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• Can These Animators get Africa to Finally Honor its Female Heros? – Learn about the women that have “shaped the continent as much as men” and how they might finally be getting the recognition they’ve so long deserved.

African Newspapers in the Classroom – African Media

• Africa.com
• African Arguments
• African Center for Strategic Studies
• Africa is a Country – a site of media criticism, analysis, and new writing
• All Africa.com (formally Africa News). All Africa.com carries regularly updated news stories, primarily from African presses
• Daily Maverick
• Mail & Guardian
• News Directory -Lists by country all African newspapers which have websites.
• Pambazuka
• Teaching About African Crisis in the K-12 Classroom -Most of the news stories featured in the U.S. and western press focus on crises in Africa . At Exploring Africa we are dedicated to helping educators and students obtain a more balanced perspective on Africa . However, we do not suggest that educators and students ignore crises in Africa , but that they address these crises through a more thorough, balanced, and nuanced investigation than the western press normally offers its readers and viewers. We offer the following suggestions for investigating and addressing African crises in your classrooms.
• American Media:
  • New York Times
  • Christian Science Monitor
  • The Washington Post
• Other Media on Africa
  • BBC
    The BBC Africa Desk offers print versions of stories carried by the British Broadcasting Service about Africa (updated several times a day).
  • Le Monde
  • IRIN
    Integrated Regional Information Network of the United Nations Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. This news service provides daily up-dates from all regions in Africa.

• Thu - Feb 25, 2021: Tanzania: Govt to Widen Fight Against Desert Locusts - AllAfrica News: Latest
  [Daily News] THE government will buy aircrafts to spray against and control gigantic new desert locust swarms that are hitting the Eastern and Central Africa region, threatening millions with hunger.
• Thu - Feb 25, 2021: Nigeria: How U.S. Will Recover $10.7m Restitution From Obinwanne Okeke - AllAfrica News: Latest
  [Premium Times] Court documents show how the money will be recovered from Mr Okeke and distributed to three victims.
• Thu - Feb 25, 2021: Nigeria: President Okays Return of Nigerian Refugees in Cameroon, Niger, Chad - AllAfrica News: Latest
  [This Day] President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the gradual return of Nigerian refugees in Cameroon, Niger and Chad to the country from February 27, 2021.
• Thu - Feb 25, 2021: Sudan: South Sudan Among Countries Most Struck By Extreme Weather - AllAfrica News: Latest
  [East African] South Sudan was among countries most impacted by extreme weather events in recent years according to the global Climate Risk Index 2021. The index ranks countries according to their vulnerability both in terms of fatalities and economic loss.
• Thu - Feb 25, 2021: Kenya: 912 Wiped Out From the List of Dollar Millionaires in 2020 - Report - AllAfrica News: Latest
  [Capital FM] Nairobi -- Nine hundred and twelve Kenyans were wiped out in the rank of dollar millionaires in 2020, reflecting the tough economic environment occasioned by the outbreak of the coronavirus disease, a new data shows.