Cameroon to finally call time on ‘sachet whisky’ drinking
Yaoundé – After a tiring day, Guy Bertrand pulls his taxi into a side street in Cameroon’s capital Yaounde,... Read more
12 Nov, 2022
Gender: X – Proud owner of Chile’s first non-binary ID card
Santiago – Shane Cienfuegos, the first non-binary person to receive a gender-neutral identity document in Chile, says they feel... Read more
26 Oct, 2022
Divorce service sparks row in Tunisia
Tunis – Tunisia’s bar association claimed on Monday a company offering a three-step pathway to divorce undermines family values, and... Read more
25 Oct, 2022
In Senegal, ancient male rite collides with modern times
Kabrousse – The dancers are a blaze of colour, swirling amid a deafening, pounding noise. In their midst, a young... Read more
7 Oct, 2022
DRC fishermen pin hopes on tourism as stocks dwindle
Kisangani – Fishermen perch precariously on wooden scaffolds stretching over turbulent rapids in northeastern Democratic Republic Congo, hauling up... Read more
14 Sep, 2022
‘Our future is doomed’ – South Africans strike to protest joblessness, inflation
Johannesburg – Protesters marched to one of South Africa’s main government building in Pretoria on Wednesday backing a national... Read more
25 Aug, 2022
China population to begin shrinking by 2025, officials say
Beijing – China’s population will begin to shrink by 2025, officials have said, as family sizes grow smaller and... Read more
2 Aug, 2022
Sheets to shirts: Uniforms for South African students
Cape Town – Discarded bedsheets from some of Cape Town’s finest hotels are finding a new life, transformed into... Read more
5 Apr, 2022
Chinese officials probe case of chained woman in shack after outcry
Pékin – The case of a woman chained by the neck in a shack in rural China is going to... Read more
17 Feb, 2022
Why thieves are snatching French bulldogs across the US
Washington – The two thieves who brutally robbed 27-year-old Marieke Bayens at gunpoint on a California street were not... Read more
17 Jan, 2022
