The Africa Fashion Reception, an annual fashion gala has returned to Ethiopia coinciding with the African Union theme for the year “The AU Year of the Arts, Culture, And Heritage: Levers for Building Africa We Want”.This 2021 edition was held at the Skylight Hotel in Addis Ababa on October 22, a year after it was suspended because of the COVID -19 pandemic.“It has been very difficult, I think this is the first time the designers are all coming out after the pandemic,” explains Lexy Mojo–Eyes, president of Legendary Gold, the company organizing the event.“We were expecting 30 designers from 30 countries,…
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Up to 100 people are missing after a luxury residential high-rise under construction in Nigeria’s commercial capital, Lagos, collapsed on Monday, trapping construction workers under a pile of concrete rubble, witnesses said.At least one body was retrieved and at least three survivors were pulled out on Monday night as rescue workers raced against the clock to dig up victims at the site in the affluent neighbourhood of Ikoyi, where many blocks of flats are under construction.Workers said that as many as 100 people were at work when the building came crashing down.Wisdom John, 28, a bricklayer, said he escaped with…
Why Uganda Gorilla trekking age limit is 15 years? The gorilla trekking age limit in Uganda currently is 15 years and anyone below this age is considered a young and vulnerable person and therefore not fit to trek the gorillas. In most cases, persons below 15 have unpredictable characteristics that may lead to change in the primates’ behaviors. An example is when a gorilla tries to fume or come near a visitor in the presence of a child, she may decide to run or scream hence disorganizing the gorillas. Here the gorillas may react by attacking the trekkers as a…
Issued on: 01/11/2021 – 18:22 A high-rise building under construction collapsed in Nigeria’s commercial capital Lagos on Monday, killing at least four people with dozens more feared trapped inside the rubble. A yellow excavator pushed away concrete slabs to search though the wreckage of the 21-floor building in Lagos’s wealthy Ikoyi residential and business district, AFP correspondents at the scene said.Rescue officials said many workers were caught inside the building when it crumbled, though they could not confirm the number of people trapped inside.Ibrahim Farinloye of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said four people had been rescued so far…
Mogoeng Mogoeng, South Africa’s erstwhile chief justice, retired from the Constitutional Court on October 11. His appointment by former president Jacob Zuma in 2011 was highly controversial. It followed an unsuccessful attempt by Zuma to extend the term of office of Sandile Ngcobo, who was chief justice then. At the time, Mogoeng had only been a judge of South Africa’s highest court for two years. Before that he had been a puisne judge; the head of the High Court in Mahikeng, a small town in the northern part of the country. He had no constitutional law experience, had not appeared…
Here are some of the 1st images from STR.CRD 2012 in Joburg. More will follow later in the week! Manthe Dress: Vintage Belt: Market Street somewhere Socks: Mr Price Sneakers: Nike Watch: Nike Dale Cap: Swede & Crowe Shirt: Hare Pants: Zanerobe Shoes: Urge Watch: Uniform Wares Nqobile Shirt: Vintage Cuffs: Downtown Johannesburg Legging: Vintage Shoes: Nike Bag: Vintage Chucky Cap: Taylor Gang Jumper: Fly Holmes Chino: Mr Price Sneakers: Converse Necklace: From a friend Caitlin Necklace: African Beads Cape Town Shirt: Edgars Ring: The Lot Legging: American Apparel Bag: Zoom Jerri Scarf: Yokoo Bangles: Downtown market…
Power outages, potholed roads and water shortages so frequent that hospitals are turning to boreholes have all become part of daily life in Johannesburg. Homelessness is now so high that many without shelter sleep each night in cemeteries. The parlous state of what the ruling African National Congress calls “Africa’s world-class city” will take centre stage in South Africa’s nationwide local elections on Monday — a contest that sums up rising political discontent in the continent’s most industrialised nation.The ANC is at risk of losing its tenuous grip on Johannesburg in the vote held just a few months after its…
Up to 3,000 migrants and refugees have spent the past month camped out on the streets of Libya’s capital, Tripoli, outside a community centre run by the United Nations.Many are desperate for help, after fleeing overcrowded detention centres. During one mass escape last month, six migrants were killed when guards opened fire. In this film, the BBC’s international Correspondent Orla Guerin meets those on the streets, and asks what the UN refugee agency are doing about it. Camera: Dave Bull. Producer: Ahmed Edroughi. Senior Producer: Nick Springate. Video edited by: Alex Smith. Source link
The coup comes after months of rising tensions in the country, where military and civilian groups have shared power in a shaky transitional coalition, called the Sovereign Council, since former president Omar al-Bashir was ousted from power in 2019.Last week, Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok said a full transition to civilian rule should be in place by November 17, echoing the voices of thousands of Sudanese protesters who took to the streets to demand that the promise of Sudan’s pro-democracy movement be honored. But on Monday the PM and multiple government ministers and officials were arrested. Hamdok and his wife Muna…
If You Like This Article Kindly Give Us A Share! Accra Fashion Week is scheduled to celebrate its 5th year anniversary this December 2021. The nationwide extravagant designer exhibition is set to take place from the 10-12 of December at the Memory Lane Park, Airport Accra. This year marks the 5th Anniversary of Accra Fashion Week since its initiation in the year 2016. The, then now growing, fashion industry then witnessed a 4-day event that quickly made its way into Africa’s top 5 fashion events in 2017t according to renowned Nigerian blogger Sharon Ojong. Some of the nation’s most celebrated…