insert_link Africa The tiny African island nation of Cape Verde will add to its Olympics retinue with a sport that is flourishing Africa-wide By Bonface Orucho, bird story agency The 2024 Paris Olympics will be historic for Cape Verde, the island nation that seems to be outperforming across the board, as the nation debuts in a new sport for the country's Olympics team: fencing. The milestone highlights just how much the sport is growing, not only on the Atlantic Ocean island, but across the African continent. According to […] todayJune 10, 2024 57
Africa Fencing offers teens hope in impoverished Nairobi slum By Rose TROUP BUCHANAN Along the muddy tracks of a sprawling slum in Kenya's capital Nairobi, scores of teenagers learn how to fence each weekend under Mburu Wanyoike, whose initiative offers hope in a place bedevilled by crime and lack of opportunity. Several hundred thousand people live in closely packed poverty in Mathare, many born there like 27-year-old Wanyoike, who a decade ago was on […] todayJune 10, 2024 7
insert_link Namibia Namibian Farmers Urged to Dismantle Unauthorized Fences in Angola by Deputy Prime Minister Nandi-Ndaitwah Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, has urged Namibian farmers who have unlawfully enclosed land in Angola with fences to dismantle their structures. Nandi-Ndaitwah addressed the issue during a meeting with Namibian farmers in Helao Nafidi on Friday, where she highlighted that some Namibian farmers grazing their animals in Angola had erected fences without obtaining permission from the Angolan authorities. The meeting witnessed the […] todayJanuary 16, 2024 10