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Viking warriors in full battle dress charge into battle. These reenactors are putting on a performance of the battle of the Holme from 902 AD when Anglo-Saxons fought against the Vikings of Danelaw. The actors play dead, but there are no casualties at this Viking Invasion event at Flag Fen, one of the UK’s most important bronze age sites. The swords, axes and spears are real steel weapons but their blades are blunted to make demonstrations like this safer. The Vikings certainly don’t always get the best PR and their association with murder and pillage is deeply ingrained in the…

The political party of former Gambian President Yahya Jammeh announced on Sunday an alliance with the ruling party three months before the presidential election, casting doubt on the willingness to prosecute the former leader for alleged human rights violations. The secretary general of Yahya Jammeh’s APRC party, Fabakary Tombong Jatta, told a news conference in Banjul that his party had reached an agreement with President Adama Barrow’s National Peoples Party (NPP) to support him in the December 4 presidential election. He did not give more details on the terms of the agreement with the NPP. “Our goal is that former…

Moroccans head to the polls Wednesday for parliamentary and local elections that will determine the fate of the Islamist party that has ruled since the Arab Spring uprisings. First elected in 2011, the moderate Islamist Justice and Development Party (PJD) hopes to win a third term this year, having clung on to power at the head of coalitions for the whole intervening decade. But there are few clear battle lines between the PJD’s coalition partners and the opposition, and big decisions on key policy areas like agriculture, energy and industry remain in the hands of King Mohammed VI. Opinion polls…

Ghanain professional footballer Richard Sewu has said he is set to join any club who want his services. Sewu Richard, formerly of Mbabane Swallows has his contract expired after a season move to Mbabane Citizens in the Swaziland’s topflight league. The 25 years old Ghanaian centre back started his footballing career with Ghana Division one sides, Tudu Mighty Jets and Accra City Stars before travelling to Swaziland. “I have had a good season with Mbabane Citizens, that is memorable one of course” “I signed a one year contract with Mbabane Citizens, it has ended”. “I would like to continue with…

Naomi Osaka launches her bid for a third US Open title in four years on Monday, aiming to put turmoil behind her as she chases her second Grand Slam title of 2021. Osaka, who rocketed to fame when she beat superstar Serena Williams in the 2018 US Open final, appeared set for a sparkling 2021 campaign after she beat American Jen Brady in the Australian Open final in February to capture her fourth major crown. But she has played sparingly since, pulling out of the French Open after she was fined for failing to meet mandatory media requirements. Osaka, who…

Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz met Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas in the West Bank on Sunday for the first official Israeli-Palestinian talks since Prime Minister Naftali Bennett took office in June. Gantz traveled to the West Bank city of Ramallah for security and economic discussions with the 85-year-old Palestinian leader, officials said on Monday. They came hours after Israeli premier Bennett returned from Washington where he met with US President Joe Biden at the White House. “Defence Minister Benny Gantz met with Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmud Abbas (Sunday) evening to discuss security policy, civilian and economic issues,” Israel’s defence ministry…

Many people in Sidi Bouzid, the cradle of Tunisia’s 2011 revolution that launched the Arab Spring, see President Kais Saied’s power grab as a necessary evil. But there are also fears that last month’s dismissal of parliament, sacking of the prime minister and Saied’s assumption of sweeping powers may bring Tunisia one step closer to another dictatorship. It was in this large town of central Tunisia on December 17, 2010 that Mohamed Bouazizi, a fruit and vegetable salesman angered by police harassment, set himself ablaze. His suicide sparked an unprecedented uprising that left some 300 people dead and toppled long-time…

Rockets flew across the Afghan capital on Monday as the United States raced to complete its withdrawal from Afghanistan, with the evacuation of civilians all but over and terror attack fears high. President Joe Biden has set a deadline of Tuesday to withdraw all US forces from Afghanistan, drawing to a close his nation’s longest military conflict, which began in retaliation for the September 11 attacks. The return of the hardline Islamist Taliban movement, which was toppled in 2001 but took back power a fortnight ago, triggered an exodus of terrified people aboard US-led evacuation flights. Those flights, which took…

In the mountains and jungles of southwestern Colombia, peasants, migrants and women carrying babies toil doggedly in the coca fields despite the dangers posed by guerrillas and drug traffickers — and despite the government’s anti-drug campaign. These plantations are known as “San Coca” — Saint Coca — due to the locals’ devotion to growing the plant, which provides the active ingredient in cocaine, and their understanding of all it provides to them in the face of the risks. Colombia is still the world’s largest producer of the addictive stimulant, even though successive governments in Bogota have worked to combat the…

The People’s National Convention has indefinitely suspended its general-secretary Janet Nabla over what it calls gross misconduct. The former executive was also cited for incompetence and insubordination. According to a statement by the party, “its National Executive Committee in considering and adopting a report submitted by the Discipthury Committee of the party unanimously took the decision to suspend the general secretary to rid the party of indiscipline to save itself from her persistent vile accusations. and disrespect for the leadership of the party which has undoubtedly cast the PNC in bad light.” The statement added, “a petition we put before…