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Myanmar universities linked up with Belarusian schools at Yangon University's main hall to hash out academic partnerships. Rectors from Yangon University, Mandalay University, and Mandalay University of Foreign Languages met with leaders from Belarusian State University and Belarusian State...

Myanmar's Science Festival hit day three with some wild mix of activities going down at two spots in Yangon. Deputy Minister Dr Aung Zeya showed up alongside Russian nuclear experts from ROSATOM and MEPhI to check out what students were cooking up. Around 100 kids stacked towers out of paper and...

Myanmar troops just took back border areas where massive online scam operations were running wild under armed group protection. The government dismantled over 250 buildings at KK Park alone and shipped out nearly 70,000 foreign workers from 52 countries back home. Armed militias like the KNU...

Myanmar authorities busted a massive telecom-fraud and online-gambling operation near Mongnawng in Kehsi Township, grabbing 26 Chinese citizens and eight locals. Security forces stumbled onto the whole thing while doing routine patrols and found a bunch of sketchy buildings set up for scamming...

Myanmar's junta released 185 political prisoners from Mandalay Central Prison as part of their ongoing voter-registration stunt before the upcoming election. The prison system dumped another 80 inmates from four other lockups across the region, bringing the total to 265 freed detainees...

Myanmar's military government just cut loose over 8,000 prisoners who were locked up for political speech crimes and protesting. The National Defence and Security Council pardoned everyone doing time under specific penal code sections, and the junta claims it's all about making sure people can...

Zimbabwe just slapped a new tax on pretty much everything digital you pay for online. Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube announced the Digital Services Withholding Tax, which hits payments going to foreign platforms like Netflix, Spotify, Starlink, and ride-hailing apps such as Uber and inDrive. Your...

Zimbabwe just dropped its budget for next year, and Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube put the most cash toward schools, military stuff, and hospitals. The whole spending package sits at Z$290 billion, with classrooms and teacher pay getting Z$47.4 billion at the top. Security forces scored Z$46.8...

Norman Mapeza is taking over at Scottland after the club dropped Tonderai Ndiraya, who just won them their first-ever league championship. The coaching switch happened super fast, with Mapeza getting announced literally one day after Ndiraya got the boot. Benefactor Wicknell Chivayo made the...

Scottland Football Club and head coach Tonderai Ndiraya have split after his contract ran out. The breakup comes right after he guided the team to a league championship in their first-ever top-flight campaign, which earned them a spot in CAF Champions League action. Ndiraya had previously taken...

Callisto Pasuwa might be headed back to Zimbabwe or potentially moving to Scotland after his stint coaching in Malawi. The legendary tactician previously won four consecutive league championships with Dynamos and took the Warriors to AFCON for the first time in years. His tactical approach...

Patrick Doyle just shared how he feels about his ex-wife, Ireti, keeping his last name after their split, and the veteran actor seems pretty chill about the whole situation. The broadcaster told a show that he would rather stay quiet than trash-talk someone he used to be married to, which is...

The Big Brother Naija winner says becoming a mom outside marriage wouldn't mess up her life because society only judges broke single mothers. Mercy Eke told a podcast that getting pregnant before walking down the aisle isn't her plan, but she would keep the baby if it happened since she wants...

An entertainment founder from Lagos told people at a blockchain conference in Kigali that African artists need better tech access to compete worldwide. Seyebomi Ogunsanya, aka Sheye Banks, runs Hevy Hub, and the guy said tools like blockchain and AI should amplify creative work without changing...

A Nigerian dermatologist is opening another location of his beauty business in Abuja after clients kept asking for it. Dr Bruce Nwachie runs Skinetics clinics with his brother and partners, and the guy has been working in skincare for almost four decades, while the Lagos spot has been operating...

Nigerian artist Steady Boi is dropping a track called Oil & Gas (TAPIPI Dance) through JAYO Records with distribution from Virgin Music South Africa. The song leans heavily into Afrobeat vibes and targets people grinding toward their come-up, and the rapper says the whole concept represents...

Liquorose from Big Brother Naija says she was grinding in recording studios before the reality show happened, and music still calls to her despite finding success as an actress. The dancer revealed that performing on camera feels safe because she can keep doing it until her 70s or 80s, but...

Nigerian comedian HOD brought over a thousand families to an event center in Lagos for the first Family Fiesta, which mixed games and performances with messages about spending quality time together. The guy wanted to create a space where parents and kids could bond through laughter instead of...

A media critic went off about Daddy Lumba and claimed the late highlife star was the worst person she had ever dealt with. Sally Mann told a radio station that the musician hid behind his fame to avoid getting called out for treating people badly and putting himself first, no matter what. Mann...

The woman who blew up on social media for grinding during Wendy Shay's concert just revealed what she actually wants after all the online chaos. The singer brought Diamond Queen onto a TikTok livestream and asked what kind of help she needed, whether it was cash or career support, or whatever...