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Zimbabwe: Andy Flower Highly-Rated – allAfrica.com

[ad_1] With T20 franchise leagues happening all around, all year round, Zimbabwe Cricket legend Andy Flower has been rated as one of the best coaches on the circuit with a good record across the leagues that he has managed. The highly-decorated Flower is currently the head coach of Indian Premier League (IPL) side Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) having taken over the reins of the star-studded side in the 2024 edition […]

todayOctober 3, 2024

Africa

Africa: HIV Prevention – Why a New Injectable Drug Could Be Such a Breakthrough – Podcast

[ad_1] A new drug to prevent HIV infection is showing hugely promising results in clinical trials when injected every six months. In this episode of The Conversation Weekly podcast, we speak to South African HIV doctor and scientist Linda-Gail Bekker about her involvement in one of the trials for lenacapavir and why she thinks it could be so groundbreaking. Thanks to advancements in prevention and treatment, global HIV infection rates […]

todayOctober 3, 2024

News

Africa’s Famous Serengeti and Maasai Mara Are Being Hit By Climate Change – a Major Threat to Wildlife and Tourism

[ad_1] The Mara-Serengeti ecosystem, which includes Kenya's Maasai Mara and Tanzania's Serengeti National Park, is one of the most famous and wildlife-rich areas in Africa. Every year, millions of animals move across the land in search of fresh grass and water, creating an incredible spectacle known as the Great Migration. This migration sustains hundreds of predators and scavengers like vultures. The wildlife is also important for local governments and communities […]

todayOctober 3, 2024

Africa

The brothers breaking freestyle football world records

[ad_1] Brothers Victor and Confidence Kipo are really doing the trick when it comes to freestyle football.The Nigerians, who are 13 and nine years old, have broken a total of 12 Guinness World Records.Video by: Isaiah Akinremi, Joshua Akinyemi & Jenna Abaakouk [ad_2] Source link

todayOctober 3, 2024

Africa

Africa: Quebec to Stop Hiring African Nurses to Protect Vulnerable Healthcare Systems

[ad_1] The Canadian province of Quebec will stop recruiting nurses from most African countries to avoid creating shortages of healthcare workers in their countries of origin. Since 2022, Quebec has brought in over a thousand foreign-trained nurses to tackle its healthcare labour shortage. Like many Western nations, including France, poor working conditions have driven nurses away from the sector, prompting Quebec to look abroad for solutions. Under pressure from various […]

todayOctober 3, 2024

Entertainment

South Africa: Tributes Pour In for Gospel Legend Solly Moholo

[ad_1] The South African music industry mourns the death of renowned gospel singer Solomon Molokoane, known as Solly Moholo, after he fell ill while on a music tour in Botswana last month. He was 65. Moholo rose to fame in the early 2000s. His hit songs included Ke Latlhile Bokinza, Wubani o zo Pepeza, and Robala ka Khotso. His management released a statement on Moholo's Facebook  page  announcing his death. […]

todayOctober 3, 2024

News

Nigeria: I Almost Accepted Super Eagles Job – Herve Renard

[ad_1] Former Ivory Coast manager Herve Renard has disclosed that he was on the verge of becoming the head coach of Nigeria's Super Eagles, replacing Finidi George. The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) is still in search of a permanent coach for the national team, with Augustine Eguavoen currently serving as the caretaker boss for the upcoming AFCON 2025 qualifiers against Libya. Renard, a two-time AFCON winner and former coach of […]

todayOctober 3, 2024

Africa

Tanzania’s news sites banned over animation deemed critical of Samia Suluhu Hassan

[ad_1] AFPThere were hopes that President Samia would allow the media more freedomThree of Tanzania's leading newspapers have been banned from publishing their online editions after they ran an animation deemed critical of President Samia Suluhu Hassan.The Citizen, Mwananchi and Mwanaspoti newspapers have had their online licenses suspended for 30 days over the viral animated clip, which has since been removed.The clip, just over a minute long, published by the […]

todayOctober 3, 2024

Japan

Starbucks buys research farms as climate change threatens coffee supply

[ad_1] Starbucks is buying two new research farms that will test everything from drones to microbes as it seeks to make coffee more resilient to climate change, which has already constricted availability and driven up prices.A farm in Costa Rica will look at solutions including how technology can help growers. In Guatemala — a key supply region — Starbucks will replicate the challenges facing the small farms that make up […]

todayOctober 3, 2024

Africa

South Sudan’s powerful spy chief Gen Akol Koor Kuc sacked

[ad_1] South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir has sacked his powerful and long-serving spy chief Gen Akol Koor Kuc.He became head of the feared National Security Services (NSS) after independence in 2011 and continued throughout the bitter civil war that followed.No reason was given in the presidential decree that announced his removal, which was read out on national TV on Wednesday night - but he has been made governor of the […]

todayOctober 3, 2024

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