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[African Arguments] Where do African peoples fit into Western narratives on climate change, if at all? The Atlantic's "grim ironies" article provides a cautionary tale.

[African Arguments] Chinese companies have invested billions in Zimbabwe's lithium. Now Harare wants to ensure some processing happens before export.

[New Times] The Ministry of Health (MoH) on September 8, 2023, announced the opening of the Kigali Referral Mental Health Centre that was slated for the same month. This was in response to concerns about insufficiencies in mental health services highlighted in the Auditor General's performance report for 2018-2022.

[Global Press Journal] Harare, Zimbabwe -- The country's economic turmoil has led thousands of teachers to quit. Students don't have that option.

[VOA] Nairobi, Kenya -- Being the preferred choice of footwear for many, flip-flops - typically made of plastic or rubber - break easily and often aren't disposed of properly. Therefore, millions of them end up in oceans, waterways, dumpsites, and landfills all over the world.

[The New Humanitarian] Abuja -- 'When organisations try to support and empower people, they often go about it the wrong way and identify the wrong people to support.'

[Premium Times] Mr Blinken begins his fourth African trip this week, with visits to Cabo Verde, Cote d'Ivoire, Nigeria, and Angola.

[The Conversation Africa] Joseph Boakai was sworn in as Liberia's 26th president on 22 January 2024. Boakai secured a six year term of office after defeating incumbent president George Weah in a keenly contested November 2023 poll with 50.9% of the votes cast.

[RFI] Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Monday denounced Senegalese authorities for repressing opposition leaders, media and civil society, in a report published only five weeks before the West African nation holds its presidential election.

[DW] In East Africa and the Great Lakes region, German colonial conquest spurred courageous resistance from many local East African groups against well-armed and violent colonial forces.

Reports of hundreds of children dying of starvation are trickling in from remote areas in Tigray.

Ghana sack boss Chris Hughton after the Black Stars suffered a group-stage exit from the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.

Algeria crash out of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations as Mauritania claim a famous first win at the finals to snatch a last-16 spot.

Angola beat Burkina Faso 2-0 as both sides progress from Group D at the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations in Ivory Coast.

The man told a public inquiry he started a Johannesburg building fire that killed 77 people last August.

[African Security Research Project] The Pentagon launched the Minerva Research Initiative in 2008 as a ''DoD-sponsored, university-based social science research initiative that focuses on areas of strategic importance to the US national security policy.'' It is intended ''to identify and support basic social science research issues in need of attention and to integrate those research insights into the policy-making environment.'' Each spring, the DoD announces three-year grants (which can be extended up to

Cameroon come from behind in a five-goal thriller against The Gambia to reach the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations last 16.

Tom Saintfiet resigns as coach of The Gambia after the Scorpions suffered a group-stage exit at the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.

Holders Senegal beat Guinea 2-0 to secure top spot in Group C with a 100% record at the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.

[State Department] Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire -- SECRETARY BLINKEN: Thank you very much. Well, good afternoon, everyone. And for me, it was both a pleasure and fascinating to be here, both with my colleague from the African Development Bank and also from AfricaRice, just to see the extraordinary work that's being done to get to a place where, as President Biden has said, Africa feeds itself - and actually, more than itself, a place where Africa feeds the world. And that is not only very possible - I'm convinced that it can happen.