Ethiopian members of parliament have elected Sahle-Work Zewde as the country’s first female president.
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An African American artist’s “remixing” of apartheid-era images is raising questions about appropriation | Quartz Africa
Wandering around this year’s Johannesburg Arts Fair in September, photographer Graeme Williams stopped dead in front of a familiar image. The photograph of black South African children marching past a tank of white police officers was his—except that it wasn’t.
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Kenyans Say Chinese Investment Brings Racism and Discrimination | The New York Times
RUIRU, Kenya — Before last year, Richard Ochieng’, 26, could not recall experiencing racism firsthand.
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The Seeds of Marielle: These Courageous Afro-Brazilian Women Are Running for State Office Despite the Odds | OkayAfrica
Here are 11 of the inspirational black women running for political office in Brazil’s upcoming national elections.
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Sierra Leone cancels $300 million airport deal with China | The Philadelphia Tribune
Sierra Leone has nixed plans to build a controversial, $318 million airport outside the capital of Freetown with a Chinese company and funded by Chinese loans.
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This 26-year-old Nigerian is now the highest paid robotics engineer in the world | Face2Face Africa
Silas Adekunle achieved this feat after signing a new deal with the world’s reputable software manufacturers, Apple Inc.
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The First Urban Case of Ebola in the Congo Is a ‘Game Changer’ | The Atlantic
The stakes are higher now that the virus has reached a city of 1.2 million people.
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Kenya dam bursts, killing at least 41 and sweeping away houses in ‘sea of water’ | The Washington Post
Photos circulating on social media show people wading through muddy water, some carrying bodies retrieved in the aftermath of the disaster.
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Africa’s female rising stars of business are still seen as second-class citizens | The Guardian
Despite the compelling narrative about African women becoming titans of industry, sexism and inequality make scaling up impossible for many entrepreneurs.
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Ebola Is Back And World Health Officials Are Racing To Stop Another Catastrophe | Huffington Post
The World Health Organization is proposing to deploy the experimental Ebola vaccine against the new outbreak.
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