June 2, 2015 South African Olympic breaststroke gold medalist Cameron van der Burgh, has said he will have to keep up with his efforts to remain among the top swimmers in his specialist event this year if he is to successfully defend his title at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games. Since winning the Olympic gold ... Read More
June 2, 2015 Jack Warner, former FIFA Vice president who is currently involved in the recent corruption and bribery scandal with several others in the organization has spoken up regarding the issue. The 72 year old rejected corruption charges leveled against him by the United States at a conference and claimed that Washington was seeking ... Read More
June 2, 2015 Everything that has a start must come to an end, and in this case, the end is the story of former England and Manchester United centre-back Rio Ferdinand, who has hung up his boots, and has announced his retirement from active football. This marks the end of Rio Ferdinand’s 20-year professional career ... Read More
June 01, 2015 Make way for the Congolese-Nigerian collabo we’ve been waiting for – Awilo Logonba and P-Square with their new video titled “Enemy Solo”, which translates to Enemies of progress aka bad belle people. The video was directed by prolific video director Clarence Peters.
June 01, 2015 Researchers in the Afar region of Ethiopia believe that they have discovered and unearthed a new human species, dating as far back as 3.5 million years ago. The discovery includes jaw bones and teeth, and this, according to scientists, means that the new hominin was alive at the same time as several ... Read More
June 01, 2015 A study by a women’s rights advocacy group, the Tanzania Media Women’s Association in 2014 rated Zanzibar, the beautiful country off East Africa’s coast, amongst one of the highest in cases of abuse and violence against women. The study also showed that most of the men committing sex crimes often got away ... Read More
June 01, 2015 In Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Diplomats, religious leaders and former migrants gathered for a memorial service at the African Union headquarters in the country in honor of the thousands of migrants who have died as they tried to cross the Mediterranean into Europe. It is recalled that the Union has been accused of ... Read More
June 01, 2015 Almost 2,000 people from Myanmar and Bangladesh have been rescued, with some swimming ashore in Malaysia and Indonesia. Malaysian police said people-smugglers had dumped at least 1,018 hungry migrants in shallow waters off the coast of the resort island of Langkawi for about 5 days. One boat was still stuck on a ... Read More
June 01, 2015 Fiji’s recently appointed police chief has showed why he made the position after he displayed his crime-busting skills by fighting off a gang of robbers at a restaurant with just a folding chair. Ben Groenewald was at a private function at the back of the restaurant when he heard a commotion in ... Read More
June 01, 2015 Sepp Blatter has emerged as the “new” president of Fifa, after his rival, Prince Ali bin al-Hussein of Jordan, withdrew in the second round of voting. The election took place at FIFA’s congress in Zurich, and saw Blatter win 133 to Prince Ali’s 73. The last few days have seen calls and ... Read More
