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WORLD’S LONGEST ARBITRARILY DETAINED JOURNALIST RECEIVES THE EDELSTAM PRIZE The Edelstam Prize 2024 is awarded to Mr. Dawit Isaak for his outstanding contributions and exceptional courage in standing up for freedom of expression, one’s beliefs, and in the defence of Human Rights. The prize will be awarded during a ceremony at the House of Nobility […]

Updated: 12/11/2024 – 12:26 GMT+1 Haiti”s capital, Port-au-Prince, saw shootouts between police and gangs as violence surged on the same day Alix Didier Fils-Aimé was set to replace Garry Conille as interim prime minister. Footage showed heavily armed police and civilians fleeing gunfire, while gangs attempted to seize control of the main airport. Haiti’s capital,

Tim Latimer is CEO and co-founder of Fervo Energy, a startup making geothermal energy a viable alternative to fossil fuels. By repurposing technology from the oil and gas industry, Fervo drills deep below the Earth’s surface to reach hot rocks and converts that heat into 24/7 clean energy. Google is already working with Fervo to

“Kaos” star Nabhaan Rizwan has set his next project following the cancellation of the Greek mythology-inspired Netflix series. He has joined the cast of upcoming BBC rom-com drama “Film Club” alongside “Doctor Foster” lead Suranne Jones. The show follows members of a film club as they find solace in their shared passion of cinema every

Joshua Oppenheimer is tired. The two-time Academy Award nominee isn’t simply spent at the tail end of an exhausting week for the American body politic. Nor has he tossed and turned his way through countless sleepless nights, doomscrolling through the nightmare scenarios of what a second Trump administration could mean for Americans’ civil rights, the

Tencent Music Entertainment, China’s largest digital music conglomerate, managed nearly 7% revenue growth in the July-September quarter as streaming services more than compensated for the continuing retreat of the group’s high-value ‘social entertainment activities. Net profits in the third quarter of its financial and calendar year, climbed by 35% to RMB1.71 billion ($244 million) on

The staff of Pitchfork listens to a lot of new music. A lot of it. On any given day our writers, editors, and contributors go through an imposing number of new releases, giving recommendations to each other and discovering new favorites along the way. Each Monday, with our Pitchfork Selects playlist, we’re sharing what our

East Africa’s most celebrated festival, Sauti za Busara—an annual multi-day music and arts event held in the Swahili coastal trading town of East Africa’s Stone Town—was forced to cancel it’s 2016 edition. But the festival is back in its annual tradition guaranteeing a sonically diverse line-up and a festival ambitiously bigger in

African hip hop radio has reached another milestone in its existence. The show has been around almost as long as Africanhiphop.com itself; we did our first ‘show’ from an attic room – Maluka and J4 behind the minidisc deck with a cheap mic and a dj mixer. The stream was uploaded by

Ten years on, Black Friday’s popularity in South Africa has grown but it’s evolving. After a dip in mall traffic during the pandemic, 2023 saw a strong comeback. Data from Standard Bank and Liberty Two Degrees (L2D) shows record foot traffic and a surge in online purchases. “Black Friday really took off in 2018, and