More Nigerian-Americans Are Reaching Highest Levels of Sports
March 18, 2015 At Arizona State’s recent Senior Day celebration, guard Promise Amukamara was escorted onto the basketball court by her four sisters, whose mellifluous names spoke of royalty and hope — Peace, a teammate, along with Princess, Precious and Passionate. Their brother, Prince, a cornerback for the Giants, sent his well wishes in a
Someone On a British Airways Plane Took a Shit So Bad That It Had to Turn Around and Come Back Again
March 18, 2015 A British Airways flight was forced to turn around and land over the weekend because somebody did a shit so bad the plane was essentially rendered useless. Imagine living your life in the knowledge that you once turded so appallingly that a 747-400 had to turn around and land. Your liquid shit
And the world’s best airport is …
(CNN)Airport authorities are clearly doing something right in Singapore. For the third year in a row, Singapore Changi Airport has earned the World’s Best Airport title at the annual SkyTrax World Airport Awards, which were announced Wednesday in Paris. “It is a great honor to be named World’s Best Airport by SkyTrax for the third
The Do’s & Don’ts of Travelling in Lagos
March 4, 2015 What makes Lagos so special is probably the inherent variance in its description; the fact that no two persons can aptly describe it in the same way. Like New York, each man reads his own meaning into Lagos. A city that has been called the ‘megacity of the future’ and which could
South Sudan’s struggle for schools hit by abductions
February 26, 2015 It was meant to be an optimistic story about schools in South Sudan this week. The United Nations was announcing 400,000 more children in school this year, with a £27m project to re-start lessons after the disruption of war. But instead there have been angry denunciations and war-weary condemnations as 89 children
The soul of Africa in the backyards of Australia
WHEN Louise Whelan started photographing Australian communities for the State Library of NSW, one group particularly grabbed her attention. It was the country’s exuberant, close-knit African families, who we hear so little about. Australia is largely focused on its indigenous, Asian and white ethnic groups. Many of us know more about African-American culture than African-Australian.
Get invited to Robert Mugabe’s 91st birthday and eat £78,000 worth of elephant
February 18, 2015 Robert Mugabe is planning an extravagant feast of wild animals including elephants, reports say. The party for the Zimbabwean’s president is set for 21 February at the luxurious Elephant Hills Resort, Victoria Falls, which has a spa and is set on a golf course. On top of this, Mugabe plans to feed
Egypt ‘bombs IS in Libya’ after beheadings video
February 16, 2015 Egypt says it has bombed Islamic State targets in Libya, hours after the group published video showing the apparent beheadings of 21 Egyptian Christians. State TV said the dawn strikes had targeted camps, training sites and weapons storage areas. Earlier, President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said Egypt had the “right to respond” against
How Technology Is Changing The Travel Business In Africa
February 16, 2015 Travel and tourism are the third most popular topics for mobile apps on smartphones and tablets after weather and the news. New trends in mobile, personalization and big data are changing the way people book and consume travel in Africa, said Harald Eisenaecher, senior vice president of Sabre Corp. for Europe, Middle East and
Chaos in parliament as party gets ejected for grilling Zuma over corruption in South Africa
February 13, 2015 Protesters were thrown out of parliament in South Africayesterday after they demanded that the president answer questions about a spending scandal. An opposition party – the far-left Economic Freedom Fighters – challenged Jacob Zuma in an unprecedented sign of discontent at his administration about allegations of corruption. EFF members – who were