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Africa and our future

There is cause to be optimistic about the growth potential of Africa.

Fortune

2025 Kia Tasman Pickup Truck: This Is It

After what seemed like an endless string of teasers, the Tasman is finally here. By “here,” we don’t actually mean the United States since it won't be sold in North America. The Ford Ranger competitor will be offered at home in South Korea as well as in Australia, the Middle…

Motor1

Cancer care in Africa: translations of key words convey fear and need to change

Language can give people the power to take an active part in their own healthcare, or it can create barriers.

The Conversation

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These Fortune 500 CEOs climbed from entry-level to corner office at their companies

Meet 11 Fortune 500 CEOs who spent their entire careers at the companies they now lead.

Fortune

Why could a silent asthma epidemic be sweeping Africa?

Millions of adolescents in Africa could be living unknowingly with asthma as cases go undiagnosed, researchers find.

Al Jazeera

Climate Change-worsened Floods Wreak Havoc In Africa

Every rainy season for the past 12 years, floods have swept through 67-year-old Idris Egbunu's house in central Nigeria.

International Business Times

France's president is visiting Morocco after his Western Sahara change brings a 'new honeymoon'

French President Emmanuel Macron arrives Monday in Morocco, where he is scheduled to meet with the North African kingdom’s leaders and discuss partnerships regarding trade, climate change and managing immigration

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Rumble in the Jungle 50 years on: how Ali danced rings around apartheid

King of the world was revered across South Africa’s racial divide when we heard the words ‘Foreman is down!’

The Guardian - UK

Egypt and Turkey's closer ties spark hope for peace among Libya’s rival factions

The recent rapprochement between Egypt and Turkey, long-standing supporters of rival factions in Libya, offers a potential pathway to easing tensions in the North African country.

Radio France Internationale

Breast cancer in Africa: myths that need to be debunked

There are many myths about breast cancer, particularly in Africa with its rich diversity of people, different genetic backgrounds and ancestral histories.

The Conversation

Earth's mantle is split into two halves thanks to supercontinent Pangaea

The mantle is split up into two domains — the African and the Pacific — that emerged when supercontinent Pangaea broke apart.

LiveScience

Billy Porter And Bonang Matheba To Host Earthshot Prize Awards

Join Billy Porter and Bonang Matheba at the Earthshot Prize Awards in South Africa, celebrating global environmental solutions with performances by top art...

Top News

Joy and pain, struggle and achievement – who best tells the story of Black lives?

We asked a group of Black Britons, some famous, some not: who do you most revere as a chronicler of the Black journey, in Britain and abroad?

The Guardian - UK

IMF Raises Concerns About Effects Of Sudan Conflict On Neighbors

The war in Sudan is likely to cause heavy economic damage in neighboring countries, the IMF's deputy director for Africa, Catherine Pattillo, told AFP. "What is going on there for the people in Sudan is just so heart wrenching and devastating.

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The Independent UK

A playwright in Africa hopes to break the cultural silence on rape

African playwright and actor Oliva Ouedraogo's “Queen” depicts the fictional journey of a girl who is raped by her stepfather on the night of his marriage to her mother, and decides to speak out against her family’s wishes

The Conversation

Avian architects: weaver birds in Africa have unique building styles

From afar, the acacia trees look like they have been decorated with grass pom-poms. The birds have been busy, building shelters of straw and grass. Up close the real shape of the “pom-poms” becomes clear: grass tubes in the form of an upside down “U”, with an opening at each…

The Conversation

Naked protests in South Africa: a psychologist explores the emotional power of this form of activism

Naked protests are a form of public demonstration where individuals, often women, use the symbolic power of their naked bodies to challenge injustices. These protests have become an increasingly visible form of resistance, particularly in response to state violence, economic exploitation, and the oppression of women by men.

The Guardian - UK

‘I’m a creative military’: London embraces Ghanaian artist who chose to paint, not fight

On the verge of giving up on his artistic ambitions and under pressure to join the army, Michael Blebo was saved by an agency dedicated to bringing the art of Africa to collectors worldwide

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Idris Elba planning to move to Africa

Actor Idris Elba has revealed he's planning to move to Africa within the next "five to 10 years" and is hoping to build his own film studios.

Al Jazeera

Why is Hungary’s Orban sending soldiers to Chad?

An unlikely friendship is budding between Budapest and N’Djamena with the goal of stemming migration to Europe.

The Guardian - UK

Idris Elba to move to Africa ‘to bolster the film industry’

The actor plans to relocate to help make African films that are not framed by colonialism but ‘own those stories of our tradition, of our culture, of our languages’

Al Jazeera

War and instability bring African governance progress to a halt: Report

Democratic backsliding in Africa reflects global trend towards ‘strongman politics’ emboldening autocrats.

The Guardian - UK

‘For too long literature has been defined by one set of people’: writing back to the empire and beyond

Black novelists, poets and playwrights have a long history of reclaiming narratives, the theme of this year’s Black History Month. Novelist Ben Okri looks at where this tradition has come from – and where it’s going next

The Guardian - UK

Dengue fever: with a record 12.4m cases in 2024 so far, what is driving the world’s largest outbreak?

Cases of ‘bonebreak fever’ are on the rise, mostly in Latin America, Africa and south-east Asia. But incidences in Europe and the US are also being recorded – with an estimated 4 billion people at risk worldwide

The Independent UK

Idris Elba plans to relocate to Africa to create ‘Zollywood’

The British actor is building a studio in Zanzibar

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