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Monkeypox is renamed mpox by WHO after claims term was 'racist against Africa'

The monkeypox virus is to be called mpox decided the World Health Organisation after claims that following the latest outbreak it led to "racism and stigmatising language"

Daily Mirror

Monkeypox renamed mpox over racism concerns

The World Health Organization is renaming monkeypox as mpox, citing concerns the original name of the decades-old animal disease could be construed as discriminatory and racist.

Chicago Sun-Times

Monkeypox has a new name. Here's why

The old name, while confusing, isn’t the issue so much as the weaponization of it, experts say.

Fortune

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The beauty shop catering to Qatar’s African community

Inside a bustling Doha neighbourhood is a popular beauty and fashion store, which was started by a former taxi driver.

Al Jazeera

East African Court of Justice – what it is and what its powers are

Martha Karua, the running mate of Raila Odinga, the losing candidate in Kenya’s 2022 presidential election, continues to dispute William Ruto’s slim victory over him. According to the politician and lawyer, the Kenyan electoral commission and the country’s supreme court

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WHO renames monkeypox as mpox, citing racism concerns

The World Health Organization is renaming monkeypox as mpox, citing concerns the original name of the decades-old animal disease could be construed as discriminatory and racist

The Independent UK

Europe's south offers a warm welcome to energy migrants

Software developer Victor Varlamov logs in every morning to work on a sunny Spanish island off the coast of Africa after the prospect of steep heating bills and a winter made harsher by the Ukraine war drove him to leave his adoptive home in Poland.

Reuters

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Gangs of cybercriminals are expanding across Africa, investigators say

Online scams such as banking and credit card fraud are the most prevalent cyberthreat, says Interpol

The Guardian - UK

What if the dinosaurs hadn't gone extinct? Why our world might look very different

Picture highly evolved raptors planting their flag on the moon

Wales Online

Diamond diggers in South Africa's deserted mines break the law — and risk their lives

Photos show the desperate search for scraps left by big diamond operators. But amid rampant poverty and unemployment, zama-zamas see no other way to provide for their families.

WEKU

Forgotten photos show how Kenyan archaeologists unearthed secrets of their own country

Exhibitions in UK and Africa rewrite history by celebrating discoveries of overlooked black excavators in colonial era

The Guardian - UK

Freezing temperatures grip Kyiv as power shortages persist in Ukraine

Snow fell in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv Sunday, while the electricity supply was still disrupted due to recent air strikes carried out by Russia, guaranteeing a difficult winter for the city's inhabitants. Meanwhile, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky warned of fresh strikes from Moscow. Read our live blog to review all…

France 24

Kyiv opens Grain from Ukraine scheme to get food to Africa’s poorest countries

Programme to subsidise exports of grain to poor and hungry countries launched on anniversary of Ukraine’s Holodomor famine

The Guardian - UK

Rock art: how South Africa's coat of arms got to feature an ancient San painting

A new exhibition in Johannesburg titled ǃke e꞉ ǀxarra ǁke – People who are Different: Come Together celebrates the rock art of the San people, the first inhabitants of southern Africa. Presented by the University of the Witwatersrand’s Rock Art Research Institute and the Origins Centre, the exhibition includes an…

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Tory MP claims ban on hunting trophy imports is 'racist' as bill passes first hurdle

Both the UK Government and Labour backed the proposed ban after it was debated in the House of Commons on Friday as a Private Members Bill.

Reuters

Sao Tome and Principe government thwarts overnight coup attempt

Authorities in the island nation of Sao Tome and Principe thwarted a coup attempt overnight, the prime minister and West Africa's regional bloc said on Friday.

The Conversation

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever reclaims the myth of an African utopia

Black Panther is set in the fictional country of Wakanda. The creation of the Wakandan African identity has been a contentious issue. Borrowing aspects of cultures from around Africa, it presents the world with a confusing sense of “Africaness”.

The Independent UK

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Continents’ best ‘up against a wall’ as Senegal and Qatar face do-or-die clash

After opening round defeats, both the African and Asian champions are in the last-chance saloon as they square off

The Conversation

What if the dinosaurs hadn't gone extinct? Why our world might look very different

Sixty-six million years ago, an asteroid hit the Earth with the force of 10 billion atomic bombs and changed the course of evolution. The skies darkened and plants stopped photosynthesising. The plants died, then the animals that fed on them. The food chain collapsed. Over 90% of all species vanished.…

France 24

Musician Sona Jobarteh on becoming the world's first female kora player

British Gambian artist Sona Jobarteh plays the kora, a string instrument that has been the preserve of men since the 13th century, passed down from father to son in a special set of families in West Africa for hundreds of years. That was until she decided to change things. After…

The Conversation

Simon Nkoli's fight for queer rights in South Africa is finally being celebrated – 24 years after he died

Born in 1957, Simon Tseko Nkoli had just turned 41 when he died, in 1998, of an AIDS-related illness. In his short life, the South African activist fought against different forms of oppression. He fought for those downtrodden because of their “race”. He stood up for those ostracised because of…

The Conversation

We discovered a new species of owl – but we already think it's in danger

As part of an international team of scientists we have confirmed a new species of owl after decades of speculation that it exists on Príncipe Island, part of the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe in central Africa.

Reuters

Exclusive-Russians, Ukrainians met in UAE to discuss prisoner swap, ammonia, sources say

Representatives from Russia and Ukraine met in the United Arab Emirates last week to discuss the possibility of a prisoner-of-war swap that would be linked to a resumption of Russian ammonia exports, which go to Asia and Africa, via a Ukrainian pipeline, three sources with knowledge of the meeting said.

The Independent UK

Sunak and Ramaphosa agree need for ‘next level’ UK-South Africa links

The South African president was in Downing Street as part of his state visit to the UK, the first by a foreign dignitary in the reign of the King.

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