Ukrainians are enjoying the onset of spring. The nights are still cold, but they are emerging from a winter of Russian missile strikes that have cut their power, heating and their water too. The winter was very hard but it was now over, declared President Volodymyr Zelensky. Ukraine still had heat and the country was …
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A childhood accident on horseback had left Nigerian Baba Ige terrified of horses. Not exactly the best start for an aspiring polo player – a sport that involves charging around on a horse while hitting a ball with a large mallet. But his father’s love of the sport finally drew the 20-year-old student in. Ige …
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The place of mai shayi is a newsroom of some sorts. It’s a place where you get to hear some of the most tantalizing stories in town. Mai shayi, or tea-seller, is found in almost every street corner in the north, the Hausas being arguably some of the leading drinkers of tea on Planet Earth. …
