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41 extra days of dangerous heat in 2024 due to climate change, says scientists

According to the report, Human-induced climate change has added an average of 41 days of dangerous heat worldwide in 2024. Read further on Dynamite News:

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'Dangerous New Era': Climate Change Spurs Disaster In 2024

From tiny and impoverished Mayotte to oil-rich behemoth Saudi Arabia, prosperous European cities to overcrowded slums in Africa, nowhere was spared the devastating impact of supercharged climate disasters in 2024.

International Business Times

'Dangerous new era': climate change spurs disaster in 2024

Radio France Internationale

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Who is the most expensive African player of all time?

Africa has never produced a World Cup winning team - but has produced a Ballon d'Or winner...

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Nigerian TikTok star Charity Ekezie uses hilarious skits to dispel ignorance about Africa

Young African voices are gaining popularity on social media the world over, using these platforms for comedy and political debate – and often for political debate that’s also funny.

The Conversation

‘More bullets’: Analysts mull whether Russia will move to Libya after Syria

Russia’s potential redeployment to Libya carries consequences for Moscow, Tripoli and beyond.

Al Jazeera

UAE becomes Africa’s biggest investor amid rights concerns

Activists alarmed at emirati companies’ poor record on labour rights and fear projects may fail to address environmental concerns

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French director Cédric Djedje shines light on Germany's African colonial history

In his play Vielleicht, French-Ivorian director Cédric Djedje lays bare Germany's colonial past, through the story of the 40-year struggle of Afro-descendants to change the names of three streets dedicated to German colonialists in Berlin's African quarter.

Radio France Internationale

Gift-giving was practised by early humans in Africa – how it spread and evolved

For many countries around the world, December is an intense, commercialised period of gift-giving. Not just within families but across all sorts of relationships, such as gifts between buyers and service providers.

The Conversation

What F1 tracks could replace Zandvoort after 2026?

It was announced earlier this month that Zandvoort would hold its final Formula 1 Dutch Grand Prix in 2026.

Autosport

AP PHOTOS: Ballerinas turn one of Kenya's largest slums into a stage for a Christmas show

With perfect pirouettes and plies, dozens of young ballet dancers gracefully moved between the makeshift iron houses of one of Africa’s largest urban slums, spreading Christmas spirit.

The Independent UK

Lookman revels in journey from obscurity to African player of the year

Ademola Lookman summed it up quite neatly after collecting the trophy for best male footballer at the 2024 Confederation of African Football awards. “Four years ago my career felt down," the 27-year-old told the glitterati assembled at the Palais des Congrès in Marrakesh. "But now I’m here as the best…

Radio France Internationale

How Alpine is helping Loeb's bid for Dakar history with an unlikely challenger

The Dakar Rally returns to provide one of motorsport's toughest tests for human and machine in January, with Saudi Arabia again hosting the challenge. It may not be the event it once was when run through Africa to the Senegalese capital [the event's name gives it away] but the test…

Autosport

“I had just taken my first acid trip, and I had an African spear and a Chinese Warlord outfit”: Arthur Brown’s wild tales of Jimi Hendrix, Frank Zappa, David Bowie and more

Jamming with Hendrix, partying with The Who, getting hit on by David Bowie’s wife – The God Of Hellfire has done it all and more

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The Conversation

Climate, migration and conflict mix to create ‘deadly’ intense tropical storms like Chido

Cyclone Chido was an “intense tropical cyclone”, equivalent to a category 4 hurricane in the Atlantic. It made landfall in Mayotte, a small island lying to the north-west of Madagascar on December 14, generating wind gusts approaching 155mph (250km/hr). Later on, it hit Mozambique, East Africa with the same ferocity.

The Guardian - UK

Ugandan runner due to arrive in London after 516 days and 7,700 miles on the road

Deo Kato says journey from Cape Town gave him hope in humanity, despite facing racism from police and passersby on a daily basis

The Independent UK

Why African countries are ousting France’s military, one by one

Paris’s influence on the continent faces the biggest challenge in decades

The Guardian - UK

Esports are booming in Africa – but can its infrastructure keep pace?

Esports teams, leagues and competitions are flourishing, but poor connectivity and rarity of Africa-based servers are hampering expansion

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The Guardian - UK

‘Turn your pain to power’: Ademola Lookman’s rise to the best in Africa

Powerful acceptance speech for best male player at CAF awards matched a specially designed agbada for the occasion

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Understanding Cyclones And Climate Change In Southeast Africa

Mayotte grapples with aftermath of Cyclone Chido, shedding light on climate change's impact on cyclones in southeast Africa.

The Independent UK

Cyclone Chido leaves Mayotte reeling. Warmer oceans fueled it

The Indian Ocean archipelago of Mayotte is reeling from Cyclone Chido, the most intense storm to hit the French territory in 90 years, according to officials

The Conversation

How a giant prehistoric elephant skull helped untangle an evolutionary mystery

400,000 years ago, early humans in Europe, Asia and Africa lived alongside giant straight-tusked elephants, far bigger than their modern-day cousins. Their evolution has long been a mystery to palaeontologists, but an extraordinary, enormous and near-complete skull is helping us uncover an obscure episode in the evolutionary history of these…

Space

Human artifacts abandoned on Mars should be cataloged to track our migration beyond Earth

Just as Homo sapiens once exploded out of Africa to colonize the Earth our influence is spreading in the solar system. New research says we must track the cosmic migration to Mars.

Al Jazeera

Isabel dos Santos: From Africa’s richest woman to ‘dirty money’ probe

Dos Santos is facing sanctions and investigations in Angola, the UK, the US and Portugal.

The Guardian - UK

Africa Foto Fair: ‘You don’t need to fly in somebody from outside to tell us about our own realities’

The annual exhibition, held in a working-class area of Abidjan, Ivory Coast, is organised by photographer Aïda Muluneh, who is determined to tap into the continent’s creative potential

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