Nigeria’s powerful soccer team is on the road to Olympic gold as it prepares for a quarterfinal match against Denmark on Saturday afternoon. However, the world-class players may boycott the game to protest their treatment by Nigerian government officials, including not receiving their full allowances for the Olympics Games. Their quest for gold began several…
Refugees have and continue to overcome difficulties that much of the world could not imagine. However, some joy has come to those displaced by tragedy after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) selected ten athletes to comprise the first Refugee Olympic Team at the 2016 Summer Olympics. In fact, the Olympics are being broadcast to a refugee…
Pokémon Go is a gaming sensation unlike any other that mobile platforms have experienced in their short history. A few highly popular games come to mind when thinking about this type of pop-culture pastime, such as Clash of Clans and Candy Crush. While these games were completely blown away by Pokémon Go in just the…
When one thinks of an Olympic athlete, it’s common to imagine a tall, slim, and smooth swimmer; a hefty, strong, and muscular boxer; or a flexible, elegant and toned ice skater. That’s why Robel Kiros Habte felt the pressure when Twitter blew up with numerous tweets fat-shaming him for his “dad body” at the Rio…
The Brand New Superfood Sometimes it can take a while to come around to new health trends, especially those labeled as “superfoods.” Many people today are still on the fence about kale, or even cold-pressed juices. However, a possible new trend that comes recommended by scientists makes a kale and wheatgrass smoothie sound like…
Ugandan mothers lag behind other mothers in breastfeeding their children, and UNICEF took note during World Breastfeeding Week 2016. Dr. Jasent Asiimwe, the Health Ministry’s Head of Nutrition, cited statistics that Ugandan newborns benefited from nursing within the first hour after birth only 53 percent of the time–considerably lower than the global target of 80…
Donald Trump continues to defy the very foundation of American politics. First he solicited the country’s biggest adversary, Russia, to hack Clinton’s campaign; then, more recently, he made a backhanded remark implying that “Second Amendment” Americans could take things into their own hands if Hillary were to be elected. At what point do the American…
The U.S. gymnastics team took the spotlight this year as Simone Biles led the group to the gold. Oddsmakers ranked team USA as having a 94% chance to win the gold before they even took to the mats, mostly due to the star of the team, Simone. Nastia Liukin, the 2008 Olympic champion, anticipated the…
The Internet: a New Battleground Against Terrorism Since the Islamic State’s (ISIS) dramatic rise to power in 2014, one of the group’s more disquieting successes has been its ability to use social media as a means of creating and disseminating propaganda, recruiting followers, and inspiring terrorist attacks. Now, more than ever, this is an…
What is World Elephant Day? World Elephant Day, acknowledged worldwide on August 12, is an annual day of recognition concerning the urgent plight facing the world’s elephant populations. The purpose of the day is to educate the general public about the need for elephant conservation. Both African and Asian elephants are included on the list…
The international Group of Twenty forum will hold its next summit in July under the presidency of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who is making a point of including African nations into the G20 framework despite South Africa being the only member of the bloc. Hamburg will be the host city of the next G20 summit; however, Chancellor…
Like Mother’s Day, Father’s Day is a traditional day of celebration around the world. Not every country celebrates, but more than 40 do so each year. The most popular date globally for the holiday is the third Sunday in June, though many countries celebrate at other times of the year. Throughout the world, a common…
In the United States, historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) are designated by Congress as institutions that provided higher education to African American students prior to 1964. In March 2017, Howard University, the most iconic HBCU, celebrated 150 years of advancing knowledge with a positive announcement: enrollment statistics were on the rise and diversity…
The Douglas Review recently spoke with Somoina Kimojino of the Koroga Festival and Programmes Director at 98.4 Capital FM about a wide range of issues, including the alleged “situation” between Capital FM and Blankets and Wine. As the story goes, when an ambitious young talent known as Muthoni the Drummer Queen floated the idea of a…
