#africa
‘As the night descended, they came and killed’: Sudan’s other war
Weitere gespendete Laptops vom Labdoo Hub Hamburg haben die Cosmic Academy in Kasoa, Ghana 🇬🇭 erreicht.
Vielen Dank allen IT-Spendern, Helfern und Flugpaten, die dies ermöglicht haben.
https://platform.labdoo.org/de/edoovillage?e=71440
#labdoo #danke #laptop #kasoa #accra #ghana #afrika #africa #thankyou #bildung #education #Sustainability #nachhaltigkeit
@Labdoo_D #hamburg
Ukraine-Russia border ‘demilitarised zone’ floated for peace deal
US to consider visa restrictions over Uganda anti-gay law
MEDIA ADVISORY: Second African Union workshop on the review of the African Union Post-conflict Reconstruction and Development Policy http://www.peaceau.org/en/article/media-advisory-second-african-union-workshop-on-the-review-of-the-african-union-post-conflict-reconstruction-and-development-policy?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #africa
MEDIA ADVISORY: Second African Union workshop on the review of the African Union Post-conflict Reconstruction and Development Policy http://www.peaceau.org/en/article/media-advisory-second-african-union-workshop-on-the-review-of-the-african-union-post-conflict-reconstruction-and-development-policy?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #africa
Last was a great panel on the future of #trade in #Africa at the Peterson Institute for International #Economics with Petina Gappah and Bogolo Joy Kenewendo. This is a great overview of the promise of African trade integration and the challenges in achieving it as well as the most pressing trade issues currently confronting the continent https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vCOol7x36k (7/7)
wild #Cheetah portrait
📷 R. Hulshof
#Photography #Photographie #Fotografie #Nature #MastoArt #Wildlife #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #Africa #CatsOfMastodon #Cats
Protests erupt after allegations of Senegalese leader’s detention
Why aren’t #African countries doing more against #sexualassault offenders and #sexpats #People who travel to countries for #Sex #SexTourism as the #SocialMedia #PassportBros are in #Africa and posting photos from #Tanzania
#SexualPredators #CatholicChurch #SexualAssault #RapeCulture #Rape
#Crime #Criminal https://vocal.media/theSwamp/african-nations-need-to-punish-sex-criminals-esp-catholic-priests-passport-bros-clergy-and-rapists
https://youtube.com/watch?v=Khq4uLvGIUk&feature=share
‼️🇬🇭More Women Ready to Help Counter Terrorism in West Africa (VoA News VIDEO) #Ukraine #NATO #Press #Ghana #Africa #News #Invasion #Russia #9yearsOfWarInUkraine #WantedDeadOrAlive
Descoberta a pegada de Homo sapiens mais antiga do mundo
#Pegadas #HomoSapiens #Hominídeo #HomemPréHistórico #Arqueologia #Ancestrais #África #CiênciaEEspaço
https://youtube.com/watch?v=UuzK1WoisbE&feature=share
⚠️🇳🇬Nigeria's Tinubu sworn in as president, under pressure over economy and security (FRANCE 24 English News VIDEO) #Ukraine #NATO #Nigeria #Africa #Press #News #Invasion #Russia #9yearsOfWarInUkraine #WantedDeadOrAlive
#Uganda’s #president #YoweriMuseveni signs #Anti-#LGBTQIA #Homosexuality #Bill into #law: ‘How many will #die?'
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Africa #Uganda #Religion #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Homophobia #Transphobia
#EmptyThePews
Being queer in #Africa: #LGBTQIA+ #rights
In recent years, several #African countries decriminalised #samesex #relationships. But they’re not #representative. In fact, #queer rights erode in much of Africa, with #Kenya and #Uganda in the news for harsh #laws and #violence against the #LGBTQ #community. We asked #sociologist #ZethuMatebeni five questions.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Africa #Kenya #Uganda #GayRights
https://theconversation.com/being-queer-in-africa-the-state-of-lgbtiq-rights-across-the-continent-205306
Uganda's President Museveni approves tough new anti-gay law
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-65745850
Uganda was a part of the British Empire from 1894 until 1962. No doubt before us Brits took over, all kinds of things were accepted.
