Stanytsya Luganska, Ukraine | AFP | While Ukrainian troops were stationed in her village, Anna felt safe despite living on the frontline of a war that has claimed thousands of lives over the last five years. But since they started to withdraw two months ago from Stanytsya Luganska, eastern Ukraine, she …
Read More »Nigeria’s divisive tradition of facial markings fades
Ibadan, Nigeria | AFP | When six-year-old Naziru Abdulwahab was abducted from northern Nigeria, his kidnapper transported him across the country and tried to sell him — but the potential buyer backed out. What saved the boy from the child-smuggling rings, police said, was the traditional facial scarrings on his cheeks …
Read More »UNRA suspends 17 workers for demanding pay
Kabale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda National Roads Authority-UNRA Kabale Branch has suspended 17 casual laborers until further notice for demanding their unpaid wages. It comes a few days after about 100 casual laborers complained last week that they haven’t received their pay from March 2019. The affected laborers include …
Read More »Trump on summer vacation but not in summery mood
Berkeley Heights, United States | AFP | President Donald Trump is on summer vacation. Just don’t call it that. “It’s never a vacation,” he said before leaving the White House last Friday for the 10-day non-vacation at his luxury golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey. The former real estate dealer …
Read More »Dybala stars as Ronaldo, de Ligt sit out Juventus’s alpine opener
Villar Perosa, Italy | AFP | Paulo Dybala brushed aside speculation over his future with a double for Juventus as Cristiano Ronaldo and new signings Aaron Ramsey and Matthijs de Ligt sat out the club’s traditional alpine curtain raiser on Wednesday. Nearly 5,000 fans crammed into the “Gaetano Scirea” stadium in …
Read More »Ryakarimira town council authorities rush to open roads Aater media exposure
Kabale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ryakarimira town council authorities in Kabale district have bowed to pressure from residents and started grading roads. Residents have been up in arms against the town council authorities led by the LC III Chairperson, Enock Kazooba and Town Clerk, Alex Ampeire over failure to account …
Read More »Lampard sees positives as Chelsea miss out on Super Cup
Istanbul, Turkey | AFP | Coach Frank Lampard took great encouragement from Chelsea’s display in the UEFA Super Cup in Istanbul on Wednesday, despite the disappointment of losing on penalties to English rivals Liverpool. “I think we can get better, there are things I still want us to improve on …
Read More »In South Africa, newly approved TB regimen drastically cuts treatment time
Johannesburg, South Africa | AFP | Four years ago, South African fashion designer Innocent Molefe, 38, was diagnosed with tuberculosis. A year ago, it developed into multi-drug resistant strain requiring painful injections and heaps of pills. Three months after the first round of treatment, he relapsed and started a second round. At the …
Read More »NASA descends on Icelandic lava field to prepare for Mars
The Lambahraun lava field, Iceland | AFP | To prepare for the next mission to Mars in 2020, NASA has taken to the lava fields of Iceland to get its new robotic space explorer ready for the job. With its black basalt sand, wind-swept dunes and craggy peaks, the Lambahraun …
Read More »Fossil fuels? Plastic? Trump says more is better
Monaca, United States | AFP | President Donald Trump has seen the future and it is oil. And plastic. Where most environmental scientists and most US allies fear that overuse of fossil fuels is driving the planet into crisis, the US president spies only opportunity. In a speech on Tuesday to …
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