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1. Africa: Africa Made It: Turning Africa's Cotton Wealth into Jobs, Industry and Economic Power

   [allAfrica] Africa produces cotton, inspires global fashion and boasts a vibrant creative industry. Yet much of the economic value generated from these resources is captured beyond the continent. Launched during CANEX WKND 2026 in Lagos, Nigeria, the Africa Made It campaign seeks to change that narrative by promoting local manufacturing, strengthening Africa's textile value chain and encouraging consumers to support African-made products.

2. Niger: UNHRC Calls For Millions in Emergency Aid to Fill Critical Gaps

   [allAfrica] Geneva -- The UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR, warned on Tuesday of a deepening crisis that has caused tens of thousands of people to flee from Nigeria to neighbouring Niger and Benin, where problems of malnutrition and disease are surfacing.

3. Africa: Can Carbon Markets Help Africa Close Its Climate Finance Gap?

   [allAfrica] Africa is in a difficult financial situation regarding climate change. The continent accounts for less than 4% of global greenhouse gas emissions yet is one of the most climate change-exposed regions in the world. Droughts, floods, and increasingly erratic rainfall are all having a major impact on people, their livelihoods, and their economies. At the same time, there are massive climate investment opportunities on the continent, such as renewables, clean cooking, forest conservation, land

4. Africa: Author Simbarashe Kundizeza Cleared of AI Allegations

   [DW] Zimbabwean writer Simbarashe Kundizeza has been cleared of allegations that he had used artificial intelligence to write his award-winning short story, The Blue Fighter. The reports had emerged after an article in The Atlantic cited results from an AI detection tool, which suggested that the story may have been generated by artificial intelligence.

5. Congo-Kinshasa: Medical Charity Warns Funds for DR Congo Ebola Fight Not Reaching Front

   [RFI] Six months into Congo's Ebola outbreak, the virus is still spreading out of control and large sums of international aid are not reaching the front line, French medical charity Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said on Thursday.