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The Latest Breaking News from Africa

UK inaction let Wagner group flourish and grow, say MPs

Foreign affairs select committee condemns government’s ‘dismal lack of understanding’ about group’s hold in Africa

The Guardian - UK

Tropical Disturbances Pose Potential Threat To Southeastern US

Showers and thunderstorms expected to organize, while tropical waves from Africa are monitored

Zenger

Food crisis in Africa: the high cost of imported fertilisers is adding to the problem

Global fertiliser suppliers have made incredibly high profits in 2022/23 on the back of price spikes attributed to the Russia-Ukraine war. The profits of the world’s top nine producers trebled in 2022 from two years previously.

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Russia summit is an opportunity for Africa to unite on Ukraine and get Wagner out of the continent

Two critical issues must be top of mind for African leaders when they meet President Vladimir Putin at the second Russia-Africa summit in St Petersburg this week.

The Conversation

Russia is trying to 'fund its war machine at the expense of Africa', Ukraine's FM says

In an interview with FRANCE 24, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba condemned Russia's recent strikes on Ukraine's Black Sea ports in the wake of Moscow's withdrawal from the Black Sea Grain Initiative. "Russia's objective is to provoke the increase of [a] global food crisis, export its own grain without any…

France 24

The Guardian announces new roles in the Caribbean, South America and Africa, and expands its reporting on race in the UK and US

The seven newly-advertised roles – now open for applications – form part of the Guardian’s long-term programme of restorative justice following the publication of the Scott Trust’s legacies of enslavement report in March

The Guardian - UK

Why Dricus Du Plessis walked away from Israel Adesanya’s racial slurs: ‘I don’t want to be a part of this’

South Africa's Dricus Du Plessis is not interested in the racial narrative being built up between him and UFC champion Israel Adesanya.

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George Alagiah obituary

Highly respected newsreader, foreign correspondent and author who had a passionate belief in the importance of the BBC

The Guardian - UK

Israel-Morocco Relations Strengthened As Netanyahu Receives Invitation From King Mohammed VI

Recognition of Western Sahara sovereignty paves way for enhanced ties and disrupts Iran's activities in North Africa.

Zenger

Two Newly-Discovered Saber-Toothed Cat Species Shed Light on the Ancient Past

Paleontologists discovered the fossils of four extinct saber-toothed cats, including two new species, that roamed South Africa five million years ago.

Inverse

Russia wants allies, so it is hosting an Africa summit. Food security and Wagner are key questions

A crucial grain deal has been terminated

The Independent UK

Overwhelming response to PM's proposal of making African Union permanent member of G-20: Amitabh Kant

Last month, Prime Minister Narendra Modi wrote to the leaders of the world’s 20 largest economies pitching for giving the African Union full membership of the grouping at its upcoming summit in New Delhi in September.

The Hindu

Japanese Foreign Minister to visit India this week, discuss vision for Global South

At a press conference in Tokyo, Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi said that his focus during the visit to India, Sri Lanka, Maldives, South Africa, Uganda, and Ethiopia was on enhancing ties with “South West Asia and Africa”.

The Hindu

Absent Dana White, Dave Shaw talks UFC London, future Europe and Africa plans, Michael Page and more

UFC executive Dave Shaw discussed a bevy of MMA topics and news, including Bellator free agents, after UFC Fight Night 224 in London.

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The Guardian - UK

Outrage over UK university’s plan to cut African history course and its professor

University of Chichester proposes redundancy for Hakim Adi, first Briton of African heritage to become a professor of history in UK

The Independent UK

Italy's Meloni opens conference that aims to stanch flows of migrants to Europe with aid to Africa

Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni has called for new, more equal relationships between Europe and migrants’ countries of origin and transit

Radio France Internationale

Rwanda conference for and about women looks to gender equality in Africa

Women Deliver is considered one of the world's biggest conrference on gender equality. The 2023 edition which took place this week in Rwanda, brought the international summit to Africa for the first time with many issues in focus, especially equality and encouraging women in business.

The Conversation

Russia-Africa summit provides a global stage for Moscow to puff up its influence

Forty-three African heads of state attended the 2019 Russia-Africa summit. They had high hopes that Russia would emerge as a new source of investment and trade for the continent. Russian president Vladimir Putin promised to double Russian trade with Africa in five years to US$40 billion.

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The Week

Tate Modern: A World in Common

During the colonial period, when Africa was almost entirely divided up by European powers, “the camera became something of an imperial device”, said Sarah Cascone on Artnet.

The Conversation

Zimbabwean migrants: South Africa's anti-immigrant sentiments are hindering policy reform

The South African Minister of Home Affairs, Aaron Motsoaledi, recently lost a court case that anyone could have anticipated was unwinnable. He probably expected to lose it too. He lost it on humanitarian and technical grounds. It prevents him from terminating the South African government’s concession to refugees from neighbouring…

The Independent UK

AP Week in Pictures: Europe and Africa

Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz celebrated beating Serbia’s Novak Djokovic in the Wimbledon men’s singles final as Czech Republic’s Marketa Vondrousova triumphed in the women’s final.

Al Jazeera

Russia’s exit from grain deal puts focus on Asia’s food prices

Analysts say food prices in Asia are likely to rise but the fallout will be limited for the time being.

The Conversation

African Union: climate action offers organisation unique chance for revival

Much has been written about the decision by certain African countries to send out a peace mission to Ukraine in May. Reporters, however, failed at the time to pick up on one notable point: that the initiative was not taken within the framework of the African Union (AU). This is…

France 24

Coming soon on FRANCE 24: Africa under Russian influence

Ahead of the second Russia-Africa summit, which is taking place in Saint Petersburg from July 27 to 28, FRANCE 24 takes a closer look at Russian influence in Africa. In a special edition of Reporters, we investigated pan-African influencers, who are suspected of relaying Kremlin ideology. Who are they, what…

LiveScience

5 million-year-old fossils reveal 2 new species of saber-toothed cats in South Africa

The pair of newfound species, as well as two previously known species unearthed in the same place, rewrite what we knew about these prehistoric predators.

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