Qatar superó a las candidaturas de Corea del Sur e Indonesia en el breve proceso de selección abierto por la Confederación Asiática de Fútbol para reemplazar a China. El torneo podría acabar disputándose en 2024.

Xi Jinping da un discurso triunfal a las puertas de un nuevo mandato en China
DW

El presidente chino Xi Jinping abogó por la continuidad y defendió sus políticas con un tono triunfal en el discurso de apertura del Congreso del Partido Comunista, que debe otorgarle un tercer mandato.

Japanese yen hits 150 against U.S. dollar, weakest levels not seen since August 1990
CNBC

The Japanese yen weakened past 150 against the U.S. dollar Thursday, hitting a key psychological level that hasn’t been seen since August 1990.

Muhoozi will no longer comment on state affairs on Twitter: Museveni
THE EAST AFRICAN

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni said Monday that his outspoken son would stay off Twitter when it comes to affairs of state, after a social media tirade that included a threat to invade neighbouring Kenya.

El cambio climático empeora la salud y las migraciones en África
EL PAÍS

A dos semanas de la Cumbre del Clima COP27, 250 revistas científicas llaman a financiar la respuesta climática en la región para evitar una crisis global.

Clashes erupt between police and opposition in Chad
CGTN

Clashes erupted in the Chadian capital N’Djamena on Thursday between police and hundreds of demonstrators at a banned protest over the ruling junta’s grip on power.

Kenya's Samburu warriors still practice rock art tradition that tells their stories
THE CONVERSATION

The Samburu people in northern Kenya’s Marsabit county are pastoralists. They migrate from place to place in search of pasture and water for their cattle, goats, sheep and camels. As part of their lifestyle, Samburu boys go through an initiation period when they live in rock shelters, learning how to take care of their animals and how to become warriors. During this time the young warriors – called lmurran – express themselves by painting images on the rocks. This is one of very few ongoing rock art traditions in the world, but it has gained almost no attention among rock art researchers.

"Chinese banks" want to be repaid full": Scepticism greets China's debt forgiveness
AFRICAN BUSINESS

China has agreed to forgive interest-free loans to 17 African countries as it seeks to dispel debt-trap allegations, but sceptics say that the days of Beijing writing off interest-bearing loans are over.