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Last updated: 18/06 – 13:39 UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Friday went on a walkabout through Kyiv with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Zelenskyy gave Johnson a tour of a monastery where they lit candles and the British leader received an icon. They placed flowers at an outdoor memorial wall displaying photos of soldiers who fell in fighting in 2014,… Read More

Football’s world governing body, FIFA, found that over 55 per cent of players taking part in Euro 2020 and this year’s Africa Cup of Nations received online abuse before, during and after matches. The study found that homophobic slurs were the most common form of abuse that players received, followed by racism the second most common. Although the report does… Read More

Sudan’s wheat harvest is at risk of going to waste after the country’s cash-strapped government backed out of promises to purchase it at favourable prices. Farmer Modawi Ahmed is one of thousands who have cultivated the grain as part of Sudan’s largest agricultural scheme, named Al-Gezira. “The agricultural bank wants us to pay for our loans in wheat, according to… Read More

Last updated: 11 hours ago Competitors travel at speeds more than 100km/h in the Brazilian Soapbox Cart Championship in Brumadinho, Minas Gerais state.  The carts are made word or iron and the course is 3km of steep descents.  There are two categories: the traditional and the FLX which involves larger carts weighing up to 60kg and measuring 1.9 metres by… Read More

Climate change has caused an increase in desertification. The consequence for countries such as Mauritania is a significant drop in the agricultural production of some regions, leaving farmers struggling to grow enough food to eat or sell. “The risks related to the volumes of rainfall caused negative effects on the soil in terms of gullying and degradation. This means that… Read More

A joint project between a Nigeria film production house and Lagos State government is training students to make African stories for a wider international public. Nigerian film-making student Esther Abah is part of a new generation of Nigerian film-makers who want to take stories beyond a Nigerian audience. “It’s been an awesome experience because I see film now from a… Read More

Last updated: 1 hour ago Mexico City brings together 14,299 of people in the downtown Zocalo square to beat the Guinness record for the most crowded boxing class in the world.  The figure surpassed the previous record held by the city of Moscow, which in 2017 gathered around 3,000 people for a boxing lesson.  More about Sourced from Africanews Read More

In Johannesburg’s Alexandra township, a recently renovated building serves has the first “dojo” of this deprived neighbourhood. Around 20 schoolchildren are here to “learn to live together”, according to the coordinator of the “Judo for Peace” organisation. “Friendship, respect they are all things that are taught on the mat, on the tatami, as we call it. So these are things… Read More

The Democratic Republic of Congo does not want Rwanda in a possible regional force on its soil. This is the message from Kinshasa to the British prime minister ahead of a Commonwealth summit in Kigali. In a statement released last Friday, the Congolese government accuses Rwanda of supporting the M23 rebels who seized the town of Bunagana on the border… Read More

Disappointment in South Sudan at the news of the postponement of Pope Francis’s visit to the region. The visit was originally planned for July 2nd to the 7th. According to a statement released by the Vatican last week, the Pope’s ongoing knee problem is the reason behind the postponement. “When we received the news of the postponement, we received this… Read More