If you love football, welcome to its anime tourneys
Sports anime do not paint an accurate picture of sports; they make real sport look more enticing than it actually is. I could not care less about basketball, but when I first watched Kuroko no Basuke, all I could think was, “Basketball is the coolest...
Botswana detects new Covid-19 Omicron sub-variants
In a statement, the Botswana government also said that the sub-lineages of BQ.1 and BQ.1.1 have been detected following routine genome sequencing of Covid-19, adding that the impact of the observed changes remains to be established.
Questions abound in minister Babalanda’s ‘dubious’ Shs 650m land sale deal
Florence Namubiru Verida Kajungu Degeya formerly a resident of Lubaga Division in Kampala was in September found dead in River Mpanga in Fort Portal city. This happened about two months after she allegedly sold her land measuring 0.25 acres with four houses at Shs 650...
Stream The Immaculate Room on Hulu
Mike (Emile Hirsch) and Kate (Kate Bosworth) must survive 50 days in complete isolation to win 5 million dollars. Initially, the couple is confident in their ability to tolerate the sleek, white room, not to mention the disembodied voice that occasionally communicates with them. But...
Kenya anti-tobacco crusaders fault President Ruto’s South Korea deal
The Kenya Tobacco Control Alliance (Ketca), an umbrella body of civil society organisations fighting tobacco use in the country, said the trade deal threatens to undo the progress made in reducing tobacco farming in the country.
Rwanda’s Bank of Kigali income rises 18.4pc to $41.8 million
In particular, Rwanda’s hospitality and service sectors have recorded a strong rebound this year due to the hosting key global events including the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in June, and most recently the Global System for Mobile Communications Association Mobile World Congress which attracted...
Air Tanzania plane held in the Netherlands in row over land title
A plane belonging to Air Tanzania Company Limited (ATCL) has been seized in the Netherlands after a Swedish firm won a $165 million award against Tanzania due to a revoked land title in the Bagamoyo sugar project.
In memory of our favourite Power Ranger
Some of you have spent the week frowning at all the ‘RIP Jason David Frank’ posts online and wondering what this man did to receive so much love. If you are older and know that he played the Green Ranger in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers,...
Former Chinese leader Jiang Zemin dies at 96, state media says
Former Chinese president Jiang Zemin, who steered the country through a transformational era from the late 1980s and into the new millennium, died Wednesday at the age of 96, state news agency Xinhua said.
SA President Ramaphosa considers resigning over burglary scandal
Boomberg reported that people familiar with the matter who asked not to be identified as they are not authorised to speak to the media said Mr Ramaphosa is in meetings with close allies to take advice on the matter.
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