A Kenyan tour guide has rescued 14 tourists after heavy rains caused devastating floodwaters to crash through the Maasai Mara national reserve.

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Sincere thanks to the hundreds of count staff who supported today's #LocalElections2024 count in #sheffield
Always a pleasure to work alongside this brilliant team... and we will be back tomorrow at Sheffield Town Hall for the South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority count
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📻Tune in to Sheffield Live! radio right now to listen to Dr Mordecai Ogada an ecologist and conservation scholar. He joins Tchiyiwe T Chihana ahead of the 15th May event “Confronting the colonial grip on Africa's natural resources” with UoS Centre for Equity & Inclusion. Info
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Sheffield DocFest presents the Theme of our 2024 festival and special programme: Days of Reflection.

Read about the full programme, films and conversations here: sheffdocfest.com/news/announcin…

LOCAL ELECTIONS INSTANT INSIGHT

With all seats declared it's been a good night for Labour, who picked up five seats.

Less good for the Lib Dems (-2), Sheffield Community Councillors (-2) and Conservatives, who lose their only councillor

Greens hold steady on 14 seats...

The Green Party’s #Sheffield candidate for Ecclessall, Peter Gilbert Peter Gilbert has been elected new Councillor in the area. This is a seat that was held by the LibDems. He tells Baillor Jalloh how he will approach the role and discusses the Greens’ power in the chamber.

Astounding win for pro-Palestine independent in Darnall, Sheffield. Labour have consistently gained two thirds of the vote, but Qais Al-Ahdal has won with well over half the vote! Labour need to stop dismissing strong feeling about Palestine in their core constituencies.

Liberian President Joseph Boakai has signed an executive order to establish the country's first war crimes court, more than 20 years after the end of two civil wars which killed 250,000 people.

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Labour have lost their Darnall seat in #Sheffield to pro-Palestine independent candidate Qais Al-Ahdal. He outlined his priorities to Baillor Jalloh

Labour win Stocksbridge.

Re-elected as Councillor for #Burngreave Ward is Labour Party’s Safiya Saeed Councillor Safiya Saeed-Berberawi. Safiya serves as Deputy Chair of the North East Local Area Committee

We are awaiting local election and mayoral election results in Sheffield. Of the results announced so far, Labour appears to have a head start.

Utopia Theatre's Mojisola Kareem makes Brighton Fringe directing debut RotundaTheatre next week joining forces with award-winning playwright, actor & singer, Nigerian-born Tayo Aluko for the world premiere of COLERIDGE-TAYLOR OF FREETOWN

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Last week we set up another pop-up Black Barbers at the ‘Spaces of Black Joy’ event. Raising awareness about Black men’s mental health and Black Barbershop as a healing space.
Big up Stephanie Ejegi-Memeh and SADACCA for organising a wicked day

Despite their industry rise, Zambia’s Copper Queens are poorly paid by their clubs. Some players in the country’s Women’s Super League, which is run entirely by the Football Association of Zambia (FAZ), earn as little as $20/ £16 a month ⁦The Guardian⁩ theguardian.com/football/artic…

Vitally important that press reporting on the tragic passing of Daniel Anjorin is sensitive to those bereaved, and does not intrude on their grief.
Disappointing to see the Daily Mail has already reported on his school's fees, which are irrelevant.
If you are affected by press…

We're so looking forward to this fantastic event where 5 authors who've written about grief & death join us to discuss their experiences followed by a Q&A session as part of the Sheffield Life, Loss and Death Festival. Tickets at compassionate-sheffield.co.uk/life-loss-and-… #SheffieldLifeLossAndDeath

📢 Don't miss out! The deadline to apply for our Reflective Support grants is May 14th. We're reserving 70% of the funding for Global Majority organisations.

Learn more about the program & how to apply below. 👇

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🗳️Before you cast your vote today, be sure to read up on the changes to how we vote for metro Mayors. Sam Gregory at Now Then Magazine asked each of the 5 candidates for Mayor of South Yorkshire to outline their position on the change in the voting system. nowthenmagazine.com/articles/torie…

How Black and South Asian British communities resisted empire at home.

Communities of colour in Sheffield, Manchester, Birmingham, and London laid the pathway in the 70s for modern activism - ⁦Now Then Magazine⁩ nowthenmagazine.com/articles/how-b…