Charles Onyango-Obbo
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Journalist, writer, uncertain Afro-futurist, curator, podcaster with The Bad Natives. Nairobi-KENYA/Tororo-UGANDA
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Nam Lolwe aka Lake Nalubaale aka Lake Victoria, Africa’s largest freshwater lake, could be site of Kenya’s nuclear power plant. Meanwhile in Uganda, a small section of its 1,440Km-long oil pipeline to Tanzania, is buried under the Nile River.
Africa’s largest freshwater lake could be site of Kenya’s nuclear power plant
“It is perfect!” exclaims Anthony Kingi, a member of the Kenyan nonprofit Center for Justice Governance and Environmental Action (CJGEA). “Kenya doesn’t need it. However, if they must build it, I’m gl...
news.mongabay.com
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In 1792 amidst the Haiti Revolution, Caradeux fled the burning colony, dragging with him 26 enslaved Africans to begin life anew in America. He purchased a plantation in Berkeley County, South Carolina. He died in 1810, unpunished for his crimes 3/3
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Historical records show that Caradeux tortured enslaved Africans in ways that shocked even other slaveholders. He was known to bury men and women alive, leaving only their heads exposed. He and his guests would then watch as flies and insects slowly ate their flesh 2/3
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Jean-Baptiste de Caradeux, was the French Slaver nicknamed “The Cruel” for his brutality against enslaved Africans in Haiti.
One of his favourite “games” was to place an apple on the head of an enslaved African and invite guests to shoot it off for entertainment 1/3
The Devil of Haiti: Jean-Baptiste de Caradeux, the French Slaver Nicknamed “The Cruel” for His Brutality Against Enslaved Africans - TalkAfricana
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More more than 600 MILLION people in Sub-Saharan Africa will join the working-age population over the next 25 years — the largest and fastest demographic shift in recent history!!! Only 24% of its new workers today land wage-paying jobs.
www.worldbank.org/en/news/pres...
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Globally, each year, 12 million girls are married off before the age of 18.That is 23 girls every minute. Nearly 1 every 2 seconds – Girls Not Brides 2/2
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Burkina Faso changes the minimum legal age for marriage to 18 years old for both girls and boys. Previously, the minimum age of marriage was 17 years old for girls and 20 years old for boys. However, girls could marry as young as 15 and boys at 18 if authorised by the courts 1/2
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Andry Rajoelina was re-elected November 16, 2023, in what the opposition dismissed as a rigged election, securing 58.96% of the votes. Voter turnout was low at around 46%, the lowest in the country's history – the warning signs were all there.
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Madagascar's President Andry Rajoelina, facing mounting unrest, has appointed army general Ruphin FortunatZafisambo as prime minister to quell youth-led protests against his leadership. The move carries deep irony, as Rajoelina himself rose to power in 2009 through widespread protests.
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3/3: It’s a capability that far exceeds any trained embryologist’s eye. A robotic arm can collect that sperm and mix the chemicals required for an egg to stay viable. And it can delicately and reproducibly fertilise an egg, initiating the moment of conception.
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2/3: The same algorithmic computer-vision software that helps autonomous vehicles spot objects on the road can instantaneously detect the most robust swimmer among hundreds of thousands of flailing, corkscrewing sperm — each one a fraction of the width of a hair strand.
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1/3: Robots are learning to make babies. Over the past three years, at least 20 babies have been born following automated in vitro fertilisation, where AI software selects the strongest sperm and a robot arm fertilises the egg with little human involvement.
Robots are learning to make human babies. Twenty have already been born.
One in six people of reproductive age suffer from infertility. Start-ups are using AI-powered robots to increase IVF success rates and lower costs.
www.washingtonpost.com
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President Samia Suluhu Hassan has ushered in a new era of authoritarianism, and in key ways more autocratic than her predecessor Magufuli. She has crossed autocratic thresholds that haven’t been breached since Tanzania’s transition to multipartyism in 1992.
Tanzania’s Samia Hassan has ushered in a new era of authoritarianism: here’s how
President Samia Hassan is relying on repressive tactics to eliminate her most significant competitors from the 2025 presidential race.
theconversation.com
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President Samia Suluhu Hassan has ushered in a new era of authoritarianism, and in key ways more autocratic than her predecessor Magufuli. She has crossed autocratic thresholds that haven’t been breached since Tanzania’s transition to multipartyism in 1992.
Tanzania’s Samia Hassan has ushered in a new era of authoritarianism: here’s how
President Samia Hassan is relying on repressive tactics to eliminate her most significant competitors from the 2025 presidential race.
theconversation.com
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Ethiopia broke ground on its first oil refinery, a $2.5-billion project with capacity to produce 3.5 million tons of fuel a year. To be constructed in two phases, the first phase expected to be completed within 24 months.
GCL of China to Build $2.5 Billion Oil Refinery in Ethiopia
Ethiopia broke ground on its first oil refinery, a $2.5-billion project that the government said is being built by Golden Concord Group Ltd. of China and with capacity to produce 3.5 million tons of f...
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5/5: PHILIPPINES: Massive rallies by tens of thousands exposed alleged embezzlement in flood relief funds, leading to over 200 arrests after billions in public money vanished.
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4/5: NEPAL: Protests ignited by a social media blackout and nepotism scandals ("Nepo Kids") toppled the government, resulting in at least 72 deaths and hundreds injured in anti-corruption fervor.
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3/5: PERU: Widespread unrest against economic hardships and corrupt policies, including a controversial new pension law, with violent clashes involving police and demands for President Dina Boluarte's ouster.
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2/5: MADAGASCAR: Youth-led demonstrations demanding access to water and electricity escalated into calls for the president's resignation, culminating in the government's dissolution amid at least 22 deaths.
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Gen Z WORLD PROTESTS DASHBOARD
1/5: MOROCCO: Anti-government protests driven by frustration over lavish spending on the 2030 World Cup at the expense of public services like education and healthcare, leading to fatalities and arrests🧵
What to Know About the 'Gen Z' Protests Around the World
Within the past month, the protests have toppled one country’s government and contributed to the dissolution of another.
time.com
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After three consecutive drought years, villagers in South Sudan’s Eastern Equatoria accused rainmaker Solomon Oture of withholding rain through malicious spells. They buried him alive!
Death of a rainmaker: When drought means murder in South Sudan
For a group of people whose job means life, climate change can spell death.
www.aljazeera.com