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Startups Eye Metaverse, NFTs, to Solve Africa’s Economic Woes

It might sound like science fiction, but a Nigerian-born tech entrepreneur thinks he has found a way for Africans to escape problems like inequality and bad governance - a virtual nation born online. His is among a number of African-led virtual projects that aim to help the world's poorest continent…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Africa looks to private sector to fund ocean climate action

Countries on Africa’s west coast are increasingly turning to climate funding initiatives to boost livelihoods of oceanside communities, aid biodiversity and take climate action

The Independent UK

Climate adaptation bill for African countries to dwarf health spending

Eleven nations least responsible for global heating must spend up to 22% of GDP on dealing with effects of it

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Food crisis deteriorates rapidly, with African continent among hardest hit

In tonight's edition: Olympic champion Mo Farah has revealed he was trafficked to Britain as a child from Djibouti. The war in Ukraine has deepened a food emergency that is affecting a staggering 346 million people in parts of Africa. And communities in Niger are ramping up training in farming…

France 24

Morocco and Botswana battle for firsts at Africa Cup of Nations

Morocco boss Reynald Pedros urged his players on Tuesday to look beyond the glory of qualification for next year’s World Cup and focus on claiming a first women’s Africa Cup of Nations trophy.

Radio France Internationale

Company of Heroes 3 Interview: Gameplay Evolution in North Africa

Company of Heroes 3 has big shoes to fill when it releases this November.

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Africa is a treasure trove of medicinal plants: here are seven that are popular

Plants have directly contributed to the development of important drugs. The antimalarial treatment artemisinin, pain medication morphine, and cancer chemotherapy taxol are just three examples of drugs derived from plants. Africa is endowed with up to 45,000 plant species – about 25% of the world’s plant genetic resources. More than…

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Angolans mourn ex-leader; family seeks to keep body in Spain

Relatively low-key commemorations are taking place in Angola to mark the death of former longtime President Jose Eduardo dos Santos, who died last week in Spain where his family is taking steps to prevent his body from being returned to the southern African country

The Independent UK

Rwanda deportation flights 'delayed until September' as Tories slug it out over leader

Despite a delay to court proceedings, the Home Office today declined to rule out attempting to put asylum seekers on flights to central Africa - although government insiders say there is "zero chance" of this happening

Daily Mirror

AU’s 20th anniversary brings mixed feelings on continental legacy

Experts say inconsistency in the African Union’s responses to conflict on the continent has muted the body’s efficiency.

Al Jazeera

Sadio Mane favourite to beat Mohamed Salah to African Footballer of the Year award

Mane helped Senegal win their first Africa Cup of Nations earlier this year

The Independent UK

West must force private lenders to ease Africa’s crippling debt, say campaigners

Banks and traders have been ‘let off the hook’ by G7 despite being more to blame for the looming crisis than China

The Guardian - UK

The monkeypox outbreak was avoidable and warning signs were ignored, expert says

Monkeypox has been a developing problem for decades and the current global outbreak was avoidable, but the looming threat was largely ignored, according to a leading expert on the virus.

WEKU

UN to Monitor Ukraine War for Violations Against Children

The United Nations announced Monday it will start monitoring the war in Ukraine and conflicts in Ethiopia, Mozambique and Africa’s central Sahel region for violations against children, including killings, injuries, recruitment, rape and other forms of sexual violence. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in his annual report to the Security Council…

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The Independent UK

UN to monitor Ukraine war for violations against children

The United Nations says it will start monitoring the war in Ukraine and conflicts in Ethiopia, Mozambique and Africa’s central Sahel region for violations against children, including killings, injuries, recruitment, rape and other forms of sexual violence

The Guardian - UK

Calls for crackdown on gangs in South Africa after spate of gun attacks

Attack on tavern near Johannesburg in which 15 were killed was one of several similar incidents over the weekend

The Guardian - UK

Britain must show compassion and leadership over the global food crisis

Letter: Impending famine in the Horn of Africa demands the UK restore its aid budget, writes Selena Victor

The Conversation

Cape Town's caracals are exposed to harmful 'forever chemicals' through their diet

If you live near or have visited Cape Town’s urban edge – where urban and natural areas meet – you may have been lucky enough to spot a caracal. These adaptable, medium-sized wild cats with distinctive long tufted ears can be found in other parts of the African continent too,…

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Executive Order review – hostile environment hits Brazil in chillingly believable dystopia

Lázaro Ramos’s debut, in which a hardline government issues orders to deport Brazil’s Black population to Africa, moves from satire to survivalism

The Independent UK

South Africa travel guide: Everything you need to know before you go

Wildlife, winelands and winsome beaches – South Africa is a holiday favourite for a reason

Salon

The world of spirits from Africa

Daniel Idowu, director of Value Africa, is bringing these spirits — and the stories behind them — to the UK

Radio France Internationale

It’s a long, weary ride for refugees who make it to Kenya

For many refugees in eastern Africa, Kenya is home – with UNHCR figures showing that more than half a million live in the country. While Kenya is the final destination for many, it is also the beginning of an odyssey of paperwork.

WEKU

Angola's José Eduardo dos Santos, once one of Africa's longest-serving rulers, dies

Dos Santos died at 79 after a long illness. Under his watch, Angola became sub-Saharan Africa's second-largest oil producer — but the wealth didn't reach the people.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Morocco Arrests 25 Suspected of Planning Crossing into Spain

Moroccan police on Saturday said they arrested more than 20 Africans suspected of planning an illegal crossing into Spain, after a deadly attempt last month. Police from the northern port city of Tangiers disrupted "an illegal immigration attempt and questioned 25 people originally from sub-Saharan Africa", the DGNS security service…

Radio France Internationale

Angola's Dos Santos, one of Africa's longest-serving leaders, dies in Spain

Jose Eduardo dos Santos, who ruled Angola with an iron fist for 38 years, died on Friday at a hospital in Barcelona after suffering cardiac arrest, the government said. He was 79.

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