Africa Gambia West Africa World 

Why older women seek love with young men in Gambia

– – These thrill-seeking grannies are young at heart . . . and in the loins. A new documentary that premiered last night in the UK reports on a new tourism trend seeing older European women traveling to West African country Gambia for love and sex with younger men. In turn, the aspirational Gambian men may often receive gifts of tens of… Read More
Africa Sports World 

Kipchoge beaten as Kitata takes London Marathon title

– – World record holder Eliud Kipchoge was beaten in the London Marathon as Shura Kitata won a thrilling sprint finish to claim an unexpected victory. Four-time winner Kipchoge was the favourite, but fell behind with two laps to go and finished eighth. Ethiopian Kitata pushed ahead of Kenya’s Vincent Kipchumba on the home straight to finish in two hours… Read More
Africa Ghana West Africa World 

British-Ghanaian architect David Adjaye wins top UK award

– – British-Ghanaian architect Sir David Adjaye has received top UK honour in the area of Architecture. He has become the first black recipient of the Gold Medal from the Royal Institute of British Architects. Adjaye is receiving this highest honour bestowed upon people in the Architecture profession in the UK for his works throughout the years. Sir David told… Read More
Africa Egypt North Africa Tourism World 

Egypt unveils coffins buried 2,500 years ago

– – Archaeologists in Egypt said Saturday they had found 59 well-preserved and sealed wooden coffins over recent weeks that were buried more than 2,500 years ago. Opening one of the ornately decorated sarcophagi before assembled media, the team revealed mummified remains wrapped in burial cloth that bore hieroglyphic inscriptions in bright colours. The dramatic find was unearthed south of… Read More
Africa East Africa Sudan World 

Sudan’s govt, rebel groups sign landmark peace deal

– – Sudan’s government and rebel groups on Saturday inked a landmark peace deal aimed at ending decades of war in which hundreds of thousands died. Ululations and cheers rang out as one by one, representatives from the transitional government and rebel groups signed the deal, a year after the peace talks began, at a ceremony in the South Sudanese capital Juba,… Read More
Pacific 

Greening of India’s railway network on track

With over 68,000 kilometres of track and serving over a mind-boggling eight billion passengers a year, Indian Railways is vast and amongst the most complicated and involved transport systems in the world. And, perhaps not surprisingly, moving hundreds of thousands of passengers each day across tens of thousands of kilometres of network requires enormous amounts of energy, energy which in… Read More
Africa Business Ghana World 

Ghanaian-German Centre to hold second gender conference

– – The Ghanaian-German Centre for Jobs, Migration and Reintegration (GGC) has announced that its 2nd Gender Conference is slated for 7 October 2020 in Accra. The gender conference, which is on the theme, “Exploring Support Systems available in Ghana Before and after Migration: The Case of Female Migrant Workers” will bring together key stakeholders drawn from Civil Society, Educational,… Read More
Africa Sports World 

Sadio Mane isolating after positive coronavirus test

– – Liverpool forward Sadio Mane has tested positive for coronavirus and is self-isolating. The news comes three days after the club said midfielder Thiago Alcantara had tested positive for Covid-19. Liverpool say the Senegal winger has “displayed minor symptoms of the virus but feels in good health overall”. Mane, 28, played for the Reds in a 3-1 win over… Read More
Africa Featured World 

Trump moved to military hospital after COVID-19 diagnosis

– – U.S. President Donald Trump moved to a military hospital for treatment on Friday after being diagnosed with COVID-19 as his administration and election campaign scrambled to adjust to an extraordinary twist in his turbulent presidency. Roughly 17 hours after he announced that he had tested positive for the coronavirus, Trump walked slowly from the White House to a… Read More
Europe 

Mediterranean Sea: ‘Cycle of violence’ for fleeing migrants must be addressed

OHCHR highlighted what it called a “cycle of violence” whereby people faced deprivation and abuse in Libya, only to be left to drift “for days at sea”. Often, their boats were intercepted dangerously by the authorities and returned to Libya, the UN rights office said, noting that migrants then faced arbitrary detention, torture and other serious human rights violations. And… Read More
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