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The Gouda Wind Farm in Gouda in the Western Cape of South Africa. Image via Wikipedia license CC BY-SA 4.0 When touring some East African countries (EAC), like Burundi, Uganda, South Sudan, Somalia, and others, it is common to find village schools, town roads, hospitals, homes, and many more places without electricity. Students must revise their lessons by torchlight, some hospitals and clinics struggle to preserve temperature-sensitive medicines, including vaccines, and citizens navigate daily life without reliable electricity. This is a common issue across East Africa, where insufficient ele...
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Cop Your XXL Merch Now As one of the biggest rappers from The Big 3 generation to impact hip-hop, Kendrick Lamar’s debut album, Section.80, served as a warning for what was to come. K-Dot’s breakout project established him as not only an insanely talented rapper, but the future voice of a generation. In 2010, the Overly Dedicatedmixtapeintroduced a young Kendrick Lamar to the world as a conflicted starving artist “tryna to go beyond the margins.” Instead of continuing to rely on his rambunctious bars to establish rap dominance like most hip-hop newcomers would, Section.80, released in 2011, el...
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A couple dancing Darién bullerengue. Screenshot from video “Bullerengue de darien…” from the Asi Baila Panama YouTube channel. Fair use. Women are singing, a couple dances, and drummers play the greatest African instrument. This is the highly traditional Panamian dance, the bullerengue. The dance that is the product of a painful past continues today, no longer with so much pain although the wounds are still there. The song cries and the drum comforts it. High tradition that is now pure pride, knowing that the blood you carry in your veins is sacred. To talk about bullerengue we must also talk ...
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Alondra Santiago. Screenshot from video “Canción de la semana | ¡Salve, oh patria!” (Song of the week | Hail, O Fatherland!) from her YouTube channel IngoEc. Fair use. “Hail, O Fatherland” is Ecuador's national anthem. In the early hours of June 25, 2024, Cuban journalist Alondra Santiago took to X (formerly Twitter), to share the the notification she received from the Ministry of External Affairs and Human Mobility. The Ministry revoked her visa which had allowed her to live in Ecuadorian territory for 19 years. The notification was signed by Vice Minister Alejandro Dávalos. The Foreign Minis...
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By Artist Cheamcharoenpornkul อังกฤษ และ เซาธ์เกต ยังเหมือนเดิม..ก่อนเกมการแข่งขันจะเริ่มขึ้นเราคงเดาได้ไม่ยากว่า แกเร็ธ เซาธ์เกต จะส่ง 11 ขุนพลคนไหนลงเล่นเป็นตัวจริงบ้าง ซึ่งก็ไม่ผิดคาด มีเพียง ค็อบบี้ ไมนู คนเดียวเท่านั้นที่ได้ออกสตาร์ทเป็นตัวจริง นอกนั้นเหมือนเดิมทุกประการ ซึ่งคำพูดที่ว่าถ้าเราทำอะไรเดิม ๆ ผลลัพธ์ก็จะออกมาเหมือนเดิม ดูจะไม่เกินจริงแต่อย่างใด ทีมชาติ อังกฤษ ยังคงเล่นได้ทรมาณใจไม่มีเปลี่ยนแม้จะกรำศึกรายการนี้มาแล้วถึง 3 นัดก็ตาม สามผสานแนวรุกอย่าง โฟเด้น, เบลลิ่งแฮม, ซาก้า ยังคงประสานงานกันไม่เข้าขา ส่วนแนวรับก็ดูจะมีความกดดันในการเล่นอย่างเห็นได้ชัดจนมีความผิดพลาดให้เห็นอยู่...
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Cop Your XXL Merch Now It’s been a full year since SleazyWorld Go was inducted into the 2023 XXL Freshman Class, and a lot has happened since for the Michigan native. After closing out last year with his mixtape, Where the Shooters Be 2, Sleazy hit the road and has kept his foot on the gas in 2024. In an exclusive interview with XXL, Sleazy announces his debut album, talks tour life and advice he’s received from Lil Durk. SleazyWorld Go said last year’s tour has been the craziest part of his career so far. Seeing people come from all around the world to watch him perform moved him and motivate...
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Image of the American military base in la base in Niger. Screenshot from theRadio France Internationale (RFI) YouTube channel. The repercussions of Niger’s coup d’état on July 26, 2023, continue to impact daily life in this country. Following the withdrawal of French troops in December 2023, it’s now time to withdraw US troops at the request of the country’s military rulers. On March 16, 2024, the ruling powers in Nigerien capital, Niamey, issued a statement criticizing the military cooperation agreement signed between their country and the United States in 2012. According to the Nigerien gove...
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Cop Your XXL Merch Now As one of the rap game’s most well-known A&Rs, Steven “Steve-O” Carless, President of A&R, Associated Labels, Black Music at Warner Records and Founder of Defiant Records, Inc., has worked with some of the rap’s biggest artists. On this episode of XXL‘s Inside Track podcast, Steve-O reflects on working with Nipsey Hussle, discusses the state of rap and speaks on who he sees becoming the next big superstar. A veteran A&R executive, Steven oversaw the careers of many of hip-hop’s most illustrious figureheads including Nipsey Hussle, Jeezy, YG, Dave East and more. As a form...
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Headquarters of the Guinean Broadcasting Corporation; screenshot from Medi1TVAfrique's YouTube channel. In the Republic of Guinea, the media continues to bear the heavy cost of freedom restrictions since the last coup d'état on September 5, 2021. On this date, Colonel Mamady Doumbouya ousted Alpha Condé, the former president of Guinea from 2010 to 2021, who had just started his third term, thereby breaching the constitution's two-term consecutive limit. Guinean authorities initially reassured Reporters Without Borders (RSF) that they would protect and promote press freedom following an RSF mis...
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President of the Central African Republic Faustin-Archange Touadéra on the left and president of France Emmanuel Macron on the right. Screenshot from the France 24 YouTube channel. Fair use. In 2018, theCentral African Republic (CAR) welcomed the Wagner paramilitary group as part of a military collaboration agreement with Russia. This agreement angered France, which saw its interests threatened and its influence challenged, thus signaling the start of a diplomatic crisis between Bangui, the Central African Republic capital, and Paris. At that time, France threatened to end all cooperation with...
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