KALAHAN DENG The release of an Uzbek action movie has been blocked for using images of US actor Morgan Freeman in its advertising, even though he doesn’t appear in the film. The movie, called Daydi (Rogue), was due to be shown in cinemas this week until Uzbekistan’s film licensing body stepped in. It says that while Freeman features prominently on ...

REPORTED BY KALAHAN DENG A Minnesota police force has threatened to punish drink drivers with Justin Bieber’s dance moves if they get behind the wheel while intoxicated. Police in Wyoming, Minnesota, tweeted on Sunday that drink drivers would be forced to watch Bieber’s Super Bowl advert “the entire way to jail”. The pop star is seen performing celebratory end zone ...

REPORTED BY KALAHAN DENG Fiji is a popular destination for travellers in search of tropical beaches and sunshine, but many visitors would be unaware the country struggles with an unusually high rate of albinism. A new film has highlighted the issue, writes Ben Collins. Christine Nestel called Fiji’s largest television station to ask if she could use footage from a ...

REPORTED BY KALAHAN DENG The story of Junaid Jamshed’s public life begins with one air crash and ends with another. The August 1988 air crash in Bahawalpur that killed Pakistan’s military ruler Gen Ziaul Haq was widely hailed in Pakistan as the end of an era when religious obscurantism reigned supreme. Though the roots of obscurantism turned out to be ...

REPORTED BY KALAHAN DENG Africa’s first Nobel Prize winner for Literature, Wole Soyinka, has spoken for the first time since he said in October that he would cut up his green card if Donald Trump was elected president of the United States. While the writer and poet would not elaborate on whether or not he had torn up his green ...

EDITED BY KALAHAN DENG There aren’t many people like Esther Mahlangu. Collaborating with BMW would be a dream for any designer, but for the 81 year old South African Ndebele artist it’s all in a days work. Twenty five years ago, Mahlangu created an iconic BMW Art car, and now she’s teamed up with the German car giants again for ...

Tickets for Adele’s shows in Australia were immediately being resold for more than $5,000 after they were released on Monday. Tickets for the singer’s show at Perth’s Domain Stadium were on sale for $5,645.18 through Viagogo – more than 18 times the maximum ticket price of $308.77, with no guarantee of the seat number. Reselling sites were offering tickets for ...

VISUAL: Bungendore Fine Art: As I See It. A contemporary and modern body of works in oil pastels, mixed media and acrylic by artist Roz Dibley. Until November 30. Open daily, 10am-4.30pm. 42b Ellendon Street, Bungendore. See: bungendorefineart.com.au. Form Studio and Gallery: The Nature of Things – Still Life Paintings. Three artists bring strongly individual perspectives to their portrayals of intriguing objects using the medium of oil paint. ...

EDITED BY KALAHAN DENG Iranians are struggling to understand how a well-known British porn star was allowed into their country for cosmetic surgery on her nose. Candy Charms’ visit became public knowledge only after she had returned home from Iran, and posted the above picture on her Instagram account. The photo shows her wearing a black headscarf which complies with ...

EDITED BY KALAHAN DENG They’re known as Kabangu, and they’re a group of hip hop grandpas who’ve been around since the 1980s — or so it appears. This ultimate band of “true hip hop heads” allegedly double as security guards by night in Kariobangi – one of Nairobi’s informal settlements. By day, the four men are said to educate and ...