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  Energizing Africa

  eurasiareview.com - Eurasia Review

  The economy of Southern Africa is rapidly developing, driving a growing demand for electricity. Efficiently meeting this demand will require …

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  6 days ago

  Blinken Visits Africa, Vying With Russia for Favor on Continent Hit by Rising Food Prices

  The Wall Street Journal. - Jessica Donati, Gabriele Steinhauser

  U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken began a three-country tour of Africa on Sunday at a time of growing U.S. concern about Russia’s clout on the continent and on the heels of a recent trip by Moscow’s top envoy. The rise in food prices accelerated by the Russian invasion of Ukraine has hurt …

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  Tiny African kingdom has skiing as Europe sweats summer heat

  Associated Press

  BUTHA-BUTHE, Lesotho (AP) — While millions across Europe sweat through a summer of record-breaking heat, they're skiing in Africa. Don't worry. This isn't another sign of climate change but rather the fascinating anomaly of Lesotho, a tiny mountain kingdom completely surrounded by South Africa. …

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  'Scream for Me, Africa!': How the continent is reinventing heavy metal music

  NPR - Malaka Gharib

  Skinflint. Vulvodyinia. Metal Orizon. Wrust. Demorogoth Satanum. You probably haven't heard of these names, but they're just some of the many African heavy metal bands featured in Edward Banchs' new book, Scream for Me, Africa! Heavy Metal Identities in Post-Colonial Africa. The book examines the …

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  Racist videos of Africans fuel a million-dollar industry in China

  Euronews - Sophia Khatsenkova

  On 18 July, Chinese filmmaker Lu Ke was charged with five counts of child trafficking after a viral BBC investigation found that he was exploiting …

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  Burundi at 60 is the poorest country on the planet: a look at what went wrong

  theconversation.com - André Guichaoua

  Burundi, which marked 60 years of independence on 1 July 2022, ranks as the poorest country on the planet in terms of GDP per capita. This must be …