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Monitoring Media Narratives Across Africa
Last updated: October 2026
Monitoring Media Narratives Across Africa
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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 …
Hamdan Foundation in Dubai, UNESCO launch research project on lessons from past laureates Dubai: Three teacher development initiatives from Türkiye, Ethiopia and Indonesia have shared $300,000 at the ninth edition of the UNESCO–Hamdan Prize for Teacher Development, honoured at a ceremony at UNESCO Headquarters in …
Bookbinding is not what it used to be. And no one knows that better than Nancy Turner, conservator of manuscripts at the Getty Museum and curator of “The Making of a Medieval Manuscript,” through March 14. On view are Christian volumes from Europe, Armenia and …
Ethiopia rejects pressure over Nile and Red Sea access Ethiopia has warned that coercion and aggression will not undermine its interests in the Red Sea and Nile, a day after Egypt, Eritrea, Sudan, and Somalia declared maritime governance the exclusive responsibility of coastal states and …
Amer Solyman and Rania Abushamala 04 October 2026•Update: 04 October 2026 Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Sunday reaffirmed his country’s rejection of foreign interference in African affairs and called for coordination in managing cross-border rivers. Speaking at the opening of the African Union’s eighth …
BEIJING, Oct. 4 (Xinhua) -- Partnerships between China and African countries strengthen community resilience and build capacity for sustainable development over the long term, a humanitarian official has said. "We see this engagement as constructive and look forward to further strengthening and expanding this cooperation …
Hussien Elkabany and Rania Abushamala 04 October 2026•Update: 05 October 2026 The leaders of Egypt, Sudan, Eritrea and Somalia gathered Sunday at a summit in Egypt's coastal city of El Alamein, rejecting unilateral measures that could harm Egypt and Sudan’s water rights amid their dispute …
Hussien Elkabany and Rania Abushamala 03 October 2026•Update: 03 October 2026 Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Saturday rejected the use of the Nile water for political gains and called for peaceful solutions to Africa’s conflicts, amid escalating tensions with Ethiopia. Sisi made the remarks …
Industry: China's Xinye launches an aluminum factory in Ethiopia Hope Olodo, Ecofin Agency The Chinese group Xinye Special Steel is developing its industrial activities in Ethiopia. Photo DR The Chinese group Xinye Special Steel announced, on September 28, the commissioning of an aluminum plant with …
Necva Taştan Sevinç 02 October 2026•Update: 02 October 2026 The African Union Commission called Thursday on Ethiopia, Eritrea and Egypt to exercise maximum restraint amid heightened tensions between the three countries driven by disputes over regional seaport access, water resources and shifting military alliances in …