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Painting of the Day. Village
> > artcameroon.com/village/
This painting is a beautiful and vibrant depiction of a traditional African village with thatched roof huts. The painting is full of life and energy, and the village is depicted in a state of peace and tranquility.
99 x 80 cm
39 x 31 in
$1500 original / $200 top quality art print
Inquiries are welcome / Sales benefit only the artist
#AfricanArt #Africa #utopia #paintingoftheday

Holy Hell

““Now everything is dead, it’s like a totally dead river. Unbelievable. Overnight, this river died.”

“an acid spill at a Chinese-owned mine …contaminated a major river and could potentially affect millions of people after signs of pollution were detected at least 100 kilometers (60 miles) downstream.”

apnews.com/article/mining-poll

Chihombori-Quao: USAID was ‘a wolf in sheep’s clothing’ in Africa | Al Jazeera
aljazeera.com/program/the-bott

"Former African Union ambassador to the US says US government’s aid agency had a ‘major meddling agenda’ across Africa."

"Chihombori-Quao tells host Steve Clemons that USAID doesn’t have much to show for its decades of education and healthcare projects in Africa and often destabilised countries under the guise of environmental, human rights or social justice agendas."

#US and Israel look to #Africa for moving #Palestinians uprooted from #Gaza

https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-gaza-trump-somaliland-sudan-somalia-575e03aaa0c487bae2fbadfdef8f5ca3

The contacts with #Sudan, Somalia and the breakaway region of #Somalia known as Somaliland reflect the determination by the U.S. and #Israel to press ahead with a plan that has been widely condemned and raised serious legal and moral issues.
Palestinians shop at Sheikh Radwan Market, west of Gaza City, before the Iftar, the fast-breaking meal, during the holy month of Ramadan on Monday, March 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
AP News · US and Israel float Palestinians being resettled in African countriesBy Josef Federman
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Mahmoud Ahmed is a national icon of Ethiopia, a musician who rose to prominence during the time of Haile Selassie, and whose songs are known by every generation, though he hasn’t released a new track in decades. Now, he’s retiring, and @thecontinent spoke to him days before his final concert in Addis Ababa. Here’s the interview — writer Maya Misikir suggests listening to it accompanied by Ahmed’s most famous track, “Tizita,” (sometimes known as “Tezeta”) which is a song about nostalgia.

continent.substack.com/p/i-wou

#Africa #Ethiopia #MahmoudAhmed #Music ##Tezeta #Tizita #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday

The Continent · ‘I would be happy to die on that stage’By The Continent

Age of “climate whiplash” puts residents of Africa’s fast-growing cities in danger

As global warming intensifies heavy rainfall and drought, cities with poor drainage and water systems are struggling to adapt and protect people, especially in the Global South

climatechangenews.com/2025/03/

Climate Home News · Age of "climate whiplash" puts residents of Africa's cities in dangerAs climate change intensifies heavy rainfall and drought, Africa's cities are struggling to adapt and protect people

Africa’s elephants have been in dramatic decline for 50 years. A new study explores what can be done to save them.

From @ConversationUS: The research "put together data from 1,325 surveys of elephant populations — everything we could find — to evaluate how elephant numbers in Africa have changed."

flip.it/-6pkYt

The ConversationAfrica’s elephants have been in dramatic decline for 50 years. What can be done to save them – new studyMaintaining current elephant numbers, let alone reversing declines, requires new thinking and conservation innovation.