COVID was a setback for indigenous languages: South African lecturers on what went wrong
1968 September 6: eSwatini Independence Day
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Are Nigerian indigenous languages going extinct?
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Time to consider publishing university teaching material in indigenous languages
Indigenous language, solution to illiteracy – National librarian
The push to protect Africa’s land displaces its greatest guardians: Indigenous peoples
Morocco’s First Women-Led Surf School is Inspired by Amazigh Queen
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Benin, Rwanda militaries hold bilateral talks to bolster security
Separatist Movement in Cameroon Gets New Leader
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Cape Verdean Island immortalised by Cesária Évora’s song
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Grim outlook for Guinea-Bissau elections
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Yemenia Airways handed maximum fine over 2009 plane crash in Comoros
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Beads show European trade in African interior used Indigenous routes
Senegal: Civil society and human right defenders mobilize for a transparent election
Kenya revokes its support for Western Sahara independence, pleases Morocco
Cameroon Officials Say Rebels Attacking Schools
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Amazigh representatives reject constitutional track in Cairo
Botswana to Cull More Than 10,000 Cattle to Fight Disease Outbreak
Somaliland’s ministry of information imposes indefinite ban on CBA TV
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Korean Embassy Unveils New Plaque Featuring Arabic and Amazigh
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September 18-24, Last Week of September: Banned Books Week
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Tuareg’s call for resistance in Tinariwen’s first release
Hardliner Takes Charge in Burundi
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Cameroon’s Anglophone conflict: Children should be able to return to school
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Digitalizing Guinea-Bissau: The Future Starts Now
Equatorial Guinea moves up presidential election by five months
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1960 September 22: Mali Independence Day
South Africa has a new traditional courts bill. But it doesn’t protect indigenous practices
Respect for state sovereignty essential, Comoros president tells UN
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Jihad Takes Root in Northern Benin
Guinea – Deadly Floods Strike in Conakry, Thousands Affected in Kankan Region
Cameroon: Who makes up the Ambazonian government and diaspora?
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1973 September 24: Guinea-Bissau Independence Day
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Weary of men’s wars, South Sudan’s women risk all for peace
Somaliland postpones presidential election until next year
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Casamance: Senegal ferry disaster town remembers 20 years after 1,900 drowned
ICC Starts Trial against Central African Republic Rebel Leader
Cameroon’s Separatists Say Splinter Groups Kill, Abduct Fighters
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Mali: Coalition of armed Tuareg groups conducting indefinite security operation in Kidal as of Sept. 27
Western Togoland: Papavi Hogbedetor to be laid to rest Saturday, October 30
Western Togoland: Leader of Homeland Study Group Foundation to be laid to rest Saturday, October 30
Sao Tome opposition wins legislative vote
Over 100 civilians killed in Horo Guduru Wollega in the Oromo region of Ethiopia
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Gas, Mauritania’s opportunity to boost economic growth
Congo, Russia ink 5 MoU including Brazzaville’s 1,000-km pipeline
Botswana’s Morupule aims to boost coal output by 50% with new mine
Mauritius Becomes Latest Rate-Hiker in Marathon Week for Africa
Visit Pygmy Villages On Deep Congo Rainforest Tours
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Indigenous groups, activists resist Congo’s oil block plan
“Historical moment” as Guinea stadium massacre trial opens in Conakry
Ethiopia’s Tigray war: Satellite images capture troop build-up near Eritrea border
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1966 September 30: Botswana Independence Day
Court dismisses Maasai eviction case against Tanzania
Tunisian tattoo artist revives Berber designs for new generation