This sort of law is a hangover from when Brits imposed their pious ways in the Victorian era.
#LGBTQ #LGBT #Homophobia #Transphobia #Uganda #Africa #Aids #HIV #AfricanGrowthAndOpportunityAct #UNAids #TheGlobalFund
Constant #Race #Colorism #Racism #Colorists #blacklivesmatter #blackpeople #GhanaNews #Ghana #ghanarealestate
No Tall Buildings in ALL OF #Africa ? #musicnews #music #BlackSherif #afrobeats https://link.medium.com/0gDNmSRvcAb
As it seems is the new "normal" during this rain season in #Benin, we had a kind of tropical storm this morning with lots of wind, rain and lightning. It lasted an hour or so. And as usual now almost 9 hours without electricity...
This has been happening every 3 days.
#ClimateCrisis... #Africa
World's oldest human footprints discovered in South Africa #Footprints #World #Oldest #Africa https://newatlas.com/science/worlds-oldest-human-footprints-south-africa/
#Texas and #Uganda pass new #antigay #antigay
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Texas #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate #Africa #Uganda #Religion #EmptyThePews
https://boingboing.net/2023/05/29/texas-and-uganda-pass-new-anti-gay-laws.html
Nigeria’s new President Tinubu promises reset for ailing economy
The adoption of sign language is a loud win for anti-capitalism
Lavrov in shock Kenya visit days after Ukraine FM trip to Africa
⚡️🇳🇬FM Kuleba attends inauguration of President of Nigeria (more) https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-polytics/3715694-fm-kuleba-attends-inauguration-of-president-of-nigeria.html #Ukraine #NATO #Nigeria #Africa #Press #News #Invasion #Russia #9yearsOfWarInUkraine #WantedDeadOrAlive
"There Was a Country" by Chinua Achebe. If you're interested in African #history but not just the general summary in the history books, then this is my huge recommendation for you.
About the Biafran war, and written by a novelist who got deeply mixed up in the conflict himself, there is hardly a better opportunity to learn about a terrible conflict that most of our 2023 world knows nothing about.
The audible narration in this one is excellent btw 👍
https://www.audible.com/pd/B009M8XYF4?source_code=ASSORAP0511160007
#TheConversationAfrica #Africa : Drink up, it’s closing time: South African study calculates that limiting opening hours will save lives https://theconversation.com/drink-up-its-closing-time-south-african-study-calculates-that-limiting-opening-hours-will-save-lives-205700
#TheConversationAfrica #Africa : African migration to Europe: forced returns run into resistance https://theconversation.com/african-migration-to-europe-forced-returns-run-into-resistance-206131
#TheConversationAfrica #Africa : Accra's market fires are devastating to informal traders - but they don't trust or understand what they're being told about managing risk https://theconversation.com/accras-market-fires-are-devastating-to-informal-traders-but-they-dont-trust-or-understand-what-theyre-being-told-about-managing-risk-205241
Constitutional challenge, international sanctions loom as Museveni signs Uganda's punitive Anti-Homosexuality Bill
#LGBT #LGBTrights #LGBTQ #humanrights #LGBTQrights #Africa #HIV #AIDS #GlobalFund #Uganda #homophobia #KilltheGaysBill
#TheConversationAfrica #Africa : China in Africa: Kenya railway study shows investment projects aren’t a one-way street https://theconversation.com/china-in-africa-kenya-railway-study-shows-investment-projects-arent-a-one-way-street-205509
‘Squandered goodwill’: How Buhari failed Nigeria a second time
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Uganda’s Museveni approves anti-LGBTQ law – parliament speaker
#TheConversationAfrica #Africa : Khartoum : création et destruction d'une ville africaine moderne https://theconversation.com/khartoum-creation-et-destruction-dune-ville-africaine-moderne-206534
How did Turks living abroad vote in Turkey’s run-off election?
