Ghostly Presences in Addis Ababa: A Conversation with Maaza Mengiste
Image Source “THESE ARE NOT gentle stories,” Maaza Mengiste warns in the introduction to Addis Ababa Noir. Mengiste, whose second novel, The…
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Is Heineken brewing a better Africa?
Image Source In the Netherlands, there’s an old secret that involves a local, world-famous beer brand. Only we Dutch know…
Tesla cobalt deal with Glencore allegedly benefits sanctioned billionaire at the center of corruption scandal in DRC
Image Source “Sanctioned Israeli Billionaire to Gain From Elon Musk Cobalt Deal” …Tesla Inc…struck a deal last month with Glencore…
Beyond the language of denial: Men talk mental health in Ghana
Oti Agyemang Prempeh recalls the time in 2017 he found the courage to talk to his father about living with…
‘Like the speed of the wind’: Kenya’s lakes rise to destructive highs
Image Source Peering into the lake, the village elder struggled to pinpoint where beneath the hyacinth and mesquite weeds lay…
Criminalization of Search-and-Rescue Operations in the Mediterranean Has Been Accompanied by Rising Migrant Death Rate
Image Source The deaths of more than 350 migrants in the 2013 sinking of an overloaded smuggling vessel off the…