[Photo/Xinhua]Keeping the unshakable promise that it made more than three decades ago, China continues to prioritize Africa in its public diplomacy. Maintaining a tradition that started 34 years ago of making Africa the destination of the Chinese foreign minister's first overseas trip of the year, Wang Yi visited Egypt, Tunisia, Togo and Cote d'Ivoire from Jan 13 to 18. His trip highlighted the great importance that China attaches to its traditional friendship with African nations and reflected China's continuing engagement with North Africa and West Africa. It also displayed China's willingness to cooperate with African countries. It was also intended to strengthen economic and security cooperation with African countries.

Revenues for pay-TV platforms in the Middle East and North Africa will fall by $1.6 billion between peak year 2016 and 2029, according to a new forecast. Digital TV Research puts the fall down to a combination of the growth in OTT and widespread piracy. This comes despite the number of pay-TV subscribers growing by 3 million over the same period to 18 million – so ARPUs will fall. Pay-TV revenues for the 13 Arabic-speaking countries will be $802 million by 2029; half of the $1,570 million recorded in 2016. Pay-TV revenues in Israel will drop from $1.14 billion to $376 million over the same period.

Mohamed Salah, the Egyptian national team captain, was to give a press conference at the Palais de la Culture in the Ivorian capital. The Athletic has decided to run the dialogue that followed in full to convey the pressure Salah faces, as well as how he handles it. Salah: I don’t believe my presence puts extra pressure on the players. It is not mandatory to play with Mohamed Salah. GO DEEPER Is Mohamed Salah really a hero for the whole of Africa?

Amazon Prime Video is undergoing a strategic shift in its international operations, directing its attention towards European original content, Variety is reporting. The platform has decided to downsize and reduce funding and resources allocated to Africa and the Middle East, concentrating on its European originals. By implication, the streaming platform would no longer fund original content from Nigeria and halt the commissioning of new original content in Sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East, and North Africa. However, the streaming service will cease commissioning original content in Africa, the Middle East, and North Africa. Prime Video will remain operational in Africa and the Middle East, but the decision’s impact is being felt among local producers.

The music and poetry of al-Andalus continue to be played today in cities throughout North Africa, hearkening to the golden age of Arabo-Andalusian culture in the Iberian Peninsula. This concert will feature Moroccan Nubas, Gharnati songs, and Sephardi Andalusian liturgical poems and songs in the vernacular, showing how language, sound, and aesthetics converged centuries ago and continue to give their fruits, as in a fragrant garden. Please note that some listings are added by third parties. The Journal of Music does not take responsibility for the content or accuracy of listings published by third parties on this site. The Journal of Music reserves the right to edit or delete listings.

Kim Kardashian and Kanye West’s daughter North West shows off her new diamond grills in a new Tik Tok photo dump. Image via Tik Tok (@kimandnorth)North West, the 10-year-old daughter of Kim Kardashian and Kanye West has showed off her new diamond grills on TikTok, Wednesday, 17 January. This comes after her father, Kanye West, revealed his titanium dentures that are reportedly worth R16 180 758.49. ALSO READ: Twitch Boss’ wife Allison Holker says she ‘forgave him’ after death‘HE DID NOT HAVE HIS TEETH REMOVED’North West showing off her grills comes one day after her father Kanye West debuted his titanium denture. Watch North West video showing off her grills here.

Global ratings giant Moody's has downgraded Egypt's outlook from stable to negative, citing growing concerns about the country's credit profile, as per a recent statement. Moody's emphasizes that a substantial rise in interest payments, coupled with increasing external pressures, has complicated Egypt's macroeconomic adjustment process. The agency underscores the possibility that policy actions and external support may fall short in averting a debt restructuring scenario. The agency underscores the importance of Egypt's fiscal reform implementation in potentially unlocking further assistance to address the mounting economic challenges. In October, Moody’s Investors Services lowered Egypt’s long-term foreign- and local-currency issuer ratings to Caa1 from B3.

