Burkina Faso extends military rule by five years (www.bbc.com)
Ubwali Literary Magazine (www.ubwali.com)
Uproar over Zambia's plan to regulate online broadcasting – DW – 05/23/2024 (www.dw.com)
Gaza: International Court of Justice (ICJ) orders Israel to halt military operations in Rafah following a request by South Africa (news.un.org)
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Friday issued new provisional measures that order Israel to immediately end military operations in Rafah in southern Gaza and to open the governate’s border crossing for urgent aid deliveries....
New frontier, old tactics: Chinese espionage group targets African and Caribbean governments (thehackernews.com)
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Desert dumps: European Union, North African countries push migrants to the desert or remote areas (www.lighthousereports.com)
Europe supports, finances and is directly involved in these clandestine operations in North African countries to dump tens of thousands of Black people in the desert or remote areas each year to prevent them from coming to the EU....
How Palm Wine is Tapped in Liberia-Popular African Wine. 🇱🇷 (youtube.com)
EDITORIAL: The illegality of marrying off 100 orphaned girls in Niger (www.premiumtimesng.com)
‘Ethiopia’ and the World, 330–1500 CE (www.cambridge.org)
'A big mess is brewing’: Thousands of Russian fighters are flooding into Libya, raising concerns over what the Kremlin might be planning (meduza.io)
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EXPLORING FORGOTTEN INDIGENOUS FOODS IN TAMALE with Duduhgu Experience (youtube.com)
The illicit trade with China fuelling Mozambique's insurgency (www.bbc.com)
Timber smuggling, estimated to be worth $23m (£18m) a year, from Mozambique’s ancient forests to China is helping to fund a brutal Islamist insurgency as well as a large criminal network in the north of the southern African country....
The Desert in Ibrahim al-Koni's "Al Majus" (open.substack.com)
Belgium's King Leopold II as a rubber snake (baraza.africa)
By Edward Linley Sambourne - www.punchcartoons.com/…/product_info.html, Public Domain, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5279252
Starlink 'set to stop services in Sudan' - Dabanga Radio TV Online (www.google.com)
Zimbabwe will convert annual budget to reflect new currency (www.bloomberg.com)
International Monetary Fund projects improved growth for Africa but debt and limited taxes still prompt concern (african.business)
“Nearly two thirds of the countries on the continent are anticipating higher growth this year, on the back of the modest easing in global financial conditions and a recovery in private investment and consumption,” reads a statement from Wale Edun, Nigeria’s minister of finance and chair of the African caucus, and...
Video of Chinese Manager Beating African Workers Sparks Racism Debate (www.ndtv.com)
Here is the video (Twitter link, 26 sec)...
Africa and Byzantium, with Andrea Myers Achi - Medievalists.net (www.medievalists.net)
Rare Elephants’ Survival Roulette on Kenya-Tanzania Border: Roaming in his natural habitat, Gilgil crossed from Kenya into Tanzania, and paid for it with his life (www.occrp.org)
The 35-year-old super-tusker, who was just entering his reproductive years, belonged to a unique population of elephants who traverse from Kenya’s Amboseli National Park to northern Tanzania....
Cost of preparing Jollof rice up 29.3% - Report (www.premiumtimesng.com)
African Governments Falling Short on Healthcare Funding 23 Years After Landmark Abuja Declaration, Rights Groups Say (www.hrw.org)
African governments are falling far short in their commitments to prioritize public spending on health care, contributing to widespread inequalities in healthcare access and outcomes, Human Rights Watch and the Kampala-based Initiative for Social and Economic Rights (ISER) said today. As the 23rd anniversary of African Union...
Process raw materials in Africa as few economic and social benefits will come to Africans if processing is all done overseas, says top environmentalist (www.theguardian.com)
Wanjira Mathai, the managing director for Africa and global partnerships at the World Resources Institute thinktank, said much more of what the continent produced must be processed and made use of close to where it is produced, if the world is to shift to a low-carbon footing....
The Africa Hour - Episode 11: How Can Namibia Capitalize on Digital Nomad Visas? (podcasts.google.com)
The African Union AI Continental Strategy: Examining the African AI Landscape (youtube.com)
