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Maasai Mara, Kenya | AFP | Five-month-old bloodhound Shakaria gambols through the long savannah grasses of Kenya’s Maasai Mara reserve, her playful mood swiftly turning to keen determination as she is ordered to track a human scent. Straining at the leash, she pulls her handler along an invisible scent path …

Damascus, Syria | AFP | Syrian student Nour wistfully examines her bare ring finger, then scans fellow classmates around her at Damascus University. Amid the sea of women, there’s no eligible single man in sight. At 30, Nour says she is eager to get married — but Syria’s protracted conflict …

Whether Or Not a Person Invest In Bitcoin CITIZENSHIP | SPECIAL FEATURE |  If any of these below-mentioned scenarios does apply to you, then you should absolutely not be buying bitcoin. It does not matter what cryptocurrency you are thinking about right now; you should not be opting for any of …

Paris, France | AFP | The risk of dying prematurely more than doubles for single fathers compared to single mothers or paired-up dads, according to a study of Canadian families published Thursday. “Our research highlights that single fathers have higher mortality, and demonstrates the need for public health policies to …

Banská Štiavnica, Slovakia | AFP | In a small medieval Slovak town, couples are getting ready on Valentine’s Day to make a “deposit” about their romance in a place dedicated to love stories. The “Love Bank” is the main attraction of an exhibition commemorating the world’s longest love poem, “Marina” …

Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | What happens when an artiste dies is a question often asked when a creative dies. Unlike many people, artistes are expected to have obvious legacies because works of art never die. This can be said of Radio, singer and songwriter who passed on at 33. …

The whole process of purchasing citizenship in the Caribbean CITIZENSHIP | SPECIAL FEATURE | It might sound fairly dubious – and the legislatures of China, the USA and numerous EU nations would concur, however purchasing citizenship in the Caribbean is a self-managing industry, and is utilized essentially by well-off businessmen who …

A few important things when talking about Citizenship by investment CITIZENSHIP | SPECIAL FEATURE | For those still new to the expression or uncertain of its significance, citizenship by investment programs (CBI for short) are the lawful, progressively prominent and dynamically routines with regards to a country making its citizenship …

Amudat, Uganda | AFP | Thirty cows sealed 12-year-old Joyce’s fate. In exchange she became the third wife to a man as elderly as her father who traded her, never mind she had barely reached puberty. Joyce was sent from her home in western Kenya, across the nearby border to …

How do we ensure that new dams do not add risk to power supplies down the line? Kampala, Uganda | DECLAN CONWAY | In the 1980s and 1990s parts of Africa saw a surge in dam building for energy production. After a brief hiatus, there has been renewed interest. Many new …