AYLIN WOODWARDFor millennia, ancient Egyptians were laid to rest in burial shafts under Saqqara, a city of the dead in the desert south of modern-day Cairo. But royal Egyptians like King Teti – a pharaoh who ruled more than 4,200 years ago – were buried in pyramids, along with the women they married. Archaeologists discovered […]
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Rwanda is renowned for its green and immaculate public spaces. And 35-year-old Viateur Ndahayo is a flower farmer playing his part, beautifying the city of Kigali with his ornamental flora. STEVEN MUVUNYI At Gacuriro, a leafy neighborhood in Kigali, dressed in a white shirt and blue jeans, Ndahayo shows us around his RWF250 million ($255,000) […]
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At least 750 people are reported dead after an attack on an Oriental Orthodox church in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, according to a European watch group. On Jan. 9, the Europe External Programme with Africa reported that the Church of Our Lady Mary of Zion in Axum, about 80 miles west of Adigrat, had been attacked, […]
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Published reports from stakeholders indicate frightening and grim statistics of dangers on Ghana’s roadways. According to the Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD) of the Ghana Police Service, 573 lives were lost in road crashes in Ashanti region alone last year, an increase of about 26 percent from 2019. In the same period, Eastern Region […]
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