Retired Kenyan President Kenyatta is confident EAC bloc will resolve Congo’s age-old conflicts
Former Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta, who is mediating the conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), has said that dozens of armed groups operating in the area are willing to “lay down their arms” if an agreement for a “lasting” peace can be reached. Kenyatta has stated in the...
Racism in academia: Foreign PhD students wish supervisors could be made to account for their bias
Anecdotally, Black scholars in United Kingdom universities told UK Royal Society researchers that they were the only Black people in their department or institution and sometimes in their field. Kevin Lala, an evolutionary biologist at the University of St Andrew’s, UK, says that those who are members of under-represented groups...
Report: Forget talk of equality in education and workplace, racism is as rife as ever in academia
Science is often portrayed as a meritocracy in which one’s ideas and abilities matter more than anything else. But Nature’s 2022 survey of PhD and master’s students points to an unpleasant reality: those who identify as members of minority ethnic groups face a greater share of discrimination and indignities than...
Sabotage suspected as Germany’s Qatar World Cup dream is shattered by minnows Costa Rica
Germany stars suffered humiliation again failing to make it out of the group stages at a second successive World Cup. Hansi Flick’s side were highly-fancied to progress from a group that included Spain, Costa Rica and Japan – but found themselves packing their bags on a night of controversy in...
Senegalese parliament suspended after two legislators trade punches, create pandemonium
Senegal’s Parliament was on Thursday forced to suspend a session on the 2023 budgets after opposition MP Massata Samb slapped Amy Ndiaye Gniby of the ruling coalition Benno Book Yaakar (BBY). Samb, a member of the opposition Yewwi Askan Wi (Free the People), used his speaking time to recall the...
Caste India: Dalit Christians complain relief for Untouchables and Brahmins in care centres is caste-based
In Narsinghpatana, India, a village in the Puri district of Odisha, Bijoy and fellow Dalit families managed to enter the cyclone relief shelter after they were stopped by neighbours from the dominant caste. They “allowed us to enter the shelter on the condition that we would stay in a specific...
Caste curse: How untouchable Dalits need Hindus mercy before they can access humanitarian relief
When devastating floods hit India’s western state of Kerala in 2018, Seena’s family had nowhere to go. After water submerged their home, Seena, her parents and her brother walked three kilometres to the nearest relief centre at a temple, only to be told they weren’t allowed to enter. In 2019,...
World Cup: Grudge tie on the cards as Ghana and Uruguay tough it out for spot in group of 16
It’s a grudge match that has been 12 years in the making. And just like at the 2010 World Cup, one of these nations will be going home. That year in South Africa, Luis Suarez’s outrageous, blatant, 120th-minute handball denied Ghana a last-gasp winner with a spot in the semi-final...
Man United face battle to keep Marcus Rashford on back of eye-catching performance World Cup
Manchester United and England forward Marcus Rashford is reportedly attracting interest from top clubs across Europe with his contract set to expire in 2023. After a difficult spell for club and country, the 25-year-old is back enjoying his football this season. He hadn’t played for England after missing a penalty...
