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Dikembe Mutombo Has Long Battled Disease in His Native Country. Then COVID-19 Hit His New Home.

The longtime NBA star died of brain cancer Monday. We are republishing this story from 2022, honoring his many humanitarian efforts.

Sports Illustrated

US visa issues plague World Athletics meet: All you need to know

Hundreds of athletes, mostly Africans, have faced visa delays in getting to the US to participate in the event.

Al Jazeera

Mali's ruling junta suspends all UN peacekeeping rotations

In tonight's edition: Mali puts a stop to rotations of UN peacekeepers from the organisation's MINUSMA mission. Five former members of the Gambia's Intelligence Agency have been sentenced to death for the 2016 killing of a political activist called Solo Sandeng. And three years after the launch of a groundbreaking…

France 24

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AP Week in Pictures: Europe and Africa

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The Independent UK

Europe puts its foot on the gas — then tells Africa to slow down

After years of Europe pressuring Africa to transition from gas to renewables, EU nations are accelerating dirty fossil fuel burning.

Crikey

World's deadliest snake kills more humans than all other species combined

The snake lives in parts of Asia and Africa and is although its venom is not the most lethal found in snakes, its sheer aggressiveness makes it big danger to humans

Daily Mirror

Amazing ting: South Africa must reinvigorate sorghum as a key food before it's lost

The world’s food systems have developed in a way that is not serving health and sustainability.

The Conversation

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Outbreaks from animals in Africa surge by 60% in last decade

The World Health Organization says that the number of outbreaks of diseases that jumped from animals to humans in Africa has jumped by more than 60% in the last decade, a worrying sign the planet could face increased animal-borne diseases like monkeypox, Ebola and coronavirus in the future

The Independent UK

Living With Ghosts review – Africa’s revolutionaries come back from the dead

The lives of forgotten, suppressed and erased political figures, as well as ordinary people, are explored by nine artists in this gripping show

The Guardian - UK

Morocco: Melilla Migrants Likely Died of 'Suffocation'

At least 23 migrants who died last month in a mass attempt to enter the Spanish enclave of Melilla from Morocco likely "suffocated", Morocco's state-backed CNDH rights group said on Wednesday. The death toll after around 2,000 people, many from Sudan, stormed the frontier on June 24 was the worst…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Joe Biden was a fierce critic of South African apartheid – now he’s accused of ignoring similar policies in Israel

Several of the world’s leading human rights groups have accused Israel of committing the crime of apartheid, writes Richard Hall

The Independent UK

Blockchains as ‘Last Mile’ Infrastructure in the Global South - Roll Call

Robby Greenfield shares how Umoja Labs is leveraging blockchain-based tools to deliver financial inclusion in Africa and beyond.

Roll Call

Six ways to improve HIV prevention pill uptake among young women in Zimbabwe

Adolescent girls and young women in sub-Saharan Africa have a very high risk of acquiring HIV. The latest global AIDS update report suggests that a staggering six out of seven new infections among 15-19-year-olds in sub-Saharan Africa are among girls.

The Conversation

Moment man downs whole bottle of Jagermeister in two minutes for £10 before dying

The man, of South Africa, bought the 35 per cent Jagermeister spirit at a local liquor store and downed the entire bottle before collapsing and being rushed to hospital

Daily Mirror

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Asharq Al-Awsat

US-Africa Business Summit in Marrakech Seeks to Create Sustainable Partnerships

Morocco’s Marrakech city is scheduled to host the US-Africa Business Summit 2022 between July 19 and 22. The event, which will be held under the patronage of King Mohammed VI, will bring together more than one thousand participants, including entrepreneurs and prime ministers. It aims to create resilient and sustainable…

Evening Standard

Akwasi Brenya-Mensa on new restaurant Tatale: ‘I want it to reflect blackness’

As he unveils his highly anticipated African restaurant, the Ghanaian-British chef talks culture, hype and his last-minute fundraising campaign

Asharq Al-Awsat

Startups Eye Metaverse, NFTs, to Solve Africa’s Economic Woes

It might sound like science fiction, but a Nigerian-born tech entrepreneur thinks he has found a way for Africans to escape problems like inequality and bad governance - a virtual nation born online. His is among a number of African-led virtual projects that aim to help the world's poorest continent…

The Independent UK

Africa looks to private sector to fund ocean climate action

Countries on Africa’s west coast are increasingly turning to climate funding initiatives to boost livelihoods of oceanside communities, aid biodiversity and take climate action

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The Guardian - UK

Climate adaptation bill for African countries to dwarf health spending

Eleven nations least responsible for global heating must spend up to 22% of GDP on dealing with effects of it

France 24

Food crisis deteriorates rapidly, with African continent among hardest hit

In tonight's edition: Olympic champion Mo Farah has revealed he was trafficked to Britain as a child from Djibouti. The war in Ukraine has deepened a food emergency that is affecting a staggering 346 million people in parts of Africa. And communities in Niger are ramping up training in farming…

Radio France Internationale

Morocco and Botswana battle for firsts at Africa Cup of Nations

Morocco boss Reynald Pedros urged his players on Tuesday to look beyond the glory of qualification for next year’s World Cup and focus on claiming a first women’s Africa Cup of Nations trophy.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Company of Heroes 3 Interview: Gameplay Evolution in North Africa

Company of Heroes 3 has big shoes to fill when it releases this November.

The Conversation

Africa is a treasure trove of medicinal plants: here are seven that are popular

Plants have directly contributed to the development of important drugs. The antimalarial treatment artemisinin, pain medication morphine, and cancer chemotherapy taxol are just three examples of drugs derived from plants. Africa is endowed with up to 45,000 plant species – about 25% of the world’s plant genetic resources. More than…

The Independent UK

Angolans mourn ex-leader; family seeks to keep body in Spain

Relatively low-key commemorations are taking place in Angola to mark the death of former longtime President Jose Eduardo dos Santos, who died last week in Spain where his family is taking steps to prevent his body from being returned to the southern African country

Daily Mirror

Rwanda deportation flights 'delayed until September' as Tories slug it out over leader

Despite a delay to court proceedings, the Home Office today declined to rule out attempting to put asylum seekers on flights to central Africa - although government insiders say there is "zero chance" of this happening

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