Baobab trees all come from Madagascar – new study reveals that their seeds and seedlings floated to mainland Africa and all the way to Australia (theconversation.com)
Ramaphosa kicks can down the road with ‘government of national unity’ play (www.dailymaverick.co.za)
Chinese nationals ran cybercrime syndicate from Zambia, targeting people around the world (www.bbc.com)
Twenty-two Chinese nationals have pleaded guilty to committing cyber-related crimes in Zambia....
Sudanese de facto govt working on 'new constitutional framework' - Dabanga Radio TV Online (www.dabangasudan.org)
Sudan’s Deputy Visits Russia With Weapons-for-Port Deal on Table (www.bloomberg.com)
Sudan’s deputy leader is traveling to Russia for talks, days after the North African nation’s army said it may get weapons in exchange for letting the Kremlin establish a military fueling station on the Red Sea coast....
South African President’s Allies Want Democratic Alliance Deal (archive.is)
Gifted toddler from Ghana gains global recognition as world's youngest artist (www.guinnessworldrecords.com)
Burkina Faso extends military rule by five years (www.bbc.com)
Ubwali Literary Magazine (www.ubwali.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....
Uproar over Zambia's plan to regulate online broadcasting – DW – 05/23/2024 (www.dw.com)
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)...
