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Emmanuel Nnakwelugo is a sculptor and carver whose amazing art works have dazzled many. A native of Anambra State, South East Nigeria, Emmanuel’s interest for arts started at a very young age when he usually accommpanied his friends to the house of a popular carver in his village. He would some day become the popular wood carver but with a… Read More

It’s usually a very festive season for Muslims accross the world. But this year, some won’t be able to experience Eid al-Adha to the fullest. As a result of the Covid-19 pandemic and the high prices of livestock, many Egyptians won’t be able to afford sheep to slaughter. Qanater El Khayreya, has one of the main farms that supplies Cairo’s… Read More

Thirteen people have died and others seriously burned in northwest Kenya after a petrol truck that had overturned caught on fire, and a “huge fireball” engulfed a crowd on Saturday night. As the fuel tanker collide with another vehicule on a highway connecting the town of Kisumu to neighbouring Uganda, onlookers rushed to the crash site with jerrycans to collect… Read More

A mother at 12, raised in Nairobi’s hardscrabble suburbs to survive by her fists, Christine Ongare dreams of becoming the first African woman to win an Olympic medal in boxing. The 27-year-old Kenyan pugilist will have her chance in Tokyo — her first Games, and a moment she still cannot believe is coming true. “This one has always been my… Read More

South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa visited three shopping centers in Soweto on Sunday to help clean up damaged businesses. Malls of the KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng provinces were amongst the most affected by the violence and looting that has gripped the country for the last ten days. Unrest started after former South African president Jacob Zuma started serving a 15-month sentence… Read More

Last updated: 10 hours ago Thousands of Haitians on Friday made a pilgrimage to bathe in sacred waterfalls amid political instability in the wake of the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse and a shortage of COVID-19 vaccines. Scrubbing their bodies with aromatic leaves and soap, a mix of Voodoo and Christian faithful gathered in the rushing waters of Sautd’Eau. Haiti… Read More

South Africans on Saturday cleaned up shopping centres and stores looted during a week of shocking violence that rocked the country and left more than 200 dead. Aid organisations also handed out food in communities that had been cut off from main roads or where food shops were ransacked in the unrest. The violence — the worst in post-apartheid South… Read More

Last updated: 2 hours ago Thai police used tear gas and water cannon to disperse protesters marching toward the government house calling for the Thai Prime Minister to resign over his mismanagement of COVID-19 crisis. Hundreds of demonstrators rallied on Sunday despite the government had issued strict measure prohibiting the gathering of more five people in Bangkok to curb the… Read More

Last updated: 2 hours ago At least 23 people were killed after several homes were crushed by a collapsed wall and a landslide triggered by heavy monsoon rains in India’s financial capital Mumbai, authorities said Sunday. A falling tree demolished a wall in the eastern suburb of Chembur during Sunday’s early hours, burying nearby residents, the National Disaster Response Force… Read More

Last updated: 42 minutes ago Journalists in India held a candlelight vigil to honour Reuters’ photojournalist Danish Siddiqui who was killed on assignment in Afghanistan on Friday. Danish Siddiqui had been embedded with Afghan special forces for the past few days and was killed as the commando unit battled for control of the Spin Boldak crossing on the border between… Read More