0x815@feddit.orgEnglish · edit-23 days agoLegendary Kenyan lawyer takes on Meta and Chat GPT: Mercy Mutemi stands up for Kenya’s data annotators and content moderators, arguing the work they are subjected to is a new form of colonialismplus-squarewww.codastory.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1external-linkLegendary Kenyan lawyer takes on Meta and Chat GPT: Mercy Mutemi stands up for Kenya’s data annotators and content moderators, arguing the work they are subjected to is a new form of colonialismplus-squarewww.codastory.com0x815@feddit.orgEnglish · edit-23 days agomessage-square0fedilink
tardigrada@beehaw.org · 14 days agoAfrica is losing up to $4.2 billion annually in interest payments on its loans due to stereotypical narratives that dominate global media coverage of the continent, study saysplus-squareafricapractice.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down10
arrow-up13arrow-down1external-linkAfrica is losing up to $4.2 billion annually in interest payments on its loans due to stereotypical narratives that dominate global media coverage of the continent, study saysplus-squareafricapractice.comtardigrada@beehaw.org · 14 days agomessage-square0fedilink
tardigrada@beehaw.org · 22 days ago27 African NGOs urge banks and China to refuse support for Ugandan oil projectsplus-squarenews.mongabay.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10
arrow-up12arrow-down1external-link27 African NGOs urge banks and China to refuse support for Ugandan oil projectsplus-squarenews.mongabay.comtardigrada@beehaw.org · 22 days agomessage-square0fedilink
overflow@lemmy.mlM · 1 month agoFood meant for poor families is rotting in a Gauteng food bankplus-squaregroundup.org.zaexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up112arrow-down10
arrow-up112arrow-down1external-linkFood meant for poor families is rotting in a Gauteng food bankplus-squaregroundup.org.zaoverflow@lemmy.mlM · 1 month agomessage-square0fedilink
tardigrada@beehaw.org · 1 month agoWestern media outlets are trying to fix their racist, stereotypical coverage of Africa. Is it time African media did the same?plus-squaretheconversation.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down10
arrow-up13arrow-down1external-linkWestern media outlets are trying to fix their racist, stereotypical coverage of Africa. Is it time African media did the same?plus-squaretheconversation.comtardigrada@beehaw.org · 1 month agomessage-square0fedilink
tardigrada@beehaw.org · 1 month agoUN, IMF, World Bank need reforms to secure global sustainable future, Taiwan must be included into UN system, Eswatini PM saysplus-squaregadebate.un.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkUN, IMF, World Bank need reforms to secure global sustainable future, Taiwan must be included into UN system, Eswatini PM saysplus-squaregadebate.un.orgtardigrada@beehaw.org · 1 month agomessage-square0fedilink
tardigrada@beehaw.org · 2 months agoUganda: government drags 80 people to court for rejecting compensation fees for their pieces of land that are on the demarcated route of the East African Crude Oil Pipeline-EACOP projectplus-squarewww.independent.co.ugexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down10
arrow-up17arrow-down1external-linkUganda: government drags 80 people to court for rejecting compensation fees for their pieces of land that are on the demarcated route of the East African Crude Oil Pipeline-EACOP projectplus-squarewww.independent.co.ugtardigrada@beehaw.org · 2 months agomessage-square0fedilink
tardigrada@beehaw.org · 2 months agoThousands mourn Ugandan Olympian Rebecca Cheptegei killed by ex-partnerplus-squarewww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down10
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tardigrada@beehaw.org · edit-22 months agoWar ‘tour’, football and graffiti: How Russia is trying to influence Africaplus-squarewww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10
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tardigrada@beehaw.org · 2 months agoChina urges Eswatini - the only African country absent from this week's China-Africa summit held in Beijing - against developing diplomatic relations with Taiwanplus-squarewww.africanews.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10
arrow-up12arrow-down1external-linkChina urges Eswatini - the only African country absent from this week's China-Africa summit held in Beijing - against developing diplomatic relations with Taiwanplus-squarewww.africanews.comtardigrada@beehaw.org · 2 months agomessage-square0fedilink
tardigrada@beehaw.org · edit-22 months agoUganda: Olympic athlete Rebecca Cheptegei dies days after being set alight by ex-boyfriendplus-squarewww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down10
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tardigrada@beehaw.org · 2 months ago"China reaps most of the benefits of its relationship with Africa," South African researcher saysplus-squaretheconversation.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10
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tardigrada@beehaw.org · 2 months agoNamibia Plans to Cull Over 700 Wild Animals, Including 83 Elephants, Due to Severe Droughtplus-squarewww.onegreenplanet.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down10
arrow-up14arrow-down1external-linkNamibia Plans to Cull Over 700 Wild Animals, Including 83 Elephants, Due to Severe Droughtplus-squarewww.onegreenplanet.orgtardigrada@beehaw.org · 2 months agomessage-square0fedilink
overflow@lemmy.mlM · 2 months agoWhy President Samia is struggling to sustain reforms in Tanzaniaplus-squarewww.dailymaverick.co.zaexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10
arrow-up12arrow-down1external-linkWhy President Samia is struggling to sustain reforms in Tanzaniaplus-squarewww.dailymaverick.co.zaoverflow@lemmy.mlM · 2 months agomessage-square0fedilink
overflow@lemmy.mlM · 3 months agoSomali Cabinet Introduces New Financial Regulations, Cuts Port Access Fee | Shabelle Media Networkplus-squareshabellemedia.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10
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tardigrada@beehaw.org · 3 months agoFringe YouTube channels promote pro-Kremlin narratives in Africaplus-squaredfrlab.orgexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkFringe YouTube channels promote pro-Kremlin narratives in Africaplus-squaredfrlab.orgtardigrada@beehaw.org · 3 months agomessage-square0fedilink
overflow@lemmy.mlM · 3 months agoC. C. Ibeto: An Early Modern Nigerian Artist 1930-1960, Colonial Era.plus-squarenomad4now.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down10
arrow-up13arrow-down1external-linkC. C. Ibeto: An Early Modern Nigerian Artist 1930-1960, Colonial Era.plus-squarenomad4now.comoverflow@lemmy.mlM · 3 months agomessage-square0fedilink
tardigrada@beehaw.org · 3 months agoBabies in Nigeria are being born with antibiotic resistant bacteria, researchers findplus-squaretheconversation.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down10
arrow-up13arrow-down1external-linkBabies in Nigeria are being born with antibiotic resistant bacteria, researchers findplus-squaretheconversation.comtardigrada@beehaw.org · 3 months agomessage-square0fedilink
overflow@lemmy.mlM · 3 months agoNew blow to Kenya's President Ruto as court annuls 2023 finance billplus-squarewww.rfi.frexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkNew blow to Kenya's President Ruto as court annuls 2023 finance billplus-squarewww.rfi.froverflow@lemmy.mlM · 3 months agomessage-square0fedilink
overflow@lemmy.mlM · 3 months agoAfrican governments on edge as youth plan Kenya-style protests | Semaforplus-squarewww.semafor.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down10
arrow-up15arrow-down1external-linkAfrican governments on edge as youth plan Kenya-style protests | Semaforplus-squarewww.semafor.comoverflow@lemmy.mlM · 3 months agomessage-square0fedilink
