Author: catfish

Understanding Your Loved One’s PreferencesCrafting personalized presents requires a thoughtful approach to recognizing what truly resonates with your loved ones. Pay close attention to their likes, habits, and even subtle hints that can guide your gift selection.Discovering InterestsTo uncover your loved one’s interests, start by considering the activities they allocate their free time. For example, if they spend weekends hiking, outdoor gear or a nature-themed book could be well-received. For avid readers, a collector’s edition of their favorite book or a comfortable reading nook accessory aligns with their passion.Considering Personality TraitsPersonality traits can inform the type of gift that might…

Read More

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday opens a week-long tour of Africa’s west coast as he seeks to bolster US-friendly democracies with security deteriorating in the Sahel. Issued on: 22/01/2024 – 12:28Modified: 22/01/2024 – 12:33 3 min The top US diplomat will start in Cape Verde before visiting Ivory Coast, Nigeria and Angola, his first trip to sub-Saharan Africa in 10 months as he takes a break from a time-consuming focus on the Israel-Hamas war.With many Africans uneasy about the US attention to the Middle East and Ukraine, and President Joe Biden failing to live up to a…

Read More

Back to homepage / Shows / Perspective Issued on: 22/01/2024 – 12:32 08:00 PERSPECTIVE © FRANCE 24 Two decades after horrific ethnic violence in the Darfur region that killed hundreds of thousands of people, Sudan is once again in crisis. Since the start of the brutal power struggle between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces in April, there have been alarming reports of ethnic killings in Darfur. Alyona Synenko, the regional spokesperson for the International Committee of the Red Cross, says the horrors of the early 2000s in Darfur are very much alive in Sudan’s collective memory, but…

Read More

Cameroon on Monday launched the first malaria vaccination programme to be offered nationwide and as a matter of routine, AFP journalists saw, in a step the WHO has described as “historic”. Issued on: 22/01/2024 – 17:09 2 min The mosquito-borne disease kills more than 600,000 people a year, mainly in Africa, according to the World Health Organization.Children under five years old account for more than 80 percent of deaths on the continent.Following a pilot phase, the RTS,S vaccine is being rolled out at scale across Africa, starting in Cameroon.At a hospital in the town of Soa, 20 kilometres (12 miles)…

Read More

The bus station in Agadez, a remote city of low mud-brick buildings in the West African nation of Niger, is buzzing again.Every week, thousands of migrants from West and Central Africa leave from the station in this gateway city to the Sahara aboard a caravan of pickup trucks, traveling for days toward North Africa, where many will then try to cross the Mediterranean in a quest to reach Europe.For years, this portal was closed, at least officially. The country’s government, friendly to Europe, outlawed migration out of Agadez, and in exchange the European Union poured hundreds of millions of dollars…

Read More

Home » Spanish Learning Resources » Courses and Programs » An Honest Coffee Break Spanish Review: Language Learning on a Busy Schedule In this review of Coffee Break Spanish, we take a look at the essentials and answer some critical questions so you can determine if the program is something you want to invest in. Does the resource offer material for your current skill level with an opportunity to advance? Is it something you can realistically engage with on a daily basis? Is it within your budget or worth the cost? Since your time is nonrefundable, let’s dig into the essential components…

Read More

Game On 4: BOSS LEVEL Matty Grey is heading back to GAME LAND one final time. Joined by an elite team of gamers, Matty and the audience must battle their way through 5 Boss levels to get to the MEGA BOSS OF ALL VIDEO GAMES.  ‘Boss Level’ pits the best video game VILLIANS from past, present and future against the audience in a series of live action games.  Not everyone will make it – Those who do will be showered with glory, those who don’t will be left on the side of the road to wallow in misery!!!! So everybody…

Read More

Liberia’s new president, Joseph Boakai, was sworn into office Monday after his narrow win in a November election. Boakai, who at age 79 is the country’s oldest sitting head of state, promised to unite and rescue Africa’s oldest republic from its economic woes. Issued on: 22/01/2024 – 18:28 2 min “Partisanship must give way to nationalism,” Boakai told citizens and foreign delegation members who attended his inauguration ceremony in Monrovia, Liberia’s capital. He listed improving adherence to the rule of law, fighting corruption and renewing “the lost hope” of citizens as his priorities. The ceremony, however, ended abruptly after Boakai, who…

Read More

Back to homepage / Shows / Eye on Africa Issued on: 22/01/2024 – 23:28 13:10 In tonight’s edition: Liberia’s new president takes over but Joseph Boakai’s inauguration speech is cut short as he appears to feel unwell during his swearing in ceremony. The US Secretary of State kicks off a tour of the continent. Antony Blinken heads from Cape Verde to the Africa Cup of Nations in Abidjan tonight. And Cameroon launches an historic nationwide malaria vaccine campaign.  Read more on related topics:

Read More