Africanews  

Faouzi Lekjaa, Mehdi Bensaid, Minister of Youth, Culture and Communication, and other Authenticity and Modernity Party (PAM) candidates visited Rabat during their electoral campaign on 14 September for a face to face interaction with local residents.

Africanews  

The southern African country dispatched its first shipment of blueberries to China in July after a phytosanitary agreement signed a year ago and Beijing's scrapping of tariffs on imports from 53 African countries in May

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A Russian strike has hit a shopping complex in Zaporizhzhia, injuring one person and sparking a fire that spread across more than 10,000 square metres, according to Ukraine’s State Emergency Service.

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Russia’s parliamentary election is under way, with voting beginning in the Far East on Friday, 18 September before spreading across the country for three days. Polls will remain open until Sunday evening, when voters will have chosen all 450 members of the State Duma.

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Residents have told the Associated Press that a locally made herbal alcoholic drink known as “Monkey Tail” is suspected of being linked to the outbreak. Authorities have not yet confirmed the drink as the source, and investigations are continuing.

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Torrential rain hit the Tunisian capital on Thursday, raising fears of flooding and forcing the city to suspend classes at schools and universities.

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At least 37 suspects arrested for alleged illegal mining were found dead in Nigerian security custody on Thursday, officials said, claiming a suspected disease outbreak was to blame.

Design Indaba  

Collaborative design-build establishes new relationships between community members, municipal officials and the Urban Safety Reference Group.

Africanews  

Police fired tear gas and warning shots and arrested activists as protesters rallied in cities across the Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday against President Felix Tshisekedi's plan to change the constitution.

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Dozens of Israelis demonstrated outside the Knesset in West Jerusalem on 17 September, accusing political leaders of using regional tensions to interfere with the 27 October parliamentary election.

Design Indaba  

Architect and artist Elsa Ponce transforms a New York street with an inspired climate responsive walkway

Africanews  

Protesters in San Francisco urged OpenAI and Anthropic to pause powerful AI, calling for global rules and an AI emergency amid safety and climate fears.

Design Indaba  

Pentagram’s Paula Scher maps the space women have been granted in democracy.

Africanews  

The Head of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) witnessed first-hand the threats to community safety in Unity State and, in response, deferred closing a UN base there.

BBC News Africa  

The mother of two young children was kidnapped last week in the middle of the day in the main city, Blantyre

BBC News Africa  

Authorities linked the deaths to disease, but the official explanation has been disputed by intelligence reports and relatives of the accused.

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Many Nigerians buy their first ever shares - in the oil refinery owned by Africa's richest man, Aliko Dangote.

Africanews  

The discovery of the bodies of nine women in the same area on the outskirts of South Africa's biggest city, Johannesburg, in the last two months have prompted police to investigate if the killings are linked and being carried out by the same person. Women say they're living in fear.

Africanews  

Displaced Yemenis who fled to Djibouti have been describing the fighting that forced them to leave. At least 100,000 people have left Yemen since the start of September as Iran-backed Houthi rebels advanced on the coast, seizing control of the strategic Bab el-Mandeb strait.

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In a report co-authored with Caritas, the diocese of Pointe-Noire said farmers in the Koilou department have reported sharp drops in cassava harvests. The residents pointed the finger at gas flaring by oil companies

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Medical teams face brutal conditions as grave diggers work night and day to bury victims of the Ebola outbreak which continues to grip the Democratic Republic of Congo.