Author: Ewang Johnson
Alamy(Credit: Alamy)A Grand Day Out (1998)Way before the feature-length Wallace and Gromit films of more recent decades, my family would tune in each Christmas to the BBC reruns of Aardman’s original 1980s and 90s claymation classics. Today, the cosy, tea-and-toast-on-the-sofa feeling of them still perfectly encapsulates the festive season for me. My favourite is the first, A Grand Day Out, which despite running for under 25 minutes somehow fits in piles of exuberant storytelling. After all, why shouldn’t you build a rocket to fly to the moon for cheese if you happened to find your cupboard bare of it? And…
LAGOS, Nigeria, 10 December 2025-/African Media Agency(AMA)/-The EU–ECOWAS Scholarship Programme for Sustainable Energy, funded and launched in September 2022 by the European Union in partnership with the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and delivered by the British Council, is celebrating the achievements of its first cohort of scholars whose research is already contributing to the region’s green-energy transition.The programme provides fully funded master’s degrees in sustainable energy at nine specialised higher-education institutions across Cape Verde, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal, and Togo.Demand for the programme has been exceptionally high. From 10,442 applications, scholarships were awarded to 72 academically outstanding candidates from 11 ECOWAS member states — with over…
“This is the best I’m ever gonna look, the best I’m ever gonna feel, the best I’m ever gonna do, and it ain’t great.”When I was a kid, there were several movies that made the weekly rounds on cable television. It wasn’t always the same channel, but these films somehow snuck their way into a permanent rotation of mid-nineties programming. Over time, they were burned in the collective memory of millennials growing up during that time—for better or for worse. Some of them I still watch today—Grumpy Old Men, Father of the Bride, and Back to the Future. One of…
Critic Manon Kerjean takes us through the week’s French film releases, starting with an assured début from Alice Vial. “You Found Me” deals with medical emergencies, mortality and a medium who helps souls leave our earthly realm, managing to balance its heavy subject matter with a gentle tone. We also discuss “Love Me Tender”, Anna Cazenave Cambet’s adaptation of a novel by author Constance Debré, in which a mother is left fighting for the right to raise her child. Motherhood is also a theme in Jérôme Bonnell’s film “The Condition”, which explores the power dynamics in a bourgeois home in…
Tom Brook was the first on the scene when the BBC reported on John Lennon’s death, later interviewing his widow, Yoko Ono, and their young son. Today, he reconnects with Sean Ono Lennon on his parents’ legacy – and giving peace a chance.On 8 December 1980, I was getting ready for bed in my tiny Greenwich Village apartment when a colleague phoned with the alarming news of reports of gunshots outside The Dakota Apartment building and that possibly John Lennon was the target. I wasted no time. I gathered my tape recorder, microphone, notepad and a portable radio and ran…
TECNO, official CAF global partner, introduces four intelligent tools designed to transform how fans watch, interpret and share the continent’s biggest football tournamentCASABLANCA, Morocco, 9 December 2025/African Media Agency (AMA) – As preparations intensify for the Africa Cup of Nations 2025, TECNO has introduced a suite of football-focused AI features designed to reshape the way millions of Africans experience the tournament. The launch, powered by the company’s proprietary Ella AI system, reflects a growing shift in how football is consumed in the digital age, not only in stadiums and living rooms, but through the lenses, feeds and instant reactions that…
Scotland’s Nnena Kalu won the Turner Prize on Tuesday, beating four contenders including an Iraqi painter for the prestigious contemporary art award. The 59-year-old Glasgow-born autistic artist was recognised for hanging sculptures made from wrapped fabric, rope and tape. Disability charity Sense called her nomination “incredibly significant.” Source link
by Nina Helen Hallstrom, Senior Partnership Officer, ADPP MozambiqueWhat if tuberculosis (TB) were no longer a global health threat, because we finally treated it as a shared responsibility? As we look ahead to the World Conference on Lung Health (WCLH), I believe it’s time to turn a shared risk into a shared investment, and in doing so, affirm the value of every life.Every second, someone dies from TB. More than 1.3 million lives are lost each year, yet the world barely notices. Over 10 million people fall ill annually, facing not only disease but stigma, mental distress, and economic hardship.…
The biggest and best films, shows and stars from the past year have been named on the shortlists for Golden Globes glory, as this year’s Hollywood award season gets under way in earnest. The Golden Globe nominations were announced on Monday, with the winners to be revealed on 11 January – which is all part of the build-up to the Oscars in March. Francis Monte takes a look. Source link
The Continent Adopts a Global Movement and Transforms it into a uniquely African Celebration of Care and Shared HumanityNAIROBI, Kenya, 8 December 2025 -/African Media Agency(AMA)/ – Millions across the world’s most generous continent by percentage of income donated came together on December 2, 2025, with unprecedented continental coordination to celebrate GivingTuesday, honouring giving traditions that have sustained communities for centuries and transforming the global day of generosity into a powerful, continent-wide expression of African solidarity and community care.Country leaders, youth networks, nonprofits, and local partners led hundreds of events across the region. Highlights include:The Giving Festival – Nigeria: A national…