Faith Kipyegon: from walking to school in rural Kenya to setting world athletics alight: All eyes are on Faith Kipyegon at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary. That’s because the Kenyan 1,500 metre and 5,000 metre star broke three world records in less than two months on her way to Hungary. As expected, …
How Burna Boy set the world alight with his mixed brew of influences: Burna Boy promotes his new album Love, Damini in the US. Prince Williams/Wireimage Nigerian Afrobeats star Burna Boy burst onto the global stage in 2018 with a slew of irresistible hits on his third album, Outside, accompanied by mandatory fiendish good looks …
Qatar’s conflict with its neighbours can easily set the Horn of Africa alight: A Djibouti soldier along the border with Eritrea after conflict flared in 2008. Reuters/Omar Hassan It began as a squabble between Arab allies, but the standoff between Qatar and its neighbours is threatening to engulf the Horn of Africa. When Saudi Arabia, …
Did Europe’s leading fire festival do a deal with the Devil to stay alight?: Patrick Down, CC BY-SA In the heart of Edinburgh on the eve of May Day every year is an ancient Gaelic fire festival called Beltane. Set on the imposing Calton Hill, opposite the headquarters of the Scottish government, this year marks …