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‘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)

Burkina Faso military summarily executed at least 223 civilians, including at least 56 children, Human Rights Watch says (www.hrw.org)

These mass killings that hapoened on February 25 and are among the worst army abuses in Burkina Faso since 2015, appear to be part of a widespread military campaign against civilians accused of collaborating with Islamist armed groups, and may amount to crimes against humanity. Soldiers killed 44 people, including 20 children,...

Nigerian woman rescued 10 years after kidnap by Boko Haram (www.theguardian.com)

Nigerian troops have rescued a pregnant woman and her three children 10 years after she was abducted by Boko Haram militants when she was a schoolgirl in the town of Chibok....

Rights group urges insurance firms to shun East African Crude Oil Pipeline over harming effect on local communities, increasing greenhouse gas emissions (www.hrw.org)

Financing for EACOP is yet to be secured, but if it is and the project moves forward, a 1,443km (897-mile) pipeline will stretch from oil fields in western Uganda to the port of Tanga in eastern Tanzania....

Extreme Sahel heatwave that hit highly vulnerable population at the end of Ramadan would not have occurred without climate change, study finds (www.worldweatherattribution.org)

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How China’s demand for donkey hide is devastating African communities (www.reuters.com)

China’s demand for a traditional medicine known as e-jiao is fueling the slaughter of millions of donkeys every year, say animal welfare groups and veterinary experts....

‘This Will Finish Us’ (www.theatlantic.com)

He and other officials I spoke with said that they disliked even using the term Maasai. They invoked the spirit of Nyerere, saying that Tanzania was supposed to have a national identity, not tribal ones. Msando said he could understand the Maasai’s concern about losing their culture, even if he had little sympathy for it....

Nigeria first country to introduce ‘revolutionary’ meningitis vaccine (news.un.org)

The rollout in Nigeria represents one step closer towards the goal of total elimination by 2030, said Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General at the World Health Organization (WHO)....