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South Africa's universities aren't training future civil servants for what the country needs

Many analysts blame state capture – the corruption of the management of public affairs – for the weakening of state capacity in South Africa. A judicial commission of inquiry into the problem laid it bare.

The Conversation

Is landlocked Ethiopia starting another war over ports in Horn of Africa?

Ethiopia’s tone on access to a seaport is seen as either a distraction from domestic policy failures or start of a war.

Al Jazeera

Kenya manufacturer is first in Africa to get WHO approval for malaria drug

Pre-qualification seen as significant step towards self-sufficiency in healthcare in continent where more than 70% of drugs are imported

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Nigeria’s women vice-chancellors: I know what it’s like to be one, and why there are so few

The secretary-general of the Committee of Vice-Chancellors in Nigeria recently disclosed that only 38 women have been vice-chancellors of universities in Nigeria since 1960, out of more than 720 in total. The Conversation Africa asked Ekanem Braide, the Nigerian Academy of Science president and a former vice-chancellor, why this is…

The Conversation

Death and displacement as floods hit East Africa

The recent downpours underscore the region’s vulnerability to climate change, which is leading to more extreme weather.

Al Jazeera

IIT Madras opens offshore campus in Zanzibar, Tanzania

IIT Madras launches Zanzibar campus; 50 students admitted. 8 Indian students join PG programme. 22 UG students from Africa, 40% women. IIT to invest in knowledge, Zanzibar govt to bear expenses. 5 new programmes planned in 5 yrs. Banks to facilitate loans for Indian students. Permanent campus to be built…

The Hindu

Rwanda announces visa-free travel for all Africans as continent opens up to free movement of people

Rwanda announced Thursday that it will allow all Africans to travel visa-free to the country, becoming the latest nation on the continent to announce such a measure aimed at boosting free movement of people

The Independent UK

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Access all arias for South Africa’s rising young opera singers

A pioneering initiative in Cape Town is helping a new generation thrive in what was once seen as a ‘white space’

The Guardian - UK

Birds of east Africa: new book reveals their extraordinary diversity and changing behaviour

101 Curious Tales of East African Birds is a new book that uses academic research to tell fascinating stories about the tropical birds of east Africa, from well-known species to rare ones. It also explores changing bird behaviour in the region. Its author, Colin Beale, studies shifts in the distribution…

The Conversation

US officials, lawmakers express support for extension of Africa trade program

U.S. officials and lawmakers expressed support for the extension of a trade program that grants eligible African countries duty-free access to U.S. markets

The Independent UK

Watch great white shark get mobbed by gang of seals in 'incredible and surprising' footage

Astonishing footage from Planet Earth III, which premieres Nov. 4 on BBC America and AMC+, shows a herd of seals fending off an attack by the world's most notorious predator off the southern coast of Africa.

LiveScience

Kendrick Lamar plans to bring major concerts to Africa through new Global Citizen initiative

Rapper Kendrick Lamar will headline Move Afrika: A Global Citizen Experience, a new initiative to establish an international touring circuit on the continent of Africa launching with a concert in Kigali, Rwanda on Dec. 6

The Independent UK

Relics of huge primordial collision reside in Earth's deep interior

Seismologists have recognised since the 1970s that two mysterious continent-sized blobs reside in the deepest part of Earth’s mantle, one under Africa and the other under the South Pacific region

The Hindu

Toto’s David Paich on the making of Africa: “We had fun with it like The Beatles did, made a loop, adding instruments one at a time, and then it just took off”

RECORDING WEEK 2023: He also says that “Keith Emerson was our Jimi Hendrix”

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The Independent UK

AP Week in Pictures: Europe and Africa

Oct. 27 – Nov. 2, 2023

France 24

'In Senegal, homophobia follows you even after death': Mob exhumes, burns corpse

A mob in a small town in Senegal dug up the body of a man suspected of being gay, dragged his body through the streets and then burned it during the night of October 28, 2023. While there have been other instances of exhumations of people suspected of being gay,…

The Independent UK

Rwanda announces visa-free travel for all Africans as continent opens up to free movement of people

LiveScience

500-year-old lion drawing in Puerto Rican cave may have been made by an enslaved African

There were no lions in 16th-century Puerto Rico — so was the cave drawing made by someone who'd actually seen one?

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The Conversation

Giraffes could go extinct – the 5 biggest threats they face

Giraffes are the world’s tallest mammals and an African icon, but they are also vulnerable to extinction.

The Conversation

Some African governments are spending millions to spy on their citizens – stifling debate and damaging democracy

Governments around the world use surveillance technology to monitor external threats to national security. Some African governments are also spending vast sums on mass surveillance of their own citizens.

Zenger

Man Set To Break Record By Walking Up Africa’s Biggest Mountain Backwards

It all stems from just wanting to give myself something really unique to work toward. The post Man set to break record by walking up Africa’s biggest mountain backwards appeared first on Talker.

The Independent UK

French dealer sued for buying African mask ‘rarer than da Vinci painting’ for £130 and selling it for £3.7m

Gabon’s government demands rare artefact of ancestors be returned home: ‘This mask has a soul’

The Independent UK

UK pledges £38 million for AI projects including labs in Africa

Canada’s International Development Research Centre and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation have also pledged funds.

The Hindu

China welcome to be part of International Solar Alliance: Union Minister for Renewable Energy

The membership of the International Solar Alliance is open to all member states of the United Nations and everyone is welcome to join: ISA Co-President

Digital Camera World

Rare lunar analemma photographed over the Egyptian Pyramids!

An astrophotographer in Egypt has shot a lunar analemma over the Pyramids – the first to have been captured in Africa!

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