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 […]
A funeral service used to be held for the famend human rights legal professional and apartheid social activist George Bizos on Thursday morning at the Greek Orthodox Church in Johannesburg, South Africa — following his passing at his house ultimate week at the age of 92. President Cyril Ramaphosa gave a televised national address on […]
Guinea’s opposition movement announced a new round of protests from late September, just weeks ahead of a presidential election. The movement is opposing President Alpha Conde’s controversial bid to run for a third term in the October 18 vote. Clashes erupted last October, claiming several dozen lives, after the 82-year-old leader pushed through constitutional reforms […]
Senegal and the sporting world has been shaken after the former head of the world athletics body, Lamine Diack, was found guilty of corruption by a Paris court. Residents in Dakar alleged racism and said Wednesday’s verdict by a Paris court was unjust. “As a Senegalese, I think it was an injustice to condemn him. […]
Barbados, a small Caribbean island kingdom with a populace of about 300,000, introduced Wednesday that it will eliminate Queen Elizabeth as its head of country via November subsequent 12 months as it seeks to cross past its colonial history. “The time has come to thoroughly go away our colonial previous behind,” stated Barbados Governor-General […]
South Africa mentioned 64 new coronavirus deaths in a 24-hour period, bringing the whole range of fatalities to 15,705, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize stated late Wednesday. Mkhize stated there have been 1,923 new COVID-19 cases recorded, placing the total number at 653,444. Cases of COVID-19 had slowed down in South Africa in the past […]
Sudan has arrested forty one human beings and seized a large amount of explosives huge ample to blow up the capital Khartoum, authorities stated on Wednesday. The substances included amonium nitrate, the identical chemical that brought on a deadly explosion in Lebanon on August 4. “Forty-one people had been arrested in possession of explosives, ample […]
On a peninsula east of Lagos, 30,000 employees are employed on a task that holds out the promise of transforming Nigeria’s economic fortunes. It’s right here that Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest man, plans to spend greater than his internet really worth of $13.5 billion building one of the world’s largest oil refineries. If he succeeds, he should […]
Super Eagles superstar Rabiu Afolabi is been dejected after the demise of his mother Alhaja Kosenat. The 40-year-old ex-defender made his Super Eagles’ debut 17 June 2000 in a World Cup qualifying in shape long gone to featured 20 instances before placing his boot in 2013. Afolabi hails from Osun State misplaced his mum after […]
Nigerian entertainer, DJ Cuppy has revealed that she and her songstress sister, Tolani are single. She made this known while responding to tweets which were triggered by her disclosure of her father buying Ferraris for her and her two sisters. When asked who she and her sister are dating, DJ Cuppy wrote in response; “We’re […]
As Sudan grapples with the aftermath of its worst floods in a century, there is a glimmer of hope as the Blue Nile waters have began to drop. The water and irrigation ministry stated on Sunday, the waters had reached 17.67 metres (58 foot), but by using Sunday the degree went down to 17.36. Sudan […]
The former head of World Athletics Lamine Diack has been found guilty for his role in allowing Russian athletes to pay bribes to compete when they should have been suspended for doping. The 87-year-old Senegalese was handed a two-year prison sentence at a Paris court on Wednesday. He was also sentenced to an additional two […]
The Runways are Ready Ready for takeoff, commercial flights in Angola which resumed this week following their suspension in early March at the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic — with only domestic flights available for booking as of now. The first highly anticipated roundtrip flight between Luanda and Cabinda on Monday was surrounded by confusion […]
As Mali’s junta tried to hash out a political roadmap with West African leaders in Ghana on Tuesday, the 18-month transition plan agreed by the military just days ago is being contested in Bamako by the popular opposition protest group. “A delegation from the junta went to Accra to negotiate and discuss the fate of […]
The trial of Sudan’s toppled strongman Omar al-Bashir over his function in the 1989 military coup that introduced him to strength was adjourned to September 22, the judge said on Tuesday. The judge stated the hearing was “procedural” and that requests had been being viewed to trade the packed courtroom to meet coronavirus measures. The […]
The coronavirus pandemic may want to convey tremendous modifications to Africa’s economies even if output shrinks by means of as tons as 10% this year, in accordance to a new investment report. There are already signs that the continent will be disproportionately hit by way of the outbreak that has raised dangers and worsened the […]
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Tuesday met with Mali’s military junta in Ghana’s capital Accra to locate a definitive answer to the political situation in the country. “Terrorists are taking advantage of the situation in Mali to toughen their power” and that “the military junta ought to have already put in […]
A tariff war between the US and Canada ended Tuesday without a shot being fired as the Trump administration repealed its planned 10% responsibility on Canadian aluminum. The tariff used to be canceled hours before Canada was once to impose countermeasures on (CAN)$3.6 billion of American imports of aluminum. American Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer made […]
