Somalia centre-back Mohamud Ali plays for National League North side Curzon Ashton Not every driving instructor can claim to have been part of one of the biggest upsets in the history of international football. But for Curzon Ashton’s Mohamud Ali, that is all part of a week’s work. Well, not quite. Thursday was certainly no […]
Image copyright AFP An estimated one million people attended a Mass celebrated by Pope Francis on the outskirts of Madagascar’s capital city, Antananarivo, the Vatican said. Worshippers braved the windswept dust to ensure a place at the Mass. Image copyright AFP Catholics turned up early in the morning for the service at 10:00 local time […]
Somalia centre-back Mohamud Ali plays for National League North side Curzon Ashton Not every driving instructor can claim to have been part of one of the biggest upsets in the history of international football. But for Curzon Ashton’s Mohamud Ali, that is all part of a week’s work. Well, not quite. Thursday was certainly no […]
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Oil has been a major revenue source Nigeria could be facing a fiscal crisis if it doesn’t improve its ability to collect taxes, the authorities have warned. Government expenditure has doubled and debt servicing costs have grown, but revenues have missed their targets by at least 45% a year […]
Image copyright AFP Image caption Mr Mugabe was a prominent figure during Zimbabwe’s fight for independence Three days of national mourning have begun in Zimbabwe following the death of former president Robert Mugabe. Mr Mugabe, Zimbabwe’s first post-independence leader, ruled until he was ousted by a military coup in 2017. Despite this, his ruling Zanu-PF […]
Image copyright Fairfax / Getty Images Image caption Robert Mugabe in 1981, shortly after he was named prime minister of Zimbabwe Until he was ousted two years ago, Robert Mugabe was the only president I and the other “born frees” – the generation born after independence in 1980 – had ever known. Mugabe was my […]
Image copyright Isro Image caption The mission’s lift-off was broadcast live to an audience of hundreds of millions Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has told his country’s space scientists he was proud of a programme that had come so near to putting a probe on the Moon. Contact with Chandrayaan-2 was lost moments before its […]
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Hurricane Dorian survivors board private boats to be evacuated from Great Abaco Island Hundreds of Hurricane Dorian victims have fled the Bahamas as thousands more anxiously await evacuation from the devastated islands. The hurricane tore through the islands earlier this week, leaving a trail of destruction and a humanitarian […]
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Hurricane Dorian survivors board private boats to be evacuated from Great Abaco Island Hundreds of Hurricane Dorian victims have fled the Bahamas as thousands more anxiously await evacuation from the devastated islands. The hurricane tore through the islands earlier this week, leaving a trail of destruction and a humanitarian […]
Media captionWhy the Amazon rainforest helps fight climate change Seven South American countries have agreed measures to protect the Amazon river basin, amid global concern over massive fires in the world’s largest tropical forest. Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru and Suriname signed a pact, setting up a disaster response network and satellite monitoring. At […]
