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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

Entertainment

Nigeria: Entertainment Industry Holds Independence Show Tomorrow

[ad_1] Supremacy, will tomorrow, organise a concert in commemoration of the ongoing Nigeria's 64th Independence celebration. Scheduled to hold at Eko Hotel Convention Centre in Lagos, the 6th edition of the supremacy concert will showcase some of the biggest names in the Nigerian entertainment industry. According to the organisers, some of the artists scheduled to perform at the concert, include: Flavour, Bella Shmurder, Shallipopi , Teni the Entertainer, Young John, […]

todayOctober 3, 2024

News

Nigeria: LASG, Private Sector Collaborates to Boost Tourism, Youth Development

[ad_1] The Lagos State Ministry of Youth and Social development and its Tourism counterpart in collaboration with Skal International have concluded plans to ensure that people with disabilities are carried along in the course of good governance in the state. Speaking at this year's World Tourism celebration in Lagos, Commissioner for Youth and Social Development, Mr. Bolaji Ogunlende said the government will leave no one behind in the move to […]

todayOctober 3, 2024

News

Senegal: Lions of Teranga Coach Aliou Cissé’s Contract Not Extended

[ad_1] Senegal's Ministry of Sport decided not to renew Aliou Cissé's contract as head of the country's national soccer team. Cissé's contract expired at the end of August, in what is described as an unexpected move by most. Cissé was coach of the Lions of Teranga for about a decade, and the team now face their October qualifying matches against Malawi for Afcon 2025 without their longtime leader. According to […]

todayOctober 3, 2024

Japan

7-Eleven owner seeking to sell off part of stake in banking unit

[ad_1] Seven & I Holdings, the convenience-store operator facing a takeover approach from Canada’s Alimentation Couche-Tard, is exploring the sale of part of its stake in Seven Bank, people with knowledge of the matter said. The move is intended to show the retailer is willing to focus more on its core 7-Eleven business, said the people, asking not to be identified because the plans aren’t yet public. The bank, which […]

todayOctober 3, 2024

Africa

UK hands sovereignty of Chagos Islands to Mauritius

[ad_1] The UK has announced it is giving up sovereignty of a remote but strategically important cluster of islands in the Indian Ocean after more than half a century.The deal – reached after years of negotiations - will see the UK hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius in a historic move.This includes the tropical atoll of Diego Garcia, used by the US government as a military base for its […]

todayOctober 3, 2024

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