Seychelles will be assuming the role of Chair of the Contact Group on Illicit Maritime Activities (CGIMA), following the Contact Group’s second plenary meeting on Thursday 5th September 2024. The Republic of Kenya, the outgoing Chair, has held the position since January 2020 and has played a key role in coordinating regional and international efforts to combat piracy and safeguard maritime security. This will be the second time that Seychelles leads the Contact Group, having first chaired it in 2009 when it was known as the Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia (CGPCS). With the renewed threat…
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In an unearthed video, renowned Nigerian veteran actor Pete Edochie passionately recounted the true origins of highlife music, giving credit to Ghana as the birthplace of the iconic genre. Edochie’s revelation challenges the claims by some that highlife originated in Nigeria, as he took time to acknowledge several key Ghanaian musicians who played pivotal roles in the genre’s evolution. “All this music originated from Ghana. Why? In Nigeria, the popular genre of music was highlife. Where did highlife come from? Ghana! This is where it originated!” Edochie emphasized in the video, laying to rest any doubts about where the highlife…
Austin Hill continues to be dominant at his home track. On Saturday, Hill won the NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Atlanta, notching his fourth victory at the facility. The 30-year-old from Winston, Ga., now has seven wins at drafting tracks in his Xfinity Series career. The win is Hill’s third of the 2024 season and completes a season sweep at Atlanta. Just like in February’s Xfinity Series race at the track, Saturday’s contest was decided between Hill and Chandler Smith, who dominated the early portion of the Xfinity Series season. While both drivers had rough summer stretches, they returned to early…
The Houthis have not released footage for the latest attack, but have shown downing US drones with missiles before.The Houthis have claimed to have shot down a United States military drone over Yemen, in the latest attack by the group, which has disrupted shipping trade through the crucial Bab al-Mandeb Strait, drawing US strikes. The Yemeni group has carried out dozens of attacks on ships with links to Israel in a show of solidarity with Palestinians amid Israel’s 11-month-old war on Gaza. Yahya Saree, the military spokesman of the Houthi group, said in a prerecorded video message released early on…
California senator pushes for media access in prisons California state Sen. Nancy Skinner wrote a bill to allow media access into prisons. The Brief U.S. Department of Justice is investigating sexual assault allegations at two women’s prisons in California.The investigation was sparked by hundreds of private lawsuits at the prisons in Chowchilla and Chino.California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation says it welcomes the investigation. SACRAMENTO, Calif. – The U.S. Department of Justice announced Wednesday that it has opened an investigation into allegations that correctional officers systematically sexually abused incarcerated women at two state-run California prisons, drawing immediate praise from state…
By Alison Hsiao TAIPEI, Taiwan, (CNA) – Cooperation between Taiwan and Japan is increasingly crucial as supply chains become shorter and more regionally focused, a leading compound semiconductor company chairman said on Friday at a Taiwan-Japan exchange forum. Dennis Chen (陳進財), chairman of WIN Semiconductors Corp., a leading compound semiconductor manufacturer, said the global division of labor has been disrupted by the US-China trade and tech war. “We have come to a point where there is no turning back, no matter who wins the presidency [in the next US presidential election],” he said at the forum at SEMICON Taiwan, an…
Kweku Smoke LyricsRead the lyrics for Born In Hell by Kweku Smoke below. Born in hell is the second track and title track for Kweku Smoke’s new album.Kweku Smoke – Born In Hell LyricsMaame afuru piiNyame asoe3 noNe tiri nkwaNsuo ne nsa aka m’anoKweku welcome to hellY3 abayefo) ne bonsam no aa na 3te haAkor)nfo nkoaa, no real leaderMeb3 too nipa w) fie but sikaM’amms to biBlame hwan3daf)m a kwaku k) na k) fa biWo k)n d) oo, 3nd) ooB))de3 gu h) ampesie k) b) biMaame kyer3 a y3 de3 yi y3Ebinom nna nw)twe y3ndidiWhat is hell?Everyday, daa y3hu soroWhen…
Two days before the San Francisco 49ers will open their 2024 season on “Monday Night Football” against the New York Jets, head coach Kyle Shanahan provided an update on the kind of workload recent holdouts left tackle Trent Williams and wideout Brandon Aiyuk can expect.Shanahan told reporters he’d like to see Williams play the entire game, saying it’d be “weird” to see the three-time All-Pro sitting on the sidelines. However, following a long layoff, the 49ers plan to scrutinize the left tackle’s reps heavily while keeping the lines of communication open. “That’s something we’ll be on top of throughout the…
Uttar Pradesh chief minister calls the deaths ‘heart breaking’ as authorities investigate the incident.Indian rescue workers have pulled out eight bodies from the wreckage of a three-storey building in the northern city of Lucknow, reports said, with the state chief minister calling the deaths “heart breaking”. The Press Trust of India (PTI) news agency broadcast images of piles of concrete, and state rescue teams with heavy digging machines searching for bodies on Sunday. PTI quoted officials as saying eight bodies had been pulled out, and 28 people were injured. Yogi Adityanath, the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh state where Lucknow…
Former President Donald Trump, who makes frequent false claims that the 2020 presidential election was stolen through rampant fraud, warned Saturday that he would attempt to imprison anyone who engages in “unscrupulous behavior” during the 2024 race results. The threat was issued in a post on Truth Social, his social media website, and repeated his false claims that the 2020 election was stolen, accusing Democrats of “rampant Cheating and Skullduggery.” “The 2024 Election, where Votes have just started being cast, will be under the closest professional scrutiny and, WHEN I WIN, those people that CHEATED will be prosecuted to the fullest extent…