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Tekno Returns To The Heart Of Afrobeats
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Hits don’t lie! Shakira’s 20 best songs, from World Cup anthems to megastar duets – ranked!
The Guardian has published a ranked list of Shakira’s 20 best songs, timed to coincide with her scheduled performance at Sunday’s World Cup final. The countdown spans her career from 1990s Latin pop breakthroughs through global crossover hits, World Cup anthems and recent chart-topping duets, highlighting her versatility across genres including reggaeton, EDM, baile funk…
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“Like magic”: How Toto wrote 1982’s ‘Africa’
Toto’s 1982 hit “Africa” has become one of the most enduring and frequently discussed songs in pop history, with keyboardist David Paich and drummer Jeff Porcaro widely credited as its principal architects. The track’s unusual origins, inspired by Paich’s fascination with the continent despite never having visited it, and drawing on imagery from documentaries and…
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African growth boom follows Trump push to replace aid with trade
Many African economies are seeing accelerated growth after the Trump administration shifted its approach from foreign aid towards trade, according to a senior US State Department official who spoke to Fox News Digital. Although sharp cuts to USAID funding had prompted warnings of economic hardship for African nations, officials say the region has instead experienced…
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Wales captain Lake selected for South Africa Test
Wales name captain Dewi Lake in the side for the Nations Championship match against South Africa in Durban on Saturday.
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Moroccan intelligence insider reveals widespread use of Pegasus hacking software
Whistleblower suggests internal security services deployed spyware from 2017 against key domestic and foreign targets A former member of Morocco’s domestic intelligence service has helped to provide an unprecedented insight into how the north African state used hacking software – including Pegasus spyware – to target journalists, human rights defenders, French politicians and Spanish cabinet…
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Trump’s ‘third world’ travel ban could become permanent if firebrand Republican lawmaker gets her way
Nancy Mace's bill would bar travelers from 39 countries across the Caribbean, Middle East and Africa, codifying Trump's sweeping travel ban.
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Special police team to investigate killing of an anti-migrant leader in South Africa
The March and March provincial leader died of his injuries in hospital several days after being shot.
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Idris Elba’s 22Summers Teams With Nigeria’s Nile Media & Action Xtreme On Slate Of West African Action Films
EXCLUSIVE: Idris Elba’s 22Summers is teaming with Moses Babatope’s Nigerian outfit Nile Media Entertainment Group and Chee Keong Cheung’s UK genre firm Action Xtreme on a slate of action films originating from across West Africa. The aim is to develop and produce a slate of “high-energy, commercially driven action films rooted in African stories and…