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Africa's film industry is ripe to boom. Idris Elba wants to be there for it.
A 2021 UNESCO report said that Africa's film and audiovisual industries could add $20 billion to th…
Eve Crosbie,Nathan Rennolds
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Mpox has finally infiltrated India, but how worried should we be about the viral disease?
Days after our neighbour Pakistan confirmed its second Mpox case this month, India has also reporte…
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Mpox outbreak in Africa was neglected - it could now turn into the next global pandemic
Mpox's recent history is yet another reminder that an infectious disease in one corner of the world…
PTI
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Turkey's 'balancing act' with BRICS may stoke NATO fears, but the West needn't be too worried, analysts say
The BRICS group, which includes countries such as Russia, China, and Iran, was formed to challenge …
Rebecca Rommen
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The global synthetic drugs crisis has hit West Africa, where people are digging up human bones to make a drug called 'kush'
An African city has had to put police guards on the cemeteries amid fears drug addicts are robbing …
Rebecca Rommen
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These butterflies flew across the Atlantic Ocean, winging their way from Africa to South America!
The butterfly effect suggests that a butterfly flapping its wings in one part of the world might tr…
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India look to finetune strategies in T20I series against SA ahead of Asia Cup, WC
Indian women's team will be eager to use the three-match T20I series against South Africa, beginnin…
PTI
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T20 World Cup on course to become the most important ICC event, reveals player survey
A player survey has revealed that the T20 World Cup is closing the gap in the race to become the "m…
PTI
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South Africa, Afghanistan look to rise above deep scars to seal T20 WC final berth
They found life and fighting spirit to rise above the ravages of war back in their country, bes…
PTI
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A group of cruise passengers stranded off the coast of Africa spent 6 days chasing the ship to get back on
After six days, passengers who were stranded on a small African island finally rejoined the Norwegi…
Joshua Zitser
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IND vs SA, 2nd Test: A look at records tumbled during chaotic day one
During an action-packed day one of second Test between India and South Africa on day one, a total o…
ANI
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The 500-year history of how sorrel migrated from West Africa to become the original 'Red Drink'
Sorrel migrated abroad during the trans-Atlantic slave trade. The hibiscus drink is a way for the A…
Yoonji Han
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Africa's richest person just opened a $19 billion oil refinery to help Nigeria reduce fuel imports
Aliko Dangote, founder of the Dangote Group, wants to help oil-rich Nigeria to reduce fuel imports …
Nathan Rennolds
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Russian oil heads to West Africa for the first time since 2018 as Western sanctions leave Moscow scrambling to find buyers
A cargo carrying 600,000 barrels of Russian crude has made its way to Ghana where it was due to be …
Zahra Tayeb
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Indian two-wheeler majors target new global markets as exports to Africa slide
Africa was a very large market for India’s two-wheeler exports but that market has been slowing dow…
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'It's tragic': Extreme heat could erase progress on child malnutrition in West Africa, scientists warn
"What is striking, and perhaps the most important takeaway, is that these heat effects are permanen…
Catherine Boudreau
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We need to get over syndrome that 'West is the bad guy': Jaishankar
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Sunday said the West was not the "bad guy" as it was not …
PTI
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Putin is trying to flex his influence in Africa, but countries are giving him the cold shoulder
The Kremlin blamed wonky attendance at this week's Russia-Africa summit on the West, claiming the U…
Chris Panella
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In the 1800s, the American Colonization Society relocated thousands of freed Black Americans to West Africa. It led to the creation of Liberia.
Slave-owning US presidents Thomas Jefferson, James Monroe, and James Madison, as well as leaders Da…
Yoonji Han
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Meet the Danish Frogmen who just took down a boat full of pirates in the Atlantic
An incident off the coast of West Africa in late 2021 offered a rare look at the operations of Denm…