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Aid cuts could not come at worse time for Africa’s forgotten wars, Red Cross warns

IN FOCUS: Exclusive: The Africa director for the International Committee of the Red Cross shares a stark warning with Nick Ferris about escalating conflicts across the continent being ignored – just as aid cuts are set to further reduce what little support is available

The Independent UK

European airlines boost direct flights to Asia and Africa as passengers avoid Middle East

Travellers looking to avoid once-popular stopover hubs like Dubai and Doha are increasing demand for long-haul direct routes.

Euronews

Sierra Leone’s digital ID push: how local brokers help citizens gain legal identity

An estimated 542 million Africans lack identity cards and potentially face statelessness. Without a legal identity, they can be excluded from basic human rights like education, healthcare and protection.

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Spotlight on Africa: Africa faces security worries as Iran conflict spreads

US and Israeli attacks on Iran are raising concerns across Africa, from security risks in the Horn of Africa to economic pressures and fears for migrant workers in the Gulf. They also come as West African countries step up cooperation against spreading jihadist violence. In this week’s Spotlight on Africa…

Radio France Internationale

‘The world’s memory’: why Nigeria is burying its history under a mountain in Svalbard

It is the first African country to deposit data in the Arctic World Archive, a storage facility designed to protect records of everything from cultural practices to historical events

The Guardian - UK

Pope Leo to visit mosque and call for peace during landmark Africa tour

Throughout his travels, he will meet with local bishops and celebrate Masses for the faithful

The Independent UK

A look at South Africa's extreme move to deploy the army to fight crime, by the numbers

South Africa’s president has authorized a yearlong deployment by the army to fight crime in some of the country’s violence-stricken areas

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Mental health laws ignore traditional care in Africa: insights from 5 countries

When Idoko, a 23-year-old man living in rural Benue State, north central Nigeria, began hearing voices, withdrawing from family and speaking incoherently, his family’s first call was not to a psychiatrist. They took him to a local faith-based prayer group, where members pray over people believed to be afflicted by…

The Conversation

Sea levels around Africa are rising faster than the global average: what’s behind this alarming trend

For over three decades, satellites orbiting Earth have measured the height of the ocean surface with remarkable precision. These measurements are crucial because changes in ocean height are one of the clearest indicators of how our planet is responding to climate change. Rising ocean surfaces signal warming temperatures, melting ice…

The Conversation

Africa particularly vulnerable as Iran conflict disrupts supply chains, say experts

Food production in many African countries depends heavily on fertiliser imported from the Gulf through the strait of Hormuz

The Guardian - UK

Climate finance has failed Africa twice over – how to fix it

The effects of climate change are no longer a future risk for Africa. They are a present crisis.

The Conversation

Gulf investors seen likely to keep funding Africa renewable energy despite the Iran war

Renewable energy projects in Africa that depend on Middle Eastern sovereign wealth funds and state-backed companies will likely press ahead despite the Iran conflict, analysts say, thanks to the continent's surging appetite for power and fuel

The Independent UK

Congo-Brazzaville's Sassou Nguesso set to extend four-decade rule

Congo-Brazzaville holds elections Sunday in a vote expected to extend 82-year-old President Denis Sassou Nguesso's more than four decades in power in the oil-rich central African country. Observers say voter turnout could reach a record low.

Radio France Internationale

Electric vehicles could soon be cheaper than petrol cars in Africa – if financing barriers fall

The cost of electric vehicles (EVs) has long looked like a barrier to adoption in Africa. Most researchers didn’t expect battery power to become affordable enough to replace petrol or diesel on the continent before 2040.

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What are the consequences of war in the Middle East for African countries?

As oil prices soared to more than $100 a barrel this week, what will the economic consequences of the war in the Middle East be for African countries? Which sectors are most at risk? RFI spoke to Guinea-Bissau economist Carlos Lopes, former executive secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission…

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Meta’s massive undersea cable project has been put on hold by regional hostilities – 2Africa Pearls project suffers another setback

The conflict in the Middle East has forced Meta's 2Africa Red Sea and 'Pearls' sections to go on hold.

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Dollar Strength and West African Rains Weigh on Cocoa Prices

May ICE NY cocoa (CCK26 ) today is down -33 (-1.00%), and May ICE London cocoa #7 (CAK26 ) is down -6 (-0.25%). Cocoa prices are sliding today, pressured by a rally in the dollar index ($DXY ) to a 3.5-month high. Also, optimism that rain in West Africa will...

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Iran conflict delays Meta’s 2Africa undersea cable project — cable layer declares force majeure, says it can no longer safely operate in the Persian Gulf

Meta is delaying work on the Pearls section of its Africa2 network after its contracted cable-layer, Alcatel Submarine Networks, declared force majeure due to the risk of getting hit during the Iran conflict.

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The Guardian - UK

South African photographer Zanele Muholi: ‘My mother worked for a white family. I remember the pools I wasn’t allowed to swim in’

The artist has spent three decades changing the face of African art, and has just won the prestigious Hasselblad award. But they say the win isn’t about them – it’s for under-represented people still living with the echoes of Apartheid

The Independent UK

The trip that convinced me it’s worth flying to South Africa for winter sun

When Jon Sopel was invited to a wedding in Franschhoek, he groaned at the thought of flying 6,000 miles – but after a few days in the country, he came away with a completely new outlook

The Independent UK

Eswatini receives third batch of migrants deported by the US

A group of four migrants deported from the United States have arrived in the African nation of Eswatini, under a third-country program that rights groups protest

The Guardian - UK

UK government axes flagship global health project

Programme which supports schemes in six African countries was previously hailed as vital protection for Britain against future pandemics

The Conversation

China’s new tariff-free regime for Africa: the potential upside and downside

China’s President Xi Jinping announced in February 2026 that from 1 May China would be granting zero-tariff treatment to 53 African countries. (That is all of them bar Eswatini, which supports Taiwan.)

The Guardian - UK

‘Invasive’ AI-led mass surveillance in Africa violating freedoms, warn experts

Countries across the continent have spent more than $2bn on Chinese tracking technology that is not ‘necessary or proportionate’, new report finds

Digital Camera World

Fine art photographer aims to break 20,000km Cape to Cape world record with camera in hand

John Balsdon, a fine art photographer and explorer, aims to complete the 20,000km journey from Norway to South Africa in record time and capture the whole journey on camera

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