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Asda introduces limits to fruit and vegetable purchases amid stock shortages

Certain products that are grown in southern Spain and north Africa, like tomatoes and peppers, are difficult to source at the moment.

Daily Record

Asda and Morrisons ration fresh produce including tomatoes and peppers

Shortages caused by bad weather in southern Europe will be compounded by big fall in salad production in UK

The Guardian - UK

Tomato shortage widens to more fruit and vegetables and likely to last ‘weeks’

Asda and Morrisons are introducing a buying limit across certain types of fruit and vegetables

Evening Standard

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Jill Biden to visit Namibia, Kenya, part of US-Africa push

First lady Jill Biden will visit Namibia and Kenya this week as part of a United States push to step up engagement with Africa

The Independent UK

Asda and Morrisons limit amount of veg shoppers can buy amid warnings of wider shortages

It began with tomatoes but is now widening to other fruit and vegetables

Wales Online

Psychological grit is over-rated as the key to retention in distance education: a South African study debunks the myth

Psychological grit has garnered a lot of interest in the last decade, particularly in the higher education arena. It’s typically defined as passion and perseverance for long-term goals. A great deal has been written about it and the role it plays in the retention and success of tertiary students. Kelly…

The Conversation

Cyclones in southern Africa: five essential reads

Tropical cyclone Freddy was, on 21 February 2023, bearing down on Mauritius and Madagascar. Mauritius grounded flights and, news agency Reuters reported, emergency teams in four regions of Madagascar were braced for “heavy rains, floods and landslides”.

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South Africa and Israel: new memorial park in the Jewish state highlights complex history

Israeli officials and Jewish South African activists inaugurated a memorial park in Tel Mond, a city north of Tel Aviv, in November 2022. Gan Siyabonga (We Thank You Garden) commemorates several dozen Jewish South African anti-apartheid activists who had personal connections to Israel.

The Conversation

G20 host India taps soft power as it champions new world order

BENGALURU: India is set to use this week’s meeting of finance ministers and central bank governors from the Group of 20 nations to try to amplify its influence over developing economies in Asia, Africa and Latin America called the Global South.

The Times of India

Nicholas David obituary

Other lives: Anthropologist and archaeologist who carried out groundbreaking research on Cameroonian communities in west Africa

The Guardian - UK

Some Anglican bishops reject leader Welby over gay marriage

Several Anglican bishops from Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Pacific say they no longer recognize Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby as their leader

The Independent UK

Madagascar, Mozambique set for "dangerous" Cyclone Freddy

A cyclone which is intensifying as it approaches the southeastern African coast has been labeled as “dangerous” by the United Nation’s weather agency on Monday as nations brace for landfall

The Independent UK

There is a myth about mass migration to Europe. But some people do risk it all

The challenges facing Africa are real, but depending on who you talk to, the solution is either to risk it all for a better life in Europe or stay on the continent and fight for a better future there.

WEKU

Festivals, fashion and feather bandits: why ostrich plumage is still worth its weight in gold – a photo essay

In the 19th century the prized feathers were more expensive by weight than gold. Today, from Strictly Come Dancing to the humble feather duster, demand remains high – and is largely met by farms in South Africa’s Western Cape

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Arizona aquarium welcomes endangered African penguin chicks

OdySea Aquarium in Scottsdale salutes ‘tiny arrivals’ in its population of 40 endangered seabirds

Asharq Al-Awsat

Algeria Announces $1 Billion for African Development

Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune said Sunday the North African nation will allocate a billion dollars to finance development projects across the continent through the Algerian Agency of International Cooperation for Solidarity and Development. The official APS news agency said his decision was announced in a speech read by Prime Minister…

Radio France Internationale

Meet the African comic book heroes taking the world by storm

The African presence in the world of comic books and graphic novels is sparse, but Ivorian author Marguerite Abouet is changing that. Thanks to her characters Aya and Akissi, both from the suburbs of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, a new generation of role models is on the way.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Israeli Delegation Expelled from African Union Summit

A senior Israeli diplomat on Saturday was asked to leave the session of the African Union’s annual summit in Ethiopia, in a move that some observers saw as “an African rejection of a fait accompli that Israel wants to impose on the continent,” which has long fought colonialism. Meanwhile, Secretary-General…

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Young Nigerians warming to outsider Peter Obi in final race for presidency

Polls put businessman ahead of the two main parties in next weekend’s elections seen as key ‘inflection point’ for African country

Al Jazeera

Israeli diplomat removed from African Union summit

A bloc official says the envoy was removed because she was not accredited to attend the event in Ethiopia.

Reuters

Senior Israeli diplomat ejected from AU summit as row escalates

A senior Israeli diplomat on Saturday was removed from the African Union's annual summit in Ethiopia, as a dispute over Israel's accreditation to the bloc escalated.

Reuters

U.N. allocates $250 million for crises like famine threat in Africa

The United Nations will spend $250 million from its emergency fund to tackle "forgotten crises' around the world, including helping communities that are facing the risk of famine in Africa, its secretary general said on Saturday.

Reuters

WFP boss says renewing Black Sea grain deal critical for Africa

The head of the U.N. food agency warned on Saturday that failure to renew a U.N.-backed initiative that has enabled Ukraine to export grain from ports blockaded by Russia would be catastrophic as millions in Africa are on the cusp of famine.

Al Jazeera

Security, trade top issues at annual African Union summit

A main focus of the two-day meeting will be on trying to achieve ceasefires in the Sahel and the eastern DRC.

The Conversation

Africa's agribusiness sector should drive the continent's economic development: Five reasons why

Africa’s agriculture sector accounts for about 35% of the continent’s gross domestic product, and provides the livelihood of more than 50% of the continent’s population. These shares are more than double those of the world average and much higher than those of any other emerging region.

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