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Saudi Arabia Prepares to Host One of Largest Int’l Mining Conferences

Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Industry and Mineral Resources (MIM) has announced preparations for the second Future Minerals Forum (FMF), which will take place from January 10-12, 2023 at the King Abdulaziz International Conference Center in Riyadh. The FMF will gather global mining industry leaders, including governments and business executives from…

Asharq Al-Awsat

African teams played fewest games against World Cup opponents in last four years

All five African sides exited in the group stage in 2018

The Independent UK

Dozens died trying to cross this fence into Europe in June. This man survived

Migrants spend years trying to get to Melilla, Spain — an enclave city on the African continent. It's a perilous journey that led to dozens of deaths in June.

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The African scuba divers rewriting the slave trade narrative

For so long the story of the slave trade has come from the settlers, Rachel Chason meets the people trying to change that

The Independent UK

No, the French are not destroying their vehicles in Mali and Burkina Faso

A video showing vehicles being destroyed in Africa has sparked all kinds of explanations on social media since it first appeared on November 13. The two most popular theories are that the video shows French troops destroying vehicles while pulling out of Mali or that it shows French actions as…

France 24

From refugee camps to the World Cup: Africa-born Aussies relish France clash

Australia’s Awer Mabil, Thomas Deng and Garang Kuol were each born to refugee parents from war-torn South Sudan. On Tuesday, the trio of Socceroos will step onto a World Cup pitch for the first time to take on defending champions France, a nation that has built much of its recent…

France 24

LGBTIQ learners at risk in South Africa as conservative Christian groups fight plans for safer schools

Advocacy groups in South Africa are intensifying their efforts to prevent the country’s education department from creating safer environments for children of diverse gender identities and sexual orientations. Some of the advocacy groups have ties to conservative US Christian groups.

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West African states to increase cooperation as jihadists move beyond Sahel

West African coastal states are holding talks on boosting military cooperation against jihadist violence spilling over from the Sahel. This follows recent announcements that several international peacekeeping contingents are being withdrawn from Mali.

Radio France Internationale

Oti Mabuse hopes to make more documentaries after returning to her roots in the BBC’s My South Africa

Exclusive: The Dancing On Ice judge says she was proud to be able to represent her birth country in an authentic way

Evening Standard

UN Envoy Warns Against Return of War in Ethiopia

UNHCR Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa Mohammed Abdi Affey has warned the Ethiopian parties against a return to fighting between the government and the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), saying any such move could cause a humanitarian catastrophe. Affey announced there were 103 million displaced persons and refugees,…

Asharq Al-Awsat

AP Week in Pictures: Europe and Africa

Nov. 11-Nov. 17, 2022

The Independent UK

Hundreds of UK trophy hunters bought tickets to win holiday killing wildlife in Africa

The Lucky Hunter winner gets a £2,000 holiday with a guaranteed 10 animals to shoot, including wildebeest, impala and antelope

Daily Mirror

Gates Foundation pledges $7B for health, farming in Africa

Bill Gates, on a visit to Kenya, has announced his foundation will spend $7 billion to improve health, gender equality and farming in Africa

The Independent UK

Victorian Liberals tasked with winning back African voters after 2018 'gang violence' election campaign

Headlines around the 2018 state election focused on the threat of so-called "African gangs", and it's left an enduring mark – on the community it tarnished and the Liberal Party trying to win majority support so it can form government.

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The Conversation

COP27 roundup: how the world can stick to its carbon budget fairly

How much CO₂ can humanity emit before we push global temperatures 1.5°C above the pre-industrial average? That was the limit agreed in 2015 which scientists say offers us a reasonable chance of averting climate breakdown. The answer, according to a new assessment of the remaining carbon budget, is 380 billion…

Reuters

Gates Foundation pledges $7 billion for Africa as Ukraine war diverts donor cash

The Bill Melinda Gates Foundation said on Thursday it was committing $7 billion to Africa over the next four years, as Bill Gates warned that the Ukraine crisis was reducing the amount of aid flowing to the continent.

Chicago Sun-Times

From an ‘Emily in Paris’ cookbook, to Africa’s impact on global style, to the British royals in Vogue, books make great holiday gifts

There’s always a great selection around the holidays for a range of ages and interests.

The Conversation

Can an African team win the World Cup? New football study crunches the numbers

Many football lovers hope an African team will finally win the men’s 2022 Fifa World Cup. The world has been waiting for this since the great Brazilian player Pelé predicted (in the 1970s) that an African country would win before the year 2000. That didn’t happen, but it didn’t stop…

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The Independent UK

Senegal World Cup squad 2022: Full fixtures, group, ones to watch, odds and more

The champions of Africa have the chance to add to a historic year and emulate the side of 20 years ago

The Conversation

African mountains are feeling the heat of climate change

Mountains are special places. They have distinctive climates that are generally cooler and wetter than surrounding lowlands, and they host plants, animals and landscapes that are uniquely found in these environments. However, mountains are under threat because of climate change, and this has an impact on every single property of…

The Independent UK

Obama to announce expansion of young leaders program to US

An Obama Foundation program that has trained hundreds of young leaders across Africa, the Asia-Pacific and Europe is being expanded to include the United States

WEKU

Even remote corners of Africa are feeling the costly impacts of war in Ukraine

In Chad, one of the continent's poorest countries, rising food and fuel prices — and drought — have left many hungry and unable to afford the limited food that is for sale.

The Guardian - UK

‘You’ll rarely find a climate denier in east Africa’

Having spent years in the US, journalist Caroline Kimeu is now seeing the agonising impacts of the climate crisis in Kenya

Daily Record

Woman fumes after being stuck with brown water for months as crates of bottled water are sent to her

Water bosses have admitted the supply to Aynslie Collis' house "might not be aesthetically pleasing," but have insisted it is safe.

Al Jazeera

World Cup 2010: When football’s biggest party arrived in Africa

In the 2015 FIFA corruption case, it emerged the bidding process was corrupted by paying bribes to then-FIFA official.

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