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Geographically, the surge in sexually transmitted infections spans the whole of the continent. But clusters have emerged in certain countries: ... Show more
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Israeli President Herzog in an interview: Europe is not protecting itself from terror
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TVP World Oct 19
Energy costs are choking Europe's economy: Europe is currently facing multiple crises at once: an energy crisis, supply disruptions, and slowing economic growth ...
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forbesafrica.com Oct 16
#CurrentAffairs After much speculation and buzz, Nigerian industrialist and billionaire Aliko Dangote selected Botswana, the landlocked southern African nation ... Show more
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Aid payments collapse: Global Hunger Index rises again for the first time in years
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The Globe and Mail Oct 12
OpinionIt’s time for Canada to deepen its relationship with Africa : There is immense economic value to come from engaging with the youngest and fastest-growing ...
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Nigerian media entrepreneur Mo Abudu has opened a London cinema dedicated to African and Black films, driven in part by her experience growing up in England ... Show more
Motor racing-Rwanda to bring F1 back to Africa for first time since 1993: KIGALI, Oct 13 (Reuters) - Africa will return to the Formula One calendar for the ...
thestar.com.my/sport/motorsport/2026/10/13/motor-racing-rwanda-to-host-f1-race-from-early-2030s-in-10-year-deal
OpinionThe Two Africas: Who Will Benefit From the Continent's Investment Boom?: Who will benefit from the continent's investment boom?
foreignaffairs.com/africa/two-africas
BBK UNPLUGGED | Only dwellers of loony house can doubt Downs: Anyone who dares question that Mamelodi Sundowns are in a league of their own and a cut above the ...
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What can Africa’s youth learn from Madagascar? A year ago, young protesters helped bring down the country’s president. Now ... Show more
When the United Nations was created, much of Africa was still under colonial rule, and decades later the continent remains without permanent representation on ... Show more
Modern humans build airplanes, write books, and develop technologies like the internet. We are the only mammal that inhabits all seven continents of this ... Show more
Pope arrives in France on first official visit in 18 years: Pope Leo XIV arrived in France on Friday for the Vatican's first official visit to the European ...
thelocal.fr/20260925/pope-arrives-in-france-on-first-official-visit-in-18-years
Key FactsPope Leo warns in France against a machine-dominated world
Sep 25, 2026 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: npr.org
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: npr.org
- In speeches at the Élysée Palace and UNESCO, Leo addressed scientific progress, life, human rights, and artificial intelligence.
- The Vatican continues opposing nuclear weapons; Leo called nuclear deterrence mistaken because it was fueling a new arms race.
- More than one million people are expected during the four-day trip, the first official papal state visit to France in 18 years.
- In France, where abortion has been constitutionally protected since 2024, Leo stressed the right to life as the foundation of all other human rights.
If we are to avoid losing our humanity amid a 'paradise of machines' invading and conditioning our daily lives, there is an urgent need for education in ethical discernment and the capacity to acknowledge the moral good," he said.— Pope Leo XIV, delivering opening remarks at the Élysée Palace in Paris during his France visit
bbcafrica.com Sep 15
Breaking: Kenya has been awarded the right to host the 2029 World Athletics Championships.
Nairobi will become the first African city to stage the senior World ... Show more
Africa is demanding a permanent voice on the UN Security Council—but with 54 countries and clashing interests, who could possibly represent an entire ... Show more
bbcafrica.com Sep 17
Have you ever visited somewhere so breathtaking in Africa and thought: Why don’t we see more of this on the news?
Africa as a continent has been viewed ... Show more
What if the best way to challenge Africa’s stereotypes is to laugh at them?
Charity Ekezie has built an online audience by using humour to push back against ... Show more
Why Europe is warming faster than other continents: The heat waves of 2026 were no coincidence, but part of a long-term trend. Europe is heating up faster than ...
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OpinionEurope’s Next Hegemon: The Perils of German Power: The perils of German power.
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Key FactsGermany’s Rearmament Raises Fears of European Rivalry
Sep 7, 2026 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: foreignaffairs.com
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: foreignaffairs.com
- Germany spent more on defense in absolute terms than any European country in 2025; annual spending is expected to reach $189 billion in 2029.
- The AfD leads national polls; the article says an AfD-led Germany could intensify European tensions and counter-coalitions.
- The article warns that France, Poland, and others could counterbalance Germany, fragmenting Europe’s collective defense efforts.
- It proposes joint European defense financing, integrated industries, and multinational military structures as safeguards.
Only peace may come from German soil.— Helmut Kohl — 1989, first leader of reunified Germany; statement on peace and Germany's postwar stance
Grassroots Labor group urges Albanese government to chart course away from ‘American war machine’
theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/sep/08/grassroots-labor-pressure-group-albanese-government-us-military-war-machine
Trump Posts AI-Generated Map Showing U.S. Annexing All Of North America: On Monday, the president shared a map on Truth Social showing the continent covered ...
