With the growing trend of connectedness coupled with increasingly prevalent concerns for health in general—and mental health in particular—finding new methods to cope with stress has become increasingly important. Though mindfulness and therapy share long-established roles in stress management, recent interest has increasingly been sparked by neuroscience and its role within stress regulation in relation […]
Thousands of North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), civilians are fleeing their residences after multiple horrifying attacks committed by the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF). The United Nations has characterised the massacre as being “truly horrific”. With the level of violence escalating, it evidences a deteriorating humanitarian and security situation in one of Africa’s most […]
DM Records star Ikechukwu Anthony Offiah better known as King Perryy has a huge single titled ‘Waist’ coming soon. While his recent single ‘YKTFV’ is still buzzing the airwaves, King Perryy is cooking an instant banger with a star-studded list of Nigerian pop stars. Nigerian music stars Mayorkun, Kizz Daniel, Davido would all feature on […]
Somalia’s President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed has appointed Mohamed Hussein Roble as the country’s new Prime Minister. Roble, a newcomer to Somalian politics will have to fill the vacancy left by means of the former PM Ali Khaire, who was removed by using parliament remaining July, after failing to pave the way for thoroughly democratic elections […]
Eastern Libya’s strongman General Khalifa Haftar said oil production would restart soon, ending the 8 months blockade of the nation’s oild fields, that has caused a 10 billion dollars loss in revenue according to National Petroleum Company (NOC). “(We have decided on) the resumption of the production and export of oil with all the necessary […]
Comair on Friday surpassed another great waypoint en route to returning to the skies when the giant majority of creditors and shareholders voted to adopt the business rescue plan. The company stated on Friday that in terms of the commercial enterprise rescue format the favored investment consortium, comprising a range of former Comair board members […]
A outstanding Muslim cleric in Bangladesh died on Friday night whilst undergoing remedy at a sanatorium in the capital Dhaka. He was once 103. Ahmad Shafi, the head of Hefazat-e-Islam, Bangladesh’s biggest “non-political Islamic group,” used to be a prominent parent in the South Asian country. He was once struggling from a number of fitness […]
Two African women are among the five candidates still in the running to take the World Trade Organization top job. No Africans and no women have ever been at the helm of the global trade body. On Friday the pool of eight candidates was whittled down to five. It includes women Amina Mohamed of Kenya, […]
Required to appear in courtroom on Friday, award-winning and famend Zimbabwean author, Tsitsi Dangarembga — dealing with expenses for disturbing the peace and inciting violence following her arrest at anti-government Harare-based prohibited protests in June. The arrest took area days after her brand new novel, ‘This Mournable Body,’ was once protected in the long list […]
South Africa mentioned 2,055 new COVID-19 instances bringing the number of validated infections to 657,627, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize announced late Friday. Mkhize stated 85 human beings died from the coronavirus in the past 24 hours putting the variety of fatalities at 15,857. For the previous six weeks, South Africa has been experiencing a decline […]
Nigerian striker, Tolu Arokodare has been snapped up by way of Bundesliga outfit 1. FC Köln on a season lengthy loan from Latvian top-flight club Valmiera FC. The 19-year-old striker who stands at 1.97m tall scored 15 dreams in sixteen video games in the Virsliga given that the league started out in June. Speaking to […]
Ghanaian music producer Jeff Tennyson Quaye a.k.a. Jay Q has accused Nigerian artistes and producer Selebobo of using his work without his permission. According to him, Selebobo (real name Udoka Oku) used the horn melodies he played in VIP’s ‘Ahomka Wom’ for his recent song: ‘Take.’ Vanguard, however, gathered that Jay Q began litigation processes […]
Paul Rusesabagina, whose movements during the 1994 Rwandan genocide inspired the film “Hotel Rwanda”, was once denied bail by a Kigali court docket on Thursday. Rusesabagina, a critic of the Rwandan government, has been living in exile for years. He holds both Belgian citizenship and a US Green Card. He has been charged with terrorism […]
The Islamic State group claimed the August killing of six French aid workers and their two local guides in Niger. The NGO workers, aged between 25 and 30, were visiting the Koure National Park, a popular nature reserve which sits 60 kilometres (37 miles) from Niger’s capital Niamey. The statement, issued in the Islamic State […]
Africa is seeing an average fall of 10% in new COVID-19 cases. But situations on the ground vary widely. South Africa has reported the continent’s highest number of cases and deaths, and the world’s seventh highest number of cases. Hospital admissions have started to slow down, but the number of deaths is yet to follow […]
The House of Representatives voted Thursday to formally condemn racism concentrated on Asian-Americans amid the coronavirus pandemic. The resolution, first brought by congresswoman Grace Meng, was passed in a 243-164 vote. It condemns all forms of racism concentrated on the Asian-American neighborhood tied to the coronavirus pandemic. Among its provisions it calls on all public […]
Somali President Mohamed Farmaajo appointed Mohamed Hussein Roble as the country’s new high minister early Friday, hours after regional leaders agreed on a revised mannequin for presidential and parliamentary elections. The Somali presidency made the announcement on Twitter. The president wishes him to perform his responsibilities effectively and efficiently, it brought in the statement. […]
Human rights violations are still being committed in Burundi, including sexual violence and murder, a report by a UN watchdog said. Hopes had been pinned on new President Evariste Ndayishimiye, who was elected in May. He took over from his predecessor Pierre Nkurunziza, who was in office for 15 years. During his tenure, at least […]
Ugandan forces are looking for greater than 200 naked inmates, who escaped in a jailbreak on Wednesday. Many of the 219 escapees stripped off their yellow uniforms to avoid being identified as they fled into the desolate tract in Moroto, in northeastern Uganda. “We noticed the prisoners all over the mountain when they had been […]
All aboard the famous South African Franschhoek Wine Tram back on track following a six-month hiatus due to strict sanitary regulations in light of the Covid-19 pandemic — as was the case with many businesses across the globe who saw their activity shut down or negatively impacted by the global coronavirus health crisis. David Blyth, […]