Refugee who 'embraced' Canada fatally shot by stranger, judge hears as killer pleads guilty
A Calgary man who shot into a crowded bar, killing a new-to-Canada refugee pleaded guilty to manslaughter on Tuesday and was handed an eight-year prison sentence. Originally charged with...
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The African Tour de France cyclist racking up historic wins
To his fans, he’s the “African king” - an international star and the first black African to win a Tour de France stage.
American runner Weini Kelati's Olympic journey from Eritrea to Paris is a childhood dream in the making
Before Weini Kelati was running 10,000 meters to a finish line, she was running long distances to school in...
Who Can Stop a tyrant Bent at tearing doWn one’S oWn nation?
The heading of this article is not intended to refer to the 1970’s Pol Pot of Cambodia or any other tyrant of a long past. It is about the Eritrean Pol Pot, Isaias Afeworki, whose ‘excessive abuses in...
Eritrea’s Biniam Girmay becomes the first Black rider to win a Tour de France stage
TURIN, Italy (AP) — Eritrea’s Biniam Girmay became the first Black rider to win a Tour de France stage on Monday. Girmay said his sprint win in the mostly flat third leg was “for all Africans.”