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European SpaceX rival launches rocket into orbit: German start-up Isar Aerospace succeeds in first ever commercial blast-off from Europe
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Paid articlePaywallKey FactsIsar Aerospace launches Europe’s first fully commercial orbital rocket
Sep 6, 2026 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: arstechnica.com
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: arstechnica.com
- Spectrum lifted off from Andøya in northern Norway at 20:12 UTC on September 5, reaching orbit seven minutes later.
- It was also the first rocket built predominantly in Germany to reach orbit.
- The payload carried five CubeSats and a non-separating technology experiment; at least one CubeSat contacted ground teams.
- In August, Isar received a $230 million ESA contract; Metzler said five more Spectrum rockets were in production.
Europe now has sovereign access to space.— Daniel Metzler, co-founder and CEO of Isar Aerospace, in a press release.
Europe will experience more frequent weather extremes: Europe is the fastest-warming continent. Those who already found this summer extreme will not be reassured ...
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UN votes to adopt new world map that shows Africa’s true scale: Togo-sponsored resolution called to phase out traditional map that depicts continent as similar ...
theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/04/un-vote-world-map-mercator-equal-earth-africa
African leaders meeting in Angola on Sunday are reviewing the continent's conflict response as the AU pushes for urgent peace and security reforms ... Show more
From Davido's pioneering deal with Sony Music to the launch of Def Jam Africa, the continent's music industry has seen explosive growth ... Show more
Ethiopia bids to host Africa Cup of Nations 2028 after 52 years | Africanews: Ethiopia is officially in the race to host the Africa Cup of Nations in 2028 ...
africanews.com/2026/08/25/ethiopia-bids-to-host-africa-cup-of-nations-2028-after-52-years/
Benin-born music star Angelique Kidjo has become the first Black African to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, the famous sidewalk in the US city of ... Show more
Scientists have been studying Mauritia, a landmass that sank into the Indian Ocean when the supercontinent Gondwana broke apart. While this is a real body ... Show more
Lost continent located between India and Madagascar could be Lemuria, believers claim
Lost continent located between India and Madagascar could be Lemuria, believers claim
Sexually transmitted infections are surging in Europe: To restrain them, countries must increase testing and reduce stigma
economist.com/europe/2026/08/09/sexually-transmitted-infections-are-surging-in-europe
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Montevideo welcomes over 100 progressive leaders to the third Pan-American Congress
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Domitexka's mill in Kaolack has the markets, the know-how and the partnerships to compete globally. What it still needs -- like nearly every manufacturer ... Show more
Sexually transmitted infections are surging in Europe: To restrain them, countries must increase testing and reduce stigma
economist.com/europe/2026/08/09/sexually-transmitted-infections-are-surging-in-europe
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#CoverStory Africa has always been the source, never the ‘refinery’,” Kate Kallot, a techpreneur based in Kenya and known for her work advancing technology access ... Show more
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Europe is the world’s fastest-warming continent. From deadly heatwaves to shrinking rivers, drought and wildfires, we connect the dots between this summer’s ... Show more
Many Africans are outraged after the US jumbled the map of Africa at a major global conference, misplacing several countries on the continent ... Show more
Africa is home to 25 dollar billionaires and more than 120,000 millionaires, as the number of the continent’s super-rich continues to grow ... Show more
Defense: What Germany's growing military power means for Europe: The Federal Republic is becoming a military power, thus shifting the balance of power in ...
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Paid articlePaywallKey FactsMerz promotes stronger German role in European security
Aug 5, 2026 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: handelsblatt.com
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: handelsblatt.com
- In late June, Chancellor Friedrich Merz invited French President Emmanuel Macron, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer to the Chancellery.
- The meeting focused, according to the report, on European unity amid Russia’s breach of peace and a possible reassessment of the US role as a protecting power.
- Merz conveyed that Germany’s neighbours should feel safer as Germany becomes militarily stronger.
- European states had long called for a more engaged Germany, while the article questions whether it will remain trustworthy or revert to hegemonic patterns.
Our neighbors should feel safer when Germany becomes stronger.— Friedrich Merz, in the Chancellery at a meeting with European partners (Macron, Meloni, Tusk, Starmer).
Little Marco’s Goons Get Every Single Country Wrong in Map Disaster: There were a few glaring errors in a map the State Department used at a global conference.
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Kwame Nkrumah. Thomas Sankara. Patrice Lumumba.
Three Pan-Africanists whose legacies continue to shape conversations across the continent ... Show more
North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, and Egypt: With “Azzedine Alaïa and Africa,” the Fondation Azzedine Alaïa dedicates an exhibition to the couturier ... Show more
View: Africa’s space race is becoming Washington’s next China challenge: Space spending across the continent is approaching $1 billion a year ...
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Africa No Filter encourages journalists and development organisations to question biased assumptions about the continent before they become headlinesERROR: The request could not be satisfied
You may have heard about South Africa's viral Netflix show, The Polygamist. The series has been trending across the continent ... Show more
Dismissing Europe as a museum is glib. Think of it as a theme park: All the continent’s a stage
economist.com/europe/2026/07/23/dismissing-europe-as-a-museum-is-glib-think-of-it-as-a-theme-park
Paid articlePaywallNigeria's vice president is urging the African Union to take up the recent anti-migrant attacks in South Africa, saying such violence has no place on the ... Show more
Africa has the world's fastest-growing youth population, and more women are reaching senior political office across the continent ... Show more
Is Europe experiencing a new climate?: Extreme Hitzewellen hatten Europa dieses Jahr schon früh im Griff. Nach Ansicht einiger Forscher ist das der Beginn einer ...
