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South Africa

Ethiopia Land Dispute Displaces Close to Thirty Thousand People

Today at 07:56 AM, via iAfrica

The United Nations has estimated that a land dispute in Ethiopia’s Raya Alamata district has left almost 29,000 people homeless. The disputed land borders Ethiopia’s Tigray and Amhara regions with forces from both regions laying claim to it. Fighting broke out over the land last week with Amhara officials accusing Tigray forces of invading the… Read More »Ethiopia Land Dispute Displaces...

South Africa

US Troops Set To Withdraw From Niger After Failed Talks

Today at 07:55 AM, via iAfrica

The United States is set to withdraw its contingent of more than 1,000 soldiers from Niger in the coming months. The decision comes after talks broke down between Kurt Campbell, the US deputy secretary of state, and Ali Zamine Zeine, Niger’s prime minister. Last month, Niger’s ruling junta revoked the country’s security agreement with the… Read More »US Troops Set To Withdraw From...

South Africa

Nigerian Chess Icon Sets New Record for Longest Chess Marathon

Today at 07:53 AM, via iAfrica

Tunde Onakoya, a Nigerian chess icon and child education advocate, has broken the Guinness World Record for the longest chess marathon. To achieve the feat, Onakoya played against Shawn Martinez, a US chess champion, for a duration of 60 hours beating the previous record of 56 hours, 9 minutes and 58 seconds by well over… Read More »Nigerian Chess Icon Sets New Record for Longest Chess Marathon

Education

The expansion of free childcare has been a Tory-fied mess of a bright Labour idea | Polly Toynbee

Today at 09:00 AM, via The Guardian

On a visit to a combined nursery and primary school, I saw how early years provision can really be transformed

Panic and a screeching U-turn. The prime minister dismissed claims there were too few nursery places for every two-year-old in England (with working parents) on 1 April, the day that entitlement to 15 hours a week began. He even said: “Staffing levels have increased and more people...

Education

Dozens arrested at Yale and NYU as pro-Palestinian student protests spread

Today at 07:24 AM, via The Guardian

Authorities move to break up encampments at two more US universities on Monday, as Columbia University cancels in-person classes

Police arrested dozens of people at pro-Palestinian demonstrations at Yale University in Connecticut and New York University in Manhattan, as student protests over Israel’s war in Gaza continue to roil US campuses.

On the Yale University campus in New Haven,...

Lifestyle

Five DANGER SIGNS for your relationship

Yesterday at 21:29 PM, via The South African

Danger signs signal rocky territory for your relationship, and could mean its end. Here are five important danger signs you can’t ignore.

Entertainment

Khutso Theledi thrilled Somizi saw through her guise as Cheetah

Yesterday at 15:07 PM, via SowetanLIVE

After she purred as the “Cheetah” in The Masked Singer SA, Khutso Theledi admits that her toughest challenge was trying to fool her Metro FM co-host Somizi Mhlongo into not guessing her identity.

Science/Tech

Voyager 1 Resumes Sending Updates To Earth

Today at 09:00 AM, via Slashdot

quonset writes: Just over two weeks ago, NASA figured out why its Voyager 1 spacecraft stopped sending useful data. They suspected corrupted memory in its flight data system (FDS) was the culprit. Today, for the first time since November, Voyager 1 is sending useful data about its health and the status of its onboard systems back to NASA. How did NASA accomplish this feat of long distance...

Health

Bird Flu Is Infecting More Mammals. What Does That Mean for Us?

Yesterday at 09:01 AM, via New York Times

H5N1, an avian flu virus, has killed tens of thousands of marine mammals, and infiltrated American livestock for the first time. Scientists are working quickly to assess how it is evolving and how much of a risk it poses to humans.