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African coast dubbed 'Gates of Hell' home to lions, sharks and more than 1000 shipwrecks

Hundreds of wrecks dating as far back as 500 years can be found along the 500km stretch of desert on Namibia's Skeleton Coast, which is inhabited only by wild animals

Daily Mirror

Monkeypox signs and symptoms: What to look for and how it spreads

Tropical disease originating in Africa has spread across the world since May

The Independent UK

Weary and wary, Kenyans gear up for national elections

East Africa's economic powerhouse will hold elections on Aug. 9 to select a new president, parliament, county governors and assemblies. President Uhuru Kenyatta will be stepping down after serving his constitutionally allowed 10 years.

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US envoy: Africa trip isn't to compete with Russia, China

The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations is heading to Africa, saying she is going to focus on how the United State can help Uganda, Ghana and Cape Verde deal with the food crisis that has hit the continent particularly hard — not to compete with China and Russia

The Independent UK

The HIV prevention drug that could save millions of people – if they can afford it

CAB-LA injections offer stigma-free protection for those at risk – particularly women in Africa. A deal with pharmaceutical companies is crucial

The Guardian - UK

Monkeypox signs and symptoms: What to look for and how it spreads

Tropical disease originating in Africa has spread across the world since May

The Independent UK

On Ghana's roads in 2022: safety has improved but private vehicles are still a menace

Africa is the globe’s least motorised region, accounting for just 2% of the world’s vehicles. Yet it records the highest rate of road deaths. The World Health Organization (WHO) pegs the rate in Africa at 26.6 deaths per 100,000 people. South East Asia’s, the second highest rate in the world,…

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Egypt Launches Initiative to Encourage Investment in Climate Action

The first regional forum organized by the Egyptian presidency for the upcoming UN climate change conference will kick off in Ethiopia on Tuesday. Egypt will host the COP27 United Nations Climate Change Conference 2022 at the Red Sea resort of Sharm El-Sheikh in November. It will organize five major regional…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Myles Turner addresses trade rumors

Myles Turner: I didn't look up what Tanzania was like on Google. I didn't look up what Africa was like. I didn't really even ask for people's opinions. I just wanted to go into it super clear-headed. For me personally, with all this, the wildness ...

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African nations expected to make case for big rise in fossil fuel output

Exclusive: leaders expected to say at Cop27 they need access to their oil and gas reserves despite effect on global heating

The Guardian - UK

How used clothes became part of Africa's creative economy -- and fashion sense

In recent years the global secondhand apparel market for clothing and shoes has grown exponentially. In 2002 used clothing exports were worth US$1.4 billion. Despite a slowdown during the COVID-19 pandemic exports were close to US$4 billion in 2020.

The Conversation

Africa Excluded from Monkeypox Vaccine Distribution Race

WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office Ahmed al-Mandhari has repeatedly stated that “no one is safe until everyone is safe.” This statement, which he was keen to mention in many press conferences held by the regional office since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, underscores the importance…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Travel for Two: Discover the tints, textures and tastes of Cape Town

On an early spring morning, I open wide the sliding doors of my room at Cape Town’s Ellerman House, a hillside hotel above the Atlantic. From the balcony, I watch as low clouds and ghostly mists whisk across the bluest of skies. I don’t know why the color of the…

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No White Saviors: how a campaign against stereotype of helpless Africa rose – and fell

After waging war on ‘white saviourism’ and exposing scandal, NWS imploded after co-founder Kelsey Nielsen was accused of abusing her white privilege – and black staff

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Despite deaths, Africa left to fight monkeypox without vaccine

The vast majority of deaths due to monkeypox have been registered on the African continent. Africa remains the only part of the world with no doses of the vaccine, according to the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The Independent UK

Africa sees some artifacts returned home but seeks far more

African countries’ efforts at restitution of artifacts from institutions in Europe are now blossoming with the return of pieces that once were thought unattainable

The Conversation

Change of guard in Kenya: the 5 reasons neighbours watch every step

Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta – whose final term in office ends after the 9 August polls – has been a key figure in east Africa. Over the last nine years, he has tried to create markets and address issues like peace, malaria and climate change. Within the East African Community,…

The Conversation

Footprints take science a step closer to understanding southern Africa's dinosaurs

Dinosaurs have captured people’s imaginations more than any other ancient creatures. These reptiles – some large, some small; some carnivores and others herbivores – rose and dominated the world’s landscapes for more than 135 million years during a period known as the Mesozoic.

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Brazil, Spain report first deaths from monkeypox

Brazil on Friday reported the first known monkeypox-related death outside Africa in the latest outbreak of the disease. Two other fatalities have since been reported in Spain.

ABC News

Where the Crawdads Sing author Delia Owens is wanted for questioning in a decades-old murder mystery in Zambia

A US television crew was dispatched to Zambia to film the story of a young American couple on a mission to protect African wildlife from poachers but, instead, they ended up recording a murder.

The Independent UK

Spain reports 2nd death from monkeypox

Spain has reported a second death in as many days from monkeypox

Radio France Internationale

First deaths of monkeypox patients outside Africa reported in Spain, Brazil

Spain and Brazil reported their first monkeypox-related deaths on Friday, marking what are thought to be the first non-African fatalities linked to the current outbreak of the disease.

Radio France Internationale

Lavrov's four-nation charm offensive intensifies new scramble for Africa

Last week, Sergei Lavrov, the Russian Foreign Affairs Minister, paid a visit to Africa. As the west attempts to isolate Russia in the wake of the invasion of Ukraine in February, African countries are not equally enthusiastic about western sanctions against Moscow.

The Independent UK

In race for monkeypox vaccines, experts see repeat of COVID

Public health officials warn that moves by rich countries to buy large quantities of monkeypox vaccine could leave millions of people in Africa unprotected against a more dangerous version of the disease

France 24

Spain and Brazil report first monkeypox-related deaths outside Africa

Spain and Brazil reported their first monkeypox virus-related deaths on Friday, followed by Spain reporting its second death on Saturday, marking what are thought to be the first fatalities linked to the current outbreak outside of Africa.

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