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Recent findings in Jerusalem’s Old City, according to Israeli archaeologists, are among the most important ever found. They believe the enormous structure they discovered is a 2,000-year-old city hall where dignitaries might relax before visiting Jerusalem’s Second Temple
The success of Nigeria’s national basketball team, the D’Tigers, in pre-Olympic games this month has inspired amateur players in their home country. The Nigerians defeated the top-ranked United States team in a friendly match and are currently the only African team competing in the Tokyo Olympics
Cryptocurrencies are making headlines for reshaping the financial world, but they’re also finding traction in developing nations. An American economist who pioneered blockchain technology for low-income urban customers has now expanded the cashless system to the countryside in Kenya
Ingrida Simonyte, the Prime Minister of Lithuania, has said that her government will build a “additional physical barrier” between Lithuania and Belarus to prevent migrants from entering the nation from Belarus
According to Kenyan humanitarian organisations and analysts, the al-Shabab terrorist group is recruiting young people who are suffering as a result of the pandemic. Local groups in Kenya organise outreach events in low-income districts to counteract their recruitment efforts
According to a new UN study released this week, Afghan civilian casualties increased dramatically in the first half of 2021, with about 1,700 people dead and 3,500 injured
Wanini Kireri, Kenya’s first female assistant commissioner of prisons, is reshaping the prison leadership scene. Kireri is in charge of both men’s and women’s prisons across the country, where her kind yet firm leadership approach has been praised
The latest round of Taliban-Afghan government peace talks in Qatar ended on July 19 with little apparent progress. Many Afghans are concerned about the group’s failure to accept women’s rights in the past
Experts say an unprecedented number of people are quitting their jobs as the coronavirus pandemic eases in the United States
Native athletes met in Fairbanks, Alaska, two days before the Tokyo Olympics to compete in the 60th World Eskimo-Indian Olympics