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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 Independent UK

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.

The Conversation

‘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.

Euronews

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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 Independent UK

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…

The Conversation

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.

Euronews

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.

Radio France Internationale

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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.

LiveScience

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.

Latin 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.

International Business Times

2.2 million-year-old teeth reveal secrets of human relatives found in a South African cave

A cutting-edge technique for analyzing fossil tooth enamel is revealing remarkable new information about 2 million-year-old human relatives.

LiveScience

Sidi Ould Tah: Africa's New 'Super Banker'

Sidi Ould Tah is the first Mauritanian to become president of the African Development Bank (AfDB) and will need all his international experience to tackle the challenges facing the institution.

International Business Times

Mbare Art Space: a colonial beer hall in Zimbabwe has become a vibrant arts centre

In southern Africa townships were built as segregated urban zones for black people. They were created under colonial and white minority rule policies that controlled movement, confined opportunity, and kept people apart.

The Conversation

The land under South Africa is rising every year. We finally know why.

The land under South Africa steadily rose between 2012 and 2020, a new GPS-based study finds, and drought may be the main driver.

LiveScience

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What Ben Sulayem's support from auto clubs means for FIA presidential election

“If someone wants me to win, they just have to say the wrong words to me: ‘You can’t do it.’ As soon as I hear that, I’ll do everything to win.”These are the words of FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem in an interview with GP Racing magazine last year and…

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What Mohammed Ben Sulayem’s support from auto clubs means for FIA presidential election

The Guardian - UK

‘I don’t want freebies’: outgoing AfDB head on why investment, not aid, will shape Africa’s future

After a decade helming the African Development Bank, Akinwumi Adesina hands over to his successor this week. He explains his optimism despite the continent’s challenges

Euronews

Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina, the first Arab and African director to win Cannes Palme d’Or, dies aged 91

Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina was the oldest living recipient of the Palme d’Or. His Cannes-winning film 'Chronicles of the Years of Fire' remains Africa’s only Palme d’Or to this day.

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International Business Times

Africa Elects Its Next 'Super Banker'

The race to become Africa's next "super banker" ends on Thursday, with five candidates, including one woman, vying to succeed Nigeria's Akinwumi Adesina as head of the African Development Bank in a contest that appears too close to call.

The Guardian - US

A life in quotes: Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o

The Kenyan author and political dissident, a giant of African literature and champion of indigenous African languages, died aged 87.

The Conversation

Why Islamic State is expanding its operations in north-eastern Nigeria

Islamic State West Africa Province (Iswap), one of the most powerful global affiliates of the Islamic State jihadist organisation, is in the middle of its largest offensive against the Nigerian military in years.

Euronews

Seven dead after migrant boat capsizes near Canary Islands, emergency crews say

The Spanish archipelago located off Africa's western coast has for years been a main route, and a deadly one, for migrants trying to reach Europe.

Al Jazeera

‘US, China, India can all fit into Africa’: On a quest to fix the world map

Common projections shrink the size of Africa, but experts have long debated whether creating a precise map is possible.

Salon

Trump's liquidation of US leadership

Even for our billionaire president, it’s never enough

International Business Times UK

Trump Blunder Exposed After 'Genocide' Photo Turns Out To Be Congo, Not South Africa

Trump's South Africa 'genocide' gaffe, using a Congo image, sparks outrage and mockery. Can US diplomacy recover?

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