Africa

[ad_1] Kenya's Ruth Chepngetich broke the world record to win the Chicago Marathon on Sunday.The 30-year-old clocked a time of two hours, nine minutes and 57 seconds to surpass Ethiopian Tigst Assefa's previous record by nearly two minutes.Chepngetich is the first woman to run a marathon in under two hours and 10 minutes.Assefa set the previous record with victory at the 2023 Berlin Marathon in two hours, 11 minutes and […]

[ad_1] Lions may be the least fashionable of the South African sides, but they led 13-12 at half-time despite a yellow card.They arrived in Newport unbeaten, after wins over Ulster and Edinburgh, and struck first through Horn in their opening away game of the season.Dragons recalled Leon Brown, Rodrigo Martinez, Keddie, Joe Westwood and Ewan Rosser, a late replacement for his brother Jared, and all were in the thick of […]

[ad_1] The first black central bank governor of South Africa, who later went on to become finance minister, has died at the age of 65. Tito Mboweni had suffered a "short illness", the presidency confirmed on Saturday evening, without specifying further."We have lost a leader and compatriot who has served our nation as an activist, economic policy innovator and champion of labour rights," President Cyril Ramaphosa said.Mbwoeni's family said they […]

[ad_1] Getty ImagesChris Brown has been accused of several cases of violenceChris Brown's forthcoming concert in South Africa has led to renewed focus on the country's shocking levels of violence against women, with campaigners saying it sends the wrong message given his history of abuse.In less than two hours, the Grammy-winner managed to sell out tickets to the FNB Stadium in Johannesburg - the largest stadium in Africa with over […]

[ad_1] South Africa made an ideal start to this contest as a combination of tight bowling and circumspect batting saw Bangladesh crawl to 10-1 off the first five overs without scoring a single boundary.Sobhana Mostary and skipper Joty then shared a 45-run stand for Bangladesh's third wicket as they made 38 and 32 respectively.Yet there was the unerring sense Bangladesh left runs out in the middle with so many wickets […]

[ad_1] One in five girls in conflict stricken sub-Saharan countries had experienced sexual assault or rape before turning 18. Cumulatively, 79 million girls in sub-Saharan Africa have been sexually assaulted between 2010 and 2022. This is contained in the first-ever global estimate on sexual violence against children published by UNICEF. Globally, UNICEF estimates that sexual violence has affected some 370 million – or one in eight – girls and young […]