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How Gbemisola Abudu Is Building an NBA Footprint in Her Native Nigeria

The NBA Africa vice president and country head of NBA Nigeria is determined to create a foundation of strong leaders by teaching young people the life skills basketball has to offer.

Sports Illustrated

Angola's former president Jose Eduardo dos Santos dies at 79

Angola's former president Jose Eduardo dos Santos, who ruled Africa's second-biggest oil producer for nearly four decades, died on Friday, the presidency said.

Reuters

Why the V&A's new Africa Fashion exhibition is important – and long overdue

Fashion is a catalyst to tell deeper, richer, expanded stories from across the African continent. We hope visitors will be inspired and assumptions will be challenged.

The Conversation

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Dos Santos, Angola’s former president, dies at 79

Angola's former president Jose Eduardo dos Santos, who ruled Africa's second biggest oil producer for nearly four decades, has died aged 79, the Angolan presidency said Friday.

France 24

S2,EP22: Kenya's GMO cotton, Cameroon fish farmers, Refugees in Kenya

This week, Africa Calling podcast brings you audio-rich stories and voices from the African continent with our African correspondents. In Bamenda, people are still dealing with the Anglophone crisis, but some enterprising entrepreneurs are ensuring there's fresh fish. In Kenya farmers embrace GMO cotton seeds, but some experts warn about…

Radio France Internationale

Morocco travel guide: Everything you need to know before you go

Africa and Europe collide in this fascinatingly diverse holiday hotspot, complete with rich history, mountain, sea and desert-scapes, and plentiful shopping opportunities from expert craftspeople at bustling souks

The Independent UK

Niger: the west’s bulwark against jihadis and Russian influence in Africa

The country is emerging as a critical ally in a neighbourhood of failing states

Financial Times

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The Independent UK

UN warns of ‘looming hunger catastrophe’ due to Russian blockade

The UN World Food Programme director has warned that ‘50 million people in 45 countries are now just one step from famine’

The Guardian - US

Funding the fight against NCDs

Non-communicable diseases (NCDs), such as cardiovascular disease, cancer, lung disease, diabetes, obesity and mental disorders, are often chronic and develop over a long period. Collectively, NCDs account for about 70% of all deaths globally (and 60% of deaths in Sub-Saharan Africa, where they account for over 55% of hospital admissions…

Bangkok Post

Ons Jabeur is first African woman to reach Grand Slam final after win in Wimbledon semis

The No. 3-seeded Jabeur, a 27-year-old from Tunisia, got past her good friend Tatjana Maria 6-2, 3-6, 6-1 in an up-and-down semifinal at a sun-splashed Centre Court on Thursday.

Chicago Sun-Times

At Wimbledon, Jabeur 1st Arab in Pro Slam Final

Ons Jabeur's steady progress from year to year - up the tennis rankings, through the draws of various tournaments and, now, at Wimbledon - has carried her to a Grand Slam singles final, the first woman from Africa and first Arab to make it that far in the professional era.…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Spiritual traditions fuel South African jazz artist Tumi Mogorosi's new album

Blues … Black … Darker than grey/ Creation sounds Gold Reef Mine rockfall crush-sounds/ Guitar-string gun-spit tear flesh/ Black sonic science/ Darkest Acoustics … (from Where Are The Keys? on Group Theory: Black Music)

The Conversation

WHO reports two new monkeypox deaths and new cases

Two new deaths from monkeypox in Africa, adding to at least 73 deaths in the continent since the start of 2022.

Al Jazeera

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Sadio Mane defied Liverpool wishes after club wrote to FIFA to stop him playing

Sadio Mane helped Senegal winning the Africa Cup of Nations earlier this year but Liverpool tried to stop him playing after he suffered concussion

The Conversation

There's no cure for sickle cell disease, but spotting it early can improve treatment

Most of the global cases of sickle cell disease are diagnosed in African countries. The Economist Intelligence Unit – the research and analysis division of the Economist media group – estimated that in 2020 the total annual cost of treatment and impact on the economy of sickle cell disease across…

Wales Online

Cases of monkeypox have surged 77% in a week, says World Health Organisation

It said three people had now died in connection with the outbreak, all of them in Africa

Al Jazeera

Africa CDC signs with Pfizer for COVID pill for African countries

Pfizer will now supply the COVID-19 pill that is highly effective in preventing hospitalisations and deaths.

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Women's Afcon final stage is underway with a new challenge - testosterone testing

The 2022 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (Wafcon) opened in Morocco with several storylines that include challenges to perennial giants, broadcast to a global audience, increased monetary payout to the winner and an expanded number of finalists. There are 12 teams left standing.

The Guardian - UK

‘Fonio just grows naturally’: could ancient indigenous crops ensure food security for Africa?

Calls are growing to invest more in the continent’s traditional grains as a way to break its reliance on imported wheat, rice and maize

The Conversation

How Africans can assess the value of the latest G7 summit

Leaders of the world’s seven advanced economies have once again pledged economic support for Africa and other developing countries. But the realisation of these commitments depends on political developments in the Group of Seven (G7) countries, specifically the United States, the outcome of Russia’s war with Ukraine, and whether Russian…

The Conversation

Ndabaningi Sithole: Zimbabwe's forgotten intellectual and leader

Ndabaningi Sithole was one of the founding fathers of the modern state of Zimbabwe in southern Africa. In August 1963, he became the first president of the Zimbabwe African National Union (Zanu), the militant liberation organisation that fought against white minority rule that he led for a decade before being…

Reason

Whites from Africa Claiming African-American Status

One hears many anecdotes about white Africans claiming African-American status to benefit from affirmative action; does it ever actually happen?

The Conversation

We built an algorithm to predict how climate change will affect future conflict in the Horn of Africa: here's what we found

The Horn of Africa, on the eastern coast of the continent, is currently being battered by an intense and sustained drought thanks to which around 20 million people are going hungry. And, given the ongoing armed conflict in the region – particularly in Somalia and Ethiopia – safely getting nutritious…

Daily Mirror

Giant African land snails that can grow to size of RATS put town in quarantine

Deadly land snails that are native to Africa were found in an area of Florida, as worried authorities had to eradicate the pest that is known to cause meningitis in humans

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