Philippine president, Rodrigo Duterte has opined that the presidency is not a job for a woman.
Vice Principal's note to the tooth fairy after a distressed student lost his tooth in school goes viral
A little boy named Gavin was distressed after he lost his tooth at school but the school's Vice-Principal saved the day.
Sweet'N Low magnate, Donald Tober, 89, 'jumps to his death from the 11th floor of his luxury $10 million NYC apartment
Donald Tober, the artificial sweetener magnate who made Sweet’N Low a household name across America has committed suicide at the age of 89.
Uganda 'shut down' social media ahead of election
Uganda’s communications regulator has reportedly ordered internet service providers to immediately shut down social media and messaging services ahead of the country's presidential election.
Fatima, the last queen of Libya and widow of King Idris, who was deposed by Gaddafi
In 2009 when Fatima Ahmed al-Sharif, the last queen of Libya and widow of King Idris, passed away, she was in exile with her family in Egypt. Her husband, Idris, had died years earlier in 1983.
The second impeachment of Donald Trump: what happens next?
The House of Representatives is set to vote on Wednesday to impeach Donald Trump in connection with his supporters’ violent siege on the US Capitol, with just a week to go until Joe Biden is sworn in as the 46th US president.
Tanzania’s Diamond Platnumz breaks Davido’s YouTube Africa record within 8 hours
Tanzanian Bongo Flava sensation Naseeb Abdul, alias Diamond Platnumz, has been making waves both internationally and on the continent and his new song, ‘Waah’, featuring Congolese music icon Koffi Olomide adds to the already existing buzz around the artiste. The latest hit song gained over one million views within 8 hours of its release, breaking the record held by Nigerian Afrobeats artiste Davido.
5 things you should know about British-Zimbabwean actor Regé-Jean Page, star of Netflix’s new hit series Bridgerton
Almost everyone is swooning over actor Regé-Jean Page’s romance with Phoebe Dynevor in the Shondaland-produced Netflix series, Bridgerton. Based on the bestselling novels by Julia Quinn, Bridgerton arrived on Christmas Day and follows two high-society families in Regency-era London.
The three rebel queens of the Virgin Islands who led a fierce revolt against Danish rule in 1878
Denmark was a colonial power in the Caribbean from 1672 until 1917. In the Danish West Indies, chattel slavery was practised from around 1650 until July 3, 1848, when the governor issued an emancipation proclamation. Still, the Danish government went on to make rules that kept people enslaved by contracts for another two years.
Ndaté Yalla Mbodj, the last queen of Senegal who fought off the French, Arabs and Moors
Located in what is now Senegal and parts of Mauritania, the Waalo kingdom was one of the strongest and oldest kingdoms in Senegal existing since the 11th century. Before the invasion of the Arabs, the people practised the matrilineal system which gave women equal rights and privileges as men.
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