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Niger Museum Is National ‘Mirror’
AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
There are few museums in the world with as wide a scope as the National Museum of Niger. It has displays covering art, history, dinosaurs, nuclear energy, craftwork and music as well as live animals, for it also is a…
Sudanese Cinema Is Reborn After Revolution
AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
After the 2019 revolution, Sudanese filmmakers suddenly enjoyed greater openness and have won multiple international awards. But the artists have yet to receive the same recognition at home.
Cinema languished in…
Football Returns To Libya
BBC NEWS AT BBC.CO.UK/NEWS
Libya is playing league football for the first time since April 2019 when civil war ended the season prematurely.
The new season kicked off in 2021 without issues, but security is precarious. A cease-fire is…
Africa’s Animation Scene is Booming
BBC NEWS AT BBC.CO.UK/NEWS
Nigerian animator Ridwan Moshood was so determined to learn how to make cartoons, he spent hours in internet cafes in Lagos, watching YouTube lessons and taking notes.
“I would go to a cyber cafe, watch…
Angola Moves Toward a Mine-Free Future
ADF STAFF
After three decades of civil war, Angola is left with a deadly legacy: land mines. Although fighting ended in 2002, Angola remains one of the most heavily mined countries in the world. Land mine explosions killed 76 people in…
Ghana Launches Operations Center to Fight Cybercrime
ADF STAFF
Ghana opened a security operations center (SOC) to monitor and respond to cyberattacks.
The center, run by the National Information Technology Agency under the Ministry of Communications, will protect data from Ghana’s…