn’t eat or cook in the apartment, and that I would be outside all day. But still, they wouldn’t offer me a room,” he said.

    “At that point, I got fed up and decided to only try Indian landlords. I was invited to viewings right away.”

    ‘Cleanliness and culture’

    Sunil is not alone. A quick glance at online rental listings shows many that include the words: “no Indians, no PRCs [People’s Republic of China]”, sometimes followed by the word “sorry”.

    A count on 24 April found that there were more than 160 housing adverts on the website PropertyGuru that clearly stated that the landlord did not wish to rent to Indians and/or mainland Chinese.

    The issue appears more common with less expensive properties and on sites where content is posted directly by users, such as Gumtree.

    It is not clear how many foreign workers have been affected. However, several expatriates have described experiencing varying levels of discrimination.

    One Indian expat said his agent told him that many landlords would refuse to rent to him because “Indians always cook smelly curries”. Another Briton of South Asian descent did not experience any direct discrimination, but was warned by his agent that some landlords could be difficult.

    It was something I experienced too, albeit indirectly. When I searched for a flat, my housing agent received a phone call from one landlord who was worried that I was from mainland China, presumably after they learned about my Chinese ethnicity.

    I listened to them discussing my background for what felt like an agonisingly long time. After she hung up, I asked her if it would reassure the landlord if they knew I was British.

    “It doesn’t matter,” she said. “They may still think you’re a PRC who obtained a British passport.”

    Mathew Mathews, a senior research fellow at the Institute of Policy Studies, says: “There are stereotypes that people have about different immigrant groups and how responsible they are in terms of the upkeep of a rented apartment.

    “There are notions of which groups take care of their homes better, and what cooking supposedly leaves permanent smells in the house. People have notions about what would devalue the property.”

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  • Polygamy Legalised in Kenya

    Polygamy Legalised in Kenya

    {{Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta has signed into law a controversial marriage bill legalising polygamy.}}

    It brings civil law, where a man was only allowed one wife, into line with customary law, where some cultures allow multiple partners.

    Controversy surrounded an amendment to the bill, supported by many male MPs, allowing men to take more wives without consulting existing spouses.

    Traditionally, first wives are supposed to give prior approval.

    {{‘Demeaning’}}

    Last month, female MPs walked out of parliament in disgust after their male counterparts voted through the amendment.

    They argued that a decision to take on another wife would affect the whole family, including the financial position of other spouses.

    The bill was also opposed by Christian leaders who urged the president not to sign it into law, saying it undermined Christian principles of marriage and family.

    “The tone of that bill, if it becomes law, would be demeaning to women since it does not respect the principle of equality of spouses in the institution of marriage,” Archbishop Timothy Ndambuki, from the National Council of Churches of Kenya (NCCK), was quoted by Kenya’s Standard newspaper as saying.

    The marriage legislation has been under discussion for several years and some initial proposals were scrapped at committee stages.

    It has abolished the practice of unofficial traditional marriages which were never registered and could be ended without any legal divorce proceedings.

    But plans to ban the payment of bride prices were dropped – although a person must be 18 to marry and this now applies to all cultures.

    {{Inheritance chaos?}}

    MPs did reject the committee amendment which said a woman should only be entitled to 30% of matrimonial property after death or divorce.

    The law now allows for equal property and inheritance rights – previously a woman had to prove her contribution to the couple’s wealth.

    However, reporters in Nairobi, say this aspect of the legislation could create chaos in polygamous marriages.

    The law stipulates that a wife is entitled to an equal share of whatever the couple acquired during their marriage but in the case of multiple partners it is going to be difficult to determine what each spouse is entitled to if one of them divorces or their husband dies, she says.

    There had also been a proposal to recognise co-habiting couples, known in Kenya as “come-we-stay” relationships, after six months, but this too was dropped.

    It would have allowed a woman to seek maintenance for herself and any children of the union, had the man left.

    BBC

  • Kenyan Policewoman Arrested Over ‘Tight’ Skirt

    Kenyan Policewoman Arrested Over ‘Tight’ Skirt

    {{A policewoman’s uniform in Kenya has caused a social media storm.

    Kenyans on Twitter are outraged after Corporal Linda Okello was reprimanded for wearing a tight skirt.

    Thousands tweeted their messages of support using the hashtag #KenyansForLindaOkello.

    It’s not the first time police uniforms have hit the headlines in Kenya. Last year police were barred from wearing lipstick and big earrings while on duty as it was considered “unprofessional”.

    The move angered Kenyan Members of Parliament who said it was “archaic and extreme”.}}

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