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Medieval cities in the northern Horn of Africa (1200-1600 CE) www.africanhistoryextra.com/p/medieval-c...
Medieval cities in the northern Horn of Africa (1200-1600 CE)
The northern horn of Africa is home to one of the largest concentrations of urban settlements on the continent, many of which are of significant antiquity.
www.africanhistoryextra.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Medieval cities in the northern Horn of Africa (1200-1600 CE) www.africanhistoryextra.com/p/medieval-c...
#Sudan's civil war is fuelling one of the world's worst humanitarian crises. As rival factions violently battle for power and commit atrocities, regional and global powers' geopolitical interests entrench divisions. #KeeepEyesOnSudan www.europarl.europa.eu/thinktank/en...
Understanding the war in Sudan: The human cost of geopolitics | Think Tank | European Parliament
Understanding the war in Sudan: The human cost of geopolitics
www.europarl.europa.eu
November 4, 2025 at 5:10 PM
#Sudan's civil war is fuelling one of the world's worst humanitarian crises. As rival factions violently battle for power and commit atrocities, regional and global powers' geopolitical interests entrench divisions. #KeeepEyesOnSudan www.europarl.europa.eu/thinktank/en...
Parliamentary systems and other pluralistic institutions in pre-colonial Africa www.africanhistoryextra.com/p/parliament...
Parliamentary systems and other pluralistic institutions in pre-colonial Africa
The political history of several African kingdoms included systems of governance that were variously referred to as national “assemblies”, “councils,” or “parliaments,” which limited the power of…
www.africanhistoryextra.com
October 13, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Parliamentary systems and other pluralistic institutions in pre-colonial Africa www.africanhistoryextra.com/p/parliament...
The #war in #Sudan is not a “forgotten war”. Rather, it is a highly internationalised geopolitical battleground. Nor is it a proxy war, as the involvement of external actors is opportunistic, with state powers supporting different sides while cooperating elsewhere. fiia.fi/en/publicati...
The war in Sudan in the era of a multipolar world
The war in Sudan is not a “forgotten war”. Rather, it is a highly internationalised geopolitical battleground, reflecting old peacebuilding failures and key implications of the shifting international…
fiia.fi
October 13, 2025 at 9:44 AM
The #war in #Sudan is not a “forgotten war”. Rather, it is a highly internationalised geopolitical battleground. Nor is it a proxy war, as the involvement of external actors is opportunistic, with state powers supporting different sides while cooperating elsewhere. fiia.fi/en/publicati...
La question des #spoliations et des #restitutions qui agite actuellement le monde des #musees n’est pas nouvelle. Elle remonte à la constitution des collections des musées français, depuis la Révolution, le Consulat puis l’Empire. www.radiofrance.fr/francecultur... #afrique
Le temps des restitutions : épisode 4/4 du podcast Musées, la réinvention permanente
AUDIO • Musées, la réinvention permanente, épisode 4/4 : Le temps des restitutions. Une série inédite proposée par France Culture. Écoutez LSD, la série documentaire, et découvrez nos podcasts en…
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October 12, 2025 at 4:10 PM
La question des #spoliations et des #restitutions qui agite actuellement le monde des #musees n’est pas nouvelle. Elle remonte à la constitution des collections des musées français, depuis la Révolution, le Consulat puis l’Empire. www.radiofrance.fr/francecultur... #afrique
[Podcast] Le Pacte #eu ropéen sur la #migration et l'asile : vers une nouvelle gestion des frontières - Touteleurope.eu www.touteleurope.eu/l-ue-dans-le...
Touteleurope.eu, le site de référence sur les questions européennes
Le site de référence sur les questions européennes : information pédagogique et décryptage de l'actualité européenne.
Touteleurope.eu
October 12, 2025 at 9:44 AM
[Podcast] Le Pacte #eu ropéen sur la #migration et l'asile : vers une nouvelle gestion des frontières - Touteleurope.eu www.touteleurope.eu/l-ue-dans-le...
A quoi servent les délégations de l'Union européenne à travers le monde ? - #EEAS #EUdelegations Touteleurope.eu www.touteleurope.eu/l-ue-dans-le...
Touteleurope.eu, le site de référence sur les questions européennes
Le site de référence sur les questions européennes : information pédagogique et décryptage de l'actualité européenne.
Touteleurope.eu
October 11, 2025 at 4:10 PM
A quoi servent les délégations de l'Union européenne à travers le monde ? - #EEAS #EUdelegations Touteleurope.eu www.touteleurope.eu/l-ue-dans-le...
Tracking Gaza’s Descent into #Famine: #Gaza’s population experienced food insecurity prior to the war, but food insecurity surged following Hamas’s October 2023 attack on Israel and Israel’s subsequent blockade on food, water, and fuel into Gaza. www.csis.org/analysis/tra...
