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Former Atlanta fire chief says God brought slaves to America to save them

ATLANTA — A former Atlanta fire chief, fired eight years ago over his self-published book that likened homosexuality to bestiality, spoke to a group of state government workers Monday for Black History Month. During the meandering speech, Kelvin Cochran said it was God’s plan to bring Africans to America as…

Tribune News Service

Nigeria's opposition parties call elections a 'sham' and demand a new vote

Opposition parties in Africa's largest democracy are crying foul and calling for fresh elections in Nigeria, citing claims of vote rigging.

WEKU

Ugandan lawmaker introduces new anti-LGBTQ legislation

A Ugandan lawmaker on Tuesday introduced draft legislation that he said seeks to prohibit homosexuality in the East African country, voicing widespread anti-gay sentiment that has peaked in recent days

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African students who fled Ukraine told to return to warzone or miss out on uni degrees

Ukraine's Ministry of Education is asking medical students to return by March 14th to sit an exam and requiring them to sign a form stating they are “responsible for their own safety and life”

Daily Mirror

Ugandan, South African leaders urge greater trade in Africa

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has called for stronger trade relations among African countries and lamented the high cost of buying products and services outside the continent

The Independent UK

French court to rule on TotalEnergies' east Africa projects

A Paris court is set to rule on a case pitting French and Ugandan environmentalist groups against oil giant TotalEnergies regarding a major oil field and pipeline projects in east Africa

The Independent UK

Benin passed one of Africa’s most liberal abortion laws. Why are women still dying?

Social and spiritual factors in the west African country mean that desperate women are still risking their lives by resorting to unsafe terminations

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Indorama seeks more acquisitions

SINGAPORE: The SET-listed petrochemical group Indorama Ventures Plc (IVL) is hunting for acquisitions especially in Europe and Africa as part of its strategy to speed up growth, its founder and group chief executive officer told Reuters.

Bangkok Post

Accusations of vote rigging and violence mar Nigeria's presidential elections

The results from Nigeria's presidential elections are trickling in, along with reports of delays, voter intimidation and violence. Also in this edition: French President Emmanuel Macron announces a new approach to Africa ahead of his four-nation tour of the continent. Finally, Burkina Faso prepares for its biannual FESPACO film festival.…

France 24

Macron pledges to reduce French military presence in Africa

President’s comments come ahead trip to continent as Paris seeks to counter growing Chinese and Russian influence

The Guardian - UK

France's strategy in Africa: Macron unveils changing military, economic agenda

With France's influence waning in Africa, it was time to push reset. President Emmanuel Macron has laid out a revamped strategy for the continent. He has insisted Africa is a priority of his second term as president. Indeed, this week he will head there for the second time since being…

France 24

Macron plans 'noticeable reduction' of French military in Africa

President Emmanuel Macron announced on Monday a "noticeable reduction" of France's troop presence in Africa following a withdrawal from Mali and Burkina Faso after years fighting jihadists there.

Radio France Internationale

Biologists discovered a new species of tiny owl on the forested island of Príncipe, and it's already under threat – Podcast

A team of Spanish biologists has discovered a tiny new species of owl, called the Príncipe scops owl, living in a remote forest on an island off the west coast of Africa. In this Discovery episode of The Conversation Weekly, we speak with Bárbara Freitas, a Ph.D. fellow who studies…

The Conversation

Peter Mundy obituary

Other lives: Zoologist who became an expert on the vultures of Africa, and did much to help with their conservation

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The Conversation

Jimmy Carter: the American president whose commitment to Africa went beyond his term

The office of former US president Jimmy Carter (98), who has been frail for some time, has announced that he will no longer seek hospital treatment for his ailments. He has instead opted for hospice care at his modest home in the rural farming village of Plains, Georgia, close to…

Los Angeles Times

Jimmy Carter's final foe: A parasitic worm that preyed on millions in Africa and Asia

ATLANTA — Just a few hours before President Jimmy Carter underwent his first radiation treatment for brain cancer, he spoke of his hope, in the time he had left, to purge the world of a parasitic worm disease.

The Conversation

Cough syrup can harm children: experts warn of contamination risks

The recent deaths of over 300 children in Africa and Asia have prompted the World Health Organization (WHO) to warn about the use of “substandard and falsified” medical products. The organisation called for more efforts to protect children from contaminated medicine. Toxicologists Winston Morgan and Shazma Bashir unpack the story.

The Independent UK

3 parties claim early leads in Nigeria's presidential vote

Each of the three frontrunners in Nigeria’s hotly contested presidential election are claiming they are on the path to victory, as preliminary results trickled in two days after Africa’s most populous nation went to the polls

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Rainbow plates: the chefs reawakening Africa’s taste for vegan food

Can innovative cooks and entrepreneurs take the continent back to its plant-based roots? We’ve included chef Marie Kacouchia’s recipe for Senegalese cauliflower yassa so you can judge for yourself

The Guardian - UK

Weather tracker: Cyclone Freddy brings torrential rain to parts of Africa

Downpours lash Mozambique and Zimbabwe – meanwhile, unseasonably high and low temperatures hit east and west US

The Independent UK

France to unveil new economic, military strategy in Africa

French President Emmanuel Macron will unveil France’s economic and military strategy in Africa in the coming years

Radio France Internationale

Macron to outline revamped Africa strategy ahead of four-nation tour

President Emmanuel Macron is to lay out on Monday France's revamped political and military strategy for Africa, two days ahead of a tour of central African countries, as Paris seeks to counter growing Chinese and Russian influence in the region.

France 24

France must demonstrate 'profound humility' toward Africa, Macron says ahead of four-nation trip

President Emmanuel Macron on Monday outlined France's new strategy for Africa, where anti-French sentiment runs high in some of its former colonies. Ahead of a visit to Gabon, Angola, Congo-Brazzaville and the Democratic Republic of Congo, Macron said that France needs to demonstrate a "profound humility" in Africa.

Reuters

Macron flies to Africa to counter waning French influence

French President Emmanuel Macron will fly to Africa this week in a bid to counter Russian efforts to dislodge France from the continent, after Paris suffered a series of military and political setbacks in its former sphere of influence.

The Independent UK

Jill Biden sees East Africa drought up close, seeks more aid

U.S. first lady Jill Biden has gotten an up-close look at the historic East Africa drought

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