Africa
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First person: Why I am campaigning for GM crops in Africa to combat hunger
Walter Suza, The Conversation
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Watch: This is how drones are used to deliver blood for transfusion in Rwanda
Scroll Staff
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UK: Practice of breast-ironing in minor girls on the rise, says report
Scroll Staff
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Watch: Miss Africa 2018 winner’s hair caught fire moments after getting the title
Scroll Staff
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Sierra Leone: 10-year-old girl dies after undergoing genital cutting in a mass initiation ceremony
Scroll Staff
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Did Chinua Achebe’s groundbreaking ‘Things Fall Apart’ subvert colonial structures – or uphold them?
Sarah Jilani, The Conversation
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‘There’s more to us than black skin’: The first Miss Africa India hopes to break racial stereotypes
Anu Prabhakar
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Senior diplomat becomes Ethiopia’s first female president
Scroll Staff
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World hunger has risen for three straight years – and climate change is a key reason
Jessica Eise, The Conversation Kenneth Foster, The Conversation
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Why did Melania Trump wear a pith helmet, a classic symbol of colonialism, in Africa?
Jacqueline L. Scott, The Conversation
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Ethiopia and Eritrea reopen border after 20 years as part of rapprochement
Scroll Staff
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Watch: Talk show host Ellen DeGeneres comes face-to-face with gorillas (and feeds a giraffe)
Scroll Staff
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China announces $60 billion ‘no-strings attached’ investment in Africa
Scroll Staff
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Watch: UK Prime Minister Theresa May decides she must dance in Africa. The outcome isn’t graceful
Scroll Staff
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Guardians of the earth: Environmental human rights defenders risk their lives to protect the future
Claudia Ituarte-Lima
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This touching video shows rescued elephants being released back into the wild where they belong
Scroll Staff
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Uganda: India is emerging as a global manufacturing hub, says Narendra Modi
Scroll Staff
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Medecins Sans Frontieres aid workers allegedly paid for sex in Africa: BBC
Scroll Staff
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Africa’s ancient baobab trees are being killed by climate change
Aida Cuní Sanchez, The Conversation
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This one’s for Africa: How Senegal downed Poland to earn the continent’s first win at Russia 2018
Vinayakk Mohanarangan