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“A lot of soul, a lot of funk”: this is how the jazz and Afrobeat group Kokoroko describe themselves, as they open the Jazz à La Villette festival in Paris. This American band has members coming come from New Orleans, New York, Chicago, Los Angeles… so many jazz strongholds in the country where this music was born a little over a century ago. “I would actually say we never really played what people would call jazz. I think we fall under that category because it’s improvised music and there are live instruments. But if you’re a jazz purist and you…

In this episode of Business Africa: Japan wants to transform its relationship with the African continent and this new vision was presented at the eighth Tokyo International Conference on African Development; in Nigeria, Africa’s largest economy, inflation has reached a record high, resulting in an increase in the cost of living, including the price of medicines, leading to a high flow of counterfeit pharmaceuticals; and in the Democratic Republic of Congo, diamond production is falling, but the value of exports in dollar terms is going in a different direction. Japan-Africa: a redefined partnership The eighth edition of TICAD ended in…

The Portuguese prime minister and the President of the Republic of Mozambique, Filipe Nyusi, have expressed satisfaction with the resumption of bilateral meetings, and António Costa reaffirmed “every commitment” to continue working with that African country. These positions were taken in the opening moments of the extended meeting of the two delegations at the Fifth Luso-Moçambican Summit, at the Presidency of the Republic of Mozambique, after the two leaders had earlier met Thursday behind closed doors. On the occasion, the President of the Republic of Mozambique thanked the Prime Minister for accepting the invitation to attend the summit being held…

A migrant center on the Italian island of Lampedusa has become further overcrowded as the number of migrants arriving from North Africa as increased. The center was built for around 350 people but is now hosting around 1,400 migrants. Most migrants come from Tunisia and Libya. On Monday, more than 700 migrants arrived on the island. According to the Italian Ministry of Interior, 57,000 people have reached Italy by crossing the central Mediterranean Sea so far in 2022. Over the same period, 1,283 people either died or went missing in the attempt to cross the sea, according to the International…

The Royal Moroccan Football Federation announced on Wednesday the appointment of Walid Regragui as the new manager of the Atlas Lions. The contract with the former Wydad coach runs until 2026. “We have a big challenge, we don’t have enough time, we have to be aware that we will participate in the World Cup not to play only three matches, the players agree with that, and of course the players who will be in the stadium, so I expect a lot from them, I will trust them and I will send them the message of the supporters who are waiting…

Lawyers representing Ivorian activist Pulcherie Gbalet have denounced her latest detention as a plot to silence her. The arrests follow a trip to Mali where 49 Ivorian soldiers have been detained since July 10th. On Wednesday the Ivorian prosecution accused Gbalet of “colluding with foreign agents” with the aim of discrediting the state. Pulcherie Gbalet’s lawyer, Eric Saki, denounced the accusation. “We find it curious that a deputy (MP Amara Fofana, ed.) from our republic goes out on social networks, and uses terms that can be interpreted as threats. And only a few hours later the Public Prosecutor initiates proceedings against…

President Jair Bolsonaro accused leftist opponent Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva of massive corruption, who in turn laid the blame of “destroying Brazil” on the incumbent. Brazil’s main presidential candidates on Sunday locked horns with accusations of corruption and threats to democracy during their first election debate for the presidential polls slated to be held in October. Far-right President Jair Bolsonaro accused leftist opponent Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva of massive corruption, who in turn laid the blame of “destroying Brazil” on the incumbent. “Your government was the most corrupt in Brazilian history,” said Bolsonaro, taking a jab at Lula over…

Pakistan’s Climate Change Minister Sherry Rehman said that Pakistan is experiencing a “serious climate catastrophe” as the death toll from devastating flooding passed 1,000 on Sunday. “We’ve had to deploy the navy for the first time to operate in Pakistan because much of it… resembles a small ocean,” Rehman told DW. More than 100 people have died in the past day alone, officials said, with most of the new casualties reported in the southeastern province of Sindh and northwestern province of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. Rehman noted extreme weather conditions that have hit Pakistan this year as proof of a climate crisis. “That started literally in early…

Flights resumed and shops reopened in the Libyan capital Tripoli on Sunday after clashes between supporters of rival governments left at least 32 people dead and raised fears of another major conflict. The fighting came after months of rising tensions between supporters of Abdulhamid Dbeibah and Fathi Bashagha, whose rival administrations are vying for control of the country. Dbeibah’s administration, installed in the capital as part of a UN-led peace process last year, has so far prevented Bashagha from taking office there, arguing that the next administration should be the product of elections. Bashagha was appointed by the Libyan parliament,…

Angola’s former strongman president Jose Eduardo dos Santos, whose nearly four-decade rule of the oil-rich nation was marred by allegations of plunder and nepotism was laid to rest amid a family row. The funeral, which was disputed by some of his children, was held at the historic palm tree lined Praca da Republica in the seaside capital Luanda on what would have been dos Santos’s 80th birthday. It comes days after his party, the People’s Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) — which has ruled the country for nearly half a century — saw its worst results at the…