Zimbabwe: Conviction of author Tsitsi Dangarembga and Barnes for protesting economic hardship a travesty of justice
Airstrike in Ethiopia’s Tigray region kills civilians
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1960 October 1: Nigeria Independence Day
October: Black History Month, Europe
Delivering justice for abused child brides in The Comoros
Forced into early motherhood, a child rape survivor in the Comoros fights stigma to finish school
Somaliland Lawmakers Vote to Extend President’s Term by Two Years
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1958 October 2: Guinea Independence Day
Equatorial Guinea seeks to block sale of confiscated Paris mansion
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Burkina’s ousted leader finds refuge in Togo, ECOWAS mediators due in Ouagadougou
Imarhan’s modern take on age-old Tuareg music at the Cedar
Cop27: Morocco’s last nomadic Amazigh struggle with climate change – in pictures
A French TV channel censors Ferhat Mehenni (Movement for Self-Determination of Kabylia)
Junta set to stay in power after Chad delays elections by two years
Ethiopia Tigray Rebels Withdraw from Parts of Amhara
Ethiopia’s Oromos celebrate Irreechaa thanksgiving festival
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1966 October 4: Lesotho Independence Day
Biafra: IPOB members not terrorists, I live with them – Peter Obi
France halts delivery of four armored military vehicle to Gabon
Rice shipment brings relief to shortage-hit Comoros
‘Ma’awisley’ Militias in Central Somalia Mobilizing Against al-Shabab
Taiwan provides healthcare project funds to Somaliland
Cholera outbreak in Malawi has killed 110 since March
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Benin: Woman King Is Worth Watching – but Be Aware That Its Take On History Is Problematic
Congo: The hearing impaired trained in mushroom farming
Somalia drought: The fight for survival as famine looms
DR Congo: indigenous Communities claim Justice in loss of their forests due to climate change
Ethiopian bishop urges action to save millions in renewed war in Tigray
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EVENT: Minorities and Indigenous Peoples in North Africa: Progress and challenges in Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia
Spell checker tool for South Africa’s indigenous official languages released
The world spends billions to ‘protect’ Indigenous land. Only 17% goes to Indigenous peoples.
Africa Is Not a Country. It Is a Continent.
Google’s $1 billion Africa investment is anchored on the ‘spirit of Ubuntu’
‘Gold dust’: Liberians queue for rice
Sierra Leone journalist Clarence Roy-Macaulay dies at 85
Malian leader holds telephone conversation with Vladimir Putin
Spain renews support to UN-mission in disputed Western Sahara territory
Tunisian journalists fear erosion of press freedom
Averting Future Mass Atrocities in South Sudan as Peace Terms Stall
South Sudan Government Begins Trial of Activists, Critics
How Rwanda is using Artificial Intelligence to improve healthcare
Zimbabwean authorities charge journalist Hope Chizuzu under cybercrime law
Somalia Grappling With Humanitarian, Human Rights Crises
Baby mortality rate quadruples in Ethiopia’s Tigray region
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Celebrating the legacy of Solomon Linda and South Africa’s indigenous music
Review: Last Days in Naked Valley by Edward DeMarco
Gambia urgently recalls syrups blamed for 66 child deaths
Gambia: Govt Revokes CoPG Registration Ahead of Nov 11 Protest
More political arrests in Sierra Leone as human rights lawyer Ady Macauley is locked up for interpreting the law on national TV
PIA: Sales of made-in-Togo clothes set to begin in January 2023
BENIN: Amsterdam grants a €180 million loan for water and sanitation
Nnamdi Kanu’s suit against High Court Chief Judge on secret trial struck out
Lesotho votes in election with political crisis still unresolved
Aeroflot resumes direct flights to Seychelles on Oct. 8
Burundi Reopens Forex Bureaux After Two-year Closure
Burundi found guilty of illegal property seizure
IMF’s New Climate Tool Allows Rwanda to Access $310 Million
Rwanda Partners With Japan for Increased Space Collaboration
What reduces child marriage and poverty? Ask Zimbabwe’s young chess queens
Kenyatta, Obasanjo to broker AU peace talks with Ethiopia and Tigray
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1962 October 9: Uganda Independence Day
October 10: World Mental Health Day
October 11: International Day of the Girl Child
1968 October 12: Equatorial Guinea Independence Day
1975 October 12: Saharawi National Unity Day
1964 October 24: Zambia Independence Day