Tracking Gaza’s Descent into Famine
On August 22, the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) announced that famine is currently occurring in Gaza, marking the fifth such classification since the IPC was formed in 2004 and…
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October 11, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Tracking Gaza’s Descent into #Famine: #Gaza’s population experienced food insecurity prior to the war, but food insecurity surged following Hamas’s October 2023 attack on Israel and Israel’s subsequent blockade on food, water, and fuel into Gaza. www.csis.org/analysis/tra...
Is the planet running out of fresh water? | Asked & Answered - YouTube www.youtube.com/shorts/rMpCX...
Is the planet running out of fresh water? | Asked & Answered
The World Meteorological Organization’s latest annual report found that the global water cycle is becoming increasingly erratic, with two thirds of the world’s rivers experiencing abnormal…
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October 10, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Is the planet running out of fresh water? | Asked & Answered - YouTube www.youtube.com/shorts/rMpCX...
Famine in #Gaza | Asked & Answered - YouTube www.youtube.com/shorts/R2JdJ...
Famine in Gaza | Asked & Answered
The dire situation in Gaza has officially been classified as a famine by the world’s leading authority on hunger, the IPC. Why is this classification so remarkable, does it make a difference, and…
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October 10, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Famine in #Gaza | Asked & Answered - YouTube www.youtube.com/shorts/R2JdJ...
#AfricaClimateSummit2: Explore the African Union's inaugural climate strategy and delve into EU-Africa climate collaboration. Discover more at: buff.ly/CJCx2ZZ via @EP_ThinkTank. #AfricaClimateSummit #ClimateAction
The African Union's first climate strategy – And EU-Africa climate cooperation | Think Tank | European Parliament
The African Union's first climate strategy – And EU-Africa climate cooperation
www.europarl.europa.eu
September 8, 2025 at 9:44 AM
#AfricaClimateSummit2: Explore the African Union's inaugural climate strategy and delve into EU-Africa climate collaboration. Discover more at: buff.ly/CJCx2ZZ via @EP_ThinkTank. #AfricaClimateSummit #ClimateAction
Millennia of history vanished in #Sudan's war: Since the national #museum was looted in April 2023, thousands of antiquities from the 3,000-year-old Kingdom of Kush have disappeared. Some might have been smuggled into Egypt, Chad, and South Sudan, but most remain untraceable. buff.ly/TOMorPT
How millennia of history vanished in Sudan's war
In the scorched courtyard of Sudan's National Museum in Khartoum, a towering black granite statue of Kush Pharaoh Taharqa now stands alone, surrounded by shards of broken glass and shattered…
www.al-monitor.com
September 6, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Millennia of history vanished in #Sudan's war: Since the national #museum was looted in April 2023, thousands of antiquities from the 3,000-year-old Kingdom of Kush have disappeared. Some might have been smuggled into Egypt, Chad, and South Sudan, but most remain untraceable. buff.ly/TOMorPT
God and Nollywood: When Nigeria’s film industry began to flourish in the early 1990s, #Nollywood movies were often shown in church halls. It wasn’t long before the industry began to create Christian films, and now they’ve gone beyond churches. buff.ly/ytTPOk2
God and Nollywood: how Pentecostal churches have shaped Nigerian film
Evangelical filmmakers turned prayers into special effects and spiritual battles into dramatic storylines and created a new genre.
theconversation.com
September 5, 2025 at 4:10 PM
God and Nollywood: When Nigeria’s film industry began to flourish in the early 1990s, #Nollywood movies were often shown in church halls. It wasn’t long before the industry began to create Christian films, and now they’ve gone beyond churches. buff.ly/ytTPOk2
What defines a truly #publicspace? In #Khartoum, prior to the war, the streets, tea stalls, protest sites, and even burial spaces were vibrant parts of daily life. theconversation.com/khartoum-bef...
Khartoum before the war: the public spaces that held the city together
It’s time to rethink how Africa’s public spaces are defined and designed – by listening to how people already make cities public.
theconversation.com
September 4, 2025 at 4:10 PM
What defines a truly #publicspace? In #Khartoum, prior to the war, the streets, tea stalls, protest sites, and even burial spaces were vibrant parts of daily life. theconversation.com/khartoum-bef...
The Luba Kingdom expanded across smaller societies near the Congo River and Lake Tanganyika in the early 19th century. It collapsed in the 1870s and 1880s due to a prolonged succession dispute and the arrival of armed traders from East Africa and Angola.https://buff.ly/l9Vvs9m
The Luba kingdom and the divergent fortunes of pre-colonial Central Africa (1750-1870).
The connections between pre-colonial Central African kingdoms and the expansion of international trade during the 19th century feature prominently in debates about African agency and dependency.
www.africanhistoryextra.com
September 4, 2025 at 9:44 AM
The Luba Kingdom expanded across smaller societies near the Congo River and Lake Tanganyika in the early 19th century. It collapsed in the 1870s and 1880s due to a prolonged succession dispute and the arrival of armed traders from East Africa and Angola.https://buff.ly/l9Vvs9m
The resurgence of #pirate attacks in #Somalia and the Gulf of #Guinea Somali pirates have renewed their attacks over the past 12 months, highlighting the fact that the underlying causes of poverty and weak government have still not been addressed. - Africa in Fact africainfact.com/the-resurgen...
