Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates | AFP | Nico Rosberg won his maiden Formula One world title by securing second place behind his Mercedes arch-rival Lewis Hamilton in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on Sunday. Rosberg started the 21st and final race of 2016 12 points clear of Hamilton and …

Johannesburg, South Africa | AFP | Southern African leaders paid glowing tributes to the late revolutionary icon Fidel Castro, but if one country will forever be heavily indebted to his leadership of Cuba, it is Angola. Castro sent tens of thousands of troops when oil-giant Angola became embroiled in a …

Lagos, Nigeria | AFP |  It’s not Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari’s fault that Nigeria’s economy is inextricably tied to the global price of oil, now half of its 2014 peak of over $100 per barrel. But the president’s response to the economic crisis has a growing number of people concerned …

Havana, Cuba | AFP |  From Dwight Eisenhower, who broke US diplomatic relations with Cuba, to Barack Obama, who decided to normalize them, 11 US presidents faced off with Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro, who died late Friday. Dwight Eisenhower (Republican, 1953-1961): Provided arms to dictator Fulgencio Batista, who was …

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates | AFP | A teenager who passed his driving test little more than a year ago, Max Verstappen is the extravagantly-talented ‘outsider’ set to create an upset in the final outcome of this year’s Formula One world championship this weekend. If the 19-year-old Red Bull …

Mogadishu, Somalia | AFP | Raped, abused and subjected to genital mutilation, many women suffer terribly in Somalia, an unrepentantly patriarchal country shown by successive surveys as one of the worst places to be female. A quota reserving 30 percent of parliamentary seats for women in current elections is supposed …

Major Suleiman Kiggundu, husband to popular traditional healer Sylvia Namutebi aka Mama Fina, was at about 6am today shot dead by assassins moving on a boda boda (motorcycle) around Masanafu in the suburbs of Kampala. His bodyguard, Steven Mukasa, was also shot dead. Sheikh Maj. Kiggundu has been one of …

Havana, Cuba | AFP |  Guerrilla revolutionary and communist idol, Fidel Castro was a holdout against history who turned tiny Cuba into a thorn in the paw of the mighty capitalist United States. The former Cuban president, who died aged 90 on Friday, said he would never retire from politics. …

Havana, Cuba | AFP | Cuban revolutionary icon Fidel Castro died late Friday in Havana, his brother, President Raul Castro, announced on national television. “The commander in chief of the Cuban revolution died at 22:29 hours this evening,” the president announced on national television. Fidel Castro will be cremated on …

Winners Seven 2 Smoke – Alex Heskey 1 on 1 – Naganzwa Erick Kids battle (below 15yrs) – Ndawula Ronald Bgirl Battle – Nambalirwa Joan Popping – Walter Ruva 3 on 3 – Hit the beat crew (Mukalazi Moses, Egesa Erick and Faisal Ddamba). Another great crowd and enthusiastic performances …