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Zimbabwe won its first gold medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics when the women's hockey team dazzled everyone and scooped the top accolade. It was such a glorious moment for a country that had just won its independence. The 1980 Moscow Olympics marked a memorable aspect in the
I bring you profound compliments from my family, my Party (Student Unification Party), conscious students of the University of Liberia where I currently study Economics, and the masses of our people including thousands of vulnerable children across our nation who have no opportunity to access quality primary education. I am
Introduction A law of physics states that the further you get away from the center of a given natural phenomenon of physics, the lesser the intensity. Indeed, physics is defined as: The branch of science concerned with the nature and properties of matter and energy. However, Wikipedia gives a more
Luaty Beirao knows the story of the Angolan Jose Eduardo dos Santos all too well. In 2015, Beirao and 16 others were arrested for “Acts of Rebellion” after attending a book club meeting where they discussed Gene Sharp’s From Dictatorship to Democracy, a book about non-violent resistance to repressive
Rihanna’s Clara Lionel Foundation was launched in 2012 and the world has never been the same ever since. It is a not for profit organization she named after her grandparents which funds education and health programs in the developing world. Rihanna has been so involved with her community development
In the June 2002 article “From breadbasket to basket case,” the Economist wrote, “…Zimbabwe is facing its worst food shortage in 60 years, caused by drought and several years of violent harassment of the nation’s most productive farmers.” As a side-note, “most productive farmers” meant white farmers. The publication
Being an entrepreneur is trending nowadays and everyone wants to carry that title. This is a good thing. However, "entrepreneur" is a title that requires you to bear the pain and pleasures that come with it. In this article I focus on how entrepreneurs can tackle five of
To help stop depending on aid funding, Zimbabwe's president, Robert Mugabe, has donated 300 cows to raise money for the Africa Union (AU) Foundation. Mugabe handed a $1 million cheque to the African Union at its leaders’ summit in Ethiopia and said his friends helped contribute to the
Liverpool is willing to pay a staggering $91 million to bring Naby Keita, a Guinea international to the Merseyside club. Although Liverpool is yet to bid for the RB Leipzig, manager Jurgen Klopp is a huge fan of the player and is determined to have him join the club. Keita
A former Ghetto President and Ganja Man, Ugandan musician Robert Ssentamu Kyagulanyi famously known as Bobi Wine, is the new member of parliament for Kyadondo East. The musician won with a landslide in the just concluded by-elections on Thursday. He garnered 25,659 votes with his closest rival getting just
Free movement of people can be a catalyst for trade, investment, tourism, and economic growth in Africa, the Africa Development Bank has said. According to the bank, visa openness will play a vital role in realizing the AfDB’s High 5s Africa agenda, which seeks to make Africa more open,
A Speech Delivered in observance of the Day of the African Child: ELWA Compound, Montserrado County The Executive Director and Governing Board of One Goal Foundation International Other officials of government here present Civil Society Activists and Child Rights Advocates The ELWA family The Children of Liberia for whom we
Just a day after a ceasefire deal between the Central African Republic (CAR) government and rebels, at least 40 people have been killed. In a report by BBC, the mayor of the town of Bria, north-east of the capital, Bangui, confirm the deaths as he spoke of bodies lying in
Zambia the hub of peace, the home of the mighty Victoria Falls, land linked to eight other countries has grown over the years both politically and economically. This beautiful country with a population of about 16 million people has seen an increase in investment in the private sector and the
The Kenyan police have arrested six men suspected of planning an attack sponsored by Somali militant group, Al-Shabaab. Inspector General Joseph Boinnet on Sunday in a statement said that two of the suspects were Kenyans while four were Somali nationals. “The six had been dispatched from Burhanche in Somalia by
Saif-al-Islam Gaddafi, the preferred successor of the late Libyan President, Muammar Gaddafi, has been freed from prison after six years. The second son of Gaddafi had been in custody since November 2011 in Zintan town. He was released under amnesty law passed in parliament to reduced instability experienced since the
