Photo credit: Aljazeera Thousands demonstrated Saturday in Tel Aviv against the decision by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government to dismiss the head of the Shin Bet domestic intelligence service and resume fighting in Gaza. Reuters reports that Netanyahu had said this week he had lost confidence in Ronen Bar, who has led Shin Bet since 2021,…
Photo credit: the conversation Rather than being a tragedy for Africa, the withdrawal of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) at the hands of President Donald Trump’s administration should be cause for celebration, the former ambassador of the African Union to the US, Arikana Chihombori-Quao has argued. She says that USAID doesn’t have much to…
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oba: noun : a ruler of any of several African peoples of western Nigeria (used as a form of address) Source: Merriam-Webster dictionary
Photo credit: ABC News Boxing heavyweight legend George Foreman has died aged 76, according to his family. BBC reports that the American, known as Big George in the ring, built one of the most remarkable and enduring careers in the sport. He won Olympic gold in 1968 and, 21 years apart, claimed the world heavyweight title…
Addiction is the fact or condition of being addicted to a particular substance, thing or activity. Merriam-Webster dictionary defines it as a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance behaviour, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon…
Photo credit: the globe and mail Prime Minister Mark Carney will ask the Governor General to dissolve Parliament and call a federal election this Sunday, Radio-Canada has learned. The election campaign will kick off barely a week after Carney became prime minister and appointed his cabinet. Carney will go to Rideau Hall to speak to…
