内容摘要：A masked penitent in chains holds out his arms to have cacti attached to his arm, before taking part in a Holy Week procession in Atlixco, Mexico, on Good Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

A masked penitent in chains holds out his arms to have cacti attached to his arm, before taking part in a Holy Week procession in Atlixco, Mexico, on Good Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

Abigail Kwartekaa Quartey, 28, shows a photo of her match against Sangeeta Birdie from Britain, which earned her the World title and made her Ghana’s first-ever female world boxing champion in Jamestown, Accra, Ghana, Thursday, Jan 23, 2025 (AP Photo/Misper Apawu)Ghanaian media pronounced her win “history,” but Quartey is quick to point out that she is by no means the first female boxer in Ghana.

“There were women in boxing before I ventured into boxing,” she said. But they weren’t allowed to travel outside the country, she added.Quartey’s long road to this spectacular victory highlights the many challenges that female athletes in African countries face in their careers.Quartey grew up in Jamestown and, as a teenager, sold rice with her aunt to help the family make ends meet. The only people who supported her boxing dream were her brother, a fellow boxer, and her coach.

Ghana’s first-ever female world boxing champion, Abigail Kwartekaa Quartey, trains with her brother on the beach in the Jamestown district in Accra, Ghana, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Misper Apawu)Ghana’s first-ever female world boxing champion, Abigail Kwartekaa Quartey, trains with her brother on the beach in the Jamestown district in Accra, Ghana, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Misper Apawu)

In 2017, she stopped boxing and started selling lottery tickets to earn money. It took a lot of convincing from her coach to get her back into the ring in 2021. She could not afford a manager, and feared she would not make it without one.

In Ghana, she said, “female boxers do not receive much support and it is difficult to keep training.”in Santo Domingo has plunged the Dominican Republic into mourning.

Authorities say the disaster early Tuesdayand injured more than 200 others. Nearly two dozen people remain hospitalized, with several in critical condition.

The biggest tragedy to strike the Dominican Republic in recent history has raised questions about the safety of infrastructure in the capital and beyond. While authorities have said it’s too early to determine why the roof fell, the government has created a technical team to investigate the case.Here’s a timeline of what happened: