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Africa: Sanctions – Zim Enlists African Commission’s Support

[ad_1] Zimbabwe has implored the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights (ACHPR) to continuously raise concern about the negative impact of sanctions that were slapped on the country by the West. The country urged the ACHPR, which is holding its 81st Ordinary Session chaired by Mr Remy Ngoy Lumbu of DRC in Banjul, Gambia, to continuously call for the lifting of sanctions to improve the lives of the people. The session started on October 17 and ends on November […]

todayOctober 22, 2024 4

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Zimbabwe: Boxing Coach Up for Indecent Assault

[ad_1] A 43-year-old boxing coach from Bulawayo appeared in court last Thursday for indecently assaulting a 15-year-old female boxer on several occasions. The man cannot be named to protect the identity of the victim. He appeared before Bulawayo Western Commonage resident magistrate, Mr Vakai Douglas Chikwekwe, who granted him US$100 bail. He will be back in court on November 7. According to the prosecutor, Ms Christine Kufandikamwe, the coach has been charged with indecent assault. She told the court that […]

todayOctober 22, 2024 3

News

Zimbabwe: Scott Vincent Speaks On Breakaway League

[ad_1] Top Zimbabwean golfer Scott Vincent was one of four players relegated from LIV Golf last month, and now the former Iron Heads star has opened up on losing spot on the breakaway league. Former LIV Golf member Vincent has described his time with the breakaway league as "an amazing experience" despite being relegated last month. Vincent was one of four players dumped from the LIV setup following the end of the regular season in Chicago in September, having been […]

todayOctober 22, 2024 3

Entertainment

Africa: Some People Love to Scare Themselves in an Already Scary World – Here’s the Psychology of Why

[ad_1] Fall for me as a teenager meant football games, homecoming dresses - and haunted houses. My friends organized group trips to the local fairground, where barn sheds were turned into halls of horror, and masked men nipped at our ankles with (chainless) chainsaws as we waited in line, anticipating deeper frights to come once we were inside. I'm not the only one who loves a good scare. Halloween attractions company America Haunts estimates Americans are spending upward of US$500 […]

todayOctober 22, 2024 4

Entertainment

Africa: If Your Child Is Watching TV and Playing Online Games, You Should Do It With Them – Here’s Why

[ad_1] Young children spend a lot of time using screens: watching television, playing on touchscreen apps, or Facetiming with grandparents. In fact, research on global screen time guidelines has found that around 75% of children aged up to two years use some form of digital media daily, and 64% of children aged two to five years use it for more than an hour a day. Digital media is part of children's lives and is set to stay that way. This […]

todayOctober 22, 2024 4

Africa

Africa: Education and Gender Equality – Focus On Girls Isn’t Fair and Isn’t Enough – Global Study

[ad_1] For the past two decades, investing in girls' schooling has been hailed as a cornerstone of promoting gender equality in sub-Saharan Africa. Between 2016 and 2018 the World Bank Group invested US$3.2 billion in education projects benefiting adolescent girls. The logic is straightforward. Girls face significant barriers to education, among them poverty, insufficient academic support, adolescent pregnancy, child marriage, and school related gender-based violence. Reducing these barriers can substantially improve their educational outcomes. But is this approach - investing […]

todayOctober 22, 2024 4

Africa

Africa: Russia-Africa – Developing Media Partnership

[ad_1] Moscow — At a recent media briefing, Maria Zakharova, the spokesperson for Russia's Foreign Ministry, criticized the United States for its support of educational programs, media and NGOs in Africa. Zakharova argued that these efforts are part of a broader attempt by the U.S. to impose Western values and governance models on sovereign African states, framing it as a form of neo-colonialism. Zakharova's remarks, available on the official Russian Foreign Ministry website, suggest that the U.S. is actively promoting […]

todayOctober 22, 2024 5

Africa

Africa: Capacity Building Is Key to Africa’s Digital Sequencing Success Story

[ad_1] Bulawayo — Christian Tiambo has always wished to uplift local farmers' communities through cutting-edge science. As climate change wreaked havoc on local agriculture, Tiambo, a livestock scientist at the Centre for Tropical Livestock Genetics and Health (CTLGH) and at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), focused on conserving and developing livestock that could withstand environmental stress. Genomics, a Game Changer Tiambo's research took an exciting turn when part of his PhD studies was to characterize and establish local poultry […]

todayOctober 22, 2024 4

Africa

Africa: COP16 – Is This Our Last Chance to Save Nature?

[ad_1] Uckfield, Sussex, UK — As COP16 approaches, we have been reflecting on the state of our planet in 2024; the word "crisis" feels insufficient to describe the devastation we're witnessing. Forests that once teemed with life are disappearing. Coral reefs, once vibrant and full of colour, are turning barren. Species are being driven from their habitats, and extreme weather events like floods and wildfires are becoming all too common. These are not abstract threats--this is our new reality. It […]

todayOctober 22, 2024 4

Entertainment

Zimbabwean Filmmaker, Activist Chosen for Spendlove Prize

[ad_1] Tsitsi Dangarembga, a renowned Zimbabwean filmmaker, novelist and cultural activist, was selected as the 16th recipient of the Alice and Clifford Spendlove Prize in Social Justice, Diplomacy and Tolerance . Tsitsi Dangarembga is best known for her critically acclaimed 1988 debut novel, "Nervous Conditions." The first book by a Black Zimbabwean woman to be published in English, it won the Commonwealth Writers' Prize and is celebrated for its incisive portrayal of colonialism, gender and identity in postcolonial Africa. The […]

todayOctober 22, 2024 4

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