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Air raid sirens sounded in the capital and other areas in Ukraine, as authorities said defense systems were repelling missile attacks. Pope Francis has also hinted at secret Vatican peace “mission.”  Ukraine activated its air defenses on Monday after Russia launched an early morning missile attack, officials said. Air raid sirens also sounded across the country, and authorities warned residents to take shelter. “Air defenses are at work!” Kyiv’s regional administration wrote on the Telegram messaging app, after reports of explosions heard in the region. “Keep calm! Stay in shelters until the air alarm goes off!” Authorities later issued the all-clear, with Kyiv officials saying air…

The much-anticipated Sand marathon began in Morocco on Sunday attracting more than 1150 runners who will have to show their resilience in the six-day 251 km ultramarathon. The participants camped in the desert packed their food and medical kits while the medical teams check the fitness certificates of the participants before the race began on Sunday. “Today, they are checking our bags to see if all the material is OK, and then we give our medical certificate with the electrocardiogram. If it’s good, we are fit for the race. Self-sufficiency starts tomorrow morning, so until next Saturday. So, we will…

The world’s largest rhino conservation farm is going up for auction in South Africa. “I have been expending money on this population of rhinos for thirty years and I have finally run out of money” says its owner John Humes. The future for these rhinos in the north west province (South Africa) depends on the outcome of a sale. “We have a very good breeding record, and we have a very good protection record so somebody could go on doing this and just expand it to more and more rhinos. Somebody could do that very easily.” “I’m hoping that there…

Battles raging in Sudan have sparked several evacuation operations to rescue foreign citizens or embassy staff by road, air and sea. The main airport in the capital Khartoum has been the site of heavy fighting and is under the control of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) that is battling the army. Some evacuations are taking place from Port Sudan on the Red Sea, an 850 kilometre (530 mile) drive from Khartoum. Here is an overview of what various nations were doing in efforts to take stranded citizens to safety. Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia led the first reported successful evacuation…

Jerry John Rawlings (22 June 1947 – 12 November 2020) was a Ghanaian military officer and politician who led the country for a brief period in 1979, and then from 1981 to 2001. He led a military junta until 1992, and then served two terms as the democratically elected President of Ghana. Rawlings came to power in Ghana as a flight lieutenant of the Ghana Air Force following a coup d’état in 1979. Prior to that, he led an unsuccessful coup attempt against the ruling military government on 15 May 1979, just five weeks before scheduled democratic elections were due to take place. After handing power over to a civilian government,…

George Alfred Grant, popularly known as Paa Grant (15 August 1878 – 30 October 1956), was a merchant and politician in the Gold Coast who has been called “the father of Gold Coast politics”. As a political activist, he was a founder and the first president of the United Gold Coast Convention (UGCC) in August 1947. He was also one of Ghana’s Founding Fathers. He paid for Kwame Nkrumah to return to Ghana from the United States. Education and early career Grant was born in 1878 in Beyin, Western Nzema, into an influential merchant family. He was the son of William Minneaux Grant and Madam Adjua (Dwowa) Biatwi of the Aboradze…

Osei Kwame Despite is a  Ghanaian businessman born on 2 February 1962. He is entrepreneur and a philanthropist with a foundation in music creation and knowledge of the broadcasting sector. Osei-Kwame is the CEO of the Despite Firm Ltd, a trade company with subsidiaries in the media industry, including UTV, PEACE FM, OKAY FM, NEAT FM and HELLO FM in Kumasi. He was named Africa Entrepreneur of the Year at the African Achievers Awards in the United Kingdom in 2021. He was also honored with GH CAPTAIN’s Award in 2019 for his contributions to the socio-economic development of the country In the Ghanaian town of Agona Wiamoase, he was born, in the Ashanti region. He began his career as a merchant in…

The Netflix spin-off from highly acclaimed ‘Bridgerton,’ ‘Queen Charlotte’ is based on love story between King George III and Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. The six-episode series explains her love life and her rise to power Speaking at the worldwide premiere in London, 21 April, screenwriter Shonda Rhimes, explained why she wrote it. “Golda’s performance is incredible as Queen Charlotte in ‘Bridgerton’ and I just really felt like that woman, you want to know how she came to be. “On top of which, you know, we have all of these wonderful characters and you’re really getting to see a love story that…

The Indian Ocean archipelago of the Comoros has insisted it will not accept migrants expelled from the neighbouring French island of Mayotte. It comes as authorities in Mayotte have pledged to launch Operation Wuambushu in which all migrants without official papers will be sent back to the Comoran island of Anjouan, 70km away. Some, who gathered for Friday prayers, were hoping to stage a protest. Resident, Mohamed Moindji, said: “I am very indignant at the reaction of our authorities. Because we are forbidden to demonstrate on Operation Wuambushu, an operation planned by France, the colonial power, to remove our brothers and…

Ugandan president, Yoweri Museveni, has backed a controversial bill with some of the world’s harshest anti-LGBTQ legislation but will pass it back to parliament to include provisions for gay people to be rehabilitated. However, at a National Resistance Movement (NRM) meeting on Friday, Museveni praised the lawmakers for approving the bill and insisted he would never bow to international condemnation. “I want to congratulate the honorable members of parliament on your stand on the “Ebitingwa,” [Runyankore word for gay men],” he said “Congratulations, I congratulate you for that strong stand. It is good that you rejected the pressure from the…