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Benni McCarthy is the name that keeps on coming up when it comes to discussions about who will succeed Molefi Ntseki as head coach of Bafana Bafana.
Abiy's government and the regional one run by the Tigray People's Liberation Front each consider the other illegitimate.
\t There was no immediate word from the three AU envoys, former Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, former Mozambique President Joaquim Chissano and former South African President Kgalema Motlanthe. AU spokeswoman Ebba Kalondo did not say whether they can meet with TPLF leaders, something Abiy's office has rejected.
\"``Not possible,'' senior Ethiopian official Redwan Hussein said in a message to the AP. ``\"Above all, TPLF leadership is still at large.'' He called reports that the TPLF had appointed an envoy to discuss an immediate cease-fire with the international community ``masquerading.''
\t Fighting reportedly remained well outside the Tigray capital of Mekele, a densely populated city of a half-million people who have been warned by the Ethiopian government that they will be shown ``no mercy'' if they don't distance themselves from the region's leaders.
\t Tigray has been almost entirely cut off from the outside world since Nov. 4, when Abiy announced a military offensive in response to a TPLF attack on a federal army base.
That makes it difficult to verify claims about the fighting, but humanitarians have said at least hundreds of people have been killed.
\t The fighting threatens to destabilize Ethiopia, which has been described as the linchpin of the strategic Horn of Africa.
\t With transport links cut, food and other supplies are running out in Tigray, home to 6 million people, and the United Nations has asked for immediate and unimpeded access for aid.
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TRANSLATED AS ‘You, Me, Us’ in Swahili, Wewe Mimi Sisi is a passion project developed by Drop A Jewel Network founder Nii Klotey Quaye and his five-year-old daughter Xolani set to adapt classic African stories into fun and interactive programs for children, which incorporates captivating storytelling with dynamic yoga movement and exercise.
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 26 November 2020: Last Monday, President Dr Julius Maada Bio presented a cheque of over Le 9 billion in Segbwema, Kailahun District, Eastern Sierra Leone to the Skills Development Fund, which would initially benefit over 1,660 ypoung people in his political heartlands of Kenema and Kailahun districts. Paramount Chief of Njaluahun Chiefdom,…
by Sonny Messiah Jiles Black America stands at the crossroads of a political paradigm that will determine the balance of power in the United States Senate.This is not about a political party. This is about how the issues relevant to the lives of Black Americans are addressed in the halls of Congress. Yes, African Americans … Continued
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DStv is set to feature a packed line-up of local and international holiday content this festive season.
\"We spend more on homelessness than we realise,\" Jonathan Hopkins, acting director at U-turn, said during the virtual launch of a study on the cost of homelessness in Cape Town.
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[Daily Maverick] Ethiopian PM Abiy Ahmed is expected to meet the envoys - but may not allow them to meet his opponents.
[Nation] Deputy President William Ruto has maintained that there is still room for building consensus on the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI), hours after President Kenyatta launched collection of one million signatures for referendum.
Soweto giants Kaizer Chiefs will begin their CAF Champions League campaign with a tie against Cameroon side PWD Bamenda.
Diego Maradona, the Argentine soccer great who led his country to the 1986 World Cup title, has died at 60. Maradona died two weeks after being released from a Buenos Aires hospital following brain surgery.
The office of Argentina’s president has decreed three days of national mourning to honor their hero
Speaking before Maradona's death, director Asif Kapadia, Maradona's biographer and lifelong fitness coach share stories about the player
\"He's just, he's a star. You know he's got real charisma. There are people like him, real people like him, who I think are the people that should be on the big screen. You know, (Ayrton) Senna had it. Amy (Winehouse) had it. There like, they've got something. People want to be close to them. Maradona's got it in droves, you know? So yeah, absolutely that idea that he deserves to be on a bigger screen in the world, you know, and to be seen by people and to be celebrated for the amazing things that he did, but also to kind of understand - I hope - why he's done some of the stuff he's done, some of the mistakes that he's made and hopefully have a bit more empathy for him,\" Asif Kapadia said.
Despite being a football legend, Maradona also adored a few leaders around the world. One of them was the famous Cuban president Fidel Castro. In 1987 Maradona together with a few friend made a maiden trip to visit the then embattled Cuban president. Fernando Signorini was among the friends.
\"I can't believe it now, but in 1987 he included me in the people who could accompany him to go and visit Fidel Castro. And I was part of this delegation and we went and we spent six hours talking with him all night long until the morning and I can still remember that he is the one who taught him how to play with a ball until the morning,\" Signorini said.
Despite his popularity, Maradona was embroiled in numerous scandals. In 1991 he was snared in his first doping scandal when he admitted to a cocaine habit that haunted him until he retired in 1997, at 37.
