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.
How ferocity of Kenyan lions inspire England’s football team in need of big cats’ pride instinct
Throughout almost eight years in charge, Gareth Southgate has kept referencing the values and principles of a tribe; understanding what it represents historically and how the way players perform in the present will impact on the future of the tribe. “There is a longer history than just us, so we must have the humility to recognise where we are in that journey, but also to make the most of that moment and leave the team in a better place than we found it,” he said before this tournament began.
‘Whakapapa’ – the spirit of togetherness England national team hopes will subdue ‘tribal elders’, win it Euro 2024
Beyond the soundbites and the management jargon that attracted derision in some quarters, there was an important message. It was about creating a different culture around the team and trying to restore that long-lost sense of identity.
Hajj pilgrimage opens in Mecca against backdrop of carnage in Gaza as Israel shows no signs of let up
It is a moving spiritual experience for pilgrims who believe it absolves sins and brings them closer to God, while uniting the world’s more than two billion Muslims. It’s also a chance to pray for peace in many conflict-stricken Arab and Muslim countries, including Yemen and Sudan, where more than a year of war between rival generals created the world’s largest displacement crisis.
Asthma omena therepy: Patients flock Hyderabad city in India to swallow live sardines as medicine
Legend has it that in 1845 a wandering saint presented a secret formula of miracle herbs to Veeranna Goud, a man living in the old city of Hyderabad, and instructed him to give it to asthma patients for free. Since then, Goud’s descendants, known as the Bathini family, have preserved the tradition and kept the herbal formula under wraps, shared only among male descendants.
