Zimbabwe bans export of its valuable raw mineral lithium, essential for making electric car batteries, and tells world: "You want to make electric car batteries to combat climate change, make them in Zim!" Such policy is long overdue.

‘No one is talking about it’: the cruelty of long Covid in the global south theguardian.com/global-develop…

Vertical rainbow. The sun rose this morning at 6:47am over the Zambezi River's Mosi-oa-Tunya (which non-Africans have been calling Victoria Falls for some reason) separating Zambia from Zimbabwe, and the sun's first rays make a prism of the water's mist. Have a glorious Sun(day)!

Another Monday when Africa returns to work with dedication: Radio broadcasting in Burkina Faso; reading x-rays in Kenya; dairy work in Uganda; sorting books in Somaliland. Whatever your job today, may you find your work rewarding and may your community find it useful!

Putting to rest a myth. Mummies were not just Egyptian. The preservation of the remains of ancient persons after death for the journey of these esteemed ones into the afterlife was also practiced in what would become Ethiopia, Eritrea and Punt.

It's that time to manually pollinate the vanilla plants in Madagascar, where 90% of the world's vanilla originates. What - you thought nature from time to time doesn't need a sex therapist?

Fighting colonialism in court! Today in 1912 when France annexes the Comoros islands, the Sultan of Ngazidja Island Said Ali bin Said Omar sues for damages in a Paris court, and wins. See more from Africa's past on July 25 on my Calendar of African History africatodayyesterday.org/days/25-jul

‘No poor person decides how they get photographed’…@CortonaOTMMove –international #festival of #photography, #Tuscany-26 exhibitions showcasing #documentary #photographers. Here, artistic director #PaoloWoods explains his theme by #GuyLane #Africo theguardian.com/artanddesign/2…

Mental for #Igbo #Ogene music - but only want cultural/conscious lyrics - not #praise-Singing for people who throw money into the dust for musicians to pick up. Humiliating! Shame I don’t understand #Ibo/#Igbo. who’ll be my guide?open.spotify.com/artist/7Km8GwB…

#TikTok introduces text-only posts as #ElonMusk #rebrands #Twitter as X theguardian.com/technology/202…

The fan jacket: the #Japanese innovation keeping workers cool in extreme #heat…As rising temperatures make traditionally hot and sticky Japanese summer months more severe, those toiling outside are turning to the #fanJakketo. theguardian.com/world/2023/jul…

#SineadOConnor dies aged 56……18 months after her 17-year-old son Shane died after leaving a hospital while on #suicide watch. O’Connor had three other children. theguardian.com/music/2023/jul…

#SineadOConnor rips up a picture of #PopeJohnPaulII on the TV show #SaturdayNightLive 3 October 1992. O’Connor hugs her daughter Roisin during an #antiRacism demonstration in Dublin city centre O’Connor with #ShabbaRanks and Jazzie B of #SoulIISoul in 1991

#LifeInBamenda Ma ferme continue. Je dois nourrir ma famille et rien ne m’empêchera de le faire, jusqu’à ma mort. #Cameroon #Cameroun #237peace #EndAnglophoneCrisis #CommitToCanadaTalks

”…They wanna do away with us’…“They’ve always thought this island is too good for black people…”Governed by #Colombia, #Providence’s residents have more in common with the English-speaking #Caribbean. But change is coming by Luke Taylor theguardian.com/world/2023/jul…

the two-time world champions, #ManuelaVanegas scored a 97th-minute winner as #Colombia stunned #Germany the two-time world champions, at the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup #WomensWorldCup2023 bbc.com/sport/football…

The best #photos from the #African #continent…In #SouthAfrica, members of the #LGBTQ community stage a protest against lecture by a #Kenyan academic #PatrickLumumba at the #UniversityofCapeTown...A trader works on a generator in #Lagos, #Nigeria..bbc.com/news/world-afr…

How #SineadOConnor changed #Ireland. By How #SineadOConnor changed #Ireland. By Una Mullally bbc.com/news/world-eur…

I want to inform all his followers that our dear SkepticAfroSAYS:StopAntiAfroRacismInTUNISIA!!! has passed away. We are immensely sad, his loss will leave a big emptiness. He left this world at home surrounded by the love of his family, his music and his books (Alessandra - wife)

Rest in Power to Maria Bernadete Pacífico, a relentless defender and leader of the Pitanga dos Palmares quilombo. theguardian.com/world/2023/aug…