Africa
Ethiopia’s army chief, top regional officials killed in northern coup attempt
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Ethiopia’s army chief of staff and the regional president of the northern state of Amhara were killed in two related attacks when a general tried to seize control of Amhara in an attempted coup, the prime minister’s office said on Sunday. Amhara state president Ambachew Mekonnen and his advisor were shot …
Pakistan v South Africa: Cricket World Cup 2019 – live! | Sport
It has been a long time coming, the carnival arriving at headquarters for day 25 of the tournament. When administrators were piecing together the schedule, they could not have expected that the first game to feature here would be between two teams who have so far disappointed more than any other. A nice upbeat start! …
Ethiopia coup attempt leaves army chief shot, says PM | World news
Ethiopia’s army chief of staff has been shot, the prime minister, Abiy Ahmed, has announced on television Sunday as the government said it had thwarted an attempted coup in an autonomous region. Abiy took to national television in the early hours of the morning dressed in military fatigues to make the announcement about Seare Mekonnen, …
Culture and Tradition in the Pre-Colonial Africa in Elechi Amadi’s The Concubine
The story is a tale of a young woman, Ihuoma, who belongs to Nigeria’s Igbo ethnic group. Her plight involves her past life, when she was said to be the wife of the mythical Sea King deity. This gives her great status in the present, but portends doom for any mortal man who seeks to …
The future of AI is in Africa
Sitting in a hotel lobby in Tangier, Morocco, Charity Wayua laughs as she recounts her journey to the city for a conference on technology and innovation. After starting her trip in Nairobi, Kenya, where she leads one of IBM’s two research centers in Africa, she had to fly past her destination for a layover in …
African Safari Tours – From Wildlife to Nightlife, Africa Has it All
What kind of adventure vacation do you have in mind? What does the word vacation mean to you? South African tours can offer you virtually anything that you want to see or to do. Each person is unique. What is an adventure to you may well not impress the man or woman next to you. …
New Zealand v South Africa: Cricket World Cup 2019 – live! | Sport
7.19am EDT 07:19 4th over: South Africa 15-1 (Amla 8, Du Plessis 2) Another quietish over, just four from it – it’s funny really, for all the master blasting at the top – and surely that’s what Stevie was talking about – now it’s serious we’re back to the wickets in hand. The more things …
South Africa 0-4 Germany, China 0-0 Spain: Women’s World Cup – as it happened | Football
A squad shuffle rather than wholesale changes for Germany, with Melanie Leupolz, Klara Bühl and Lina Magull starting after coming off the bench against Spain. Thembi Kgatlana doesn’t start for South Africa; unless she’s injured, that’s a hard one to explain. South Africa (4-1-4-1): Dlamini; Ramalepe, Van Wyk, Matlou, Vilakazi; Ndimeni; Mthandi, Makhabane, Biyana, Jane; …
South Africa v Afghanistan: Cricket World Cup – live! | Sport
8.41am EDT 08:41 3rd over: Afghanistan 9-0 (Hazratullah 9, Noor Ali 0) Hazratullah gets a couple to backward square leg, and then hoists one over midwicket, safely clear of the field but it gets nowhere near the boundary, pretty much stopping as soon as it lands. 8.38am EDT 08:38 2nd over: Afghanistan 4-0 (Hazratullah 4, …