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Factbox-Nigeria's election: when is the vote and what's at stake?

Voters in Nigeria, Africa's biggest economy and most populous nation, head to the polls on Feb. 25 to elect a new president and lawmakers amid growing frustration over unprecedented insecurity, industrial-scale oil theft and surging inflation.

Reuters

Big pharma must value African lives above profits, warns head of UNAids

‘Racist’ inequalities leave sub-Saharan region bearing burden of more that half world’s new HIV infections, says Winnie Byanyima

The Guardian - UK

Into the wild: Cheetah jumps inside safari vehicle!

Forests are alluring and frightening in equal measure, and this safari video from Africa's Serengeti National Park proves just that. Instagram user Casey Cooper shared a video on the social media channel, sharing his safari experience in Serengeti, one of Africa's most famous and loved national parks and wildlife reserves.

The Times of India

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Disaster Declaration Issued As Deadly Flooding Continues In South Africa

Intense rains in South Africa have caused severe flooding that has killed people and destroyed local infrastructure

Zenger

All hail Netflix's African Queens Njinga

Narrated by Jada Pinkett Smith, Netflix's hybrid docuseries highlights how much history Hollywood tends to ignores

Salon

This Rider Just Completed Her All-Electric Journey Across Africa

World moto traveler Sinje Gottwald completed a three-month journey across Africa, becoming the first person to cross the continent unassisted via electric bike.

RideApart

Political aides hacked by ‘Team Jorge’ in run-up to Kenyan election

Revelation shows dangers posed by bad actors and paid operatives in democratic systems across Africa

The Guardian - UK

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Former reporter pens bio about the incredible life of Black Civil War veteran in new book, 'The Sergeant'

Shortly after 9/11, a group of Palestinian students had some questions for an American reporter about the lives and history of Muslims in America that sent him on a decadeslong journey, researching and writing about Muslims who had been in the United States since a few years after the Mayflower…

Tribune News Service

African Queens: Njinga review – Jada Pinkett Smith’s docudrama is like a mediocre Channel 5 show

This tale of a 17th-century African female ruler features impressive academics, but they’re drowned out by poor-quality dramatic sequences. It lacks context, analysis or personality

The Guardian - UK

How undercover reporters caught ‘Team Jorge’ disinformation operatives on camera

For more than six months, undercover reporters posed as consultants working on behalf of a businessman who wanted to delay an African election

The Guardian - US

Seeing Northern Lights tops 'wish list' of travel experiences for 2023

Two-thirds of Brits want to see as much of the world as they possibly can - from a safari in Africa, to driving Route 66 in the USA

Daily Mirror

African artists show support for east Congo conflict at music festival

Artists from across Africa performed at the "Amani" festival in eastern Democratic Republic to show support for victims of conflict despite growing insecurity in the area.

Reuters

When two elephants fight: how the global south uses non-alignment to avoid great power rivalries

An African proverb notes that “when two elephants fight, it is the grass underneath that suffers”.

The Conversation

Scottish college joins major project to create 'enviro-cow' in Africa

Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC) and the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) have been awarded £1.5 million by the Bill and…

The National (Scotland)

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Radio France Internationale

Defence minister slams 'false' depiction of French troops in Marvel film

France's defence minister, Sebastien Lecornu, has condemned the latest instalment of Marvel's Black Panther franchise – Wakanda Forever – which depicts French troops caught trying to steal resources belonging to the fictional African kingdom.

The Independent UK

France says its troops misrepresented in 'Wakanda Forever'

France’s defense minister has denounced the way he says French soldiers deployed in Africa appear to be depicted in the Marvel Studios superhero film “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” as “false and misleading.”

Irish Mirror

Christy Kinahan 'being protected by corrupt politicians' in African hideout

Reports in Zimbabwe say he is spending more and more time in the troubled state as he tries to stay ahead of a major international manhunt for him and his gangster sons Daniel, 43, and 41-year-old Christopher Jnr.

The Conversation

South Sudan's oil and water give it bargaining power – but will it benefit the people?

South Sudan has long been one of east Africa’s most unstable states. But surging external interest in its resources and the diplomatic agility of its rulers are again underlining how pivotal the country remains to regional energy and water politics.

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The Conversation

African researchers are ready to share more work openly – now policy must make it possible

Librarians are the curators of creativity. They collect success stories and share it with the world. Traditionally, the success was from published authors, which libraries shared with the local community. More recently, the model has been flipped: libraries have started to collect from the local community to share with everyone.

Bangkok Post

Popular S.African rapper AKA shot dead

JOHANNESBURG: One of South Africa's hottest rap artists, Kiernan Forbes, known as AKA, has been shot dead outside a restaurant in the southeastern city of Durban, his family said Saturday.

The Independent UK

In Kenya, an electric transport plan for clean air, climate

Electric motorcycles are gaining traction in Kenya as private sector-led firms rush to set up charging points and battery-swapping stations to speed up the growth of cleaner transport and put the east African nation on a path toward fresher air and lower emissions

ABC News

South African farmers turn to renewable energy amid severe rolling blackouts

A severe "load shedding" crisis in South Africa has hit farming and food processors hard and it is speeding up the sector's transition to renewable energy.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Lavrov, Back from Africa, Says West Has Failed to ‘Isolate’ Russia

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday the West's efforts to "isolate" his country had completely failed and Moscow was building stronger relations with countries in Africa, the Middle East, the Asia-Pacific and elsewhere. "Today we can affirm that the West's plans to isolate Russia by surrounding us with…

Reuters

Lavrov, back from Africa, says West has failed to 'isolate' Russia

Radio France Internationale

Cholera outbreak in Malawi kills more than 1,200 with 'very high' risk of spread

More than 1,200 people have died in the deadliest cholera outbreak in Malawi's history and several other African nations have reported outbreaks, the World Health Organization said on Thursday calling for strong interventions.

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