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Potencial etíope de energías renovables ofrece cooperación en África

Addis Abeba, 20 oct (Prensa Latina) El potencial de Etiopía en materia de energías renovables ofrece oportunidades para fortalecer la cooperación africana en la productividad agrícola, el comercio transfronterizo de electricidad, la inversión y el transporte limpio, reconocieron hoy representantes de Uganda y Nigeria.

The post Potencial etíope de energías renovables ofrece cooperación en África first appeared on Noticias Prensa Latina.

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Hilarious quips and ‘100,000-volt’ energy: the hypemen (and women) redefining Afrobeats music

Style of emceeing based on high-octane, ad-libbed vocals has flourished thanks to its unique way of captivating crowds

For the 2015 freshmen cohort of the history degree programme at the University of Lagos, their classmate’s first-semester presentation was so captivating that they began calling him Toby Shang, after the 16th-century Chinese dynasty he had focused on.

His crowd engagement that day had been harnessed from his high school days as a ginger-man (energiser) in a three-man band and as a private tutor. By his final year at university, his viral catchphrases and infectious energy had resulted in a hit song, Shedibalabala. Today, he is one of the self-acclaimed “evangelists and pioneers” in the Afrobeats sub-genre some are now calling Afrohype or lamba.

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© Photograph: Sogo Oladele/The Guardian

© Photograph: Sogo Oladele/The Guardian

© Photograph: Sogo Oladele/The Guardian

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Integration and the Neighbours Who Integrated Perfectly Until You Had to Live Next Door

How successful is racial integration in Britain? The ultimate test, says James Hartwood, is living next door – which is when even small cultural differences are magnified to the max and tensions can boil over.

The post Integration and the Neighbours Who Integrated Perfectly Until You Had to Live Next Door appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.

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‘El Niño’ already at record levels and threatens to claim 450,000 lives due to extreme heat alone

The El Niño phenomenon has not yet reached its peak intensity, which the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) expects to occur at the end of this year, and seawater temperatures in the tropical Pacific area considered the epicenter of the event are already at record levels. The anomaly in that zone exceeded three degrees Celsius in mid‑September and has risen to a level similar to the peak of the El Niño event 11 years ago, in November 2015.

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A highway shrouded in smoke from fires in early September on the Indonesian island of Bintan.
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