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Meet the forgotten enslaved and working-class labourers behind British exploration in Africa, Asia and Antarctica

By July 1858, the English explorer John Hanning Speke had been in Africa for 18 months. His eyes and body were weakened by fever, and he still hadn’t found what he set out to discover – the source of the River Nile.

The Conversation

'Very rare' African ebony figurines found in 1,500-year-old Christian burials in Israeli desert

Three 1,500-year-old burials in the Negev desert have pendants of bone and ebony that may depict the deceased individuals' ancestors.

LiveScience

Ramaphosa's Talks With Trump Chance To Reset Tattered Ties

South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa travels to the United States next week to meet Donald Trump in a bid to rescue deteriorating relations with a vital and increasingly critical trade partner.

International Business Times

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7 queer African works of art: new directions in books, films and fashion

Queer African creatives have been making their mark around the world through a range of forms – books, films, fashion, art, music. Their work wins awards, sets trends and is studied by scholars. Most research on African queerness, however, comes from outside the continent.

The Conversation

Where do cuts to USAID leave the future of foreign aid in Africa? Podcast

Three months after the Trump administration made drastic cuts to its aid agency, USAID, the effects are being felt across the world, particularly in Africa.

The Conversation

Spanish foreign ministry declares Botswana safest country in Africa

The Spanish foreign ministry has declared Botswana the least risky country for travel in Africa, while Sudan, Eritrea, the Central African Republic, and Somalia are considered the most dangerous.

Euronews

Light is the science of the future – the Africans using it to solve local challenges

Light is all around us, essential for one of our primary senses (sight) as well as life on Earth itself. It underpins many technologies that affect our daily lives, including energy harvesting with solar cells, light-emitting-diode (LED) displays and telecommunications through fibre optic networks.

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Koyo Kouoh – tribute to a curator who fiercely promoted African art

The sudden death of the Cameroon-born curator Koyo Kouoh, at the age of 57 and at the height of her career, has shaken the art world. Her passing has left a void in the African arts scene, one which extends far beyond the continent.

The Conversation

Gigantic 'mud waves' buried deep beneath the ocean floor reveal dramatic formation of Atlantic when Africa and South America finally split

Enormous "mud waves" buried under the Atlantic seabed formed 117 million years ago as the Atlantic Ocean opened up.

LiveScience

South Africa's President Ramaphosa says Afrikaners resettling in US are 'cowards'

The Trump administration has been criticised for granting refugee status to Afrikaners, a white ethnic minority, over people fleeing war and famine.

Euronews

‘We need our bananas back’: Traders left in limbo amid Malawi-Tanzania spat

Trade dispute between the southeast African neighbours left Malawian fruit sellers struggling for produce and income.

Al Jazeera

Africa's youngest leader, a friend of Russia, is celebrated by some and criticized by others

Burkina Faso’s junta leader Capt. Ibrahim Traore has sparked a social media debate, with some in Africa praising him and others criticizing him

The Independent UK

How Russia is pushing to take control of Africa’s nuclear future

IN FOCUS: Russia has signed deals with at least 20 countries across the continent, Nick Ferris writes, and that is unlikely to slow down as Trump cuts funding to energy projects

The Independent UK

Africa’s human rights crisis: global silence and the Trump effect

Amnesty International’s 2025 annual report reviews a broad range of human rights issues, highlighting concerns in 150 countries and linking global and regional trends with an eye on the future. In Africa, the organization says the so-called “Trump effect” in the US and beyond has led to an unprecedented neglect…

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Nigeria has a food security problem as water for crops is harder to find

Climate change is challenging agriculture in Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country

The Conversation

What causes inequality in African countries? New book traces a vicious cycle

Inequality is a problem that exists in various forms in sub-Saharan Africa.

International Business Times

White S.Africans Resettled In US Did Not Face 'Persecution': Govt

The white Afrikaners who have accepted resettlement in the United States did not face "any form of persecution" in South Africa, the foreign ministry said on Monday.

The Conversation

How AI could help safeguard Indigenous languages

If there are few speakers left of a language, how does a community revive it? In our current era, 3,000 languages are at risk of extinction due to the pressures of colonization, globalization, forced cultural assimilation, environmental devastation and other factors.

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Heat extremes in southern Africa might continue even if net-zero emissions are achieved

Human emissions of greenhouse gases have caused rapid global warming. This has made high-impact, heat extreme events around the globe more and more intense over the past 70 years. Heat extremes, such as heatwaves, can cause severe damage to infrastructure by damaging bridges and railways. They also harm ecosystems, and…

The Guardian - AU

Labor’s clean sweep in Australian election suggests young male voters are bucking global trends. But why?

The ALP’s massive electoral victory goes against trends across parts of the west, Asia and Africa, in which young male voters are leaning towards the right

International Business Times

Groundbreaking Cameroonian Curator Kouoh Dies: Cape Town Art Museum

Cameroonian curator Koyo Kouoh, the head of the top contemporary art museum in Africa and first African woman appointed to lead the Venice Biennale, has died Saturday, the Zeitz MOCAA museum said.

Radio France Internationale

Africans less likely to blame rich nations for climate crisis, survey shows

A major opinion survey across Africa shows that many people place primary responsibility for climate action on their national governments. Although the continent has contributed relatively little to global emissions, it is enduring some of the worst effects of climate change.

Radio France Internationale

South Africa criticises US plan to resettle white Afrikaners as refugees

South Africa has criticised the United States following reports that Washington could received the first white Afrikaners it had offered to resettle as refugees as early as next week.

The Guardian - UK

Chimps’ rhythmic drumming could shed light on music’s evolutionary roots

Research found chimpanzees drum with non-random rhythms that suggest building blocks of music may predate humans by millions of years

Euronews

How poaching caused over 100 vultures to die in mass poisoning in South African national park

Vultures are key to wildlife ecosystems because of the clean-up work they do, feeding on the carcasses of dead animals.

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