October 2024 – Page 124

Rwanda/Benin: Afcon 2025 Qualifiers – Spittler Optimistic Amavubi Can Upset Benin

[ad_1] Rwanda head coach Torsten Spittler has fired a warning to Benin that his side will make it difficult for them to win at Stade Felix Houphouet-Boigny when the pair square off on October 11 in match day 3 of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers. Amavubi are third in Group D with two points from 2 games having drawn 1-1 with Libya in Tripoli and 0-0 with Nigeria at Amahoro Stadium. Rwanda will be up against Benin at […]

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Entertainment

Nigeria: Davido Snubs Wizkid, Unveils Clothing Brand Collection

[ad_1] On Wednesday, Wizkid took to his X account to launch a scathing attack on Davido, calling him 'talentless' and even coining the derogatory term 'Frogido.' Davido has ignored Wizkid's online tirade and officially launched his second collection with global sports brand PUMA at their flagship store in New York City. On Wednesday, Premium Times reported a dramatic turn of events as Wizkid took to his X account to launch a scathing attack on Davido, calling him 'talentless' and even […]

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News

South Africa: Broos Names Final Squad for Afcon Qualifiers Against Congo Brazzavile

[ad_1] The South African senior men's national team face the Congolese in Gqeberha, Eastern Cape, on Friday, 11 October 2024 (7pm), and then they travel to Congo to play the return match on Tuesday, 15 October 2024. Looking ahead to the matches against Congo, Broos said he was concerned by the number of goals that his charges concede during matches. "Those things have got to change, that has to change" he said. "You can't concede two or three goals in […]

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Africa

Africa: Destruction of Libraries and Archives Is a Form of Book-Burning and Erasing History and Memory

[ad_1] Libraries are not merely places that keep books by George Eliot, Charles Dickens or Joseph Conrad: they are repositories of written records of South African society over centuries - and over the past three decades. During a gathering of advocates and activists who collected books from across the US for shipping to Africa, mainly to west Africa, I once asked, somewhat cheekily, of the good folk in the Upper Midwest: "What books are you sending to Africa?" Were these […]

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Africa

UK deal to hand over Chagos Islands criticised over lack of say for Chagossians

[ad_1] Pascalina NellanPascalina Nellan with her grandmother, who was among the Chagossians removed from the Chagos Islands some 50 years agoPeople with roots in the Chagos Islands have criticised what they called their "exclusion" from negotiations leading to the UK government's deal to give up its sovereignty of the region.The remote but strategically important cluster of islands in the Indian Ocean is set to be handed to Mauritius after more […]

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Entertainment

Uganda: 11.9 Million Ugandans Are Illiterate – Census Report

[ad_1] The latest 2024 census report released by the Uganda Bureau of Statistics(UBOS) has indicated that 26% of Ugandans are illiterate. The main report released on Thursday indicated that of the 45.9 million Ugandans, 74% are literate, meaning they can ably read and write any of the languages spoken in the country. The same report also indicates that 26% people are illiterate, a percentage that translates into 11,934,000 Ugandans. Regions The report shows Buganda at 85.5% has the biggest number […]

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Japan

ジャパンタイムズ出版、「パートナーシップ制度」を導入

[ad_1] 株式会社ジャパンタイムズ出版（本社：東京都千代田区、取締役社長：伊藤秀樹）は、2024年10⽉１日より、全従業員に向けて事実婚や同性のパートナーに対し、法律上の配偶者と同様に福利厚⽣や規程を適⽤する「パートナーシップ制度」を導入しました。 [ad_2] Source link

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Africa

Africa: Sustained Financing for Adolescents’ Sexual, Reproductive Health Is Good for Africa’s Economies

[ad_1] Without a concerted effort to support integrated Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR), we are unlikely to meet the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) on Good Health and Well-being or Gender Equality. Health systems in Sub-Saharan Africa are failing to meet the needs of adolescent girls and young women: the prevalence of unwanted and unintended pregnancies among this population is at 30 per cent whereas a further 20 percent involuntarily give birth before their 20th birthday. But the […]

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Entertainment

South Africa: Cosatu Salutes Legendary Gospel Artist Solly Moholo

[ad_1] The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) is saddened by the passing of legendary gospel artist Solomon Molokoane, popularly known as Solly Moholo. The iconic musician passed away at the age of 65 this week, after falling ill while on tour in Botswana last month. Ntate Solly Moholo was not only a household name in the country's traditional gospel music, he was also an undeniably talented artist who had an impeccable ability to use various elements of his […]

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