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JAN. 21-27, 2022

The Independent UK

WHO head Tedros faces a challenge all humanitarians know well

In 2017, the World Health Organisation (WHO) appointed Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus as its director general. He’s the first African and the first person from the global south to occupy this high office.

The Conversation

Africa's moment: What makes the AFCON football tournament unique?

Every two years, football comes home... to Africa. This year, the Africa Cup of Nations is hosted by Cameroon and, no doubt, there's plenty to criticise: dodgy calls by the ref, questionable Covid-19 protocols and a deadly stampede that left eight dead. And yet, football fans the world over are…

France 24

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Gambia and Equatorial Guinea add freshness to Afcon last eight line-up

It’s quite rare for one of the central tenets of Christian evangelism to entwine with the Africa Cup of Nations. But at the end of nearly three hours of toil, sweat and matyrdom, they fuse: Jesus saves.

Radio France Internationale

Book review: how Africa was central to the making of the modern world

Journalist, photographer, author and professor Howard W. French’s Born in Blackness: Africa, Africans, and the Making of the Modern World, 1471 to the Second World War, is the most recent in a long career of thoughtful and significant literary and journalistic interventions. It demands an account of modernity that reckons…

The Conversation

Nigeria needs more social science research: how to boost output

Sub-Saharan Africa faces some of the biggest challenges to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. For instance, Nigeria has at least 87 million people in extreme poverty. The country’s unemployment rate was over 33.3%, the second highest in the world, at the end of 2020.

The Conversation

Africa's richest man has explained when he'll buy Arsenal and been told takeover cost

Aliko Dangote has been Africa's Richest Man for the past 11 years and the billionaire has regularly spoken about wanting to buy Arsenal - although the Kroenke's are adamant the club is not for sale

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Nigeria still reeling from AFCON exit amid Instagram abuse, manager questions and imminent World Cup decider

The post-mortem continues for Nigeria after the pre-tournament favourites’ early exit from the Africa Cup of Nations.

Evening Standard

France, Sub-Saharan Africa flounder in the fight against corruption

Over the past 10 years, France's leadership in the fight against corruption has stagnated, according to Transparency International, in its annual global report of 180 countries on the perception of graft. And many African countries are failing in the struggle against endemic clientelism and fraud.

Radio France Internationale

Infantino Suggests Biennial World Cup Could Prevent Migrant Deaths in Mediterranean

FIFA president Gianni Infantino said on Wednesday that increased revenues from a biennial World Cup would create opportunities for Africans who otherwise could migrate and find "death in the sea" crossing the Mediterranean. The idea of a World Cup every two years has been gathering steam with Infantino trying to…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Mozambique, Malawi, Madagascar count deaths, damage by storm

Mozambique, Madagascar and Malawi are counting the deaths and damage by tropical storm Ana and more than a week of heavy rains across southern Africa

The Independent UK

FIFA president Gianni Infantino blasted over “completely unacceptable” African migrant comments

FIFA president Gianni Infantino, during a speech to the Council of Europe on Wednesday, referenced reducing the risks taken by migrants crossing the Mediterranean as a reason why FIFA plans for a biennial World Cup should go ahead

Daily Mirror

At least 46 dead after tropical storm Ana hits Madagascar, Mozambique and Malawi

Tropical storm Ana hit east Africa this week, as heavy rains have caused flooding and mudslides in Madagascar’s capital Antananarivo, killing at least 39 people. Ana also made landfall on Mozambique and continued into Malawi, killing 12 people in its path, with reported windspeeds up to 100km per hour.

Radio France Internationale

Hamilton Accies in 'best shape of my reign' says Stuart Taylor, as David Moyo returns from Africa Cup of Nations

The Hamilton gaffer is feeling good about his squad ahead of Saturday's visit from Ayr United

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The Conversation

Eavesdropping on nature: why Africa needs more bioacoustics research

Sound plays an important role in nature. It also helps researchers to study and interpret different landscapes and the species that live there. Most animals make sound; biologists often rely on chirps, squawks or whistles to describe and identify species or groups of species. They can also extract behavioural information…

The Guardian - UK

Fifa president: more World Cups could save African migrants from death in the sea

The president of Fifa, Gianni Infantino, has said his plans for a World Cup every two years could stop African migrants from finding ‘death in the sea’

Reuters

Analysis-W. Africa coups show limits of diplomacy, opening door to new players

Earlier this month, West African countries slapped tough economic sanctions on Mali to punish coup leaders seeking to extend their hold on power, and to halt a run of military takeovers that have beset the region since 2020.

Reuters

Death toll from tropical storm Ana in Mozambique, Malawi rises to 12

The death toll from tropical storm Ana has risen to at least 12 in Mozambique and Malawi, authorities said, although officials and aid agencies are still assessing the full impact of the storm that swept through southern Africa on Monday.

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The Independent UK

Death toll rises to 8 in Cameroon stadium crush; 38 injured

The death toll has risen to eight following a crush outside a game at the African Cup of Nations soccer tournament in Cameroon

The Conversation

US trade pact suspensions: what it means for Ethiopia, Mali and Guinea

Three African countries’ manufacturers have lost their tariff-free access to the US market this year. This follows the US decision in November last year to suspend Ethiopia, Mali and Guinea from the African Growth and Opportunity Act. The reason given for the decision was that it was in response to…

Reuters

Stadium stampede kills eight in Africa Cup of Nations soccer match

At least eight people died and 38 were injured in a stampede when fans stormed a stadium hosting an Africa Cup of Nations soccer match in Cameroon's capital on Monday, the government said.

France 24

Deadly crush at stadium during Africa Cup of Nations match in Cameroon

At least eight people died in a crush outside a stadium hosting a game at Africa's top soccer tournament in Cameroon on Monday, a local government official said, realising fears over the capacity of the country to stage the continent's biggest sports event.

The Independent UK

6 reported killed in stampede at African Cup soccer game

An official in Cameroon says at least six people have died in a stampede outside a stadium hosting an African Cup of Nations soccer game

Evening Standard

Global weather: Cape Town ‘records its hottest ever temperature’ as Greece is blanketed in snow

Cape Town recorded its highest ever temperature as parts of South Africa was gripped by a weekend heatwave, according to an expert.

Salon

Why COVID cases are so low in Africa

Like previous COVID waves, omicron has largely bypassed much of Africa — or has it?

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