Archive For: The Crunch
June 24, 2015 The African Union Summit ended recently in South Africa, and left residents of Alexandra township, near the summit venue, wondering what kind of impact the summit will have on their lives. This area was one of the worst hit with the recent xenophobia crisis in the nation, and of course the crisis was widely discussed by the leaders in addition to ... Read More
June 24, 2015 Security forces in Turkey have announced the arrest of five Islamic State militants who were apprehended as they tried to cross over from the Syrian town of Tel Abyad. The militants were taken to the counter-terrorism division at a police station in southeastern province of Sanliurfa. The capture of the town by the Kurdish YPG and smaller Syrian ... Read More
June 24, 2015 There have been a lot of mixed reactions regarding Rachel Dolezal, the American civil rights advocate who was busted for claiming to be of African heritage while being very Caucasian, at least according to her genes. Dolezal however has come out in an interview on NBC’s “Today” show, to say she identifies ... Read More
June 24, 2015 Many of us know that June 21st was father’s day, but did you know it was also International Yoga day? Well United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon definitely did; he was one of hundreds of people who took part in the activities marking the day at the UN visitor plaza. The Secretary General had some ... Read More
June 24, 2015 An unusual kind of sport took place in Fenny Bentley, a small village in Derbyshire, northern England. It was the British World Toe Wrestling Championship which came into being in 1976 when a group of walkers in Wetton, a set about searching for a game that only the British could win. This weird sport is similar to ... Read More
June 22, 2015 President Francois Hollande from France recently met with his Algerian counterpart Abdelaziz Bouteflika, and had nothing but praise for him, speaking of his ‘great intellectual skill’. Bouteflika has kept a low profile in his fourth term of being in power because of his health. The president’s allies say his cognitive and mental faculties are fine but the ... Read More
June 22, 2015 Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir has defied South Africa’s court which wanted him held back in the country for war crimes, and has returned to Sudan. Al-Bashir arrived in Khartoum on June 15 to a hero’s welcome with hundreds of people at the airport to greet him. He was in South Africa for an African Union summit. ... Read More
June 22, 2015 AU Chairman and Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe has condemned ‘terrorism’ after suspected Islamist suicide bombers killed at least 27 people and injured about 100 others in the Chadian capital N’Djamena. The two simultaneous attacks first on a police headquarters and at a training school were the first strike of its kind in the country which has ... Read More
June 22, 2015 The Indomitable Lionesses of Cameroon have brought joy to their fans after knocking out Switzerland in a 2-1 victory at the ongoing Women’s World cup. The ladies have now moved into the knockout phase of the Women’s World Cup along with defending champions Japan. Fans like Penda Etoundi and Muma Robert who saw the match ... Read More
June 22, 2015 Sergio Ramos, Real Madrid star has visited Havana as part of his duty as a UNICEF ambassador. He went as part of a delegation from Spain for a working visit to the island, according to local media. The centre back paid a visit to the Vo This Thang school in Havana on the heels of his countryman former Real Madrid striker Raul, and ... Read More
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