Two men who were jailed for 42 years have finally been freed after a judge overturned their convictions for murder and attempted murder. Clifford Williams, 76, and his nephew Hubert 'Nathan' Myers, 61, shed tears as the judge read out the ruling, finally vindicating the pair after years of trying to clear their names.
Girl's heartfelt card to 'mummy in heaven' gets tear-jerking reply from kind stranger.
Having lost her beloved mum, Jennifer, to cancer in December, this was four-year-old Ella Lennon's first Mother's Day without her. However, thanks to one kind-hearted Royal Mail worker, the day passed a lot less painfully for the grieving youngster. Ella, from Kilmarnock, had posted her mum a heartfelt, homemade card, to show her how much she loves her ahead of Mothering Sunday.
Africa Poised to Become the World’s Largest Solar Power Zone in 2025.
The African continent has been facing through tough instances with the scarcity of energy. The frequent cuts in power supply have been having a toll on businesses and domestic consumers. It is estimated that in the Sahel region – Senegal, Nigeria, Mauritania, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Chad, Sudan, and Eritrea, about 64% of the population lives without electricity, hindering economic and social development.
African Startups Win Next Billion Prize at Global Education and Skills Forum 2019.
Tanzanian start-up Ubongo, education and stimulation (edutainment) media platform that achieves a great many families through available advancements, has won the ‘Following Billion’ Edtech Prize at the 2019 version of the Global Education and Skills Forum. The Next Billion Edtech Prize is an award propelled by The Varkey Foundation which was established a year ago by India’s extremely rich person Sunny Varkey.
Lori Lightfoot Becomes First Black Woman Elected Mayor of Chicago.
Ugandan Man Becomes A Lawyer To Win Back Father's Land.
Jordan Kinyera was 6-years-old when his father lost his land in a legal dispute. After 18 years of schooling, Kinyera won it back after becoming a lawyer. When Jordyn Kinyera was 6-years-old, his father lost his land after being sued by neighbours. At the time, his father was retired and didn't have many resources to fight the case.
Online Dating Study Reveals How Far People Are Willing to Go to Find Love.
The wide pool of candidates accessible during online dating can feel overwhelmingly large. With the ability to message candidates from sea to shining sea, the perfect person may be just a DM away even if that person lives in the next state or county. But an analysis published Tuesday in Sociological Science reveals that even if that ultra-compatible human is out there, there’s a limit to how far we will go for love.
Afro-Dominicans kick against discrimination by wearing natural hair to school and work.
A section of students and educators in the Caribbean country of the Dominican Republic wore their Afro-hair to school and work on Monday in protest after a student in the eastern region of the country was sent home for donning her natural hair to school, according to Latino Rebels.
4 ways childhood emotional trauma impacts us as adults.
For those people who endured some sort of emotional trauma as a child, even if the trauma is long in the past, those emotional scars can still show themselves in adulthood. During the time of the trauma, regardless of whether it was experienced directly or witnessed by the child, the world often ceases to make sense to them. In order to cope, the child tries to find meaning in their experience. They draw a ‘mental map’ of the world and the way things work.
Africa was the most civilized continent 5,000 years ago.
Integration is the only way African countries will reach the status of Europe, the United States, and China, said Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni Friday at a public lecture in Kenya that was nearly marred by students. The police were forced to lob tear gas canisters at some rowdy Kenyatta University students who were shouting pro-Bobi Wine chants outside a building where Museveni was giving the lecture, reports Daily Nation.
Lotto Winner Forgets Ticket After Being Picked Up By Limo To Collect £850,000 Prize.
A lucky lotto winner was so stoked by his fortune that he only went and forgot to bring the ticket when going to collect his £850,000 (€1,000,000) winnings, didn't he? Odhran Doherty, 23, had set off to claim his winnings in a stretch limo, only to realise he'd left the slip at home meaning the farm worker had to swing around 10 miles into his journey to Dublin from Donegal."My father put it in a safe place, a wee bit too safe now to be honest," farm worker Odhransaid.
40ft Sperm Whale Corpse Washes Up On West Coast Of Ireland.
A giant of the deep ocean has washed up on a beach in west Ireland.The 40ft corpse of a sperm whale was found at Mace Head, Moyrus in Connemara, County Galway on Sunday.It is believed to have died prior to beaching, as fishermen spotted a floating sperm whale off the coast last week.
Man Kidnapped When He Was Eight Returns Home 21 Years Later.
A man has been reunited with his family after being kidnapped more than 21 years ago.Xu Wenbin was abducted by a man on his way home from school in 1998 when he was only eight years old.The native of Chenggu County, Hanzhong, in China's northwestern Shaanxi Province, was then sold 750 miles away to a family in Jing County in northern Hebei Province.
29-year-old African lawyer who made history with Ghana’s first wholly owned oil and gas company .
Women’s participation in the workforce is a huge concern for development. The topic ignites passionate conversation during women’s history month each year. In the oil and gas industry, the issue of gender parity is especially acute.Globally, women account for only 22% of the workforce in oil and gas and their numbers dwindle as one approaches senior management.
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