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Episcopal church says it won’t help resettle white South Africans granted refugee status
The Episcopal church’s migration service is refusing a directive from the federal government to help resettle white South Africans granted refugee status, citing the church’s longstanding “commitment to racial justice and reconciliation”.
Presiding bishop Sean Rowe announced the step on Monday, shortly before 59 South Africans arrived at Dulles international airport outside Washington DC on a private charter plane and were greeted by a government delegation.
Airtel Africa climbs Monday, outperforms market
Airtel Africa PLC AAF shares advanced 3.25% to £1.68 Monday, on what proved to be an all-around favorable trading session for the stock market, with the FTSE 100 Index UKX rising 0.59% to 8,604.98.
Airtel Africa PLC closed 3.56% below its 52-week high of £1.74, which the company reached on May 6th.
Egypt’s Nawy, the largest proptech in Africa, raises $52M to take on MENA
For decades, buying property in Egypt meant navigating a fragmented real estate market, relying on personal networks, dealing with commission-driven brokers, and facing developers more focused on selling than serving customer needs. In 2019, Mostafa El Beltagy co-founded Nawy to bring transparency and efficiency to the market. Now positioning itself as Africa’s largest proptech platform, Nawy has raised $52 million in Series A funding, led by Africa-focused VC firm Partech Africa, validating its model of combining property listings with brokerage services.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle roasted on SNL
Duchess Meghan and Prince Harry in Colombia. Image: Instagram via @whatmeghanwore Prince Harry and Meghan Markle found themselves in the hot seat this weekend on the iconic American comedy show Saturday Night Live (SNL). Colin Jost, co-anchor of the show’s Weekend Update segment, delivered a sharp and hilarious roast that had viewers laughing. During the sketch, Jost quipped about a new trade deal between the UK and the US. “President Trump also announced a new trade deal with the UK that will reopen British markets for American companies,” he said....
Egypt’s Nawy, the largest proptech in Africa, lands a $52M Series A to take on MENA
For decades, buying property in Egypt meant navigating a fragmented real estate market, relying on personal networks, dealing with commission-driven brokers, and facing developers more focused on selling than serving customer needs. In 2019, Mostafa El Beltagy, Abdel-Azim Osman, Ahmed Rafea, Mohamed Abou Ghanima, and Aly Rafea founded Nawy to bring transparency and efficiency to the market.
USAID’s Demise Threatens a Vital Health and Climate Solution in Africa
The Trump administration’s gutting of the US Agency for International Development, with 80% of its programs now canceled, is a blow for clean cookstove programs in Africa. That means more Africans will have to rely on burning wood or charcoal in their homes, driving air pollution, deforestation and greenhouse gas emissions across the continent. Clean cookstoves run on electricity, gas or smaller amounts of biomass, and switching households to less polluting cooking methods reduces harmful impacts.
More than 100 vultures die in a mass poisoning in South Africa's flagship national park
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — At least 123 vultures died in South Africa’s flagship national park after eating the carcass of an elephant that was poisoned by poachers with agricultural pesticides, park authorities and an animal conservation group said Thursday. Another 83 vultures that were rescued from the site and transported for treatment by helicopter or a special vulture ambulance were recovering. The mass poisoning was one of the worst seen in the famous Kruger National Park in northern South Africa, said SANParks, the national parks agency. Vultures are...