Seven people killed in stampede at a music concert in Congo’s capital, authorities report
The stampede occurred at the 80,000-capacity Stade des Martyrs stadium in the heart of Kinshasa where Mike Kalambayi, a popular Congolese gospel singer, was performing, Kinshasa Governor Daniel Bumba said.
The Legion of Christ scandal: Vatican’s Pius XII archives bring to the fore how the Catholic Holy See has long been corrupt
Now the new documents from the Vatican’s central governing office are fleshing out that history, providing more details about who in the Vatican helped Maciel evade sanction, believing the claims against him to be slander, and who sought to take a tougher line.
Nigerian novelist Wole Soyinka calls Trump a nerd, ‘consummate liar who studied, understands American psyche and right chord to tweak’
Soyinka said Nigeria has had one consummate liar, but said he is just a copycat besides Trump. He said: “We have had one here also, but he is just a copycat beside Donald Trump. If you want to find out what is going on, look at all the many lies of this fellow called Trump. So many lies. But I don’t want to go in that direction. Let’s just remark it and move on.
Catholic women in France accuse former beloved priest Abbe Pierre who was regarded as conscience of the nation of assault
The Vatican doesn’t usually comment on individual cases of alleged abuse and didn’t immediately respond when asked about Abbé Pierre. In 2021, an independent commission on sexual abuse in the Catholic Church estimated that some 330,000 children were sexually abused over 70 years by priests or other church-related figures in France.
Housing: How rapid urban migration is piling pressure on cash-strapped Kenyan government
Kenya’s urban areas are home to a third of the country’s total population of about 55 million. Of those in urban areas, 70 per cent live in informal settlements marked by a lack of basic infrastructure, according to UN-Habitat.
Jumping the broom: Asia’s richest and world’s ninth richest tycoon splashes $600 million ‘small change’ on son’s wedding
The four-day wedding celebrations began on Friday with the traditional Hindu wedding ceremony and will be followed by a grand reception to run through the weekend. The guest list includes former British Prime Ministers Tony Blair and Boris Johnson; Saudi Aramco CEO Amin H. Nasser; and Adele, Lana Del Rey, Drake and David Beckham, according to local media. The Ambani family did not confirm the guest list. Television news channels showed celebrities like Kim Kardashian in a red ensemble and professional wrestler and Hollywood actor John Cena arriving. Kardashian sisters Kim and Khloé took a ride in a motorised rickshaw through bustling Mumbai streets on Friday before joining the wedding ceremonies, the Press Trust of India news agency said.
Out of Zimbabwe: How African grandmothers mental health therapy is being embraced by the world
Older people are at the centre of a homegrown form of mental health therapy in Zimbabwe that is now being adopted in places like the United States. The approach involves setting up benches in quiet, discreet corners of community clinics and in some churches, poor neighbourhoods and at a university. An older woman with basic training in problem-solving therapy patiently sits there, ready to listen and engage in a one-on-one conversation.
Black and heartbroken: When Crudup wrote the song that became Elvis’ first rock’n’roll hit, he’d actually invented a new genre but he died poor
When Crudup and four of his children arrived in New York, they learned the deal was off, according to the book Between Midnight and Day written by Crudup’s final manager, Dick Waterman. They were told a settlement would cost the company more money than a potential lawsuit would yield. And suing meant “going after an old white widow who lives in Florida,” Waterman wrote. “We wouldn’t have a chance.” “It just ain’t meant to be,” Crudup told Waterman. “Naked I come into this world and naked I shall leave it.”
Sodom and Gomorrah relaunch: How after slandering African spirituality, the West is plotting to kill their God and Christianity
The 37 countries in which same sex or gay marriages are recognised are: Andorra, Argentina, Australia Austria Belgium Brazil Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Denmark, Ecuador, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Mexico, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States, and Uruguay.
Dreams of my father: The Kenya African Rifles paramedic gave me life, hope and eight mothers
When both my parents were alive and living together, it was in a polygamous family, in which my mother was the eldest of the mothers that my father had assembled. At one time there were eight mothers under one roof of a house with 12 rooms. The house still stands on the biocultural landscape of Bulawa, Nawaka, but it has been greatly improved by Charles Afunaduula Ovuma’s children.
