Decision adds powerful economy and an ally of the West to the continental AU
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Minna Salami: I’m Impatient with the idea that the reason we should Empower Women is to grow the economy – She. Leads. Africa.
Listed by ELLE Magazine as one of “12 women changing the world”, Minna Salami is a Nigerian-Finnish writer, blogger and commentator who has contributed to the popularisation of African feminism through her blog, MsAfropolitan
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These 6 Ghanaian Artists Are Continuing to Push the Boundaries of Photography – Okay Africa
The creative mind, often restless, yearns to find new avenues to exercise the angst that plagues it.
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Zambia welcomes its first female fighter pilot – Africa News
24-year-old Second Lieutenant Thokozile Muwamba has made history in Zambia as the country’s first female fighter pilot to be accepted into the male dominated area of the military.
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The Democratic Republic of Congo’s bloody December in one graphic – Quartz Africa
As president Joseph Kabila clings to power, the Democratic Republic of Congo is once again teetering on the brink of violent disaster.
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‘Devil Boy’: Down’s syndrome in Sierra Leone – Al Jazeera
In a country that demonises mental disabilities, a mother recalls the journey of her community’s acceptance and remorse.
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The Beauty and Complexity of the Black Experience Explored in Johannesburg – Okay Africa
This world has blackness somewhere in the space between racial classification and liberation.
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In a Show of African Portrait Photography, the Figure Fades Away
The exhibition looks beyond the horizon of defining an African identity, beyond the notion of authentically representing what this identity is supposed to be, as both local and foreign photographers have sought to do.
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From crystal meth to Olympic glory: the recovery and rise of Luvo Manyonga
Three years ago Luvo Manyonga was a crystal meth addict. Now he is an Olympic silver medallist. This is his journey from the tik-addled townships to Rio glory, with the help of an Irish former street-sweeper turned strongman.
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‘We got this’: Africans call on western donors to trust them on FGM
More than 200 donors, policy makers and FGM experts joined senate minority leader Harry Reid at Washington DC summit.
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