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Monrovia — African ministers attending the Russia-Africa Partnership Forum in Sochi have been assured of Russia’s ‘total support’ to the continent in ‘different sectors’, reports the BBC. The statement, made on behalf of Russian leader Vladimir Putin by his Foreign Minister, Sergie Lavrov, comes at a time when some African nations have severed ties with […]

Updated: 11/11/2024 – 15:29 GMT+1 Over a thousand mariachis gathered in Mexico City’s Zócalo to break the record for the largest mariachi performance, playing Cielito Lindo. Surpassing the previous record of 700 musicians in Guadalajara, this event concluded the city’s first Mariachi Congress. For musicians like Jesús Morales, whose family has long practiced mariachi music,

Indigenous people have been telling stories for centuries longer than the film industry has existed. Yet historically, Hollywood has ignored them. Throughout the 20th century, American movies largely portrayed indigenous people in limited, often non-speaking roles, and mostly confined them to narratives about the 19th century period of frontier expansion. In 1998, Smoke Signals—the first

Once thought to be inhospitable, the allure of the polar regions has existed since Viking times. But only in the last century has it become possible to visit these stark landscapes and marvel at the abundant wildlife in relative comfort. And whilst adventurers have pushed the boundaries of human endurance and polar exploration, today Quark

Sitholizwe Mdlalose, Vodacom SA’s CEO, spoke to Bizcommunity at the GSMA report launch on the eve of Africa Tech Festival. He shared candidly about the company’s focus on customer connection, the role of LEO satellite technology, the investment in 5G, and his disappointment in the collapse of the Maziv deal. Sitholizwe Mdlalose, CEO of Vodacom

A safer South Africa is only possible with less gun crime. Achieving that requires more from police than recovering illegal guns. Mass killings have wreaked havoc in numerous South African communities in recent months. Along with the devastating murder of 18 people in Lusikisiki in the Eastern Cape province on 28 September, other attacks have

The Ashmolean Museum raised nearly £4.5 million (€5.4 million) to stop Fra Angelico’s The Crucifixion being sold overseas. ADVERTISEMENT Oxford’s Ashmolean Museum paid the impressive sum to prevent the rare Italian Renaissance painting from leaving the UK after more than 200 years.  Fra Angelico’s “The Crucifixion” was set to be sold to an overseas buyer

Over a century ago, President Woodrow Wilson established Veterans Day to honor “the heroism of those who died in the country’s service” after the First World War. Wilson proclaimed that the day, originally called “Armistice Day” to mark the end of that war, should be a sign of the nation’s gratitude. In celebration of the

With summer holidays on the horizon, South Africa’s hospitality industry is gearing up for the influx of both international and local travellers. As visitors from Europe, the USA, China, and across Africa prepare to descend on Mzansi for the warmer peak season, transit hubs like airports and their adjoining hotels are set to experience a

Analysis — In a week which saw a Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) ranger, Pte Jonathan Olara, succumb to a poacher’s bullet while on patrol of a section of the vast Kidepo Valley Conservation Area in northeastern Uganda, the Prince of Wales launched a new insurance programme for about 10,000 African wildlife rangers. The groundbreaking programme