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Ghana's law on publication of false news is vague and easily abused – it should go

Ghana repealed its controversial criminal libel law two decades ago. Recent incidents have seen the Ghana Police Service use a different law to arrest and prosecute some media personalities. The law being used is Publication of False News under the Criminal Offences Act. Legal practitioner and media law lecturer Samuel…

The Conversation

Small-scale gold miners in DRC challenge the view that they can't cut it

Artisanal and small-scale mining in Africa has grown significantly in recent decades. Between 1999 and 2019, the estimated number of African miners engaged in this sector increased from two million to 10 million. Typically, it is much more labour intensive than large-scale mining, and the work more physically demanding.

The Conversation

Records Of Seized Ships, Now Online, Reveal Details Of Wars And Enslaved Africans

So-called “Prize Papers” recount privateering, slavery and legal appeals of the 17th and 18th centuries.

Zenger

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Review: Disney's The Lion King stuns and surprises Bristol Hippodrome audience

The West End hit is back in Bristol after its sell-out 2019 run

Bristol Post

Niger, Mauritania Support Saudi Bid to Host Expo 2030

Niger President Mohamed Bazoum held talks with Advisor at Saudi Royal Court Ahmed Qattan and his accompanying delegation at the presidential palace in Niamey on Tuesday. Qattan conveyed the greetings of Custodian to the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdelaziz and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. During the meeting,…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Editorial: Africa needs new thinking to deliver crucial vaccines

Amid hopeful signs that maybe — just maybe — the pandemic has peaked here with the help of vaccines, a depressing number of people, mainly in poorer countries, still have yet to receive a single shot. With an unpredictable virus and its variants that show little respect for international borders,…

Chicago Tribune

Is the International Olympic Committee planting 300,000 new trees in Africa a good idea?

‘Planting trees will not stop global warming, only decarbonising the economy will,’ ecosystem science professor says

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Billionaire Soon-Shiong bets Africa is cure for flatlined stock

At this time a year ago, investors saw billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong’s biotech company ImmunityBio Inc. as a moonshot that would make them rich.

Tribune News Service

Turkey's Erdogan cuts short Africa trip for virtual NATO meeting

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan cancelled a planned trip to Guinea-Bissau and is returning home from Africa early to participate in an online meeting with NATO leaders, his office said on Tuesday.

Reuters

Uganda takes another step on e-payments path: five things you should know

Long periods of limited physical contact under COVID-19 lockdowns triggered new interest in alternative payment methods beyond existing options. The Bank of Uganda is among institutions that have taken steps to promote a shift towards a cashless economy. It recently ordered commercial banks to reduce by 50% the maximum amount…

The Conversation

How the migration and mobility pact has helped to reset AU-EU relations

At the recent 6th AU-EU summit, the European Union (EU) and the African Union (AU) unveiled five partnerships highlighting their Joint Vision till 2030.

The Conversation

For workers in Africa, the digital economy isn't all it's made out to be

Today more than half of the world’s population is connected to the internet. In Africa, there are over 590 million internet users and over 800 million mobile phone subscribers.

The Conversation

China appoints new special envoy for turbulent Horn of Africa region

China has appointed senior diplomat Xue Bing as its new special envoy for the Horn of Africa, a region that is currently troubled by conflict including in Ethiopia, Eritrea and Somalia.

Reuters

Erdogan seeks to boost ties with Africa in four-day visit

The Turkish president wants to boost business ties with African countries.

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Michel the Giant: An African in Greenland by Tété-Michel Kpomassie review – the call of the cold

A new translation of the writer’s 1960s journey from Togo to the Arctic is a window into a lost time

Wales Online

Reporter responds to African scam email that promised to double his money

YorkshireLive journalist goes on to uncover the account locations of three money mules

The Independent UK

Cyclone-hit Madagascar braces for another 'big one'

The island of Madagascar off the east coast of Africa is bracing for yet another cyclone having already been hit by three major tropical storms in the last month

Radio France Internationale

Turkey's Erdogan continues his tour of West Africa, with security and investment on the agenda

Turkey's latest diplomatic drive in Africa continues to Senegal and Guinea-Bissau, after several bilateral cooperation agreements were signed between Kinshasa and Ankara during a brief visit by Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to the DRC on Sunday.

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AU-EU Summit: private sector partnerships are where real change can happen

Five years since the African Union (AU) leaders and their European Union (EU) counterparts held their 5th meeting in 2017, the two regional organisations have met again. The February 2022 meeting – 16 months overdue because of COVID – was significant given the actual and potential size of the two…

The Conversation

China and Africa: Ethiopia case study debunks investment myths

Common perceptions about Chinese engagement in Africa are that it is one-dimensional and sometimes biased. One common problem with this perception is the seeming acceptance of what’s called ‘methodological nationalism’ – that the national origin of a firm or agency determines outcomes.

Zenger

VIDEO: Zoo Gets Rare Chameleons To Breed After They Were Smuggled From Africa In Socks

The Vienna Zoo is caring for 74 of these lizards. Several of the species are critically endangered.

Al Jazeera

COVID: Do we know the real death toll?

Calculating the number of coronavirus deaths worldwide is fraught with challenges. Could we have been getting it wrong?

Al Jazeera

Ivory Coast hosts US-led military training amid Sahel uncertainty

Established in 2015, Flintlock programme counts over 400 service members from 10 African partners and allied partners.

Radio France Internationale

Census reveals 65 percent increase in the number of 'endangered' African monkeys

The population of rare east African kipunji monkeys, recently thought to be on the brink of extinction, has increased by 65 percent in little over a decade thanks to efforts to protect the forests where these creatures live, in Tanzania’s southern highlands.

Daily Mirror

African frog the size of a fingernail found 5,000 miles from home at British school

The tiny fingernail-sized frog is thought to have hitched a ride from the Ivory Coast on a bunch of bananas before it was found by teachers at Heswall Primary School in Wirral on Tuesday morning

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