Uganda’s blind assistant app: a step forward in education/in /by
Visually impaired students in Africa often face challenges accessing braille texts, resulting in high dropout rates in high school because of the slow advancement in assistive technology. Fortunately, a group of developers from Uganda has developed the Blind Assistant app.
Nigerian women’s basketball team qualifies for Olympic quarterfinals/in /by
Ezinna Kalu scored 21 points as Nigeria made Olympic history by becoming the first African team, male or female, to reach the Olympic quarterfinals in basketball when it beat Canada 79-70 on Sunday.
Noor Slaoui on Olympics pride and charlotte Dujardin controversy/in /by
Nour Slaoui is called trailblazer and a pioneer, the first Arab and African woman to participate in the Olympics in the eventing discipline.
Simple genius: Slamdams protect Kenyan communities from floods/in /by
Slamdams, made from heat-resistant rubber, have a water capacity of 8,000 litres each. Each slamdam measures five metres in length, 1.5 in width and stands one metres tall.
Venezuela: President Maduro and his opponents organize parallel rallies/in /by
President Nicolas Maduro and his opponents proclaimed themselves winners while international pressure grew to find a negotiated solution to the crisis.
Nigerians protest high cost of living as police arrest nearly 700/in /by
Nigerian security forces on Saturday fired bullets and teargas at several journalists and protesters during demonstrations against the country’s economic crisis in the capital city, Abuja, according to journalists at the scene.
Algerian boxer Imane Khelif clinches medal at Olympics/in /by
Fans of Algerian boxer Imane Khelif celebrated in Paris on Saturday after the fighter clinched a medal at the Paris Olympics, following days of sharp scrutiny and online abuse as misconceptions about her gender exploded into a larger clash about identity in sports.
Somali police say 37 people died in an attack on a beach hotel/in /by
At least 37 people died and 212 others were wounded in an attack on a beach hotel in Somalia's capital Mogadishu.
IOC leader says ‘hate speech’ directed at Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-ting is unacceptable/in /by
Khelif of Algeria and Lin of Taiwan have been the focus of intense attention — and often inaccurate commentary — because both were disqualified at the 2023 world championships
Sites linked to South Africa’s anti-apartheid struggle make UNESCO Heritage List/in /by
They include the Union Buildings, which are now the official seat of the South African government and house the offices of the President. Another one is Liliesleaf in Johannesburg, which served a secret home and meeting place for political activists including Nelson Mandela