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Sumayya Ismail

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Arikana Chihombori-Quao, the former ambassador of the African Union to the US, explains why Africa remains underdeveloped while the continent’s resources exploited by the colonial powers. Watch the full episode: aje.io/Arikana

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23-year-old Al Jazeera journalist Hossam Shabat refused to stop reporting on the genocide of his people. On March 24, Israel killed him.

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‘Cat and mouse game’ With high inflation and a struggling economy in Zimbabwe, civil servants say they need secret side hustles to make ends meet aje.io/ey5q2z

‘Cat and mouse game’

With high inflation and a struggling economy in Zimbabwe, civil servants say they need secret side hustles to make ends meet aje.io/ey5q2z
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Thread 🧵 Israeli forces killed Palestinian rescue workers in Gaza’s Rafah, firing on one ambulance after another. The Red Crescent wants an international probe. So who were the medics Israel ambushed on March 23? 🔗: aje.io/fwi3yj

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Israeli forces killed Palestinian rescue workers in Gaza’s Rafah, firing on one ambulance after another. The Red Crescent wants an international probe.

So who were the medics Israel ambushed on March 23?

🔗: aje.io/fwi3yj
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More than 1,000 current and former MSF staff say the humanitarian group is “institutionally racist” and led by a privileged white minority. MSF says it’s listening, but how deep will reforms go? Watch the full interview: aje.io/msf

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Two years into Sudan’s civil war, what is the impact of reporting on the deepening humanitarian crisis? 🎧#TheTake guest host,Manuel Rapalo, hears from Al Jazeera correspondent on the ground, Hiba Morgan: youtu.be/MW3mB8JvP2A

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Is Zimbabwe wooing US President Donald Trump by paying white farmers and ending tariffs? Here's what we know ⤵️ aje.io/lobxm1

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China today is a far bigger trading partner than the US for most countries. That limits what President Donald Trump can demand of them, experts say. Read here: aje.io/xvm36g

China today is a far bigger trading partner than the US for most countries. That limits what President Donald Trump can demand of them, experts say.

Read here: aje.io/xvm36g
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Doctors Without Borders provides 16M consultations annually and faces claims of racism. This issue extends beyond MSF, highlighting an aid industry rooted in colonialism and dominated by the Global North. Can it genuinely decolonise? Watch interview here: aje.io/msf

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🔸 Colonial land invasions 🔸 Mugabe-era land grabs 🔸 'Even Black farmers not safe' 🔸 Compensation and rejection How mishandling of land reform evicted many white farmers, ‘enriched elites’ and left Black Zimbabweans in poverty ⤵️ aje.io/wunz45

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As Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy meets South Africa’s Cyril Ramaphosa in Pretoria, Moscow-allied politicians are protesting the state visit. But can South Africa help Russia and Ukraine reach a peace deal amid their war? aje.io/crm9pk

As Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy meets South Africa’s Cyril Ramaphosa in Pretoria, Moscow-allied politicians are protesting the state visit.

But can South Africa help Russia and Ukraine reach a peace deal amid their war? aje.io/crm9pk
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“I lost friends." Religious observers in Nigeria see a growing number of young people abandoning Christian churches in favour of Indigenous spirituality. Read here: aje.io/uim1su

“I lost friends."

Religious observers in Nigeria see a growing number of young people abandoning Christian churches in favour of Indigenous spirituality.

Read here: aje.io/uim1su
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“We are shrinking as a community, but the health problems we are tackling are getting bigger and bigger.” African researchers are working to cure HIV, but US aid cuts are in the way aje.io/f44lij

“We are shrinking as a community, but the health problems we are tackling are getting bigger and bigger.”

African researchers are working to cure HIV, but US aid cuts are in the way aje.io/f44lij
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As Donald Trump pushes forward with his tariffs policy to bring manufacturing back to the US, steep import taxes will drive up prices for US consumers. So, how much of a typical US household is made in America or imported? aje.io/5wmn86

As Donald Trump pushes forward with his tariffs policy to bring manufacturing back to the US, steep import taxes will drive up prices for US consumers.

So, how much of a typical US household is made in America or imported? aje.io/5wmn86
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"Each book I find, it feels like I am peeking through a window into a beautiful and rich culture that was almost forgotten." The man on a mission to explore Harar’s once-repressed cultural identity. aje.io/it8qk0

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“We are suffering.” More than 130,000 people have been forcibly displaced since fighting between government and opposition forces in South Sudan escalated in February aje.io/ha47yy

“We are suffering.”

More than 130,000 people have been forcibly displaced since fighting between government and opposition forces in South Sudan escalated in February aje.io/ha47yy
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‘A step too far’ Mali military’s move to hold on to power prompts revolt as activists say civic spaces are shrinking under Colonel Goita’s rule aje.io/dcx3y2

‘A step too far’

Mali military’s move to hold on to power prompts revolt as activists say civic spaces are shrinking under Colonel Goita’s rule aje.io/dcx3y2
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"The new South Africa requires all of us to be ordinary, whereas colonialism & apartheid made white people special. I think some are seeking to reverse the wheel & find reason to be special again. They seem to have found an ally in the American president." aljazeera.com/features/2025/…