Children tend to bear the brunt of poverty in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Children (defined as persons below the age of 18) show higher rates of multidimensional poverty with well over half of multidimensionally poor people in SSA being children under th...
Posts published in “Day: January 7, 2023”
LALIBELA, ETHIOPIA — "I was able to come this year because there is peace," says Asme Mamo as he joins crowds of worshippers celebrating Orthodox Christmas in the historic Ethiopian town of Lalibela.Two months after a cease-fire deal between the Ethiop...
MOGADISHU, SOMALIA — Somali president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has called on young al-Shabab fighters he says are “brainwashed” to surrender to the government amid ongoing military offensives against the group.Speaking at a mosque in the country’s capital...
CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA — A 38-year-old retired NASA satellite is about to fall from the sky.NASA said Friday the chance of wreckage falling on anybody is “very low.” Most of the 5,400-pound (2,450-kilogram) satellite will burn up upon reentry, accordi...
The section of Gordon’s Bay Beach between the walkway and area in front of Spur was reopened today, Saturday, 7 January. In the meantime, as a precautionary measure, visitors are advised that the beach section between the tidal pools in Kalk Bay and Da...
NELSPRUIT - Police Crime Intelligence Unit in Standerton worked around the clock to verify the authenticity of information linking two suspects who are believed to be behind the major suppliers of drugs in Standerton and Volkrust.A major breakthrough w...
POLOKWANE - The team of investigators attached to the Provincial Organized Crime Unit, last night arrested a 36-year-old suspect in Soshanguve near Pretoria for the house robbery, kidnapping and murder of a 48-year-old businessman Doctor Matea Ramatsem...