Young, Gifted and Black: Black music icon Aretha Franklin besought ‘Jesus, Be a Fence Around’ that was answered with ‘Amazing Grace’ as a ‘natural resource’
Aretha Louise Franklin was born on March 25, 1942, at the family home on 406 Lucy Avenue in Memphis, Tennessee. Her father was a Baptist circuit preacher from Shelby, Mississippi, and her mother was a pianist and gospel singer whom Mahalia Jackson once called one of the finest in the country.
US Supreme Court backs medical free speech in ruling against ban on conversion therapy
The US Supreme Court on Tuesday sided with a Colorado-licensed counsellor who challenged the state’s law banning “conversion therapy” for minors, arguing the law violates her First Amendment right to free speech. Legal experts said the ruling may positively affect the outcome of two pending medical free speech lawsuits filed by Children’s Health Defence.
Iran warns Trump: Prepare for ‘much more devastating’ and extensive retaliation if civilian targets are attacked
In another development, Ali Akbar Velayati, adviser to Iran’s supreme leader, warned on Sunday that the resistance front could target the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.
How US-Israel war with Iran has sparked global fertiliser shortage that’s hit eastern Africa hard
Iran is seriously limiting shipments through the Strait of Hormuz, a narrow passage that usually handles about a fifth of the world’s oil shipments and nearly a third of global fertilizer trade.
Iran humiliates Trump by shooting down F-15 fighter jet soon after the US president bragged the Arab nation no capability
Iran shot down a US Air Force F-15 fighter jet, US officials said on Friday. At about the same time, a second US plane, an A-10 Warthog, crashed near the Strait of Hormuz. Both aircraft had two-person crews, US officials told The Intercept, and in both cases, one crew member...
Globalisation, global village and global digital culture: Situation in Uganda after rapid espousal of one world
In the year 2000, Uganda made a historic and audacious decision: it became the first country in Africa to formally embrace globalisation as the primary pathway to development for the 21st century and beyond.
Horrors of slavery-2: How slavery contained within it seeds of its own destruction and reminder that the past lives in systems we inherit
Continued… James Brenner was a lawyer and his law office on March 28, 1847, was busy. He understood discretion. He understood that some problems couldn’t be solved through legal channels or public confrontation. So he did what men in his position did. He reached out to other husbands quietly, carefully,...
Embu County in central Kenya raises red flag over high incidence of malnutrition as it launches nutrition policy
Embu County Deputy Governor Kinyua Mugo observed that, through the policy, they will be able to bring together players in various sectors including health, agriculture, education, water and social protection to effectively combat the vice.
Ethiopia’s largest and oldest university partners with regional bureaus to teach Chinese language
Amid deepening Sino-Ethiopian ties, interest in studying the Chinese language is growing rapidly among Ethiopians, particularly the country’s youth.
How Kenya’s girls’ school of ‘second chances’ allows teenaged mothers to live in boarding school with their babies
The boarding school was founded in 2015 and has put hundreds of girls and young women through secondary education while supporting their children. Some have gone on to successful professional careers, including in government and medicine.
