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China-Africa cooperation eyes further progress in upcoming expo

BEIJING: The third China-Africa Economic and Trade Expo scheduled from June 29 to July 2 in the central Chinese city of Changsha will help advance high-quality economic and trade cooperation between the two sides, building on current achievements, officials said Tuesday.

Bangkok Post

Africa Rising With Afua Hirsch review – 51 more episodes of this fascinating series please!

This skilful three-part documentary about Africa’s cultural renaissance looks at Nigeria, Morocco and South Africa. Expect everything from TikTok dances to the legacy of Fela Kuti

The Guardian - UK

Shaka Zulu is back in pop culture – how the famous king has been portrayed over the decades

Shaka Zulu is one of the most famous figures in South African history, even though not much is actually known about him. The subject of a hit 1980s TV show and of many books, Shaka is reframed by each generation. Now he’s back in popular culture with a major new…

The Conversation

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LPG is a fossil fuel. Experts explain why it's still Africa's best option for cleaner, greener cooking (for now)

Africa’s growing population desperately needs clean, modern energy in the home. Currently, more than 900 million people, 85% of the region’s population, still rely on solid biomass fuel (like wood and charcoal) and kerosene for cooking. These energy sources are highly polluting, inefficient and unsafe.

The Conversation

South African activist Frank Anthony wrote a novel that has been forgotten: why it shouldn't have been

How does it come about that a man who dedicated the greater part of his life to a vision of a just South Africa, and sacrificed his family and personal relationships to do so, disappears from the annals of the country’s history?

The Conversation

Fat cat! Woman's pet cat grows to be the size of an adult male bobcat

Dexter is a F6 savannah cat which means he's six generations removed from a Serval - the wild cat which is native to Africa - and his size means life with the moggy is anything but ordinary

Daily Mirror

Faustin Linyekula: 'Is it still possible to dream from the ruins of my country?'

Congolese dancer Faustin Linyekula honours his beautiful and troubled country through dance. The prolific award-winning artist, who's been a fixture of dance festivals in Avignon, Brussels and Johannesburg since the early 2000s, is in France with two shows at the Chaillot theatre in Paris. He speaks to Eve Jackson about…

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Romania recalls envoy to Kenya over racist comment

African group ‘not prepared to participate in same spaces with Dragos Viorel Tigau

The Independent UK

TV tonight: the young creatives giving Africa a cultural shake-up

Afua Hirsch travels to Morocco in the opener of Africa Rising. Plus: Jay Blades delves into East End history and Bridget Everett’s gorgeous Somebody Somewhere. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o: three days with a giant of African literature

The long read: The Kenyan novelist’s life and work has intersected with many of the biggest events of the past century. At 85, he reflects on his long, uncompromising life in writing

The Guardian - UK

Do you need to wash rice before cooking? Here's the science

Rice is a staple food for billions of people in Asia and Africa. It’s also a versatile ingredient for many iconic dishes from around the world, including dolmades from Greece, risottos from Italy, paella from Spain and rice puddings from the United Kingdom.

The Conversation

Sampa the Great taps into music of her African childhood on new album

The Zambia-born artist is currently in the midst of a North American tour, promoting her second full-length album, ‘As Above, So Below.’

Chicago Sun-Times

South Africa's ruling party expels former top official accused of corruption

South Africa’s ruling African National Congress party expelled its former secretary-general on Monday for misconduct and other breaches of party rules

The Independent UK

5 new mysteries and thrillers for the start of summer

These new releases might take you from Europe to Africa to the Middle East to Russia and the United States — without leaving your hammock.

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The Guardian - UK

‘A single cut brings excruciating pain’: haemophilia patients struggle to access care in Nigeria

People living with the blood disorder are often unable to obtain a diagnosis or vital treatment – a situation that is replicated across much of Africa

The Independent UK

In Uganda, a recent ban on charcoal making disrupts a lucrative but destructive business

The burning of charcoal, an age-old practice in many African societies, is now restricted business across northern Uganda amid a wave of resentment by locals who have warned of the threat of climate change stemming from the uncontrolled felling of trees by outsiders

Bangkok Post

Why malaria still persists in much of Africa

We think of malaria as a problem faced only by humid, hot countries. But just over a century ago, the disease thrived as far north as Siberia and the Arctic Circle, and was endemic in 36 states of the US. We don't have specific data that far back for Thailand,…

The Guardian - UK

Ama Ata Aidoo obituary

One of Africa’s most influential playwrights and poets who served as education minister in her native Ghana

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The Independent UK

Why Southern African skincare deserves a spot on our top shelves

Grounded in ancestral knowledge and formulated from the region’s rich array of botanicals, the product offers a beauty perspective that much of the world has not yet seen, writes Adele Cardani

Bangkok Post

Row in Germany over Benin bronzes

BERLIN: In a move that many hailed as a salve for the historic wounds between Europe and Africa, Germany last December returned 22 artefacts, looted during the colonial era, to what is now Nigeria.

The Independent UK

Renowned artist confronts destruction of African wildlife in latest art show

Renowned photographer and artist Roger Ballen is staging an art exhibition in the heart of Johannesburg that is addressing the destruction of African wildlife and the relationship between humans and animals on the continent

Multichannel News

The Africa Channel To Air Wild Africa Fund Concert Series

Series features Alyn Sano, Ckay, Musa Keys, Focalistic, Macky2, Zikhona, Anita Jaxson, Bombshell, Towela, Top Cheri

WEKU

Here's how NPR reporters around the world are dealing with air pollution

As Canada and parts of the U.S. confront declines in air quality due to smoke from Canadian wildfires, NPR reporters in Asia, Latin America and Africa share their experiences.

Radio France Internationale

World’s oldest prehistoric burial site discovered in South Africa

Paleoanthropologist Lee Berger claims that the oldest burial site in the world, dating back to some 200,000 to 300,000 years ago, is in South Africa. He believes the primitive Homo naledi species buried their dead and carved symbols on tomb walls. The findings challenge the current understanding of human evolution.

The Independent UK

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