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Maputo — The Catholic Church has expressed its concern at the increase in cases of child kidnapping by Islamist terrorists in the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado. In a letter to the Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) Foundation in Lisbon, cited by the independent newsheet “Carta de Moçambique’, father Kwiriwi Fonseca, from Pemba Diocese, says that “something urgent must be done to help these children. They must be found and returned to their parents, because they deserve to dream, they deserve a better future.’ Recently, Valige Tauabo, governor of Cabo Delgado, accused the terrorists of using children…

Jerry Adler, the behind-the-scenes Broadway veteran who served as the stage manager on the original My Fair Lady before acting on such shows as The Sopranos, The Good Wife and Rescue Me, died Saturday, his family announced. He was 96.  Adler didn’t become an actor until he was in his early 60s — this despite the fact that his cousin was famed acting teacher Stella Adler. The Brooklyn native played Herman “Hesh” Rabkin, consigliere to James Gandolfini‘s mob boss Tony, on HBO’s The Sopranos, and he was the boorish law partner Howard Lyman on CBS’ The Good Wife. On FX’s Rescue Me, he recurred as NYFD station chief Sidney…

441 Fidelity Bank Ghana has held a one-day media engagement session in Ho, the Volta Region capital, bringing together selected journalists and media practitioners to strengthen relations and enhance communication with its customers across the region. The Bank, described as one of Ghana’s indigenous financial institutions, used the platform to reaffirm its commitment to delivering impactful banking services while promoting financial inclusion. During the event, the Head of Brands and Corporate Communications at Fidelity Bank, Mr. Eric Frempong Amponsah, explained that the institution had for years concentrated its media activities in Accra, and to some extent in Kumasi, leaving other…

The Ministry of Health and Child Care has agreed on new strategies with its partners to strengthen the procurement, storage and distribution of essential medicines in a bid to end chronic shortages at public hospitals. Speaking at a high-level meeting in Harare on Thursday, Health Ministry Permanent Secretary Dr. Aspect Maunganidze admitted that public health institutions had long struggled with erratic drug supplies, delayed deliveries and shrinking donor funding. “We have to agree that there have been challenges in terms of supply levels – from medicines, sundries to equipment. We want to face this head on by focusing on the…

Ross Ulbricht built an empire in the shadows where drugs, weapons, and stolen secrets flowed freely.Ross Ulbricht built an empire in the shadows—a sprawling digital bazaar called The Silk Road, hidden on the dark web. There, drugs, weapons, and stolen secrets flowed freely, all paid for in untraceable cryptocurrency. To his global clientele, he was a legend: the Dread Pirate Roberts.But after a dramatic arrest and a staggering double life sentence, Ulbricht’s fate took another twist. Just days into his second term, President Trump pardoned him, sparking outrage and debate. So, did he deserve his punishment? Did justice prevail—or was…

Now here’s a first: Two months after dropping “KPop Demon Hunters” on Netflix, the streamer is putting the animated hit in theaters — and not just the cursory Oscar-qualifying run its prestige titles get in New York and Los Angeles. This one is going wide, in more than 1,700 venues, for karaoke-captioned screenings in which audience participation is encouraged. Dress up! Sing along! Give in to the catchy choreography … that’s how it’s done done done! I’ve been on the Huntr/x train since the beginning and bought tickets to the first screening of the day at Los Angeles’ Alamo Drafthouse…

People protest around the world as Israel continues push to seize Gaza City where famine has been declared.

Residents of New Monwabisi Park want their illegal connections temporarily formalised while they await electrification Protesters continued to block Swartklip Road in Khayelitsha, Cape Town, with burning tyres on Friday. The protests started on Wednesday after Eskom and law enforcement officials removed illegal electricity connections from a substation at Area L sewage pump station in New Monwabisi Park, Khayelitsha. Community leader Donavan Koopman said cars and shacks were broken into on Wednesday night because the area was left in the dark by the removal of the illegal connections. “Eskom is busy with an electrification project in Zone Two and other…

Reigning Spanish League champions recovered from a two-goal, halftime deficit to pull off a stunning comeback against Levante.Barcelona fought back from a two-goal deficit to win 3-2 at Levante with a late own-goal by the hosts in La Liga.Defending champions Barcelona needed Pedri Gonzalez and Ferran Torres to score early in the second half to equalise after the newly promoted Levante had rolled to a surprise two-goal lead at halftime on Saturday.Lamine Yamal then helped to produce the winning goal when he curled a cross into the 6-yard box, and Levante’s Unai Elgezabal headed into his own net.Levante striker Ivan…

The rain is just starting to fall from a grey London sky as Sir Nick Clegg arrives, ducking through the traffic and carrying what looks like his laundry. Clean shirts for the photoshoot, he says, before apologetically wondering if he might possibly get a coffee. Within minutes he has further apologised for wanting to swap the leather club chair he is offered for a hard plastic one; and then, in horror, for any impression inadvertently given that my questions might send him to sleep.Impeccable English manners should never be mistaken for diffidence – at 58, Clegg remains the only British…