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Coca-Cola’s ex-CEO goes for month-long trips across Africa: The 78-year-old has swum with Great Whites and climbed with mountain gorillas—and has no plans on slowing down

At 78 years old, Coca-Cola’s ex-CEO Douglas Ivester is planning his 11th safari. It’s a tradition he started after stepping down from running the $309 billion beverage giant.

Fortune

Human evolution: Facts about the past 300,000 years of Homo sapiens

Discover interesting facts about the origin of the human species and what makes us different from our ape cousins.

LiveScience

How airlines are managing the risk of missile threats and airspace closures

With airspace closures around Russia and Ukraine, throughout the Middle East and in parts of Africa, airlines are left with fewer options

The Independent UK

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Trump names nominees to take over commands in the Middle East and Africa

President Donald Trump is nominating Vice Adm. Brad Cooper to take over as the top U.S. military commander in the Middle East

The Independent UK

Development finance in a post-aid world: the case for country platforms

With the Trump administration slashing US Agency for International Development budgets and European nations shifting overseas development aid budgets to bolster defence spending, the world has entered a “post-aid era”.

The Conversation

3 things Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o taught me: language matters, stories are universal, Africa can thrive

Celebrated Kenyan writer and decolonial scholar Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o passed away on 28 May at the age of 87. Many tributes and obituaries have appeared across the world, but we wanted to know more about Thiong'o the man and his thought processes. So we asked Charles Cantalupo, a leading scholar…

The Conversation

F1 could finally return to Africa. Here’s how

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From gallabiyas to kaftans, how African style went global

The diverse designs coming out of all parts of Africa are rising in popularity – and part of a bigger cultural takeover around the world

The Guardian - UK

Five countries win seats on the UN Security Council

Five countries have won seats on the United Nations Security Council in uncontested elections

The Independent UK

Bill Gates vows to give most of $200bn fortune to African health and education

Tech mogul says “Every country in Africa should be on a path to prosperity’

The Guardian - US

Morocco reveals ambitious £887m plan to host African F1 race

South Africa and Rwanda are keen on hosting a race but Morocco has also joined the list of interested parties

The Independent UK

Africa has the highest rate of forest loss in the world – what the G20 can do about it

Africa needs its forests for sustainable development, poverty reduction, food security, and to make the continent more resilient to climate change. They take up 23% of the continent. At 674 million hectares in extent, these forests occupy an area the same size as the Amazon rainforest.

The Conversation

A precarious success story: In South Africa, the hard-won progress of a youth-led HIV education program is threatened by international funding cuts

Youth rely on mobile health clinics to help curb the spread of HIV. But what happens now?

Fortune

Why are humanitarian crises in African countries so ignored?

The latest Most Neglected Crises report on world’s most invisible humanitarian emergencies lists African nations first.

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High-rise, high expectations: is Casablanca’s finance hub a model for African development?

Morocco’s commercial centre has brought investment to the continent – but critics say it masks domestic inequality

The Independent UK

Starmer changes 50 years of foreign policy to land £33bn deal with Morocco

The UK has recognised Morocco’s claim to the disputed Western Sahara as it unveils a new economic partnership with the north African country

The Conversation

Algae can clean sewage without electricity or chemicals – we put it to the test in South Africa

Across Africa, many rural communities face a growing sanitation crisis. Wastewater treatment systems, where they exist, are often old, overloaded, or broken. In some towns, untreated sewage flows directly into rivers, contaminating water sources and harming both ecosystems and public health.

Euronews

‘In order to build the future of Europe, we need to focus on Africa’, says AMDIE

“In order to build the future of Europe, we need to focus on Africa,” Ali Seddiki, general director of the Moroccan Agency for Investment and Export Development, told The Big Question.

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The Independent UK

Bob Geldof says there is one thing he is more ‘proud’ of than Live Aid

Musician said that it is not the concert itself that he is ‘glad’ about, but the political outcome years later

The Conversation

Togo’s citizens want to leave Ecowas – new survey suggests why

A survey of Togolese citizens recently looked into perceptions of their government’s handling of the terrorist threat in the northern region and of the Alliance of Sahel States – Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger. The survey was carried out by Afrobarometer, an independent, pan-African research network, in partnership with the…

Euronews

At least 11 Sudanese migrants killed in car crash in Libyan desert, authorities say

Libya has become a main transit point for migrants fleeing war and poverty in Africa and the Middle East and hoping to reach Europe, with people traffickers exploiting more than a decade of instability.

Radio France Internationale

Côte d’Ivoire launches West Africa’s first agricultural commodities exchange

After seven years in development, Côte d’Ivoire has launched West Africa’s first agricultural commodities exchange – the Bourse des Matières Premières Agricoles or BMPA.

LiveScience

Kilimanjaro's giant groundsels: The strange plants that thrive on Africa's tallest mountain

Giant groundsels are rare plants that grow up to 30 feet (9 meters) tall. They are endemic to the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro, a dormant volcano in Tanzania and Africa's tallest mountain.

Latin Times

Feds Uncover Global Money Laundering Network Tied to Sinaloa Cartel, Syrian Regime, and Colombian Guerrillas

Three men face U.S. charges in a transnational scheme that allegedly funneled drug profits through crypto, exchanged arms for cocaine, and linked cartels with militant groups across Latin America, the Middle East, and Africa.

International Business Times

New York's Met Museum Sheds New Light On African Art Collection

From a delicate 13th-century clay figure to self-portraits by photographer Samuel Fosso, New York's Metropolitan Museum reopens its African art collection on Saturday, exploring the "complexity" of the past and looking to the present.

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