Interesting. Top locations for my #music on #SoundCloud over the past week are Cairo, Giza and Jakarta. The world map indicating where music is played is filling in, but nobody in western #Europe or #Africa has listened to a single tune yet. Same for #India. #Pakistan has listened, lol.
I have 1 play from Iran. Guessing they banned the rest.
Western Europe, eh? I should tag all music posts with #Eurovision, lol.
Tinubu sworn in as Nigeria’s president, succeeds Buhari
Okay, folks, now let's address a more serious matter. Unfortunately, I couldn't be part of the prestigious 4th Annual #Inclusive #Africa #Conference happening right now in #Kenya. I want to make it clear that I didn't choose to miss out on this incredible event. Believe me, I would've loved to be there, sharing ideas and connecting with amazing minds. Life's just a bit ironic sometimes, isn't it?
Going to #ECAS2023? @coboje and I have organised two panels on "Global-local connections and the future of #jihadi #insurgencies in #Africa" on Wedn 31 May at 12h45 and 3pm. With @VincentFoucher, @YGuichaoua and others. Details here: https://ecasconference.org/2023/programme#12360
#afrika #gesundheit #goodnews #news #Presse #nachrichten #africa #health #goodnews #news #pharma #industry #patent #press
Südafrika wird in Kürze mit der Produktion des bahnbrechenden #hiv -Präventionsmittels Cabotegravir ( CAB-LA ) beginnen, wodurch die lebensrettende #behandlung auf dem afrikanischen Kontinent endlich erschwinglich wird. Die Behandlung, die alle zwei Monate gespritzt werden muss, eliminiert das #risiko einer HIV-Infektion durch #sex fast vollständig.
#afrika #gesundheit #aids #bigpharma #goodnews #news #gutenachrichten #nachrichten #hiv #africa #health #goodnews #news #pharma #industry #patent
The gatekeeping of essential and lifesaving #drugs by #pharmaceutical #companies has long been a problem. This problem really came to attention during the #COVID #pandemic, when rich nations were able to buy up billions of doses of the #vaccine – more than they needed – while low-income nations were left to suffer.
https://scoop.me/south-africa-own-production-hiv-prevention-drug/
"African Union however has since grown to become one of the continent's great disappointments: the pan African organization is widely derided as a den of dictators." [...]
"A clique of fat cat leaders with no term limits congregating annually at AU HQ in Ethiopia to wine and dine, as the suffering of Africans takes a back seat."
On the state of the African Union, @Zecharias Zelalem reports.
Zecharias Zelalem wrote the following post Sat, 27 May 2023 09:33:16 +0200
Thursday was the 60th anniversary of the founding of the Organization of African Unity (now the African Union). Happy 60th!🎂
Founded in 1963 by African leaders keen on pushing out European colonial powers and securing independence for African territories, it played a role in ending colonization and apartheid rule in South Africa. It remains headquartered out of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, the only African state to militarily fend off European colonizers and preserve its independence.
#africa #africanunion #panafrica #currentstate
Communique of the 1156th meeting of the PSC, held at the level of Heads of State and Government, on 27 May 2023, on the Situation in Sudan http://www.peaceau.org/en/article/communique-of-the-1156th-meeting-of-the-psc-held-at-the-level-of-heads-of-state-and-government-on-27-may-2023-on-the-situation-in-sudan?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #africa
Bird of the Day - Common Pratincole, Tanzania 2018
Shorebird x Swallow
#birds #photography #nature #wildlife #BirdsOfMastodon #Africa #Tanzania
Two rangers shot dead in DR Congo’s Virunga park
young wild #leopard in morn light
📷 R. Hulshof
#Photography #Photographie #Fotografie #Nature #MastoArt #Wildlife #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #Feline #SilentSunday #CatsOfMastodon #Cats #Africa
The President of South Africa has created a commission to investigate possible arms supplies to Russia https://mil.in.ua/en/news/south-africa-is-investigating-a-possible-supply-of-weapons-to-the-russian-federation/ #Africa #Russia #SouthAfrica #UkraineRussiaWar #Sanctions
https://twitter.com/militarnyi_en/status/1662847340502302723
Reposted from Twitter by @nafobot
When threatened, a Polyrhachis militaris spiny ant worker hunkers down with her protective spines thrust upward. Kibale forest, Uganda.
