Buckingham Palace makes peace with a charity campaigner who was racially abused by senior staff
Charity campaigner Ngozi Fulani has accepted an apology from Lady Susan Hussey after the pair met for the first time since the beginning of the royal race row. She had been visiting Buckingham Palace last month when she was quizzed about her ethnicity by the 83-year-old, who has since stepped...
USAID donates $385,000 to conservation in Kenya’s Tsavo and Amboseli wildlife sanctuaries
Wildlife conservation organisations in Tsavo and Amboseli sanctuaries in Kenya have received $385,000 donation from USAID Kenya through the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW). Tsavo Trust and Amboseli Ecosystem Trust in addition received two vehicles each, Big Life Limited received one motorcycle and Taita Taveta Wildlife Conservancies Association received...
Proposed 32-team Club World Cup elicits strong resentment from clubs and football associations
Fifa President Gianni Infantino has confirmed the introduction of a new quadrennial men’s Club World Cup that will kick off in 2025 and feature 32 top teams from across the globe. The Fifa Council met in Qatar on Friday to discuss a variety of matters, including international match calendars and...
How UK science fails Black scholars: Number of minority ethnicities dwindles at every stage of academia
In 2018, Robert Mokaya – from Kenya – discovered that he was the only Black chemistry professor in the United Kingdom. For a decade, he’d assumed there were others who he hadn’t met until investigations by the UK Royal Society of Chemistry revealed his lonely status. “Somebody said to me,...
America rolls out plan to neutralise Russia, China in Africa with President Biden tour to next year
President Biden has announced his intention to make his first presidential visit to Africa next year as he seeks to convince African leaders that the United States is serious about engaging them in international decisions and countering China’s rising influence in the region. During remarks at the US-Africa Leaders’ Summit,...
World Cup: Africa teems with talent but local leagues should pay players competitive salaries to retain them
In Africa itself, professional football doesn’t do so well, certainly not the club leagues. I’m afraid that, for all the solemn promises and grandiose schemes from Fifa, this will continue. It shouts to the powerhouse football countries that elite-level coaching in the lesser developed world is first-class. And the skills...