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Both teams impressed in their opening matches with Morocco dispatching a weak Tanzania selection while the Leopards dominated against Zambia but were held to a draw. Regragui mentioned the fact that the match will be the opening clash of the day, meaning that the intense heat and humidity will be a factor. Manchester United defensive midfielder Sofyan Amrabat adds to the impenetrability of the Atlas Lions defense. Azzedine Ounahi was excellent in the central midfield along with Selim Amallah, both players who do well to connect the Moroccan defense to attack. However the starter on the left from the last match, Abde Ezzalzouli, is more than capable to play for Boufal again.

The ornithologists followed Egyptian vultures (Neophron percnopterus) during migration – a critical and challenging period for them – and investigated how their flying skills developed by examining their performance using high-resolution GPS tracking. Vultures were assessedThe vultures were assessed using GPS transmitters for 127 autumn migrations of 65 different birds. The birds in both groups improved their flight and migration performances as they gained experience. AdvertisementDuring their first migration, the captive-bred birds were less efficient but were able to catch up with the migration performance of those raised in the wild as early as the second migration. “We were able to generate data on the vultures’ migration and flying skills.

The African continent is a treasure chest of untapped exploration pipelines for green metals and minerals and has significant reserves of platinum cobalt, chromium and other battery metals. Yet despite this, Africa trails far behind when it comes to exploration spend, making it the last untapped mineral-rich continent for pipelines. According to S&P Global World Exploration Trends 2023, exploration allocations on the continent increased by 11.6%, less than the global average. “The race is on to secure critical minerals which contribute towards the overarching need to deliver a low carbon economy. Disruptive conversations on how to open the gates to exploration in Africa are a key feature for Mining Indaba 2024.

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Hareesa is a Tunisian Shabbat overnight stew that started as an Arab overnight dish of wheat and meat. The dish was first recorded as areesa in a 13th century cookbook by Al Baghdadi, Kitab al-Ṭabīḫ (The Book of Dishes) as well as in the Andalusian Kitab al-Ṭabīḫ of the same century. The dish immigrated to Spain with the Muslims, where it was adapted by the Jews who prepared it for shabbat (they also used the name hamin de trigo, hot dish of grains, for the dish.) In 1492, with the inquisition, the dish moved to North Africa with the Jews who were expelled from Spain. The dish lasted for so long because it is just that tasty… Read more about its connection to Tu Bishvat here.

Tunisian gallerist Selma Feriani’s eponymous space will open in vibrant downtown Tunis and is reportedly the first large-scale commercial gallery of its kind in North Africa. Selma Feriani’s new purpose-built space in the rapidly growing Tunis Lake district becomes the gallery’s primary, much larger address. Selma Feriani’s new purpose-built space in the rapidly growing Tunis Lake district becomes the gallery’s primary, much larger address. Through her presence in North Africa, Feriani also wants to work more with artists from the rest of the continent. “Art,” she said, “offers a way to bring people together and enhance cultural dialogue.

MOSCOW -- The passenger plane that crashed in Afghanistan on Saturday night was registered in Russia and was heading for Russia's Zhukovsky airport, said Russia's Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviatsia) on Sunday. The plane was en route from India to Uzbekistan, with Russia's Zhukovsky airport in Moscow as its destination. The Russian aviation watchdog said the search for the plane is underway, and it is in contact with the aviation authorities of Tajikistan and Afghanistan. Plane crashes in Afghanistan, rescue underway in mountainsKABUL -- A passenger plane heading toward Russia has crashed in northern Afghanistan's Badakhshan province, Afghan television channel TOLOnews quoted an official as saying on Sunday. The plane crashed in the mountainous Topkhana area of Kuran-wa-Munjan district on Saturday evening, "obviously due to a technical problem," said Badakhshan's provincial director for information and culture Zabihullah Amiri.