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ANIANSUE, Ivory Coast | AFP | A dozen women, their bodies coated with clay, sway to beating drums as if in a trance, ankle bells jingling as they stamp their feet, in the eastern Ivorian town of Aniansue. They are training to become certified “komians”, or priestesses, steeped in traditional …

Melbourne, Australia | AFP | Serena Williams is emotionally and physically ready to win another Grand Slam, unlike during her famous meltdown in the final of the US Open last year, according to coach Patrick Mouratoglou. The 37-year-old American stormed past top seed Simona Halep to reach the quarter-finals at the …

Beijing, China | AFP | The second woman carrying a gene-edited foetus in China is now 12 to 14 weeks into her pregnancy, according to a US physician in close contact with the researcher who claimed to have created the world’s first genetically-modified babies last year. Chinese scientist He Jiankui …

What Chinese, French domination of Uganda’s oil and gas supplier database means for Ugandan entrepreneurs Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | As pressure to develop key upstream infrastructure picks up with billions of dollars expected to pour into the Ugandan economy starting this year, focus is now turning onto who …

    ?: Do you still want to love me, for better or for worse? ?: I DO. An 85-yr-old man in Xi'an, China's Shaanxi Province, was captured on camera giving his wife a leg massage. pic.twitter.com/MCJVBGKrVG — People's Daily, China (@PDChina) January 10, 2019 Beijing, China | AFP | …

London, United Kingdom | AFP | Marcus Rashford was in danger of seeing his dream of becoming Manchester United’s star striker turn to dust but the England forward is flourishing again after escaping Jose Mourinho’s shackles. Three years after exploding onto the Premier League scene, Rashford marked his 150th United appearance on Saturday with a …

As the elites gather at #wef19, we reveal the true costs of under-taxation of the rich on the world's poorest. Download our latest inequality report, 'Public good or private wealth', here→ https://t.co/UHN0xcW1Fc #FightInequality #BeatPoverty pic.twitter.com/Txo0QoKc5S — Oxfam International (@Oxfam) January 21, 2019 Davos, Switzerland | AFP |  The world’s 26 …

London, United Kingdom | AFP | Keeping the Irish border free-flowing has proved to be the toughest issue to resolve in negotiating Britain’s exit from the European Union. The Brexit deal between London and Brussels — overwhelmingly rejected last week by British MPs — contains a so-called backstop provision ensuring …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | 21 people have so far been discharged from the Cholera Isolation unit in Naguru, since the reported outbreak of the deadly disease in parts of Kampala last month. These are part of the group that had been referred to the facility from Kabowa, in …

Goodbye Nairobi. Hello #Davos2019 Tomorrow we @Oxfam launch our #inequality report. Here & around the world we will sound the alarm on the frightening, widening gap between rich & poor. We will offer solutions & point to +ve examples. Watch this space! #wef19 #FightInequality pic.twitter.com/kNavqZVYKP — Winnie Byanyima (@Winnie_Byanyima) January …