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At nearly three hours, Catarina Ruivo’s sprawling documentary seeks to halt the march of death. When her grandmother Júlia died, she left behind a treasure trove of letters, written between 1946 and 1957 when she was living in Mozambique, then under Portuguese colonial rule. Read out by actor Rita Durão, this correspondence captures the hopes and dreams of a young woman, newly married and adapting to a foreign land. The voiceover is paired with Ruivo’s footage of present-day, independent Mozambique, images that breathe a second life into these messages from the past.The juxtaposition between Júlia’s writings and the Mozambican cityscapes…

48 Ethiopian Airlines Group has taken a major step toward building what could become Africa’s largest airport by appointing the African Development Bank (AfDB) as the mandated lead arranger to secure $8 billion in debt financing for the new Bishoftu International Airport. The $10 billion mega project is expected to turn Ethiopia into one of the world’s top aviation hubs, attracting more global passengers, boosting cargo capacity, and driving economic growth. The airport will be located in Abusera, Bishoftu, about 40 kilometers southeast of Ethiopia’s capital city, Addis Ababa. The choice of location followed years of feasibility studies and a…

Selecting the right gardening equipment can make the difference between a frustrating chore and an enjoyable outdoor experience. With the global gardening tools market growing from $98 billion in 2025 to a projected $161 billion by 2034, the variety of available equipment has never been greater. However, this abundance of choice can overwhelm both novice and experienced gardeners when making purchasing decisions. The key to successful gardening lies not just in having a green thumb, but in using tools that complement your physical capabilities, garden size, and specific growing goals. Quality equipment transforms challenging tasks into manageable ones while protecting…

Latest scorecard from the first Twenty20 international between Australia and South Africa in Darwin.

Wikipedia has lost a legal challenge to new Online Safety Act rules which it says could threaten the human rights and safety of its volunteer editors.The Wikimedia Foundation – the non-profit which supports the online encyclopaedia – wanted a judicial review of regulations which could mean Wikipedia has to verify the identities of its users.But it said despite the loss, the judgement “emphasized the responsibility of Ofcom and the UK government to ensure Wikipedia is protected”.The government told the BBC it welcomed the High Court’s judgment, “which will help us continue our work implementing the Online Safety Act to create…

DC mayor: ‘We’re totally surprised’Bowser says that her office plans to follow the law, and cooperate with the federal government. The DC Home Rule Act requires the mayor to “provide the services” of the police department in the case of a declared emergency. Although she notes that there is a “question about the subjectivity” about that declarations, referring to the recorded evidence of a dropping violent crime rate in DC. “While this action today is unsettling and unprecedented, I can’t say that, given some of the rhetoric of the past, that we’re totally surprised,” she adds.The mayor also says that…

Five more Palestinians, including a child, have died of malnutrition as a result of Israel’s punishing blockade of Gaza in the past 24 hour reporting period, the Health Ministry has said, as people in the enclave and many beyond its besieged borders mourned several journalists assassinated by Israel.The ministry on Monday said most of these victims died in the past three weeks, as Israel-imposed starvation engulfs the entire population, with the total number of severe hunger deaths now at 222, including 101 children.The UN agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, said “children in Gaza are dying from starvation and bombardments”.“Entire families,…

Minister of industries, mines and energy Natangue Ithete this week buttressed the government target that “locals” must own at least 51% of all mining activities. Ithete was speaking at the 12th Mining Expo and Conference, held under the theme: ‘Mining for Namibia’s Future: Job Creation, Local Empowerment and Economic Transformation’. “The government’s strategic priorities remain clear: value addition, beneficiation, local content, development, skills transfer and employment creation,” said Ithete. We trust that the priorities are not set in the order that Ithete puts them. No doubt job creation is the top priority followed by skills transfer. We know that mines,…

Boletim de Colera 2025 Nº 209 | WHO | Regional Office for Africa Skip to main content Boletim de Colera 2025 Nº 209

The hisses, pings and screeches that introduced millions of Americans to the nascent online world are to be formally retired when AOL’s dial-up internet shuts down in late September.AOL, or America Online, said recently it was discontinuing the old school connection option after an evaluation of its products and services and that it would no longer support dial-up software starting 30 September.The date portends the end of an era for millions of Americans of a certain age: millennials, gen Xers, boomers and those of the greatest generation. The characteristic sound of modems conducting an analog handshake to establish a connection…