Africa
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Heavenly and Earthly Treasures Show Africa’s Mark on the Byzantine World
The Met Museum offers a treasure chest of North Africa’s influences on the golden age of Medieval art. On the…
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If You Want Our Countries to Address Climate Change, First Pause Our Debts
When poor countries are forced to default on their foreign debt, as Ghana and Zambia have done, they pay a…
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Across Africa, Young Leaders Emerge to Push for Change
Six people, all 35 or younger, talk about what they are doing to shake up politics on the continent, and…
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Putin’s promise of free grain reflects Moscow’s priorities in Africa.
The six countries that Russian President Vladimir V. Putin chose to provide with free grain reflect Russia’s foreign policy priorities…
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War Brought Putin Closer to Africa. Now It’s Pushing Them Apart.
As President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia prepares to host African leaders at a summit, a collapsed grain deal and…
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Why Won’t Simon Ateba Stop Shouting?
The Today News Africa gadfly has become a hero on the right, thanks to his confrontational behavior in the White…
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Grain Deal’s End Could Have a Potential ‘Catastrophic Impact’ in Africa
Russia’s withdrawal from a grain deal with Ukraine that fed millions of people in Africa in the last year could…
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Philadelphia Museum Creates Center for African Art
With a gift from the trustee Ira Brind, the center will aim to advance the museum’s new Equity Agenda.
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Russian Mercenaries Are Destabilizing Africa
One of the groups that have risen to international prominence (or infamy) with the invasion of Ukraine is Wagner, a…
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Tshala Muana, Congolese Singer With Danceable Messages, Dies at 64
A superstar in Africa, she sang in the language of her tribe and often addressed social concerns, insisting on women’s…
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