East African music has always travelled across borders. Today, Spotify’s Global Impact List for the first half of 2026 shows those connections are stronger than ever.
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The top lieutenant of the Indian gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, Goldy Brar arrived in Canada in 2017, ostensibly to attend Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops, B.C.
The story so far: In late July, 1,319 employees working at some of the world’s frontier AI companies signed and released an open letter titled ‘Pacing the Frontier.’ In it, they called on the U.S. government to help address the lack of technical and governance tools to regulate the speed at which frontier-wide progress was…
Dangote Petroleum Refinery has transitioned back to pricing its premium motor spirit in naira to prevent artificial supply shortages caused by fuel importers withholding product to drive up prices.
Afrobeats icon Davido delivers a live stage performance as he prepares for the global release of his sixth studio album, Oriadé. Photo Credit: Davido/Instagram
The UNESCO-listed Divrigi Great Mosque and Hospital in Sivas draws visitors with monumental portals covered in thousands of three-dimensional stone motifs. At certain hours and during specific months, sunlight falling across the carvings brings out silhouettes resembling people praying, reading the Quran and deep in thought.