Hospitalized near death in 2000 and again in ’04 for heart problems blamed on cocaine
The murder cases of UWC student Jesse Hess, and Cape Town bakery manager Meghan Cremer have been postponed in the Western Cape High Court for trial preparations.
Millions of Americans took to the skies and the highways ahead of Thanksgiving at the risk of pouring gasoline on the coronavirus fire, disregarding increasingly dire warnings that they stay home and limit their holiday gatherings to members of their own household. Those who are flying witnessed a distinctly 2020 landscape at the nation’s airports: […]
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City Girls rapperJTclearly isn't fazed by what trolls have to say about her appearance after the Miami rapper posted a sizzling-hot photo of herself recently. […]
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Analysis - A transnational phone scam known as Wangiri is on the rise in Kenya, warns the country's Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI Kenya). Addressing these invisible syndicated scams is a global challenge and Kenya, with its robust telecommunications infrastructure, is a prime target.
Can Lil Wayne releasing new music make his fans and critics forget he supported Donald Trump? Social media users are conflicted.
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Nigerien History-Maker on a Mission
The first person from the Niger Republic to work at NASA (The National Aeronautics and Space Administration) is a woman and the name of this brilliant mind, altruistic heart and award-winning scientist is Dr Fadji Maina . Maina was raised in Zinder — one of the largest cities in the Niger Republic that has had marked challenges with water scarcity that are worsening due to climate change.
Big Heart and Big Dreams
The accomplished scientist has recalled feeling blessed as when she was a little girl she was aware of many households that did not have running water like her own and would often wonder about the lines of tens of girls standing outside her family home with buckets during the dryer months of the year. It appears that the water issues exacerbated some of the gender-equality challenges within Nigerien society as it was typically the girls who would be sent by their families to fetch water from lakes or neighbours’ residences — amid other domestic duties, while priority was often given to boys to get an education.
Hence, her compassionate ten-year-old self knew she wanted to do something to eradicate the regional water issues her community faced.
This is What Success Looks Like
And she has surpassed even her own ambitions with a bachelor’s degree in geological engineering from the University of Fes, a master’s degree in engineering and environmental sciences and a doctorate in hydrology — both from the University of Strasbourg. Even before joining NASA at the end of August this year, the trilingual (Hausa, French and English) professional had already received international recognition and even made it onto the prestigious Forbes’ 30 Under 30 2020 Science list for her published research at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in Berkeley, California.
Today at twenty-nine years old, Maina works as an Earth scientist working as a computational hydrologist — using mathematical models and remote-sensing products to study the impact of climate change on water, at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Centers and holds the title as the first Nigerien to be a part of the US space agency’s team.
A position that has made her native country very proud. A feeling in a matter of sorts which appears to be mutual as one of Dr Maina’s social media handle profiles reads, “Proudly a daughter of Niger.”
Dr Fadji Maina hopes to not only make a positive impact on the world’s rising water issues but to also inspire other Nigerien women and girls — as she exemplifies being a model African citizen.
By REGINA GARCIA CANO, MATT SEDENSKY and HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press Vivian Zayas can't keep herself from scrolling through photos of last Thanksgiving, when her mother stood at the stove to make a big pot of rice and beans and then took a seat at the edge of the table. That was before anyone had heard of COVID-19 and before it claimed the retired seamstress. Ana Martinez died at 78 on April 1 while recovering at a nursing home from a knee replacement. The family is having their traditional meal of turkey, yams, green beans and rice and beans — […]
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Vickie Burse still feels the same pain that every other mother feels when she has to leave her child in a cemetery. “Holidays are the worst. Can I just be honest about it,” Burse said. “Most holidays, you can’t get out of bed. You just stay in bed and try to sleep through the day […]
[The Point] Citizens of 15 African countries including the Gambia will have to post bonds of up to $15,000 (£11,000) to visit the U.S., according to a new temporary travel rule which comes into effect on 24 December.
Earlier this month, we learned that hijackings are on the rise in a pandemic-hit South Africa: One particular region has become a hot-bed for car theft.
Jada Pinkett Smith, her daughter Willow and mother, Adrienne Banfield-Jones, affectionately known as Gammy brought talented home-cooks to Red Table Talk to share... View Article
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[Botswana Daily News] Gaborone -- Misuse of the internet is rife in Botswana with some 17 000 people downloading or using digital technologies illicitly on a weekly basis.
Two days after his arraignment at which he pleaded not guilty to murdering and raping Cornelia Ida senior, Bibi Keniez, Jaipaul Hitlall was yesterday sentenced to 20 years in prison after changing his plea.
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The Equality Court damages claim against Cape Town school teacher, Clarissa Venter, who was filmed slapping a pupil at Sans Souci Girls High, has been withdrawn.
The Western Cape's Medium-Term Budget focuses on allocating funding to areas that support job creation, safety, and social well-being.
