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1. Nigeria: Lagos Fashion Week Looks Beyond The Catwalk To Fashion's Future

   [Bird Story Agency] A new coalition is challenging African fashion to turn its long traditions of repair, reuse and community production into a modern industrial strategy that keeps more jobs, knowledge and economic value on the continent.

2. Ghana: A Garment Hub Puts Northern Ghana To Work

   [Bird Story Agency] Northshore Apparel is turning industrial ambition into formal jobs in Savelugu. Its next phases could connect those sewing lines to northern Ghana's farmers and build a fuller local value chain.

3. Africa: Africa's Factories Are Becoming Their Own Power Stations

   [Bird Story Agency] Textile plants, mines and export zones are building their own electricity systems, creating a growing role for independent producers as African factories seek to avoid disruptions that can throttle production.

4. Kenya: Kenya Rebuilds The Cotton Chain From Field To Fabric

   [Bird Story Agency] Farmers are returning to cotton in coastal Kenya, while a new ginnery and one of the country's few surviving integrated textile mills are rebuilding links from field to factory.

5. Ethiopia: Fano Claims Capture of More Than 150 Ethiopian Soldiers in Amhara Clashes

   [Shabelle] Amhara -- Ethiopia's Fano militia has claimed it captured more than 150 soldiers from the Ethiopian National Defence Force (ENDF) following heavy fighting in the Wadla-Delanta-Dawunt area of the Amhara region on September 8.