Author: OneAfricaYT

Bob Odenkirk’s unlikely new career journey as a kickass tough guy continues in this pretty formulaic and forgettable sequel to the amusing original hit, which first showed us Hutch (Odenkirk), an apparent suburban nobody with wife-plus-kids who keeps forgetting to put the garbage out in time – then from nowhere busts out some serious fight moves.This sequel from Indonesian action director Timo Tjahjanto, co-written by the writer of the original, Derek Kolstad, really doesn’t have much of the humour and the storytelling chutzpah of the first film. But what it does have, inevitably, are endless gonzo fight sequences in which…

TLDR Street Wallet, a South African mobile payments startup, has secured $350,000 (R6.2 million) in funding at a $2 million (R35.5 million) valuation Street Wallet provides QR code lanyard cards to street vendors, car guards, and other informal traders The round, led by undisclosed investors, will support sales growth and nationwide expansion. Street Wallet, a South African mobile payments startup, has secured $350,000 (R6.2 million) in funding at a $2 million (R35.5 million) valuation to grow its presence in the country’s informal economy. The round, led by undisclosed investors, will support sales growth and nationwide expansion. Founded in 2021 by…

In April 2025, the Human Rights Court in Kenya issued an unprecedented ruling that it has the jurisdiction to hear a case about harmful content on one of Meta’s platforms. The lawsuit was filed in 2022 by Abraham Meareg, the son of an Ethiopian academic who was murdered after he was doxxed and threatened on Facebook, Fisseha Tekle, an Ethiopian human rights activist, who was also doxxed and threatened on Facebook, and Katiba Institute, a Kenyan non-profit that defends constitutionalism. They maintain that Facebook’s algorithm design and its content moderation decisions made in Kenya resulted in harm done to two…

State Department move comes as Israel’s war and induced-famine in Gaza reach new extremes, with 61,827 killed so far.The United States has announced that it is halting all visitor visas for people from Gaza pending a “a full and thorough” review, a day after social media posts about Palestinian refugees sparked furious reactions from right-wingers.The Department of State’s move on Saturday came a day after far-right activist and Trump ally Laura Loomer posted on X that Palestinians “who claim to be refugees from Gaza” entered the US via San Francisco and Houston this month.“How is allowing for Islamic immigrants to…

Hurricane Erin has rapidly intensified into a category five hurricane, packing maximum sustained winds of 160mph (260km/h). National Hurricane Center Director Mike Brennan told a briefing that the “extremely powerful” storm had “explosively deepened and intensified” overnight after growing from tropical storm strength on Friday. Erin is expected to pass north of the Leeward Islands, the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico over the weekend, bringing up to 6in (15cm) of rain, with the potential for flash flooding and mudslides. The storm, which is the first hurricane the 2025 Atlantic season, is not currently forecast to make landfall on the mainland…

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In a statement issued at full-time, the Football Association said: “We are very concerned about the allegation of discrimination from an area of the crowd, which was reported to the match officials during the Premier League fixture between Liverpool and Bournemouth. “Incidents of this nature have no place in our game, and we will work closely with the match officials, the clubs and the relevant authorities to establish the facts and ensure the appropriate action is taken.”Liverpool said in a statement after the game:, external “Liverpool Football Club is aware of an allegation of racist abuse made during our Premier…

You’ve met the love of your life; someone who understands you like no one else ever has. And then you wake one morning and they’re gone. Yanked out of your world, and the digital universe, by a system update.Such is the melancholic lot of a group of people who have entered into committed relationships with digital ‘partners’ on OpenAI’s ChatGPT. When the tech company released its new GPT-5 model earlier this month, described by chief executive Sam Altman as a “significant step forward”, certain dedicated users found that their digital relationships had taken a significant step back. Their companions had…

In recent years, a wave of military takeovers has swept across the Sahel region—Burkina Faso, Niger, and Mali—toppling long-standing regimes and sending shockwaves through Africa’s political establishment. To many in the West and traditional governance circles, these coups are seen as dangerous regressions from democracy. But on the ground, among the youth and ordinary citizens, a different narrative is emerging: one of liberation from decades of elite looting, failed promises, and democratic theater that never delivered. The question is no longer just whether coups are legal or constitutional, but whether they can be legitimate in the face of systemic failure.…

Two Seasons, Two Strangers by Sho Miyake (All the Long Nights, Small, Slow But Steady) is the winner of the 78th edition of the Locarno Film Festival’s international competition, which was honored with the Pardo d’Oro, or Golden Leopard, in the Swiss town on Saturday. The Japanese drama, based on the manga Mr. Ben and His Igloo, A View of the Seaside by Yoshiharu Tsuge, follows Lee, a scriptwriter who is processing what is happening in her life. “We finally have Japan in the competition again,” Locarno artistic director Giona A. Nazzaro had told THR about the film marking Japan’s return to the competition lineup. White Snail by…