Daily Archives: April 25, 2022


Twitter’s Board Negotiates with Elon Musk Over Bid to Buy Platform

The board of Twitter is negotiating with Tesla CEO Elon Musk over his bid to buy the social media giant.  Media reports Monday said the two sides are close to reaching a deal.   Musk recently announced that he wants to buy the platform and later unveiled a financing package to back the acquisition.   The Reuters news agency reported that Musk’s final offer is $43 billion in cash, citing anonymous sources familiar with the matter. The New York Times reported that Twitter and Musk spoke into the early hours …


New Kenyan Play Targets Gender-Based Violence

Kenya saw a jump in cases of gender-based violence (GBV) during its COVID-19 lockdowns, which heightened social and financial stress.  To address the problem, Kenyan authorities are turning to the dramatic arts. At the Kenya’s National Theatre in Nairobi, some 65 young people are putting their acting skills to use, as part of Kenya’s latest strategy to educate the public about the evils of gender-based violence. Titled “A Little Girls Worth,” the one-hour play by Kenyan playwrights Derrick Waswa and Tommah Sheriff, is a new production co-sponsored by the Ministry …