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Namibia: Geingob Cup Teams Geared Up

[ad_1] Teams participating in the tenth and final edition of the Dr Hage Geingob Cup received their playing gear in Windhoek on Wednesday. The concluding event takes place on 19 October, and is in memory of former president Hage Geingob and his commitment to harnessing the power of sport to bring a nation together. Co-sponsor Mobile Telecommunications Limited (MTC) recounted the impact the event has made since its inception a decade ago. The organisers are planning to make the finale […]

todayOctober 11, 2024

Japan

In Tokyo, the Taro Nasu gallery focuses on conceptual art

[ad_1] When I stepped into the Taro Nasu gallery, I commented that it felt quite spacious — at least, more so than I had expected."Maybe for Tokyo,” said Masako Hosoi, the gallery’s director. "But Taro is always trying to make his gallery as small as possible, that’s his theory,” she said, referring to the owner, Taro Nasu, who is also a director. "We can’t be a big gallery just like […]

todayOctober 11, 2024

News

Angola: Huambo May Miss International Karting Competition

[ad_1] Huambo — The central Huambo province may be left out of the international karting competition to be held in November in the neighboring Republic of Namibia, due to a lack of sponsors, ANGOP learned on Wednesday. According to the head of Huambo Motor Sports Association, Armando da Costa Guedes, the province plans to be represented with three drivers in this qualifying event for the African and World Karting Championships, both scheduled for 2025. Armando Guedes, who was coy on […]

todayOctober 11, 2024

Entertainment

Angola: Actress Helena Palma Augusto Dies

[ad_1] Luanda — Angolan actress Helena Palma Augusto passed away, in the early hours of Wednesday, in Luanda, victim of a cardiac arrest. Helena Augusto was director of the theater group Moral Viva, known in cultural circles as the "Mother of Replay",a role she had played. According to Artur Pop, a member of the group, the actress was hypertensive and had a crisis at home that resulted in her death. "I met her in 2006 at the group Moral Viva, […]

todayOctober 11, 2024

News

Angola: 1.º De Agosto Begin Title Revalidation Against ASFS

[ad_1] Luanda — The 1.º de Agosto team begin the defense of the African Champion Clubs' Cup trophy in women's handball against ASFS from Tunisia, at 5 pm on Thursday (Oct 10), in a match for the 1st round, of Group A, in Laayoune, Morocco. The team, led by José Terça "Chuma", will face Abidjan from Côte d'Ivoire on the 12th, for the 2nd round, and in the 3rd and final round of the Group stage, on the 14th, they […]

todayOctober 11, 2024

Africa

Eritrea, Egypt and Somalia cement ‘axis against Ethiopia’

[ad_1] The leaders of Egypt, Somalia and Eritrea – countries which all have strained relations with Ethiopia – have been meeting in the Eritrean capital, Asmara.An Eritrean statement wrapping up the summit made reference to "respect for the sovereignty... and territorial integrity of the countries in the region".This could be taken as a pointed reference to landlocked Ethiopia's ambitions for access to a sea port, but the country was not […]

todayOctober 11, 2024

Japan

South Korean author Han Kang wins Nobel Prize in literature

[ad_1] Han Kang has been named the 2024 Nobel Prize Laureate in Literature, the first Asian woman and the first writer from South Korea to receive the award.Han was selected “for her intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life,” the Swedish Academy said in its announcement on Thursday.Writer and committee member Ann-Karin Palm noted Han’s “really intense lyrical prose that is both tender […]

todayOctober 11, 2024

Africa

‘My employers locked me in the house when bombing started’

[ad_1] BBCMany foreign domestic workers in Lebanon have nowhere to go for helpWhen an Israeli air strike hit her employer’s house in southern Lebanon, Andaku (not her real name) found herself all alone, locked inside and terrified.The 24-year-old Kenyan woman has been working in Lebanon as a domestic worker for the past eight months, but she says the last month has been the toughest as Israel’s military has intensified its […]

todayOctober 11, 2024

News

Nigeria/Libya: Afcon 2025 – Eguavoen Eyes Double Against Libya

[ad_1] Coach Augustine Eguavoen has set a goal of maximum six points from this month's double header between the Super Eagles and Libya's Mediterranean Knights in AFCON 2025 qualifiers' Group D attrition as the race to next year's Africa Cup of Nations finals hots up. Nigeria will host the first game at the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State on Friday evening, with the return leg at the Martyrs of Benina Stadium in Benina, 19 kilometres from Libya's […]

todayOctober 11, 2024

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