— Laying the groundwork for significant licensing rounds in 2025/2026 Cape Town, South Africa — Equatorial Guinea has formally restarted its open-door licensing procedure for 2025, paving the way for a significant licensing round towards the end of 2025 or beginning of 2026. This step signifies a strategic change towards emphasizing licensing and exploration, concentrating...
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Kagwe Urges Agricultural Overhaul at AFDB Conference
The Agriculture and Livestock Development Cabinet Secretary, Mutahi Kagwe, has urged for swift measures to convert the agricultural sector from a struggling segment into a prosperous industry. The CS stated that agriculture continues to be the foundation of the continent, offering sustenance to more than 60 percent of Africa’s populace and playing a role in...
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Mutei Grannies FC: Kenya’s Football Grandmas Head to South Africa Tournament
Mutei FC, a team of elderly female footballers from the North Rift, is set to travel to South Africa for the Mama Beka GIFT tournament. The club, consisting of women aged between 52 and 75 years, gained support from the government via the Ministry of Sports. The GIFT tournament made its debut two years ago...
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Harambee Stars: Ex-Qatar and Egypt Coach Sounds Alarm for McCarthy on Kenya’s Tough Road Ahead
Benni McCarthy has been named the new head coach of Harambee Stars, succeeding Engin Firat who previously held the position. Recently, the South African international revealed his initial roster and conducted his first practice session with the team. McCarthy’s initial task as the leader of the Harambee Stars will be coaching them in the 2026...
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Giant Mine Machine Devours Senegal’s Fertile Coast in International Spotlight
Similar to a scene from the sci-fi movie “Dune,” the so-called “world’s largest mining dredge” has been engulfing one plot after another of the productive coastal farmland responsible for growing most of Senegal’s vegetables. The massive drill has created a rugged 23-kilometer (14-mile) long gash, noticeable even from orbit, caused by extracting zircon, a material...
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Covid-19 – How Did Africa Defy the Odds With Fewer Deaths?
The COVID-19 pandemic was supposed to decimate African populations, but that didn’t happen. Why? for Africa: the region’s underfunded and poorly equipped health facilities would crumble and millions of people could die. Africans could lose their lives as a direct result of COVID-19. – that’s 2.5% of the 7 million global death toll, according to...
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Europe’s oldest human face found in Atapuerca: ‘We may be looking at a new species’
Spanish researchers have found the remains of a facial fragment in Atapuerca, in northern Spain, which has been identified as the oldest known face in Western Europe, with an age of between 1.1 and 1.4 million years. The study, published in the journal ‘Nature’ and led by IPHES-CERCA, has revealed this key discovery about the...
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East DR Congo mines mint Rwanda-backed M23’s fortune
Mine shafts snake under the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo’s mountains, but instead of the Congolese government their rich veins are making a mint for the Rwanda-backed M23. In the tracts of land the M23 has seized following its 2021 resurgence in the eastern DRC, an area mineral-rich yet scarred by decades of conflict, the...
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Heritage Destination #5: Socotra — An Endemic Wonderland
Situated in the northwestern part of the Indian Ocean close to the Gulf of Aden, the Socotra archipelago spans more than 250 kilometers. This group includes four main islands along with two rugged islets that appear to elongate the Horn of Africa. There are 1,223 locations listed under UNESCO’s World Heritage List. These can be...
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Mistakes to Avoid When Planning Your African Adventure: Why First-Timers Should Start in South Africa
Eli Solidum, aged 28, embarked on an extensive journey across Africa, visiting 8 different countries during his adventure. He reveals which nation is considered ‘otherworldly’ and which one boasts the ‘most friendly’ inhabitants. READ MORE: I sold my home to embark on travels — here are the top countries I love. I have visited more...