GUINEA MILITARY COUP DEEMED NECESSARY
Guinea military coup leader Col Mamady Doumbouya has said a new “united” government would be formed in weeks. Col Mamady Doumbouya told ministers who served in ousted President Alpha Condé’s government that there would be no witch-hunt against former officials. He told former ministers that they could not leave the country and had to hand […]
MBAPPE’S TRANSFER DILEMMA
Mbappe’s transfer dilemma seems to have reached a dead end. It’s no secret that Kylian Mbappe wants to play for Real Madrid. The famous picture of a young Mbappe sitting in his bedroom surrounded by photos of Cristiano Ronaldo and the Real Madrid badge hints that Mbappe has always had his career planned out. Mbappe […]
LEE “SCRATCH” PERRY DIES AT 85
LEE “SCRATCH” PERRY TRANSITION JAMAICAN reggae legend “Lee Scratch Perry” has passed away at the age of 85. He passed away at the Noel Holmes Hospital in Lucea, Jamaica. Image courtesy of bandonthewall.org CONDOLENCES GALORE Rainford Hugh Perry was born on 20 March 1936 in Kendal, Jamaica, in the parish of Hanover. Perry has worked with and […]
CRAZY CRATE CHALLENGE POTENTIALLY DEADLY
CRATE CHALLENGE, FUN OR FOOLISH !? The Milk Crate Challenge began as a quest to counter boredom or to exhibit people’s athletic side after the Tokyo Olympics, with people seen taking up the challenge and stacking plastic crates in the shape of a pyramid. Climbing up and down without any support or protective gear, they […]
ARSENAL STUNG TWICE BY THE BEES
The Premier League season got off to a flying start on Friday night as Brentford marked their first game in the top flight for 74 years. This was Brentford’s first match in front of fans at their new stadium, with an emotional 2-0 victory over a pacey but blunt Arsenal. Sergi Canos carved his name […]
MISSIONS AND DECISIONS AS TRANSFER DEADLINE LOOMS
The Premier League has confirmed the summer transfer window in England will run for 12 weeks from Wednesday, June 9 and will close at 11 pm on Tuesday, August 31 hence leaving a 20 days window for clubs to transact. As Messi signs a two-year contract at PSG with a one-year option to extend, Lukaku […]
BARCELONA IN THE RED
Four seasons ago, four months after Barcelona’s historic 6-1 comeback in the UEFA Champions League Round of 16, PSG took revenge by seizing the engineer of the annihilation, triggering Neymar’s €222 million buyout clause and following it up with a mouth-watering €180 million deal for Kylian Mbappé from Monaco. It would seem like science fiction […]
OL PEJETA , CONSERVATION WARRIORS
During the week leading up to World Ranger Day, 31st July, Ol Pejeta celebrated it’s brave ‘heroes’, men and women, for their selfless duty. This extraordinary and dangerous job requires more than just courage – it demands passion and a firm belief in humans and wildlife coexisting peacefully. In their honor, Ol Pejeta shares their […]
WILL THE BONGO GO THE DODO WAY?
Among the most beautiful of antelopes is the Bongo , currently listed as critically endangered. There are two currently recognized subspecies , the mountain or eastern bongo and the lowland or western bongo. This antelope is the largest, heaviest, and most colorful African forest antelope weighing between 225 to 410 kilograms with a gestation period […]
HOPE FOR NORTHERN WHITE RHINO
Three more northern white rhino embryos and greater diversity! On July 9th, the scientists and conservationists of Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (BioRescue), Safari Park Dvůr Králové, Kenya Wildlife Service, and Ol Pejeta Conservancy conducted the sixth successful oocyte collection at Ol Pejeta. 17 eggs were collected from Fatu and immediately airlifted to […]