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Morocco set a proud example for Africa as France await at World Cup

The 2022 World Cup semi-finalists have delighted fans at home and set an example to other sides beset with off-field problems

The Guardian - UK

Can Anyone Stop Nigeria? Super Falcons Eye Record 11th WAFCON Title as Morocco and South Africa Plot Upset

Nigeria's Super Falcons head to Morocco to defend their Women's Africa Cup of Nations title, aiming for a record 11th win amidst strong competition from top African teams.

International Business Times UK

South Sudan at 15: how the political elite have found a way to profit from peace as well as war

South Sudan’s independence from Sudan in 2011 was meant to close the chapter on one of Africa’s longest civil wars: the north-south war that preceded it. Formally, it did. But independence did not end the deeper struggles over power, revenue and coercion inside the newly independent state.

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During the 1980s drought, a Burkina Faso farmer revived an ancient zai farming technique that turned barren land into a 40-hectare forest and inspired land restoration across the Sahel

In the early 1980s, as a severe drought gripped the Sahel region of West Africa, a farmer in northern Burkina Faso named Yacouba Sawadogo began quietly reviving an old, largely abandoned farming technique on land near his village that many considered too degraded to ever grow anything again. The technique,…

The Times of India

Climate justice in Africa: floods, fossil fuels and the fightback

This week in Spotlight on Africa, we look at climate change, environmental justice and the challenges of adaptation. While Europe's heatwaves make headlines, temperatures are also climbing across Africa, with parts of the Sahel approaching 50°C. West Africa is also experiencing severe flooding caused by climate change. Yet Africa is…

Radio France Internationale

The cities most at risk from extreme heat, ranked

More than 95 per cent of the cities at the greatest risk are in South Asia, Southeast Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa

The Independent UK

What will AI do for us? Young adults in lower-income countries feel more positive about its potential – new survey

Young people in low- and middle-income countries appear generally more optimistic about how AI can enhance their work prospects and social lives than their western peers, according to our new survey of people in ten countries in Africa and South Asia.

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Meet Paranthropus: The ancient human cousin that may have made the first stone tools 2.6 million years ago

For much of the last century, the story of early technology seemed straightforward. The genus Homo made stone tools, and their appearance marked a turning point on the path that eventually led to modern humans. The idea was so deeply embedded in human origins research that even Homo habilis was…

The Times of India

How US is using cash and threats to dump migrants in Africa

ABUJA - It began with threats of US visa bans on a swathe of African nations. Then Washington started to scatter migrants from all over the world to various corners of the continent, often with cash sweeteners for their governments.

Bangkok Post

Africa’s wildlife laws follow a colonial model which separates people and animals: why it’s not working

Africa is home to many iconic national parks and marine reserves, such as Virunga in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Niokolo-Koba in Senegal, Kruger National Park in South Africa and Serengeti National Park in Tanzania. Many of them were established during the colonial era, and nearly half are still…

The Conversation

The Netherlands and Germany pledge return of 2,000 artefacts to Ghana

Ghana is set to receive around 2,000 looted artefacts from the Netherlands and Germany, in one of the largest cultural restitution efforts involving the West African nation to date.

Radio France Internationale

For thousands of years, this giant tortoise has been digging burrows across the Sahara, and scientists now think those tunnels may play a bigger ecological role than anyone realised

Across the harsh, sun-scorched edges of the Sahara and the Sahel, one of Africa's largest reptiles has been quietly doing something that scientists are only now beginning to properly study, digging burrows so extensive that they may be reshaping the very soil around it. The African spurred tortoise, known scientifically…

The Times of India

Mandela’s dream of ‘rainbow nation’ shaken by wave of deadly anti migrant protests

IN FOCUS: Xenophobic violence has swept through South Africa as the country continues to struggle with poverty and deep inequality. Experts tell Alex Croft that the latest demonstrations threaten the foundations built after apartheid

The Independent UK

Baptism record at Manchester Cathedral offers insight into Black Mancunian life in Georgian-era England

A parish entry reveals an argument that proved pivotal to the abolitionist cause, at a time when an estimated 20,000 Black people were living in the country

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The Economic Times

Sahara vs Great Green Wall: An 8,000-km green belt is being built across Africa's Sahel region; aims to stop desert expansion

Africa's Great Green Wall is an 8,000-kilometre restoration initiative stretching from Senegal to Djibouti, aimed at reversing decades of desertification across the Sahel. Launched by the African Union in 2007, the project targets restoration of 100 million hectares of land, creation of 10 million jobs and improved food security for…

The Times of India

Spain has an island where people speak entirely through whistles, full sentences travel across kilometres of mountain valleys, and every child still learns the language in school

On a small, mountainous island in the Canary archipelago off the coast of northwest Africa, an entire community still communicates using nothing but whistles. The island is called La Gomera, and the whistled language, known as Silbo Gomero, can carry a full sentence across several kilometres of deep mountain ravine,…

The Guardian - UK

‘They ate the shrimp, they even ate the crab’: Thai fishers count the cost of a voracious invader

Huge numbers of blackchin tilapia, a fish native to west Africa, are wreaking havoc among Thailand’s river ecosystems. Experts – and some chefs – are seeking sustainable solutions

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French football chief condemns Chilavert’s remarks that Les Bleus are ‘a squad from Africa’

Philippe Diallo says the former Paraguay goalkeeper has ‘fallen into disgrace’ after his remarks about France’s roster

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Argentina 3-2 Cape Verde: Champions end African fairytale in World Cup classic

Cape Verde’s World Cup debut ended in heartbreak at the hands of Argentina after Diney Borges’ extra-time own-goal handed them a 3-2 win in…

Evening Standard

What is the Nations Championship, how does it work and how to watch every game

England meet South Africa as a brand new international rugby union competition gets underway with an unusual format

The Guardian - UK

Overseas education project for women and girls axed by UK after two years

The programme, aimed at keeping 1m girls in school across Africa, Asia and the Middle East, withdrawn after aid cuts

The Guardian - UK

For all Cape Verde’s heroics, Africa’s World Cup could and perhaps should have been better

Egypt and Morocco are in the last 16 after shootouts, but Africa’s pyramid appears to be getting broader rather than much higher

Bangkok Post

Pope defends migrants at Mediterranean island frontier

LAMPEDUSA, Italy - Pope Leo XIV on Saturday visited Lampedusa island, a major port of call for migrants risking the perilous crossing from Africa, in a stark message to US and EU leaders.

France 24

Pope defends migrants on symbolic visit to key immigration hub Lampedusa

Pope Leo XIV arrived on Saturday on Italy's Lampedusa island, a major port of call for migrants who risked the perilous crossing from North Africa, in a symbolic rebuke to the anti-immigrant rhetoric coming from US and EU political factions.

The Independent UK

Autism remains widely misunderstood in parts of Africa. A mother in Guinea fights for her child

A family in Guinea first sought help from a traditional healer when their son showed signs of autism as a child

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