Tackling poverty can start with embracing the GDP of the poor
#art #artists #Sudan #Africa #war #CulturalHeritage #EndangeredHeritage #GiftArticle
'Dozens of Sudanese artists and curators have fled their studios and galleries in the capital, jeopardizing thousands of artworks and imperiling an art scene central to the 2019 revolution.'
Why do more than 800 million people live in hunger?
Next was a wide-ranging talk by Tshilidzi Marwala on the many applications of #AI at the University of #Ghana. AI is rarely discussed from an African perspective, and Marwala gives a sweeping introduction to the space with that grounding and highlights opportunities and challenges for the continent in the years ahead https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPxp0o6gvyM (8/9) #Africa
https://youtube.com/watch?v=zYKHm2KQous&feature=share
⚠️🇸🇩Sudan army calls on ex-soldiers to re-enlist as fighting continues (FRANCE 24 English News VIDEO) #Ukraine #NATO #Press #News #Sudan #Africa #Invasion #Russia #9yearsOfWarInUkraine #WantedDeadOrAlive
Cults of personality surrounding a head of state invariably require the systemic erosion of independent governance institutions. Thus, the best antidote to them is to strengthen democratic institutions that check executive power, especially term limits.
International partners sometimes support longtime leaders for the sake of “stability", but prolonged rule is actually linked to higher levels of instability.
Learn more:
https://buff.ly/3yJGbnp
https://youtube.com/watch?v=Y_bP1EkwIf8&feature=share
🇨🇩🇨🇳China’s Xi Welcomes Democratic Republic of Congo Counterpart | (VoA News VIDEO) #Ukraine #NATO #DRCongo #Africa #Press #News #Invasion #Russia #9yearsOfWarInUkraine #WantedDeadOrAlive
All Protocol Observed
Welcome to issue 126 of The Continent.
Africa’s richest man has just opened #Africa’s largest oil refinery in Africa’s biggest economy. Whichever way you look at it, this is a big deal – and potentially transformative for the economies of both #Nigeria and the region, as economist Carlos Lopes explains. That’s a good thing, right? Right?
Let them know Burna Boy. - Whiskey
"We bring more than a paycheck to our loved ones and families..." - Sweet Honey In The Rock
https://youtu.be/gTjYKGT963g
#Africa #environmentalpollution #Music
Mali protesters demand exit of UN peacekeeping mission
Kenyan president accuses tax agency of graft as economy struggles
Rwandan genocide suspect Fulgence Kayishema in South Africa court
🇷🇼🇺🇦Ukraine to open embassy in Rwanda (PHOTOS and more) https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-polytics/3714443-ukraine-to-open-embassy-in-rwanda.html #Ukraine #NATO #Press #Rwanda #Africa #News #Invasion #Russia #9yearsOfWarInUkraine #WantedDeadOrAlive
Can 50 tons of dinosaur fossils help hatch paleontology in Niger?
The Christian Science Monitor reports the landlocked country is home to some stunning discoveries.
Nigerians look to president-elect Tinubu for economic turnaround
Al-Shabab attacks AU peacekeeper mission base in Somalia
Vaccine manufacturing key for Africa not to lose vaccination race again https://www.euractiv.com/section/health-consumers/news/vaccine-manufacturing-key-for-africa-not-to-lose-vaccination-race-again/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Africa #COVAX #COVID #vaccination
US accuses Wagner Group of supplying missiles to Sudan’s RSF
In recognition of #AfricaDay, here are a few of my memorable African reads:
Things Fall Apart
Who Fears Death
Stay With Me by A. Adebayo
Africanfuturism: An Anthology ed. Wole Talabi
In the photo is a spoon with kola nut, which is native to West Africa. We call it “bissy” in Jamaica. It saved my life when I was a teenager.
