She was a teenager during World War I and her life spans three centuries. On Monday, New Yorker Susannah Mushatt Jones celebrated her 116th birthday as the world’s oldest living person. Guinness World Records announced…
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#Conservation: World must cut pollution to save marine life
If left unchecked, global warming will cause irreversible damage to marine life in the world’s oceans, forcing fish to search for cooler waters and destroying valuable coral reefs, an international study said Thursday. Keeping global…
#MustRead: Four lessons from Lupita
Written by Isis Nyongo for MumsVillage There’s been considerable buzz about Lupita Nyong’o’s first official visit to Kenya since becoming a global star. I joined three other mums from the MumsVillage community in attending…
Google apologizes after photo app tagged black couple ‘gorillas’
Google apologized after an identification program in its new photo app put a “gorillas” label on a picture of a black couple. “We’re appalled and genuinely sorry that this happened,” a Google representative said late…
Lupita Nyong’o leads fight against elephant poaching
Lupita Nyong’o is leading a campaign against elephant poaching. The Oscar-winning actress has returned to Kenya to become a global elephant ambassador for international conservation organisation WildAid, advocating against the slaughter of elephants for their…
Mozambique scraps colonial-era bans on homosexuality
Mozambique decriminalised homosexuality on Monday when a new penal code came into force that swept away old Portuguese colonial laws, in a victory for campaigners for gay rights in Africa. The old code, dating back…
#WeirdNews: Watermelon toast sells for Sh9,850 a loaf
Toast that looks like watermelon is being sold for $100 a loaf in Taiwan. Jimmy’s Bakery in Yilan County is selling out of the bread that has been baked to look identical to the colourful…
#Conservation: Lion among 23,000 species threatened with extinction
The mighty lion, reclusive cave crabs and the world’s rarest sea lion are among nearly 23,000 species at risk of dying out, a top conservation body warned on Tuesday. In an update to its “Red…
Beautiful artwork of two presidents sharing a hearty meal
What better way to sincerely bond with someone than share a meal with them? Yes, food has always been known to bring people together and it is such an African thing to share a meal…
World undergoing ‘sixth mass extinction’
Animal species are disappearing at a rate not seen since dinosaurs vanished 66 million years ago, a new study has found, in what researchers say is the sixth mass extinction event in Earth’s history and…