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Ready, set, mow… the annual lawnmowers World Championships took place in Heddington, Wiltshire over the 2nd and 3rd July. Undaunted by a schedule clash that saw the race go up against the F1 British Grand Prix from Silverstone, organizer Ian Radcliff believes that this sport could be even more competitive. The Ferraris and McLarens might have been missing, but there were several categories of racing depending on the sophistication of the vehicle. Driving conditions were tricky, slippy and initially very bumpy, so not great for this ‘grass roots’ motorsport. AMN/Sports.

West African leaders met in Ghana, Sunday, to review sanctions imposed on three neighbor countries. Ecowas heads of states lifted economic and financial sanctions On Mali, approved Burkina transition timetable and gave Guinea an additional one-month reprieve to present an “acceptable” timetable. During the summit, Umaro Sissoco Embalo, president of Guinea-Bissau, was elected as new chairman of the bloc. West African leaders attending a regional summit agreed Sunday to lift sanctions on Mali and Burkina Faso, two neighbors led by military governments. Speaking in Accra, Jean-Claude Kassi Brou – Ecowas Commission President – said the head of states had reached…

Designers, models and artists from the Democratic Republic of Congo and other African countries presented their designs on Thursday (30 June 2022) night in Goma during the 8th edition of the Liputa Fashion Show. The event to promote the fashion industry in the continent took place in eastern Congo -where conflict has caused death and mass displacement. This year more than ever, the show focused on supporting peace through fashion and arts, aiming to show that the region has much to offer. “Tonight we presented our collection that is the diversity of colors, and in our collection, there are different…

The annual Greenlandic games for the elderly takes place in Ilulissat, a town on the western part of the island, in the Arctic Circle. Running from the 27th of June until the 2nd of July, the event sees over 200 retired people from 11 different towns get together to compete in handball, hockey and other sports. AMN/Sports.

Ukrainian rescue workers search through the rubble in the city of Sergiyvka after missiles slammed into an apartment building and a recreation centre, killing 21 people and wounding dozens. At least one child was killed, Ukrainian officials said, blaming the strikes on Russia a day after Moscow abandoned positions on a strategic island in a major setback to the Kremlin’s invasion. Images show also destruction after shelling hit the city of Bakhmut in Ukraine’s Donetsk Oblast. AMN/Reporters/Ukraine.

Thousands took to the streets Friday in Sudan’s capital, a day after nine people were killed in demonstrations against the country’s ruling generals. The nation has been rocked by near-weekly protests since an Oct. 25 coup upended its transition to democracy. The rallies on Thursdays were the largest seen in months. Sudanese military authorities have met the protests with a deadly crackdown, which has so far killed 113 people, including 18 children. “God willing, this is the beginning of the downfall of the coup of ‘Burhan and Hemedti (deputy head of ruling council General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo)’, and it will…

The incident occurred during the night from Wednesday to Thursday. The bridge was on the road connecting the towns of Kaya and Dori, one of the main routes between the capital and the north of the country. Burkina battles jihadists who spread terror among civilians and block access to key axis. In Burkina Faso’s capital long lines of cars and bus have appeared. Those wishing to travel to Ouagadougou or leave via the Nare bridge are stuck for long hours. During the night from Wednesday to Thursday, gunmen blew up a bridge on the road connecting the towns of Kaya…

South Africans are struggling in the dark to cope with increased power cuts that have hit households and businesses across the country. The rolling power cuts have been experienced for years, but this week the country’s state-owned power utility, Eskom, extended them so that some residents and businesses have gone without power for more than 9 hours a day. A strike by Eskom workers added to the utility’s woes including breakdowns of its aging coal-fired power plants, insufficient generation capacity and corruption, according to experts. The prolonged power cuts are hitting South Africans in the winter months of the Southern…

Protesters stormed Libya’s parliament building in the eastern city of Tobruk on Friday, demonstrating against deteriorating living conditions and political deadlock, Libyan media reported. Several television channels said that protesters had managed to penetrate the building and committed acts of vandalism, while media outlets showed images of thick columns of black smoke coming from its perimeter as angry young protesters burned tyres. Other media reports said part of the building had been burned. The parliament building was empty as Friday falls on the weekend in Libya. Libya’s parliament, or House of Representatives, has been based in Tobruk, hundreds of kilometres…

The Member of Parliament for Builsa South, Dr. Clement Apaak has advised the government to withdraw the Electronic Transfer Levy (E-levy). According to the MP, he does not see the essence of continuing with the collection of the levy since it is not yielding the needed result the government had projected. “Kudos to the good people of Ghana for refusing to be exploited by the corrupt and unaccountable Akufo-Addo/Bawumia NPP government via the obnoxious, regressive, unjustified E-levy foisted on them. I pray more Ghanaians will avoid paying E-Levy. “We gave humane options of raising revenue, they refused: plug revenue loopholes…