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 […]
Although extremely advanced conversations are being held with at least two partners, according to Africa’s public health ministry, the continent of 1.3 billion people still lacks even a single dosage of the monkeypox vaccine. Ahmed Ogwell, the acting director of the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, told the media on Thursday that he […]
The inaugural season of the Super League is scheduled to begin in August 2023, run through May 2024, and end with a “Super Bowl-like” championship game. Teams that win the CAF Champions League, the current year’s premier event, get $2.5 million (2.4 million euros). The Super League champions will receive an additional $11.5 million. Here, […]
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed by SkyMax Network Limited (“SkyMax”) and Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) to form a cooperation with the goal of developing a next-generation 5G broadband network in Sub-Saharan Africa that includes a digital services delivery platform (SSA). The MoU, the outcome of a two-year partnership between the two parties, is the […]
As a result of the widespread unrest that broke out in several neighborhoods of Freetown and other sections of the country’s northern region, the government of Sierra Leone has imposed a curfew across the entire country. Two police officers were killed on Wednesday when protesters got into fights with security forces and teenagers who were […]
In recent months, Iran has helped Venezuela, a country in South America, to shore up oil production so that Iranian revolutionary guards can easily enter the region. Iranian-funded terror groups are also expanding in capability and global reach. Is it a threat to the United States? Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) was named on […]
Ashleigh Buhai of South Africa overcame a catastrophic 15th hole to beat Chun In-gee in a drawn-out play-off for the Women’s British Open at Muirfield on Sunday. After 72 holes, both men were equal on 10 under par. In nearly complete darkness, Buhai finally won the season’s final major by making a par at the […]
On Monday, the head of Chad’s military government, Mahamat Idriss Deby, is due to sign a peace pact with rebel factions that took part in the Doha discussions with the Chadian authorities. These parties were represented at the meetings in Qatar. A meeting took place between the ruler of Chad and his host, Sheikh Tamim […]
In order for emergency supplies to be delivered to regions that are experiencing a shortage of food, the United States has urged Ethiopia to enable “unrestricted access to gasoline” in the Tigray region. The United States of America issued a demand for unrestricted relief delivery to the region of Tigray as well as to the […]
The Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, expressed his “outrage” after UN peacekeepers opened fire during an incident on Sunday in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the border with Uganda, causing the deaths of two people and the injuries of several others. The United Nations Mission in the […]
Sunday was Election Day in Senegal, as citizens cast their ballots to choose the country’s lawmakers. These elections will serve as a significant test for opposition parties that are attempting to counteract the power of the ruling party in advance of the presidential election that will take place in 2024. The possibility of President Macky […]
According to the results of a referendum that were released on Tuesday, Tunisians voted in favor of a new constitution that will cement the one-man rule that President Kais Saied has instituted over the past year. This will be a body blow to the democracy that was built in Tunisia with a tremendous amount of […]
Just over 5 percent of the objective was purchased in the first few hours of the sale of the Central African Republic’s first digital token, prompting concerns about the project’s transparency and an overall decline in the sector. One of the world’s poorest nations, the Central African Republic (CAR), became the first state in Africa […]
Daniel Chukwudumebi Okoh has been elected the new president of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN). The General Secretary of CAN, Joseph Daramola, announced the news in Abuja. On Wednesday, CAN will hold a general assembly to usher in the new administration. This marks the end of the tenure of outgoing President, Samson Olasupo Adeniyi […]
The Banyana Banyana from South Africa were proclaimed the new champions of the 14th edition of the Africa Women Cup of Nations, which was put on by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) for the women’s national teams of Africa. Zambia defeated Nigeria to take home the bronze. Here are five of the tournament’s highlights […]
The 14th US-Africa Business Summit 2022, which was held in Marrakech, Morocco, from July 19 to 22, was a success, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade. The summit’s attendees had the chance to converse over a three-day period on ways to improve trade, investment, and industrial ties between our continent and the United […]
The six Indian Premier League franchise owners – Reliance, RPSG, Sun TV, CSK, Royals Sports Group, and JSW Sports – have now been confirmed as the successful bidders for the South African T20 league. According to a press release from Cricket South Africa, the franchise owners for the South Africa T20 teams in Cape Town, […]
The Ennahda Movement, whose foundations were laid in Tunisia, a country in North Africa, at the beginning of the 1970s by Rached Ghannouchi and his friends, has continued its existence as an Islamic party for many years. However, the movement gradually shifted its association with terrorism and assassinations. Reportedly, the Ennahda Movement was inspired by […]
The Marburg virus, a fatal disease that is extremely contagious and belongs to the same virus family as the one that causes Ebola, has been confirmed in Ghana’s first two cases. In a hospital in the southern Ashanti region, it is reported that both patients have passed away. Earlier this month, a lab in Senegal […]