[ad_1] Karabo Mahapa Karabo “Kay” Mahapa wants to encourage his young audience to go out and vote South Africa’s social media influencers, popular with the youth, have been stepping into a new role ahead of this week’s general election – political mobilisers. With 42% of registered voters under the age of 40, the younger demographic...
[ad_1] Getty Images The town of Agde is home to Europe’s biggest swinger community The town of Agde on the Mediterranean coast may be known for its beautiful sandy beaches and year-round sun, but it’s also got a reputation for wild sex parties. The town is home to Europe’s biggest swinger community. Tens of thousands...
[ad_1] 32 minutes ago Elijah Kanyi & Tamasin Ford,BBC Africa Eye, Nairobi & London BBC As Kenya struggles with rising violent crime, BBC Africa Eye follows one former criminal as he tries to persuade men to turn in their illegal firearms, one gun at a time. “The worst thing I ever did was to kill....
[ad_1] This year’s election campaign comes months after the Supreme Court decided to not legalise same-sex unions. Three opposition parties have promised to recognise same-sex couples legally, but the governing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) – which polls suggest is likely to win a historic third term – has not. Despite this, Mr Gawande insists that...
[ad_1] The Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza says 50 people have been killed and scores injured in an explosion at a refugee camp near Rafah. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) confirmed carrying out an air strike targeting a Hamas compound in the area. It says it is reviewing the incident. Earlier in the day Hamas...
[ad_1] Passengers who were on board a Dublin-bound flight which experienced severe turbulence have described seeing people ‘hit the ceiling’ when the aircraft dropped very suddenly. Twelve people was injured during the incident on board Qatar Airways flight QR017 from Doha to Dublin. Eight of them were taken to hospital after the plane landed safely...
[ad_1] Ten people have been killed and at least 160 other villagers have been kidnapped from a remote community in Nigeria’s central Niger state, officials say. A large number of armed men, suspected to be from Nigeria’s militant Islamist group Boko Haram, invaded Kuchi village on Friday night, local official Aminu Abdulhamid Najume told the...
[ad_1] Over 130 people have died at a single hospital in Sudan’s besieged city of El Fasher, in the Darfur region, according to medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). Fighting between rival groups in Sudan’s civil war in the battle for control of the city has recently intensified. The situation was “terrible,” one resident told...
[ad_1] At least seven people have been killed after tornadoes ripped through central US, destroying buildings and a petrol station that was sheltering dozens of people. Severe storms formed over Texas and Oklahoma on Saturday night, with Cooke County north of Dallas, Texas among the hardest-hit areas. Cooke County Sheriff Ray Sappington said five people...
[ad_1] Mexico has extradited a senior figure in the Sinaloa drug cartel to the United States. Prosecutors allege Néstor Isidro Pérez Salas – known as El Nini, or the Slacker – was a “lead assassin” working for the sons of drug kingpin Joaquín Guzmán, better known as El Chapo. He is wanted in the US...