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☆ Tiwa Savage makes her acting debut with ‘Water & Garri’ on Prime Video, and emerges with a new sound
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-17 | by ( Lauren Lee | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Despite her extraordinary success in Afrobeats music, Tiwa Savage has long harbored a secret aspiration: to pursue a career in acting. On May 10, her much-anticipated debut film, “Water & Garri,” hit Prime Video, marking her leap into acting. Executive produced by Savage and directed by her long-time music video director Meji Alabi, “Water & Garri” is a collaboration between Everything Savage, Unbound Studios, and JM Films. “It was just to break me out of my shell, to break me out of Tiwa Savage and just empty me out – and then just allow me to be or embody like a whole different character,” she added. “I feel like I’ve been boxed to a certain sound because I’ve done it for over 10 years,” Savage said.

Persons: Tiwa Savage, “, ”, CNN’s Larry Madowo, Savage, Meji Alabi, ” Savage, Comfort Emmanuel, Aisha, –, King Charles, Leon Neal, Asa, Zacardi Cortez, Richard Bona, “ I’m Organizations: CNN, Studios, JM Films, Getty Locations: Lagos, Cape Coast, Ghana, London, French Nigerian, American

☆ South Africa’s most epic hikes
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-03 | by ( Joe Yogerst | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

Here are nine of South Africa’s best multiday backpacking trails:Otter TrailThe coastal Otter Trail takes in some of South Africa's most beautiful coastline. South African TourismSouth Africa’s oldest (established in 1968) and most celebrated hiking route, the Otter Trail runs along the Eastern Cape coast between Storms River Mouth and Nature’s Valley in Garden Route National Park. South African TourismSummit the legendary Drakensberg escarpment on a vertiginous route that rises high above Thendele Royal Natal National Park in KwaZulu-Natal province. Distance: About 25 kilometers (16 miles)Time: 2 daysInfo: hikingsouthafrica.co.za/kgaswane-summit-trail/Tsitsikamma TrailThe Garden Route National Park is an advenure sport paradise. Each traverse takes seven to 10 days during the South African spring (September-November).

☆ In Ghana, Kamala Harris 'excited about the future of Africa'
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-26 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

U.S. Vice President, Kamala Harris, arrives at the Kotoka International Airport as she begins her trip to Ghana, Tanzania and Zambia, in Accra, Ghana, March 26, 2023. Vice President Kamala Harris was greeted by schoolchildren, dancers and drummers as she arrived Sunday in Ghana for the start of a weeklong visit to Africa intended to deepen U.S. relationships amid global competition over the continent's future. "What an honor it is to be here in Ghana and on the continent of Africa," Harris said. Harris is the highest-profile member of President Joe Biden's administration to visit Africa this year. In the evening, they will attend a state banquet with the Ghanaian president and first lady.

☆ Analysis: Ghana overhaul a test for $1 billion World Bank-backed debt
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-02 | by ( Jorgelina Do Rosario | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

[1/3] A girl walks past a flag of Ghana outside the Cape Coast Castle, in Ghana, July 28, 2019. "If Ghana decides to use the guarantee, it has to pay back immediately to the World Bank," Mitu Gulati, a law professor at the University of Virginia and debt restructuring expert, said. "This is a highly protected instrument that was issued with the logic that Ghana would never default on the World Bank," Gulati said. Ghana 2030 bondIN OR OUT? Ghana has not yet said whether the 2030 issue will be part of its debt restructuring.

Antrenorul celor din Sudan a reclamat un penalty pentru echipa sa și l-a „certat” pe al patrulea oficial. Apoi, a dat senzația că vrea să intre pe teren, ca să-i ceară socoteală centralului, însă a fost întâmpinat de arbitrul asistent. Hubert Velud a primit cartonaș galben, apoi a fost eliminat de pe banca tehnică, iar meciul a continuat ca și cum nimic nu s-ar fi întâmplat. 👇pic.twitter.com/hSnHkq7B71 — FourFourTwo (@FourFourTwo) November 12, 2020„Incident șocant!”/ „Așa arată arbitrajul în Africa!”Mulți fani au criticat gestul arbitrului asistent. Au existat, însă, și utilizatori care au considerat că Velud a executat „o cascadorie”, exagerând mult urmările gestului făcut de arbitru.

Persons: Hubert Velud Organizations: Cape Coast, ak Locations: Sudan, Cape, Ghana, Alge

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