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Monitoring Media Narratives Across Africa
Last updated: October 2026
Monitoring Media Narratives Across Africa
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BEIJING, Oct. 12 (Xinhua) -- The Mingde Strategic Dialogue 2026, which concluded in Beijing on Sunday, brought together scholars and strategic thinkers from around the globe to explore the new opportunities China's development offers the world. Over the six-day event, themed "Resilience and Vitality: New …
Concept picture of Token Photo: VCG In the age of artificial intelligence (AI), token â an invisible, intangible yet increasingly vital "new commodity" â is circulating across borders. AI-generated short dramas and comics have taken Southeast Asia by storm. In Africa, livestreamers use AI-produced scripts …
The China-Laos Railway has completed four years of safe operations, carrying more than 62.5 million passenger trips and 72.5 million tons of cargo as of December 2, 2025. Photo: courtesy of China State Railway Group As of October 9, cumulative trade on the China-Laos Railway …
Niku Argane’s farm sits on a steep hillside in central Ethiopia’s semi-mountainous Gurage Zone, where years of flooding have carved deep gullies through the land. Soil that once produced enough barley and potatoes to feed his wife and four children — and left a surplus …
U.S. President Donald Trump lashed out Saturday at the decision to award the Nobel Peace Prize to Navi Pillay, a South African jurist and former United Nations human rights chief who has accused Israel of committing genocide in Gaza, claiming that virtually nobody had heard …
Members of the Ethiopian Federal Police (EFP) patrol in Mekele, the capital of Tigray, in northern Ethiopia, on October 9, 2026 (AFP/-) Ethiopia accuses Eritrea, which has deployed troops in northern Ethiopia in recent days, of “blatant aggression”, of “blatant aggression”, with Asmara retorting on …
Three years since Hamas’s Al-Aqsa Flood terrorist attacks, and the beginning of Israel’s brutal military assault on Gaza which followed, the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is still clinging to power. It is a position that was unthinkable in the immediate aftermath of October 7, …
A.I. may be advancing at breakneck speed, but Bill Gates worries its most powerful tools are reaching the wealthiest people and countries first. To help counter that, the 70-year-old Microsoft co-founder is committing at least $1 billion through his private foundation, trying to push the …
This self-portrait is part of my project So I See Me, which I began in 2020 during the Covid-19 pandemic and continue to this day. The title reflects the central idea: using the camera to look at myself. But it also carries a subtle echo …
Mariam Ashalem De Andres 07 October 2026•Update: 07 October 2026 The US Embassy in Addis Ababa warned Americans of reports of possible long-range attacks targeting Ethiopian military installations on several occasions in October, urging them to exercise caution and follow the advice of local authorities, …