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Five years on from first vaccine, fight against malaria sees progress in Africa

On World Mosquito Day, attention remains focused on the devastating impact of the disease in Africa. The continent accounts for 95 per cent of malaria-related deaths worldwide. Five years after the roll-out of the first malaria vaccine, it is beginning to deliver measurable results – although significant challenges remain.

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Try not to be hypnotized by the 'Eye of Africa' | Space photo of the day for Aug. 20, 2026

This geologic feature has been mesmerizing astronauts since 1965.

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Okapi: new book celebrates a once famous animal and recovers Indigenous experts’ place in its history

As a child growing up in the Ndumo Game Reserve on the South Africa-Mozambique border, Simon Pooley read an animal encyclopaedia given to his family by a visiting scientist. He became fascinated by the okapi, a striking animal from the Congo Basin rainforest. Decades later as a conservation scientist and…

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Film festivals take African cultural heritage around the world – and help keep it alive

African film festivals were once quite rare, but in the past decades they’ve been growing in the continent and mushrooming around the world. A recent open access book explores these events through case studies.

The Conversation

More than 100 dead after goldmine collapses in Central African Republic

The collapse was caused by a landslide, while local officials say the death toll is likely to rise as recovery efforts continue

The Guardian - UK

Angélique Kidjo makes Hollywood history as first Black African on Walk of Fame

Beninese music icon Angélique Kidjo celebrates her global legacy with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, the first dedicated to a Black African. Also, in Nigeria, the town of Ogijo has more lead-recycling factories than anywhere else in Africa, supplying the American auto industry at a heavy cost…

France 24

Central African Republic gold mine collapse kills more than 100

A gold mine collapse in the Central African Republican village of Zamboye near the Cameroon border on Tuesday killed more than 100 people, an official at a local mining association said. A member of the local youth council said the death toll would likely rise as more people were pulled…

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Twenty years after Probo Koala, Africa still grapples with ‘waste colonialism’

Twenty years after toxic waste from the cargo ship Probo Koala was dumped across Abidjan in Côte d'Ivoire, the disaster remains an open wound for many victims and a symbol of wealthy countries sending unwanted waste to Africa.

Radio France Internationale

Orange lips and roaring calls: meet the DRC’s shy new rainforest monkey

There are 536 species of monkeys in the world today and the Democratic Republic of Congo has a new one. Named Likweli, this rainforest primate is one of only five new African monkey species described in the past 75 years. Despite its distinctive orange lips, it has only been spotted…

The Conversation

The bloodsucking insect with a saw for a mouth: how the tsetse fly bites through almost anything

Tsetse flies transmit some of Africa’s most persistent parasitic diseases. They have affected human health, livestock production and rural development for generations, across a region spanning millions of square kilometres in 37 sub-Saharan countries.

The Conversation

Polish stork Krutek sets off again: 5,000 kilometres ahead

The famous stork from Krutyń set off south again on 16 August for its autumn migration. As last year, its journey to Africa can be tracked precisely via GPS.

Euronews

Beninese-French singer Angélique Kidjo makes history as first Black African to get Hollywood Walk of Fame star

“By becoming the first African artist to receive this global honour, the Beninese icon has etched her name into history and raised the rhythms, creativity and dignity of our entire nation to the highest level," said Benin’s President Romuald Wadagni.

Euronews

Barcelona vs. Al Ahly: Preview, Predictions and Lineups

Al Ahly are the first African side to ever face Barça in the Joan Gamper Trophy.

Sports Illustrated

Hollywood honours Angelique Kidjo as first Black African Walk of Fame star

Five-time Grammy winner Angelique Kidjo became the first Black African to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Tuesday, marking a milestone for African music. The Beninese-French singer was honored at a ceremony in Los Angeles attended by film stars and leading figures from the music industry.

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The Independent UK

Liberia agrees to take 1,200 third-country deportees from the US

Liberia has agreed to accept up to 1,200 third-country deportees from the United States, according to authorities in the West African country

Bangkok Post

Angelique Kidjo immortalised on Hollywood Walk of Fame

LOS ANGELES (UNITED STATES) - Five-time Grammy winner Angelique Kidjo on Tuesday became the first Black African to be honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

The Conversation

Millions of Africans are displaced without crossing a border – and their needs are often overlooked

The eruption of the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo in May 2026 sparked a major crisis.

The Conversation

The soil’s early warning system: microbes can predict desertification before plants start to die

Microbial ecology (the study of how tiny microbes interact with each other and their environment) underpins the health of every ecosystem on Earth. The microbes living in soil recycle nutrients, support plant growth and help ecosystems respond to environmental change. In this explainer, microbial ecologist Marc Van Goethem tells us…

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South Africa’s top court blocked Shell’s Wild Coast oil search: why it matters for climate justice

South Africa’s Constitutional Court – the country’s highest court – handed down a landmark judgment for climate change and environmental justice in mid-August 2026.

The Guardian - UK

How slavery reparations could help make yearning to return to Africa a reality

Right for people of African descent to return to continent is key pillar of global push for reparatory justice from colonisers

The Economic Times

Why Africa's richest king is betting big on gold 47 years after 'Gold River' victory

Morocco's King Mohammed VI is backing a $750 million expansion of Managem Group's gold mining operations across Africa. The company aims to increase annual gold production from 2,13,000 ounces in 2025 to 5,00,000 ounces by 2030, as rising gold prices and growing African demand for domestic reserves make the continent…

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Governments shouldn’t rely on AI to decide who gets a social grant: inside a South African court case

South Africa introduced a digital social assistance programme in 2020 to identify who was eligible for its Social Relief of Distress grant. The country’s High Court later found that the automated vetting system it relied on was unconstitutional and invalid.

The Independent UK

This school teaches Senegal's brightest girls to push back against patriarchal norms

Senegal's first elite boarding school for girls shows how the largely Muslim West African nation has made progress in girls' education, but challenges remain

The Economic Times

In 4000 BCE, a lake Mega Chad larger than all five Great Lakes covered roughly 360,000 sq km of what is now the Sahara. 6,000 years later, only a tiny fraction, well under 1%, of that ancient lake remains

Thousands of years ago, a vast lake covered an enormous area of what is now the southern Sahara. Known as Palaeolake Mega-Chad, the ancient lake may have reached roughly 360,000 square kilometres, with some estimates exceeding 400,000 square kilometres. Its existence was made possible by the wetter conditions of North…

The Conversation

Ceuta’s border crisis is about geopolitics, not just migration

According to a European Parliament resolution adopted in June 2021, Moroccan police temporarily eased controls at the border of Ceuta, the Spanish enclave of about 83,000 people on the North African coast, and failed to stop thousands of people from entering.

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