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March towards Uganda oil pipeline in Paris

March towards Uganda oil pipeline in Paris

Environmental activists, religious figures, and believers protested Tuesday in Paris against the mega oil projects of the French group TotalEnergies in Uganda and Tanzania, a first action led by the movements Extinction Rebellion Spiritualities and…

Resurgent curiosity in artwork of calligraphy in Morocco

Resurgent curiosity in artwork of calligraphy in Morocco

In his Fez office, Moroccan calligrapher Mohamed Serghini creates inscriptions. The award-winning craftsman keeps alive a type of calligraphy that appeared in his country in the first Hijri century, the 7th century AD. "Moroccan calligraphy"…

World cup: Senegal beat Ecuador 2-1 to qualify for knockout stage

World cup: Senegal beat Ecuador 2-1 to qualify for knockout stage

Senegal have qualified for the first knockout stage of the 2022 FIFA Qatar world cup. The teranga lions beat Ecuador 2-1 in a pulsating encounter that is arguably the best showing of the African champions at…

All areas skilled water extremes in 2021: UN

All areas skilled water extremes in 2021: UN

All regions of the world saw water extremes last year - both floods and droughts -- and billions of people had insufficient freshwater, the United Nations said on Tuesday. Large areas of the planet recorded…

 Orda raises $3.4 million to digitise African eating places

 Orda raises $3.4 million to digitise African eating places

Nigerian food tech platform, Orda, has raised a $3.4 million seed round to digitise food businesses across the continent. The seed round, which was co-led by Quona Capital and FinTech Collective, also saw participation from…

Namibia to have first feminine president ?

Namibia to have first feminine president ?

Namibia's Deputy Prime Minister Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah is an inch closer to becoming the southwestern country's first female president. Namibia’s ruling party on Monday (November 28) elected Nandi-Ndaitwah as its vice president, making her the frontrunner…

WHO Ethiopia scales up interventions to answer gender-based violence in battle affected areas of Ethiopia

WHO Ethiopia scales up interventions to answer gender-based violence in battle affected areas of Ethiopia

World Health Organization (WHO) has donated a field vehicle and an ambulance to Afar Regional Health Bureau. The ambulance was procured with funding from the United Kingdom’s Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office as part of…

Following FTX Failure, Christine Lagarde Pushes For Crypto Regulation within the EU

Following FTX Failure, Christine Lagarde Pushes For Crypto Regulation within the EU

You are here: Home/ News/ Following FTX Failure, Christine Lagarde Pushes For Crypto Regulation in the EUNovember 29, 2022 by Mishal Ali Following the failure of the Bahamas-based exchange FTX, Christine Lagarde, the European Central…

Dolphins Whistle Their Names with Complicated, Expressive Patterns

Dolphins Whistle Their Names with Complicated, Expressive Patterns

Dolphins’ “signature whistles,” which they use like names to identify themselves to others and convey personal information, have long been known as one of the most complex forms of animal communication ever studied. New research…

Billy Strings and Terry Barber Choose Their Means Down Reminiscence Lane on ‘Me/And/Dad’

Billy Strings and Terry Barber Choose Their Means Down Reminiscence Lane on ‘Me/And/Dad’

Photo: Joshua Black WilkinsBy Kenny BerkowitzWhen Billy Strings was two years old, his biological father died from a heroin overdose. That makes Terry Barber—an amateur bluegrass musician who married Strings’ mother—the man he calls dad.…

Kraken Bows Down Earlier than US Treasury, Agreed To Remit $360k

Kraken Bows Down Earlier than US Treasury, Agreed To Remit $360k

You are here: Home/ News/ Fintech/ Kraken Bows Down Before US Treasury, Agreed To Remit $360kNovember 29, 2022 by Lipika Deka Kraken, the world’s second-largest crypto exchange by market cap has reached a settlement deal…

Self-custody greatest practices

Self-custody greatest practices

Self-custody in crypto is the process of storing your own cryptocurrency using a digital or physical wallet, thereby removing it completely from any exchange or custodial partner. A self-custody wallet, also known as a non-custodial…