Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Latvian performance artist Arturs Bērziņš has managed to spark a heated debate about the ethics of his latest project, where he sliced bits of flesh from the backs of a man and a woman, cooked them in a frying pan and fed it back to …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Constantin Reliu, 63, had the shock of his life when he was told that he was, in actual fact, dead. Apparently, his estranged wife had registered his death in 2016 after he didn’t return to Romania from Turkey, where he had worked as a …

London, United Kingdom | AFP | Manchester City are one win away from being crowned Premier League champions after a swaggering 3-1 victory over Everton, while Mohamed Salah was Liverpool’s hero yet again as the Egypt star clinched a 2-1 win at Crystal Palace on Saturday. Pep Guardiola’s side maintained …

Gaborone, Botswana | AFP | Botswana prepared to inaugurate Mokgweetsi Masisi as president on Sunday in a ceremony designed to highlight a smooth handover of power in one of Africa’s most stable countries. Ian Khama, the son of Botswana’s first post-independence leader, officially stepped down as president on Saturday after …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | For Nairobi teenager Emily Juma, it was a dream come true to meet her famous idol, Victoria Beckham aka Posh Spice though she was surprised by how ‘simple’ Victoria’s outfit looked: Plain white T-shirt, ripped jeans and wellies. Compared with her usual high-fashion looks, …

This company claims they can preserve your brain for future use. But first they have to kill you Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A California-based company, Nectome, claims it can perfectly preserve clients brains for use in the future when technology will allow all the information stored in them to …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Kid-Mai Death Cafe looks more like the scene of a funeral than a place you’d want to hang out with your friends. Black is the dominant color, but that’s probably the least morbid thing about this establishment. Funeral wreaths are used as floral decorations, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mothers who can’t wait to hold their babies until they are actually born can now fulfill their greatest dream with the help of 3D-printed, life-size models of their unborn children based on ultrasound imagery. Embryo 3D is not the world’s first company to offer parents …

Kampala, Uganda | DAVID IRVING | Ben Franklin famously wrote: “In this world, nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes”. What he didn’t mention, despite being 83 years old, was a third, almost inevitable eventuality: ageing. Depending on when in history and where on the planet you …

Accra, Ghana | AFP | Hundreds of people took to the streets of Accra, Ghana’s capital, on Wednesday to protest against a controversial military deal with Washington which was passed by parliament last week. The agreement was approved by President Nana Akufo-Addo’s government on Friday but has come under heavy …