Conflict, economic woes may derail Tshisekedi ’s re-election bid

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Picture: Alexis Huguet / AFP / Taken on on July 28, 2023 – Democratic Republic of Congo’s President Felix Tshisekedi waves to the crowd as he enters the Stade des ...

Traditional wrestling in Senegal – much more than a sport, it keeps culture alive

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Picture: Christian Bobst/World Press/via AP – The Gris-gris Wrestlers of Senegal. A tournament in the Adrien Senghor arena, where wrestling fights take place in ...

Pan-Africanism remains a dream – 4 key issues the African Union must tackle

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Picture: Eduardo Soteras / AFP – Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed during the 35th ordinary summit of the African Union, in Addis Ababa, on February 5, 2022. ...

AKA: slain South African rapper was a once-in-a-generation pop culture sensation

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Picture: Se-Anne Rall/African News Agency (ANA) – A prayer service for AKA and his celebrity chef friend, Tebello ‘Tibz’ Motsoane on Sunday, February 12, 2023. It’s ...

Radio in South Africa turns 100 – and collides with podcasting and streaming

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Picture: Supplied – Radio presenter Given Mabunda from . Munghana Lonene FM, an SABC radio station broadcasting in Tsonga language in South Africa. The first isiZulu ...

South African Tourism wants to sponsor football club Tottenham Hotspur - is it a good idea?

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Picture: ANA files – Tottenham Hotspur players in Durban meet the the fans. But is a R900 million sponsorship of the UK football team over three years worth it for ...

Water ATMs were introduced in Ghana – and are changing the way people can access this vital resource

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Picture: Daniel Irungu/EPA – A Kenyan woman, left, is shown how to fetch water from one of the ATM-style water dispensers installed in the Mathare slums in Nairobi, ...

Heat stress is rising in southern Africa

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Picture: ANA file – A scorching sun. Heatwaves have been projected to occur more frequently, and to be more intense, the writers say. By Sarah Roffe, Adriaan Van ...

Climate change threatens Madagascar’s famous forests

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Picture: ANA file – As fossil fuel emissions continue to drive climate change, large areas of land are forecast to become much hotter and drier ...

LPG versus dirty fuel use in Ghana: bring gas supplies closer to people and more of them will use it

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Picture: Tiro Ramatlhatse/ANA file – Hawkers cooking food using open fire and gas stove on the street. By Kwame Adjei-ManteyHundreds of millions of people living ...

Free movement of people across Africa: regions are showing how it can work

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Picture: ANA file – The border post between South Africa and Zimbabwe regulates one of the busiest crossing and trade control points on the Continent. By Alan HirschThe ...

Western Sahara: the six-decade struggle to liberate Africa’s last colony

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Picture: REUTERS – African would-be immigrants walk past a UN vehicle in this file photo at the Bir Lahlu refugee camp in Western Sahara. The Western Sahara stalemate ...

Nigeria’s currency redesign: questionable policy and bad timing

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Picture: Tom Saater/Bloomberg – A currency dealer counts bundles of naira banknotes for exchange on the 'black market' in Lagos, Nigeria. The Central Bank of Nigeria ...

Angola’s peatlands trap carbon and clean the region’s water

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Picture: Twitter — The Angolan highlands, the source region for the Okavango Delta, is also key to two other major river basins in sub-Saharan Africa. The area’s ...

Farming in South Africa: 6 things that need urgent attention in 2023

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Picture: Zanele Zulu/African News Agency (ANA) – Young farmer, Sithembiso Nyawo, who looks after his cattle at his home in Nongoma, Northern KwaZulu-Natal, vaccinates ...

First study to estimate ‘blue carbon’ storage in South Africa is useful for climate strategy

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Picture: Ian Landsberg/African News Agency (ANA) – Flamingoes in flight at the Berg River Estuary in Veldddrift, Western Cape. Marine ecosystems have a valuable ...

Climate change is leaving African elephants desperate for water

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Picture: ANA Photographers. (Compiled by Rabin Singh) – Elephants are known as the most enormous, most gentle creatures in the animal kingdom. Emotional, intelligent ...

Mad world: global flashpoints to watch in 2023 in the era of ‘polycrisis’

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Picture: AFP – A protester holds a portrait of Mahsa Amini ...

Why ICC jail term for Ongwen matters for Africa

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Picture: EPA – A commander in the feared Uganda-based Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) rebel militia, Dominic Ongwen, centre, first appeared at the International Criminal ...

COP27 in review: climate talks delivered big gains for Africa, but also several challenges

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Picture: Mohamed Abd El Ghany/REUTERS – A climate activist holds a placard during a protest demanding climate justice and human rights at the Sharm El-Sheikh International ...

Nigeria insecurity: 2022 was a bad year, major reforms needed

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Picture: – A soldier walks past a checkpoint in Bama, Borno state, Nigeria. The Nigerian army is on the ground seeking to reimpose order in Borno after seven years ...

Afrobeats in 2022: global mobility, election songs, placemaking albums – and Tems

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Picture: Joe Penney/REUTERS – Each night as darkness descends on Lagos, Nigeria's commercial capital, sweat drenched young men and women descend on the megacity's ...

Africa’s ports race: ‘development’ or pathways for plunder?

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Picture: Elisa Gambino/The Conversation – The Lamu Port project is a flagship development project in Kenya. Ports reflect more than simple economic imperatives. ...

Why Britain should immediately withdraw from Mauritius’ Chagos Islands

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Picture: REUTERS/HO/US Navy – An undated file photo shows Diego Garcia, the largest island in the Chagos archipelago. In recent years, the international community ...

South Africa’s dance music craze, amapiano, could conquer the world – if its stars step up

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Picture: Supplied - Kamo Mphela performs at the DStv Mzansi Viewers’ Choice Awards. By Sanya OshaThere’s a lot of hype around amapiano. The South African dance music ...