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Sixty percent of African youth are looking to leave because unchecked corruption threatens their future, according to a poll of more than 5,600 youngsters in 16 countries released Tuesday. Corruption is seen as the “single greatest hurdle” they face to achieve their own potential and a better life, said the Johannesburg-based Ichikowitz Family Foundation, which commissioned the poll of 5,604 people aged 18 to 24. “Most of all, they don’t believe their governments are doing enough to address this scourge and, because of it, almost 60% are looking to emigrate in the next five years,” it said. The 2024 African…

The livestock industry is essential for food security and economic development, according to a draft report by the United Nations’ Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) that reinforces its defence of practices in the emissions-heavy sector in recent years. Former and current FAO officials and academics have criticised the document, seen by Climate Home News, for pro-industry bias, cherry-picking data and even “disinformation” about the environmental impacts of animal farming. The FAO told Climate Home that a final version of the report – part of an assessment consisting of various documents – would be launched in 2025 and that conclusions should not be drawn…

Uganda’s star netball player Mary Cholhok Nuba has signed for Australian side Queensland Firebirds. The 27-year-old goal-shooter, who helped Uganda finish 5th in the Netball World Cup 2023, announced the new development on Wednesday. She joins Queensland Firebirds in the Suncorp Super Netball from English Super League (ESL) club Loughborough Lightning. “I am so excited to be joining the Firebirds. It has always been my dream to play in the best League in the world,” Nuba, who has been one of the best shooters in England, told Xinhua. In South Africa last year, Nuba scored 185 goals to be the…

Sixteen years after the release of 9ice’s sophomore album, his song Photocopy was reimagined. ID Cabasa’s and Vector’s Photocopy Reimagined is an interpolation and sample of the original. Unknown to its creators, this song, released in December 2023, foretold a new trend in the Nigerian music industry. Although music sampling is as old as time, hearing newly released songs giving a nod to several tunes that offset the new age of afrobeats in Nigeria is a novelty. The usual spin is a reinvention of Fela Kuti’s sound, Angelique Kidjo’s tunes, and other African artists. Growing up in the 80s meant you heard the original…

British-Libyan novelist Hisham Matar’s latest book, My Friends, is on the 2024 Booker Prize longlist. The Booker Prize, which includes a £50,000 cash award, is an highly coveted honor. This prize is open to authors of any nationality, providing the book under consideration has been published in the UK. This is Hisham Matar’s second time being on the Booker Prize longlist. He was first nominated in 2006 for his novel In the Country of Men, which made it to the shortlist. Matar is the only Libyan author to have ever been nominated. Matar has published five books, winning awards for his work…

Around the world, investors are negotiating deals with developing countries to take control of large tracts of, often forested, land.

At 99, the memory of Patrice Lumumba only grows stronger, as a new book uncovers fresh details about his gruesome assassination 64 years ago.

What these stories all have in common is that these nations rose from poverty by embracing a common formula: more economic freedom and free trade.

The Guardian, AFP, Al Jazeera, and Reuters top index for most balanced media coverage of Africa, American outlets lag at the bottom.

Although EFRIS is not a tax, some traders have described it as double taxation, hence calling on government to suspend it.