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AFD, NBA Africa to expand basketball experience programme
AFD Country Director, Xavier Muron (left); French Ambassador to Nigeria, Her Excellency, Emmanuelle Blatmann; Executive Chairman, Lagos State Sports Commission, Sola Aiyepeku and Vice President NBA Africa & Country Head, NBA Nigeria, Gbemisola Abudu at the official launch of the Jr. NBA & AFD Basketball Experience Programme in Lagos
Booker Prize winner Marlon James on writing the 'African Game of Thrones'
They also discuss how his first novel "John Crow's Devil" was rejected more than 70 times, causing him to burn the manuscript; the life-changing effect of winning the Booker Prize for his third novel "A Brief History of Seven Killings"; and how the all-white cast of "The Hobbit" triggered him into writing an epic story set in Africa.
Global food crisis: Famine in Somalia 'on the horizon', ONE Campaign warns
Asked about the COP27 climate conference that will take place in November in Egypt, Smith admitted that "there could be tension" between developing and developed countries over climate financing. "What I do think we might see at COP is a more unified voice from developing countries in terms of them holding their ground on the expectation that these resources be delivered," she added.
Two decades after Senegal's Joola disaster, families of victims still unable to grieve
The Joola disaster had multiple causes. The ship, managed by the Senegalese navy, was in bad condition. It was overloaded, with four times more passengers than the maximum allowed. The vehicles in the hold were not secured. The captain of the ferry, who himself died, no doubt made a navigation error.
LIV Golf players push for retroactive world ranking points
WASHINGTON: Players in the Saudi-backed LIV Golf Series pushed for retroactive world ranking points on Tuesday in an open letter to rankings board chairman Peter Dawson.
Poland’s Lewandowski taking symbol of Ukraine to World Cup
WARSAW: Robert Lewandowski increased his support for Ukraine on Tuesday when the Poland captain pledged to take an armband in the country’s blue-yellow flag colors to the World Cup in November.
Storm clouds gather over France team ahead of World Cup defense
SAINT-DENIS, France: Just two months before France begin their defense of the World Cup, the mood around the team is in stark contrast to the celebrations that followed their win over Croatia in the 2018 final.