Prince Harry To Unveil 'Diana Hall' In Lesotho

The prince will be in Lesotho tomorrow for the official opening of the Mamohato Children's Centre, a camp designed by his Sentebale charity to work with disadvantaged children and youngsters living with HIV.

The welcome block has been named after Olga Powell, Harry's nanny, who died in 2012.

Cathy Ferrier, Sentebale's chief executive, said: "When Olga passed away the family donated the money that would have gone to flowers to Sentebale, that's why this building is in loving memory of Olga Powell."

She came to work for the Waleses when the Duke of Cambridge was six months old and was a figure of stability for the princes as their parents' marriage broke down, staying to care for them for 15 years.

Lesotho's Prince Seeiso co-founded Sentebale with Harry in 2006, after he spent some of his gap year learning about the problems facing deprived and vulnerable youngsters in that part of Africa.

The new facility is named after Prince Seeiso's mother, Queen Mamohato, but the central dining hall takes the name of Harry's mother, Diana, Princess of Wales.

Ms Ferrier added: "It's the place where all the children will gather three times a day (for meals) plus do games and drama and goodness knows what else - it felt like the right place to be in memory of his mother."

Speaking to Sky News about his own mother and the legacy of Princess Diana, Prince Seeiso said: "I'm hoping that they are quietly laughing or quietly smiling that we've come this far.

"I think Harry has mentioned some time ago that he hopes his mother is quietly comforted that he's doing what she would be expecting.

"My mum, I have flashbacks of the days when I used to go from centre to centre with her and I was kicking and screaming saying 'mummy don't take me there, I don't want to go', but it was a role that has led me to where I am today."

On Monday, Prince Harry will begin a royal visit of South Africa.

The tour will focus on themes including understanding South Africa's recent history, the issues and opportunities for young people, and the importance of wildlife conservation.

Pastor Charged Over Fatal Church Beating

Lucas Leonard, 19, died in October after he was severely beaten in an hours long "counselling session" reportedly aimed at getting him to confess his sins.

His younger brother, 17-year-old Christopher Leonard, was seriously injured.

On Tuesday, a grand jury recommended a charge of second-degree murder against Tiffanie Irwin, the 29-year-old pastor of the Word of Life Church in Chadwicks, New York.

The brothers' father, Bruce Leonard, 65, is charged with 13 criminal counts including second-degree murder, kidnapping and gang assault.

Leonard and the teens' mother, Deborah Leonard, were among six people arrested in October on preliminary charges of first-degree manslaughter.

Deborah Leonard was not named in the grand jury indictment, but she is scheduled to appear in court on 2 December to face separate charges of first and second-degree assault, her lawyer said.

Also named in the grand jury indictment are: Traci Irwin, David Morey, 26, Linda Morey, 54, and Joseph Irwin, 26, and Sarah Ferguson, 33, the half-sister of Lucas and Christopher.

All five are charged with second-degree murder, kidnapping and gang assault.

An eighth person, church deacon Daniel Irwin, 24, faces charges of second-degree manslaughter, kidnapping and gang assault.

Last month, Christopher Leonard testified at a preliminary hearing that Irwin organised the so-called counselling session.

He said he and his brother were beaten with an electric extension cord fashioned into a whip.

Christopher also said he attempted to resuscitate his brother before the boys were loaded into two separate vans.

Lucas was taken to hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Dawkins Links 'Clock Boy' To Child Terrorist

The outspoken atheist and evolutionary biologist took to Twitter to criticise Ahmed Mohamed, as the boy's family sued the city and school district in Irving for $15m while demanding an apology for their treatment of the teen.

The 14-year-old, who is Muslim, was arrested and led away in handcuffs in September after he brought to school some clock parts, which a teacher mistook for an explosive device.

As #IStandWithAhmed trended on social media amid a nationwide outpouring of sympathy, US President Barack Obama invited the teenager to the White House. 

Dawkins tweeted on Tuesday: "Don't call him 'clock boy' since he never made a clock. Hoax Boy, having hoaxed his way into the White House, now wants $15M in addition!"

When Twitter users criticised the 74-year-old God Delusion author for "picking on a kid", he defended himself.

Dawkins posted a link to a news story with a photo of a child Islamic State recruit beheading a prisoner.

"'But he's only a kid.' Yes, a 'kid' old enough to sue for $15M those whom he hoaxed. And how old is this 'kid'?" tweeted Dawkins, linking to the article.

One person tweeted back: "I used to look up to you. Your books opened my mind w I was a kid. Now you're doing sloppy reactionary thinking; saddens me."

After a welter of criticism, Dawkins tweeted: "Just fed up with people saying of the click [sic] hoax boy, 'He's only a kid', as though that means he can't be criticised."

It is not the first time the academic has triggered a social media firestorm over a provocative tweet.

