TIMOTHY OBIEZU Nigeria’s defense chief defended the destruction of a seized ship that was smuggling stolen oil, saying no investigation was needed. Critics say the military’s burning of the ship in mid-October destroyed vital evidence and accused the military of a cover-up. Nigeria’s chief of defense staff, General Lucky Irabor, spoke after Friday October 14th […]
Oct 28 2022 | Posted in
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CLAIRE DOYEN Inside a dimly lit mud dwelling nestled within a rocky mountain in the southern African kingdom of Lesotho, Mamotonosi Ntefane, 67, dusts off an animal skin. Her household is among a handful of families who still inhabit the Kome Caves, a heritage site in the north of the country, first occupied about 200 […]
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LEBO DISEKO & CATHERINE BYARUHANGA At a community radio station in the heart of Johannesburg’s bustling Hillbrow neighborhood, MJ Mojalefa is hosting a phone-in following the death of Queen Elizabeth II. The 22-year-old DJ wants his large youth audience to share their thoughts on the legacy of the British empire, which once included South Africa. […]
Sep 26 2022 | Posted in
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MUHAMMED KOTB Initiatives using new technologies for agriculture have recently emerged to support farmers dealing with the impacts of climate change in Egypt. Global warming stands to curb food production as farmland becomes more susceptible to higher temperatures and lower rainfalls in a country where 25% of the labor force is employed in agriculture. The […]
Sep 26 2022 | Posted in
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TIM McDONNELL After the Ukraine war scrambled trade networks for wheat and other key food commodities, the US and some other rich countries stepped up their food aid donations to countries in Africa and elsewhere hit hardest by skyrocketing prices. That should be a good news story. But to Bill Gates, it’s the latest example […]
Sep 26 2022 | Posted in
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MQONDISI DUBE Botswana has announced it will cull more than 10,000 cattle in the country’s northeast in a bid to fight an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease. One of Africa’s largest beef producers, Botswana was forced in August to halt beef exports over the virus, including to the lucrative European Union. Assistant Minister for Agriculture Molebatsi […]
Sep 26 2022 | Posted in
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FAUSTINE NGILA Duolingo, the US ed-tech firm that specializes in teaching the world how to speak different languages, has now added South Africa’s Zulu language to its catalog. But rather than focusing on exam fees charges on e-learning sessions, it is partnering with local telco Vodacom which will enable its 45 million subscribers access the […]
Sep 13 2022 | Posted in
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ISHAAN THAROOR Famine will hit parts of Somalia between October and December. That was the verdict of Martin Griffiths, the U.N. humanitarian chief, who spoke to reporters from Mogadishu, the war-torn, drought-ravaged Horn of Africa nation’s capital. “I have been shocked to my core these past few days by the level of pain and suffering […]
Sep 13 2022 | Posted in
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UN-appointed independent human rights experts called on Wednesday August 24 for stronger measures to prevent and penalize female genital mutilation in Sierra Leone. Following criminal proceedings over the death of a 21-year-old student who was subject to the brutal practice in the Bonthe District, three Special Rapporteurs issued a statement condemning female genital mutilation as […]
Sep 13 2022 | Posted in
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K. BARRETT BILALI They call it the future of chocolate. It’s edible, melts, breaks, and even tastes like chocolate except it is grown in a food lab facility without using a single cocoa bean. While the production of non-cocoa chocolate is still in its early days with only a handful of companies producing it, their […]
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