Gratitude to my Grandmother land (credit to Manbo Jessyka Winston for the term)! I salute you from Jamaica, my Motherland.
In Yoruba folklore, the Tortoise, who is called Àjàpá, Ìjàpá, & Alájàpá, is depicted as a trickster whose popularity equals Anansi’s. The Yoruba esteem his cunning, “which makes up for his physical disadvantages”, as celebrated in the proverb “Àjàpá ò lẹ́sẹ̀ ńlẹ̀, ó lọ́gbọ́n ńnú (Àjàpá’s feet make hardly an impression on the ground, but he is all wisdom inside).”
Source: “Tortoise Tales and Yoruba Ethos” by Oyekan Owomoyela
#MythologyMonday
#Africa
#Yoruba
#Folklore
#Folktales
#WorldTurtleDay
Once darlings of investors, Africa’s B2B e-commerce startups are struggling to survive. Amid the global funding crunch, B2B startups are scaling back operations and laying off employees.
https://restofworld.org/2023/africa-b2b-ecommerce-shutdowns-layoffs/ #Startups #Africa #WorkTrends #FutureOfWork
#Russia looking for new friends in #Africa spells new trouble for a turbulent region. The Central #African Republic #CAR has in recent years become one of #Moscow ’s main hubs of influence operations on the continent. What drew the #Kremlin -linked #mercenary group #Wagner to this resource rich country that was never part of the #Soviet sphere of #influence ?
Get in touch: theglobaljigsaw@bbc.co.uk
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According to its creators, this emerging tech is god-like in its abilities. But the devil is in the details. We spoke to several African AI researchers who see, instead, patterns of exploitation and extraction.
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#AI #Africa #TheContinent
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Another day another #defilement #Rape of a child and murder of a #Woman as #Ghana moves on with #LGTBQ bill to save #Children when the children need saving from #cisgendered heterosexual #Men
#News #femicide #Murder #SexualAssault #childrensrights #Girls #Women #HumanRightsViolations #UnitedNations #GunViolence #Africa #WestAfrica #Ghana https://tbhenry.medium.com/ghana-more-murdered-women-raped-children-by-heterosexual-men-cape-coast-campaign-targets-lgtbq-a3f88af142d1
China’s loans pushing world’s poorest countries to brink of collapse.
The AP "found paying back that debt is consuming an ever-greater amount of the tax revenue needed to keep schools open, provide electricity and pay for food and fuel."
Measles-Rubella Patch Vaccine Shown Effective as Injection
A clinical trial shows a peel-and-stick #patch device is as effective as a standard syringe injection in delivering a #vaccine that protects against #measles and #rubella.
https://sciencebusiness.technewslit.com/?p=44798
#News #Science #Business #ClinicalTrial #MedicalDevice #Microneedles #Africa #ImmuneResponse #Antibodies #Engineering #CDC #University
Nigerian chef Baci seeks world record after non-stop cooking
I was asked for a good source on criticism of #longtermism and #internationalAid for #globalSouth , promoting #grassroots solutions and allowing local independence. I remember reading about a female author from #africa proposing such a thing, but I completely forgot her name. Could you help me?
Initially I thought it was Dambisa Moyo with her "Dead Aid", but then I realized that the book still suggest reliance on capitalism & billionaires, so that's not her.
(3/n)
...the #EUISS, #Dimitar #Bechev, I strongly oppose the view that the interests of all current and future #NATO members cannot be better aligned.
For #China, as it's policies in the #SouthChinaSea, the de-facto "#circumvallation" of #India, and its #BeltAndRoad Initiative, particularly in #Africa and other countries of the #GlobalSouth, has shown, means a #Chinese hegemony.
