Many well-meaning outsiders have learned never to be too quick to meddle in the affairs of African countries, like Nigeria, where issues are often more complicated than meets the eye. They are increasingly embracing the trend of deferring responsibility to local organisations that better understand local dynamics. Source link
Month: August 2021
But she was kind-hearted, he says, and became upset when the first protester to die, a young woman called Mya Thwe Thwe Khaing, was fatally shot in the capital Nyapyitaw a week after the coup. Her death was widely mourned and triggered further anger against authorities. Source link
ENG vs IND: Mohammed Siraj’s both appeals were dismissed after taking DRS.© AFP India cricket team skipper Virat Kohli was dealt a huge blow when he lost two DRS (Decision Review System) reviews off the bowling of pacer Mohammed Siraj after the replays showed the umpire was correct on both […]
A group within the Taliban, called the Amri bil Marof (literally: order the good), particularly enforces the social rules. Its punishments brought the most terror to Afghans in the 1990s. Now, again, it’s imposing a two-strike rule. First a warning, second a punishment – public humiliations, prison, beatings, lashes. Source […]
Airfare caps have been raised between 9 to 12 per cent. (Representational) New Delhi: Flight tickets are about to get more expensive as the government has raised the price cap on domestic airfares for the second time in just over two months by 9 to 12 per cent. In an […]
“Germany has a larger population than the UK, so it’s not too surprising total energy consumption and emissions are higher, because they have more residential and commercial buildings, and more cars on the road,” says Dr Mike O’Sullivan, a mathematician and climate researcher at the University of Exeter, who collects […]
July 2021 outdid itself as the hottest July and month ever recorded, the agency said (Representational) Washington: July was the hottest month globally ever recorded, the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said Friday, in the latest data to underline the climate crisis. “July is typically the world’s warmest […]
Afghan journalist Anisa Shaheed is one of many women who fear their freedom to work and study will be curbed again if the Taliban come to power. Anisa was named journalist of the year by Afghanistan’s Free Speech Hub network in April. She tells BBC Monitoring what it’s like working […]
US troops arrive to help with evacuation efforts as militants seize a city an hour’s drive from Kabul. Source link
P Chidambaram is a Rajya Sabha member and part of the Congress’ strategy group in the House New Delhi: With a tumultuous Parliament session ending with unruly scenes, senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Friday said the Chair in both Houses was “not as neutral as it should be” and […]