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South Africa, Indonesia Say US Withdrawing From Climate Finance Deal

The United States has pulled out of a climate funding deal struck by rich nations to help their developing counterparts transition to clean energy, the programme's first beneficiary South Africa and Indonesia said Thursday.

International Business Times · Mar 6, 2025

Taung child: the controversial story of the fossil discovery that proved humanity’s common origins in Africa – podcast

One hundred years ago, a paper was published in the journal Nature that would radically shift our understandings of the origins of humanity. It described a fossil, found in a lime mine in Taung in South Africa, which became known as the Taung child skull.

The Conversation · Mar 6, 2025

US trade wars with China – and how they play out in Africa

Since taking office, US president Donald Trump has implemented policies that have been notably hostile towards China. They include trade restrictions. Most recently, a 20% tariff was added to all imports from China and new technological restrictions were imposed under the America First Investment Policy. This isn’t the first time…

The Conversation · Mar 6, 2025

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Nearly half of women in Africa will be obese or overweight by 2030 – study

Stigma, lack of treatment and disproportionate rise of the disease in women draws comparisons with HIV epidemic

The Guardian - UK · Mar 6, 2025

Methane emissions are turbocharging climate change – these quick fixes could slow it down

The biggest challenge to limiting climate change to 2°C, the upper target of the 2015 Paris agreement, is this: methane emissions are rising very fast.

The Conversation · Mar 5, 2025

USAID’s history shows decades of good work on behalf of America’s global interests, although not all its projects succeeded

The Trump administration’s sudden dismantling of nearly all foreign aid, including the work carried out by the U.S. Agency for International Development, has upended the government agency’s longtime strategic role in implementing American foreign policy.

The Conversation · Mar 5, 2025

The Long Wave: Trinidad and Tobago carnival celebrates African roots

Soca veterans join forces with Afrobeats stars as the diaspora strengthens ties with the motherland. Plus, Angela Davis heads to London

The Guardian - UK · Mar 5, 2025

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Maps showing China’s growing influence in Africa distort reality – but some risks are real

Global power dynamics in Africa are shifting, with China eclipsing the influence of the US and France. China has become Africa’s single largest trading partner.

The Conversation · Mar 4, 2025

Spotlight on Africa: celebrating female empowerment for Women's History Month

This week, Spotlight on Africa highlights women's empowerment across the continent, as March marks the beginning of Women's History Month, and International Women's Day on 8 March.

Radio France Internationale · Mar 4, 2025

Pepfar funding to fight HIV/Aids has saved 26 million lives since 2003: how cutting it will hurt Africa

The US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief has been a cornerstone of global HIV/Aids prevention, care and treatment for over two decades. Pepfar has enjoyed broad bipartisan support in the US, but its future is now uncertain. Public health scholars Eric A. Friedman, Sarah A. Wetter and Lawrence O.…

The Conversation · Mar 4, 2025

UN World Food Program Closes Southern Africa Office

The closure of WFP's southern Africa office due to U.S. aid cuts impacts hunger relief efforts.

UN food program closes its southern Africa office in the wake of Trump administration aid cuts

The United Nations’ World Food Program is closing its southern Africa office in the wake of the Trump administration’s aid cuts

The Independent UK · Mar 3, 2025

Madagascar and Congo-Brazzaville team up to protect vanishing forests

Congo-Brazzaville and Madagascar are combining efforts to protect their primary forests, which support rich ecosystems and rare wildlife but face increasing threats from deforestation. The countries marked the launch of their conservation drive by planting 3,000 trees in Madagascar on Monday, African Environment Day.

Radio France Internationale · Mar 3, 2025

‘People cry, get angry’: remembering the enslaved in Ghana’s remarkable sculpture park

Kwame Akoto-Bamfo started by shaping one clay head in 2009. Now thousands are displayed at the Nykyinkyim Museum, each representing an African who was lost to slavery

The Guardian - UK · Mar 3, 2025

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The Conversation · Mar 2, 2025

Africa’s elephants have been in dramatic decline for 50 years. What can be done to save them – new study

Surveying elephants is hard, risky work. Dedicated biologists have been doing this challenging task across Africa for decades.

The Independent UK · Mar 1, 2025

Black graves are being moved to make way for an industrial park, drawing a mix of emotions

The graves of hundreds of African American tenant farmers and their families are being moved in Virginia to make way for an industrial park

The Independent UK · Feb 28, 2025

WHO says water contamination is suspected in one of the Congo villages struck by illness

The World Health Organization says that authorities investigating the deaths of at least 60 people in northwestern Congo suspect the water source in one of the areas may have been contaminated

LiveScience · Feb 28, 2025

150,000-year-old stone tools reveal humans lived in tropical rainforests much earlier than thought

Researchers have discovered that humans lived in tropical rainforests 150,000 years ago, around 100,000 years earlier than previous evidence suggested.

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Al Jazeera · Feb 28, 2025

Africa HIV deaths to mount, as Trump stops funding. Here’s why

In South Africa alone, funding cuts could lead to 500,000 deaths in 10 years, experts warn.

LiveScience · Feb 28, 2025

Walvis Bay saltworks: The monster refinery in Namibia with colorful ponds that cover the land like patchwork

Walvis Bay in Namibia is home to the largest solar sea-salt production plant in sub-Saharan Africa. The plant is famous for its brightly colored evaporation ponds.

The Conversation · Feb 28, 2025

Africa’s newest book prize is named after Andreé Blouin: who was she?

Andrée Blouin was a political activist and writer from the Central African Republic. Until recently, her name hardly ever appeared in the grand narratives of Africa’s liberation.

The Guardian - UK · Feb 28, 2025

US shutdown of HIV/Aids funding ‘could lead to 500,000 deaths in South Africa’

Cuts could result in 500,000 deaths over the next 10 years in the country, research suggests

The Independent UK · Feb 28, 2025

Senegal has signed a deal with separatist rebels. But will it end one of Africa's longest conflicts?

Senegal’s government has signed an agreement with separatist rebels to bring peace in its southern region, where an armed rebellion has been raging for over 40 years over calls for independence

The Conversation · Feb 27, 2025

Why Freetown’s celebrated tree planting scheme won’t work for other African cities, or the planet

More than a million trees have been planted in the city of Freetown in Sierra Leone since 2020. This reforestation scheme, known as “FreetownTheTreeTown”, has been celebrated for its innovative approach to climate action, with ambitious plans to plant another 5 million trees by 2030 and 20 million more by…

US Foreign Aid Faces Uncertain Future After Massive Termination

The termination of USAID awards by the Trump administration impacts global aid efforts, particularly in Ukraine and Africa, affecting health and humanitari...

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