Do you care to feel my pain and take this journey with me? On it you will discover it is yours too and together we will question How can we be so oblivious to each other’s need? Then together we will lament and express our… Read More »THE NEED FOR LAMENT
By Christian Brooks, Nathanael Hutchinson & Sanjeev Shett – BBC Most boxers will tell you the punches don’t hurt as much as the blows they take outside the ring. Frequently being forced to take fights at the last minute, rarely being paid what you were… Read More »Len Johnson: The Boxer With 93 Wins Who Could Never Become British Champion
CAIRO (AP) — President Donald Trump on Monday said Sudan will be removed from the U.S. list of state sponsors of terrorism if it follows through on its pledge to pay $335 million to American terror victims and their families, but some hurt in the… Read More »Sudan to Be removed from Terrorism List- Trump
The Gambia reopened its borders on Friday after a six-month lockdown in light of the covid-19 pandemic. Banjul airport will remain closed till October 31 however due to construction work. A popular tourist destination, travel restrictions hit the economy hard on the West African nation… Read More »Covid-19: Gambia Re-Opens Borders
South Africa’s largest trade unions held nationwide marches on Wednesday to protest the high level of job destruction, the poor state of transport, corruption and the lack of measures to combat the deep crisis generated in Africa’s second largest economy by the pandemic. The national… Read More »Unions Press South Africa On Jobs, Economy
LUSAKA, Oct 7 (Reuters) – Zambia secured a narrow 1-0 win over neighbours Malawi in Lusaka on Wednesday in the first international involving African countries since the COVID-19 pandemic shut down world sport in March. Collins Sikombe netted after 13 minutes for a Zambia team… Read More »Zambia Beat Malawi As International Football Finally Returns to Africa
South Africa will ease coronavirus-prevention restrictions — moving to alert level one from September 20 and reopening its borders October 1st as announced by President Cyril Ramaphosa on Wednesday. This announcement comes after a significant drop in daily new infections in the nation that still… Read More »South Africa Over Covid-19 Hump
Algerian journalist Khaled Drareni received a two-year prison sentence at his appeal hearing on Tuesday for his coverage of the anti-government protests. Rights groups have condemned the verdict as an attack on press freedom as the country has been rocked by demonstrations for the last… Read More »Algeria Journalist Drareni Jailed for 2 Years
Lawmakers in Nigeria’s Kaduna State have approved surgical castration as punishment for those convicted of raping children under the age of 14. State governor Nasir Ahmad el-Rufai needs to sign the bill for it to become law in the north-western state. He has previously supported… Read More »Nigeria to Castrate Child Rapists
Zambia’s President Edgar Lungu has joined the nation in mourning the death of a fish that lived in a pond at the country’s second-biggest university. Students at Copperbelt University (CBU) lit candles and marched around campus to mourn the big bream. The hashtag Mafishi, as… Read More »Edgar Lungu Joins Zambians in Mourning ‘Good-Luck’ Fish