300 million people live away from their country of origin

It's estimated that over 300 million people live away from their country of origin. Many send back large sums of money to their families - these remittances make a sizeable contribution to many
African economies.

But many migrants want to do more than send back cash. Nancy Kacungira, winner of the BBC's Komla Dumor Award, has been speaking to some Ghanaians to hear from those who want to "give something back".

Millennials Are Setting New Records—for Living With Their Parents

More young adults are living with their parents than at any time since 1940, according to new data. And for today’s millennials, it means that more than a third of young women and almost half of young men will have to say a sad goodbye to that dream of the Rachel-and-Monica-loft from Friends.

The Pew Research Center data shows that about 36% of women and 48% of men ages 18-34 lived with their families in 1940. Young people started moving out mid-century as they became more economically independent, and by 1960 only 24% of young adults total—men and women—were living with mom and dad. But that number has been rising ever since, and in 2014, the number of young women living with their parents eclipsed 1940s—albeit by less than a percentage point. And last year 43% of young men were living at home, which is the highest rate since 1940. There isn’t comparable data for the number of young people living at home before 1940.

The large number of young men living at home can be largely attributed to economic factors. In 1940, many young men were staying in the nest because of the lingering effects of the Great Depression. But for women, the reasons for staying at home are very different. Young women in 1940 were less likely to go to college, and often stayed in their parents’ house until they got married—but they usually got married much earlier. In 1940, 62% of young women were married; in 2013, it was 13%. Back then, the average age at first marriage was between 21 and 22; today, it’s 27.

Ironically, increased college education and later marriages might explain why more women are living at home. Women are five times more likely to go to college today than they were in 1940, but college is also much more expensive than it was then—and many college students may choose to stay with their parents to offset rising college costs. In 2014, 45% of women college students lived with their parents, according to Pew, compared to 33% of non-students.

Gambia bans female genital mutilation

Gambia has become the latest in a string of African nations to ban female genital mutilation (FGM), an ancient tradition of removing external parts of a girl's vagina that has been widely condemned.

The country's information ministry on Tuesday confirmed the move in a statement that cited President Yahya Jammeh as saying that FGM has no place in Islam - the country's predominant belief system - or in a modern society.

Berhane Raswork, one of the first African activists to break the taboo of FGM and the founder of The Inter-African Committee which now operates in 28 African countries to bring an end to FGM, called the move a "positive step".

FGM can lead to serious infections, bleeding, infertility, maternal complications and even death in some cases.

Raswork cited growing pressure from international and national rights groups over decades as a main driving force behind Gambia's ban.

"This is a result of the work undertaken by some non-governmental organisations and women activists who fought against FGM for something like 30 years at different levels, including the UN system," she told Al Jazeera.

'Local initiatives needed'

Sabrina Mahtani, a researcher for Amnesty International in West Africa, also praised Gambia's move, but said "time will tell whether concrete steps are taken".

"There still needs to be more funding towards local initiatives in order to implement the ban," she told Al Jazeera.

Raswork blames the continent-wide problem on misinterpretations and misuses of religions, including Christianity and Islam, to enforce a "patriarchal system in order to control the female body and most of all its reproductive role".

She also called for local organisations to work together to put the ban into effect.

"In order to make the law meaningful the population has to understand its objective through education and information. Different stakeholders including lawmakers, religious leaders, women leaders, and the youth need to be mobilised to help implement the law to ban the practice," she added.

Gambia joins at least 20 African countries that have banned FGM.

The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that more than 125 million women across the world have undergone the practice, which involves cutting off the labia and clitoris, often when girls are young.

Writer Loses Battle To Have Age Pulled From Web

Schels filed the lawsuit in May, arguing that her "data protection rights" had been infringed.

She added that by having her age published online, she could be disadvantaged in her career.

Now a court in Munich has ruled against her - pointing out that her date of birth is published in one of her own books.

The court said: "It had to be clear to the claimant from the start that this book, and the public knowledge of her birth day along with it,  would not remain limited to a small circle of people interested in films, but be accessible to various libraries etc to a circle of unlimited users."

In a statement Wikimedia, the organisation behind the site, said: "Publicly available sources are critical for the existence of Wikipedia.

"Those who publish information and make it available to the general public should expect a large number of people to be able to find it online, including on Wikipedia, some day."

Dr Schels was described by the court as a "renowned producer of documentaries" who was published one almost annually since 1987. Wikipedia lists her year of birth as 1955.

In 2011 an anonymous actress targeted the Internet Movie Database (IMDB) saying she was losing work because it published her real age.

She lost a battle with the Amazon-owned site in 2013, and her identity was revealed as Huong Hoang, 42 at the time.

In court papers she had said: "In the entertainment industry, youth is king."