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heavensouls – “dawn of the city”
Nigerian-born, Houston-based electronic producer heavensouls (Chidi Obialo) has released a new single called “dawn of the city.” The 20-year-old, known for genre-defying sample-collage compositions, gained wider attention earlier in 2026 following a profile by Ryan Dombal for Hearing Things. The nearly 10-minute track weaves together drums, pianos and chopped-up samples that constantly shift shape, yet…
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Moment British travel influencer is shot in the foot by gunmen who tried to stop his vehicle during Ethiopia road trip
A British travel influencer was shot in the foot after gunmen attempted to stop his vehicle while he was on a road trip through Ethiopia, with the moment captured on camera. The footage has drawn attention as an alarming example of the security risks travellers can face on overland journeys through parts of the country,…
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Locarno Open Doors awards CHF 50,000 to two African projects
The Locarno Film Festival’s Open Doors programme has concluded its 24th edition by naming two African projects as winners of its 2026 grant, splitting CHF 50,000 between them. The announcement, made on Monday during the festival’s 79th edition, closes out the second consecutive year in which the co-production platform has focused on filmmakers from the…
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Cost-of-living relief plans, prisoner release row and White House shake-up dominate
The day’s political agenda combined consumer-policy announcements, a dispute over prison capacity and a senior White House personnel change. In the UK, Prime Minister Andy Burnham said the government would bring forward measures intended to curb misleading “fake” discounts and make unwanted subscriptions easier to cancel. Supporters presented the plans as practical cost-of-living protection, while…
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Evidence that South African special forces murdered top detective shared with BBC
The BBC has been given exclusive access to evidence, including secret police and court documents, suggesting that South African special forces soldiers murdered a senior police detective investigating alleged military misconduct. Lt Col Frans Mathipa, a respected officer with The Hawks elite police unit, was shot dead in August 2023 while driving home, days after…
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African quartet secure Women’s World Cup places
Algeria, Morocco, Cameroon and Malawi have all secured places at the 2027 Women’s World Cup in Brazil, after reaching the semi-finals of the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (Wafcon) in Morocco, which is doubling as a qualifying tournament. Reaching the last four was enough to guarantee qualification, meaning African representation at next summer’s finals is…
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Nigerian army says it safely rescued 33 people kidnapped by gunmen
The people were abducted while travelling through the country’s north-western Zamfara state on Saturday.
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Florian Hoffmann’s U.N. Compound Drama ‘Yazz’ Takes Main Alliance 4 Development Prizes at Locarno Pro Awards
Florian Hoffmann’s drama “Yazz”, about a teenager growing up in a UN compound in the Central African Republic, was the standout winner at this year’s Locarno Pro Awards, taking both top prizes offered by the Alliance 4 Development co-production platform. The Swiss-German-French project, backed by Tellfilm, NiKo Film and Eaux Vives Productions, beat ten rivals…
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‘Our Time Will Come’ Review: Two Orphans Journey to Accra to Find Their Kin in an Emotionally Absorbing Ghanaian Drama
Amartei Armar’s debut feature “Our Time Will Come” is an emotionally resonant Ghanaian drama that follows two orphaned children as they journey to Accra in search of family, drawing loose inspiration from “Oliver Twist” while avoiding excessive misery. The film premiered at Locarno after being developed through Marrakech’s 2025 Atlas Workshops under the working title…
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Council worker who stole more than £70,000 of taxpayers’ money to pay off Kenyan scammers avoids jail
The article text you provided only contains the Daily Mail’s homepage navigation and sidebar links — the actual story content wasn’t included, and I don’t have web access to fetch the full page directly (dailymail.com is blocked for fetching, and I don’t have web search permission enabled). From the headline alone, I can confirm only:…