Beyoncé’s ‘Cowboy Carter’ shines light on Black artists in country music/in /by
Beyoncé's steamrolling into country music – and her motivation behind it — has reignited discussions about the genre's origins and diversity. But is Nashville, the capital of country music; prepared and willing to make space for difference?
Zimbabwe: El Nino-linked drought threatens maize production/in /by
Mazowe district of Zimbabwe's Mashonaland Central province is struggling with prolonged severe drought, threatening the country's maize supply and impacting business of its grain millers.
Sudan war fuelled by weapons from foreign actors in violation of sanctions – UN/in /by
The U.N. political chief, Rosemary Anne DiCarlo, painted a dire picture of the conflict's impact — over 14,000 dead, tens of thousands wounded and a looming famine with 25 million people in need of life-saving assistance, and over 8.6 million forced to flee their homes."
Nigeria’s crude oil output goes down again in March – OPEC/in /by
OPEC data based on direct communication show that Nigeria's average daily production dropped to 1.2 million barrels, from 1.3 in February. The Minister for Petroleum Resources has attributed the low crude oil production to issues with the Trans-Niger pipeline and maintenance activities.
Kenya: Climate activists march against fossil fuel industry/in /by
We are experiencing long-time weather patterns like long rainfall since January up to now in April in Kisumu, Kenya. We have flooding - something that we do not expect to have at this time of the year. This has led to the displacement of people, also destruction of property and also destruction of b
New FIFA Club World Cup a ‘great opportunity’ for African teams – Drogba/in /by
" When you look at the normal previous FIFA Club World Cup, when you’ve seen TP Mazembe, for example, being in the final, at the time it was huge and for a team like that in Africa winning the (FIFA) Club World Cup or the Clubs World Cup competition, it will be, like I said, a huge achievement."
London Marathon to honour late Kenyan athlete Kelvin Kiptum/in /by
Kiptum, who died in a car crash in February at the age of 24, won last year's London Marathon in a record time.
UK-Rwanda asylum plan: “we don’t want any more prevarication or delay”- says Sunak/in /by
We're going to get this bill passed and then we will work to get flights off so we can build that deterrent. Because that is the only way to resolve this issue. You care about stopping the boats? You've got to have a deterrent. You've got to have somewhere that you can send people so that they know
West African Sahel is becoming a drug smuggling corridor, UN warns, as seizures skyrocket/in /by
Drug seizures soared in the West African Sahel region according to figures released Friday in a new U.N. report, indicating the conflict-ridden region is becoming an influential route for drug trafficking.
BRICS Film Festival begins in Moscow/in /by
The BRICS Film Festival kicked off on Friday in Russia as part of the Moscow International Film Festival.