Dancing in the Sunset in Dakar
Dresses rippling in the wind, sand beneath their feet, a sky fading to a heathery dusk as dancers sway and thrash to the urgent, ominous chords of Stravinsky’s music. This is Pina Bausch’s Rite of Spring as it’s never been seen before. Earlier this year, proving yet again that some remarkable moments can come out […]
Ugandan Athletes Struggle to Keep Fit
The coronavirus pandemic has some top-flight athletes struggling to stay sharp for next year’s Tokyo Olympics after training facilities were shut down and competitions cancelled. Ugandan runner Halima Nakaayi, the gold medalist in the 800 meters at the 2019 World Athletics Championships, is doing her best to prepare under the restrictions imposed by COVID-19. With […]
The Southern White Rhino has been to the Brink of Extinction and Back
Today, most of these rhinos can trace their ancestry back to the Hluhluwe Imfolozi Park (HiP) in KwaZulu-Nata, South Africa. In the late 19th century, the southern white rhino was on the brink of extinction due to game hunting. Unfortunately, a new threat emerged just under a decade ago, when poachers began targeting the rhinos […]
Grand Ethiopia Renaissance Dam Saga Gets Nasty
Ethiopia’s Information Network Security Agency (INSA) said on Monday that hackers based in Egypt attempted cyber attacks on the Ethiopian government and non-government sites. The agency added that the attack was “extensive.” The attempt happened on June 20 and June 21, according to a report from INSA. The agency identified “Cyber Horus Group,” “AnuBis.Haker” and […]
Orange Dust from North Africa Covers the Carribean
Over a couple of days, the skies have been turning brown over the Caribbean. Dust that was raised from the Sahara Desert in North Africa has made steady progress, as a deep homogenous layer in the atmosphere, westwards across the Atlantic. The normally deep blue skies are now brown. The sun a mere dull orange […]
Burkinabes Face Danger from All Sides
Over the past four years, Burkina Faso has fallen into chaos, with gunmen robbing, killing and threatening some of the poorest citizens in this landlocked West African nation, and causing 850,000 to flee their homes. Some of the gunmen are terrorists, loosely allied with the Islamic State or Al Qaeda. Some are bandits. Some are […]
Eton Apologises for its Racist Past
The headmaster of Eton College has told the BBC he is “appalled” by the racism experienced by the first black person to complete his studies at the prestigious British public school. Nigerian writer Dillibe Onyeama obtained his school-leaving certificate from Eton in 1969. He wrote a book about the racism he experienced at the school […]
Malawians Head to the Polls Again
Malawians voted on Tuesday in a re-run of a discredited presidential election seen as a test of Africa’s ability to tackle ballot fraud, but the country’s president said reports of violence called the integrity of the contest into question. After voting at a school in the tea farming district of Thyolo, southern Malawi, Mutharika decried […]
South Africa’s Next Step in Curbing the Pandemic
Researchers in South Africa say the first COVID-19 vaccine trial on the African continent is set to get underway on Wednesday. The University of the Witwatersrand says the vaccine developed by University of Oxford researchers is already being evaluated in a large trial in the UK and a similar trial is beginning in Brazil. The […]
Emerging, Post-Pandemic Digital Technology Trends
As the restrictions imposed on the movement of people and social interaction begin to lift, people will soon take their first steps into a world that will be very different from the one that they had known pre-COVID-19. Major trends that were gaining momentum before the pandemic hit, have accelerated in its wake. Digital apps […]