To think that being able to play a power broker between the two future superpowers, the...
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I love this story about how banana waste upcycling is kick-starting Uganda’s circular economy.
Community startups are working with banana farmers to transform discarded banana stems into fibre for sustainable textiles and other products.
The future is circular!
(Also: I did not know that Uganda was the world's 2nd largest producer of bananas after India!)
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2023/05/how-banana-waste-is-transforming-uganda-s-circular-economy/
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#sustainability #CircularEconomy #textiles #Africa #Uganda #environment
New mom, her first cub. Beautiful on both counts. She was gentle and patient as she taught him about his new world. That would include our safari truck and she gave us a thrill I will never forget.
#Wildlife #Art :https://tinyurl.com/2xps9pa3
#Nature #southafrica #lions #naturephotography #Photographie #Photography #Photographyisart #wallart #Photoart #ThrowBackThursday #buyintoart #Fotomontag #MastoArt #naturelover #africa #safari
5/ This may describe a criminal act.
#Torture is widespread in the #DRC
As are #extrajudicial #executions.
I find @afink claiming to not know about this to be laughable. #Congo #Africa #humanrights
Incorrigibly pawnable as we are, our crookedly pawned politicians keep pawning us, and we keep on pawning and allowing ourselves to be pawned.
After after (sic), we keep on blaming the White Man for pawning us.
Noy until we start unpawning our minds, "our own 🇳🇬Sudan" may be nearer than we thought. 😭😭😭
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Oh, nice, there will be a first Djangocon in Africa in November.
https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2023/may/10/announcing-djangocon-africa-2023/
This is quite precisely at the intersection of some of my interests and of Bluesquare, where I am CTO.
Kofi Jatto, an #Asante man performing phrases of talking drum language on atumpan drums for an audio recording and photograph made by India-born Scottish anthropologist Robert Sutherland Rattray in 1921.
In #Africa, it's the water that gives life, it is the lifeblood of the savannah. This is the Sabi Sands River at sunset, adjacent to Kruger, South Africa. Teaming with wildlife, from the smallest of creatures to all of the Big 5.
For your ART collection: https://rebeccaherranen.com/featured/sabi-sands-river-rebecca-herranen.html
#MastoArt #Monday #Nature #Photography #naturephotography #Sunset #Photo #Photographie #Kruger #artmatters #buyintoart #savannah
in 2019, ghana launched a "return home" initiative for members of the black diaspora. here's a small view into how it's going: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8dbVxfk9Vg
Solar-powered tricycles are enabling mobility for rural communities in Zimbabwe.
The e-tricycles, also named "Hambas" in the local language, are custom-built and includes solar-charged battery packs.
#mobility #technology #TechForGood #solar #Africa #development #Zimbabwe
The Sudanese armed forces and a paramilitary force known as the Rapid Support Forces have declared war against each other, bringing the country to its knees. The main protagonists are two generals
Once every year, between May and September, the Ga impose a ritual ban on noise-making and funeral rites in Ga towns for a period of one month so as to commemorate their annual harvest festival known as Hↄmↄwↄ (pr. hor-mor-wor).
“The typical country town street”
Njoro is an agricultural town 18 km west south west of Nakuru, Kenya situated on the western rim of the Rift Valley.
🔎 https://nicolas-hoizey.photo/galleries/travels/africa/kenya/the-typical-country-town-street/
📅 27th February 2019
📸 Fujifilm X-T3 + Fujinon XF 56mm f/1.2 R
🎞️ ISO 160, ƒ/1.2, 1/10000s
#Travel #TravelPhotography #Africa #Kenya #Photography #PhotoOfTheDay #DailyPhoto #MastoArt
Bird of the Day - Little Bee-eater, Tanzania 2018
Coy
#birds #BirdsOfMastodon #photography #nature #wildlife #Africa #Tanzania