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    Drag Night Namibia: “What we are doing here today is massive”

    By Chris de Beer-Procter
    May 16, 2023
    Amid momentous legal victories and disappointing let-downs, Namibia’s queer community and activists celebrate a radical joy. It’s Drag Night in Namibia and The Loft ...
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    Editor's PicksSocietyTanzania

    “They wish we didn’t exist”: Tanzania school goers speak of transport woes

    By Mweha Msemo
    May 4, 2023
    In the daily sharp-elbowed jostle to board daladalas, school students find themselves at the back of the queue. Every weekday morning, Basilisa Isaka Ishengoma, ...
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    ClimateSociety

    “He laid out the earth for all living creatures”: Islam’s lessons for climate

    By Hasna Soussan
    April 20, 2023
    Islamic teachings are full of invocations to Muslims to revere nature, reject over-consumption, and live within planetary boundaries. In recent years, Islamic scholars and ...
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  • Athandiwe Saba - Deputy Editor Mail & Guardian, Joe Ageyo - Editorial Director at Nation Media Group, Samira Sawlani - Freelance journalist, Maria Sarungi Tsehai - Owner, Mwanzo TV, Charles Onyango Obbo - International Board Member at Article 19
    MediaOPINION

    Inclusion and Innovation Key to African Media Sustainability

    By Stan Getui
    April 15, 2023
    Forced to adapt to the political establishment, and financially beset by Big Data, what is the future of Africa’s media? This year started on ...
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    Burundi’s growing femicide problem

    By Lorraine Josiane Manishatse
    April 4, 2023
    As authorities turn a blind eye to the growing cases of violence and spousal murder, women’s rights activist are increasingly vocal. The burial of ...
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  • A view of Kibra, Nairobi: 75% of the OpenAI sub-contracted employees were from the informal settlement, earning a fraction of the pay for double the work. Photo courtesy: Regina Hart
    OPINIONPoliticsTechnologyTop story

    The invisible labour of Africa in the Digital Revolution

    By Suzie Shefeni
    March 17, 2023
    Is it surprising that the unequal global division of labour that built Western capitalism is being reproduced on the world wide web?    A ...
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    TechnologyTop story

    Peering into Africa’s AI future: A roadmap for digitisation

    By Topaz Mukulu
    March 17, 2023
    Africa can convert its rich cultural, biodiversity, and mineral resources into technological assets. But it must digitise them first.   AI is a ubiquitous topic ...
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    Society

    Africa is winning the war against Neglected Tropical Diseases

    By Monique Wasunna
    February 17, 2023
    Research is yielding better drugs, and governments and Big Pharma have been pushed into action. The elimination of once-killer diseases is in sight. As ...
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  • The British Settlers of 1820 Landing in Algoa Bay, an 1853 artwork by Thomas Baines.
    SocietySouth AfricaTop story

    Of cobblers, colonialism, and choices

    By Bridget Pitt
    February 1, 2023
    Growing up in South Africa, I was told my British colonial ancestors were a fundamentally decent lot. Researching a novel has taught me the ...
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  • Iron ore being transported across Liberia. Credit: jbdodane.
    LiberiaSociety

    The unaccountability of Liberia’s polluting miners

    By Margaret Nigba
    January 25, 2023
    The government’s reports and fines have not yet been sufficient to stop communities suffering from poisoned rivers. Last May in Grand Cape Mount County, ...
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