Category: Africa
Using Dance to Provoke, Delight and Tell South Africa’s Stories
New York Times Growing up in a Black township, Vusi Mdoyi found a sprinkle of joy under apartheid in a street-dancing style known as pantsula. As a choreographer, he has elevated it into high art, injected with ideas. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/28/world/africa/south-africa-pantsula-dancing-vusi-mdoyi.html
Read MoreThings Are Looking Up for Africa’s Upside-Down Baobab Trees
New York Times A researcher followed up on a study warning that the massive trees were in danger, and found many venerable specimens thriving. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/27/science/baobab-trees-africa-climate-change.html
Read MoreSudan’s Army Launches Operation to Retake Khartoum
New York Times The latest outbreak of fighting comes as nations gathered at the U.N. General Assembly called for an end to the war and for aid to be fast-tracked to millions in need. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/26/world/africa/sudan-army-operation-capital-khartoum.html
Read MoreAfrican countries eye world’s first joint ‘debt-for-nature’ swap
Reuters Reuters exclusively reported that at least five African countries are working on what could be the world’s first joint “debt-for-nature” swap to raise at least $2 billion to protect a coral-rich swathe of Indian Ocean. Debt-for-nature deals are becoming increasingly popular for poorer nations to pay for conservation. The post African countries eye world’s…
Read MoreSenegal’s Young President Wants a New World Order
New York Times In his first interview with Western media since becoming president of Senegal, Bassirou Diomaye Faye said the United Nations has to change to reflect changing world demographics. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/25/world/africa/president-senegal-bassirou-diomaye-faye.html
Read MoreNigeria Faces a Cooling Crisis as Global Temperatures Rise
New York Times With electricity scarce, Africa’s most populated country struggles to provide lifesaving cooling without worsening the very crisis causing the heat. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/25/climate/nigeria-heat-air-conditioners.html
Read MoreRussia Signs Satellite Deal With Three West African Military Governments
New York Times The partnership between Russia’s space agency and the governments of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger deepens these countries’ turn toward the Kremlin in their effort to fight off Islamist insurgencies. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/24/world/africa/russia-satellite-west-africa.html
Read MoreTanzania Detains Opposition Party’s Top Leaders
New York Times The East African country’s leading opposition party said that its presidential candidate in the last election and its chairman were among dozens detained before a protest called to draw attention to the killing and abduction of government critics. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/23/world/africa/tanzania-opposition-leaders-arrested-protests.html
Read MoreCongo Releases More Than 700 Inmates After a Deadly Stampede
New York Times At least 129 people died when inmates tried to escape from Makala Prison, where conditions are abysmal and overcrowding is a major problem. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/22/world/africa/congo-prison-release.html
Read MoreHow a U.S. Ally Uses Aid as a Cover in War
New York Times The United Arab Emirates is expanding a covert campaign to back a winner in Sudan’s civil war. Waving the banner of the Red Crescent, it is also smuggling weapons and deploying drones. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/21/world/africa/uae-sudan-civil-war.html
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