World Rugby chair Beaumont promises 10 per cent rise in rugby popularity by 2025
World Rugby is set to launch a new plan to accelerate diversity and inclusion across all levels of the game in line with the recommendations of the organisation’s wide-ranging governance review. To promote and increase engagement in a marketplace where the competition for attention is continually increasing, World Rugby says...
World Rugby launches ‘A Global Sport for All’ strategic plan to guide its growth
World Rugby has launched a new strategic plan for the advancement and growth of the sport through to 2025. The strategic plan titled ‘A Global Sport for All – True to its Values’ is intended to steer the sport and society in general through challenges such as the coronavirus pandemic...
Coronavirus: Trade in Africa recorded $5B financial outflow in first quarter of 2020
Despite tough global financial situation triggered by Covid-19 pandemic, there was massive portfolio outflows from Africa estimated to be above $5 billion in the first quarter of 2020. A new continent-wide survey on trade finance shows that over $3.1 billion left the South African market alone. South Africa is the...
Despite justice being served for George Floyd, US police reforms are urgent
A Minnesota jury has properly convicted former officer Derek Chauvin of second-degree murder for the killing of George Floyd on May 26, 2020. Millions of people across the country watched the video of Chauvin kneeling on Floyd’s neck until long after he lost consciousness and stopped begging for mercy. And...
New report accuses China of serious crimes against humanity in Xinjiang region
The Chinese government is committing crimes against humanity against Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims in the northwest region of Xinjiang, Human Rights Watch said in a report released on Friday. The Chinese leadership is responsible for widespread and systematic policies of mass detention, torture, and cultural persecution, among other offenses....