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Chad has announced visa-free entry for all Africans as several countries across the continent move to relax travel rules. Here's what this means
businesstech.co.za Jul 28
Ramaphosa sends a warning to South Africa’s neighbours: President Cyril Ramaphosa has warned that unmanaged migration poses a growing risk to the stability of ...
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Across the continent, plans costing billions of dollars and affecting millions of people are being made. The question is whether they will accelerate growth or ... Show more
The return of the African megaproject
The return of the African megaproject
Ghana's President John Mahama has urged continent-wide action to tackle the wave of anti-immigrant violence in South Africa ... Show more
German foreign minister Wadepuhl travelled once around the continent - starting in Mauritania, via Nigeria down to South Africa with aim of strengthening ties ... Show more
Lithuania among EU countries facing steepest population decline: Europe’s demographic crisis is no longer a challenge for the future but one already reshaping ...
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The formation of Antarctica's vast East Antarctic Ice Sheet may have been driven not only by falling atmospheric carbon dioxide but also by the slow ... Show more
When Europe burned for millennia: Possibly the worst fires in Earth's history burned in the post-apocalyptic steppe of a dying supercontinent.
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OpinionEurope’s far-right is turning ‘remigration’ into a 30‑year plan to push out non‑white citizens
euobserver.com/226920/europes-far-right-is-turning-remigration-into-a-30year-plan-to-push-out-nonwhite-citizens/
Why Switzerland is a climate hotspot - | the 4 reasons: Switzerland is warming twice as fast as the global average. New climate scenarios predict a temperature ...
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Eliud Kipchoge Finishes 12th at the Porto Alegre Marathon: Kipchoge is running a marathon on every continent over the next two years.
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OpinionEurope Goes Its Own Way: Drifting From America, the Continent Is Rearming and Reordering Itself
foreignaffairs.com/europe/europe-goes-its-own-way
Scientists Discovered a Continent-Sized Megastructure Hiding Deep Beneath Antarctica
vice.com/en/article/scientists-discovered-a-continent-sized-megastructure-hiding-deep-beneath-antarctica/
As South Africa prepares to mark Nelson Mandela International Day on 18 July, the Rainbow Nation he fought so hard to build faces a painful reckoning ... Show more
The intelligence-sharing and security alliances established to dismantle the illicit networks of the Fetullah Terrorist Organisation, FETO ... Show more
The heavyweight rematch is on tonight! 🌍🔥
Morocco and France meet again on the big stage, and the Atlas Lions are carrying the hopes of an entire continent ... Show more
Culture, culinary delights, art, and music – | The Landshut Africa Days: 54 countries with almost 1.6 billion people speaking around 2,000 languages ... Show more
The formation of Antarctica's vast East Antarctic Ice Sheet may have been driven not only by falling atmospheric carbon dioxide but also by the slow ... Show more
ISS Africa Jul 10
From 47 years in Equatorial Guinea to 26 years in Rwanda, our new infographic maps the continent's longest ruling leaders.#Africa #Governance
If Cape Verde can rattle them, will Egypt conquer them? 🇪🇬⚔️🇦🇷
The Pharaohs face the reigning world champions in the ultimate Round of 16 clash tonight ... Show more
Key FactsEgypt Coach Blasts Refereeing After Heartbreaking World Cup Loss
Jul 8, 2026 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: gulfnews.com
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: gulfnews.com
- Egypt was close to a historic quarter-final berth, leading 2-0 against reigning champions Argentina with just over ten minutes left.
- A goal by Egypt was overturned by VAR due to a foul call, and a penalty appeal for Mohamed Salah was dismissed.
- Head coach Hossam Hassan accused officials of bias favoring Argentina to keep Messi in the tournament.
- Argentina completed a dramatic comeback with a stoppage-time winner, leaving Egypt devastated and protesting unfair treatment.
"We haven't seen respect or fair play," he said. "A penalty (for us) was ruled out, it was not even checked by the VAR and our second goal was remarkably, for whatever reason, disallowed." "We have all seen the shirt pulled back [by Alexis Mac Allister] and not even a VAR check. Life is unfair, normal life is unfair, so why is there no fairness in sports?"— Hossam Hassan, Egypt head coach, after the match; as reported by BBC
TVP World Jul 08
“Geography matters. The perception of threat is not evenly distributed across our continent,” said Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski [@radeksikorski ] regarding ... Show more
The formation of Antarctica's vast East Antarctic Ice Sheet may have been driven not only by falling atmospheric carbon dioxide but also by the slow ... Show more
Morocco and South Africa delivered when it mattered most, booking their spots in the World Cup knockout stage with big wins in their final group games ... Show more