The resurgence of pirate attacks in Somalia and the Gulf of Guinea - Africa in Fact
The number of Somali pirate attacks nosedived from 2017 as a result of international naval intervention, and the same thing has started to happen more recently in the Gulf of Guinea. This success has…
africainfact.com
July 27, 2025 at 4:10 PM
The resurgence of #pirate attacks in #Somalia and the Gulf of #Guinea Somali pirates have renewed their attacks over the past 12 months, highlighting the fact that the underlying causes of poverty and weak government have still not been addressed. - Africa in Fact africainfact.com/the-resurgen...
At least 15 confirmed Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) attacks have targeted military outposts across the Lake Chad region this year. issafrica.org/iss-today/la...
Lake Chad Basin’s military bases in ISWAP’s crosshairs | ISS Africa
Remote and poorly resourced outposts are soft targets for attacks, and a weak point in regional counter-terrorism efforts.
issafrica.org
July 27, 2025 at 9:44 AM
At least 15 confirmed Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) attacks have targeted military outposts across the Lake Chad region this year. issafrica.org/iss-today/la...
The #EU Commission suggests tying #development #aid for #Africa n and other countries to #migration enforcement. Under the Global Europe instrument, aid could be linked to a country's willingness to cooperate with #returns, readmissions, and border controls. www.dw.com/en/eu-africa...
EU-Africa migration policy shift: Cooperation or coersion? – DW – 07/22/2025
New hardline EU immigration policy could see development funding cut unless African nations prevent migrants from leaving. Some experts are warning it's counterproductive, undermines sovereignty, and…
www.dw.com
July 26, 2025 at 4:10 PM
The #EU Commission suggests tying #development #aid for #Africa n and other countries to #migration enforcement. Under the Global Europe instrument, aid could be linked to a country's willingness to cooperate with #returns, readmissions, and border controls. www.dw.com/en/eu-africa...
Ranked: The 50 Most #Food Self-Sufficient #Countries in the World www.visualcapitalist.com/ranked-50-co...
July 26, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Ranked: The 50 Most #Food Self-Sufficient #Countries in the World www.visualcapitalist.com/ranked-50-co...
Dix ans après l’accord de #Paris, le mur #climat ique se rapproche toujours plus vite | www.alternatives-economiques.fr/dix-ans-apre...
July 25, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Dix ans après l’accord de #Paris, le mur #climat ique se rapproche toujours plus vite | www.alternatives-economiques.fr/dix-ans-apre...
L' #UE et ses #iles face aux enjeux contemporains: 2400 îles et 20,5 millions d' #Europe ens concernés www.robert-schuman.eu/questions-d-...
July 25, 2025 at 9:44 AM
L' #UE et ses #iles face aux enjeux contemporains: 2400 îles et 20,5 millions d' #Europe ens concernés www.robert-schuman.eu/questions-d-...
Public #debt in #Africa: structure is the primary issue, not volume | Mo Ibrahim Foundation mo.ibrahim.foundation/news/2023/pu...
July 24, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Public #debt in #Africa: structure is the primary issue, not volume | Mo Ibrahim Foundation mo.ibrahim.foundation/news/2023/pu...
World's top court says healthy environment is a human right #climate #climatejustice www.dw.com/en/worlds-to...
World's top court says healthy environment is a human right – DW – 07/23/2025
The International Court of Justice has issued its ruling on states' legal obligations in relation to climate change, saying that failing to protect the planet may be a violation of international law.
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July 24, 2025 at 9:44 AM
World's top court says healthy environment is a human right #climate #climatejustice www.dw.com/en/worlds-to...
In the late 1950s and early 1960s, as Africa approached the end of colonization, writers and intellectuals played a crucial role in the independence movement. They used their creative work to challenge colonial ideologies and envision #decolonial alternatives.. theconversation.com/ngugi-wa-thi...
Ngũgi wa Thiong’o and the African literary revolution
From the late 1950s a new generation of African writers challenged colonial systems and used their work to imagine a new world.
theconversation.com
June 14, 2025 at 4:10 PM
In the late 1950s and early 1960s, as Africa approached the end of colonization, writers and intellectuals played a crucial role in the independence movement. They used their creative work to challenge colonial ideologies and envision #decolonial alternatives.. theconversation.com/ngugi-wa-thi...
How are #oceans faring in a heating world?https://www.dw.com/en/high-seas-treaty-ocean-protection-biodiversity-global-warming-can-we-save-our-oceans/a-72855805
How are oceans faring in a heating world? – DW – 06/10/2025
Climate change, plastic pollution and overfishing are putting a toll on oceans, biodiversity and livelihoods. Can the UN's ocean conference underway in France find solutions to help protect them?
www.dw.com
June 14, 2025 at 9:44 AM
How are #oceans faring in a heating world?https://www.dw.com/en/high-seas-treaty-ocean-protection-biodiversity-global-warming-can-we-save-our-oceans/a-72855805