africa "Africa" by Toto performed entirely on electrical zaps from Tesla Coils Thom Dunn

facebook Facebook working with China Mobile to bring undersea internet to Africa in $1 Billion deal Xeni Jardin

travel My life on the road: Marrakesh Seamus Bellamy

travel My life on the road: Morocco Seamus Bellamy

Science Russia building nuclear science center in Rwanda Xeni Jardin

police Uganda installs Huawei's AI-powered facial recognition surveillance system 'nationwide' Xeni Jardin

law After poacher crackdown, Tanzanian endangered rhino and elephant populations are staging inspiring recoveries Cory Doctorow

photography This is a real African black panther and it's incredibly rare David Pescovitz

Copyfight Netherlands court strikes down Dutch grifter's patent claim over Ethiopia's ancient staple grain teff Cory Doctorow

gender Barefoot Engineers: rural women from Malawi, trained as solar engineers, who are electrifying their remote villages Cory Doctorow

music Toto on a koto: Africa performed with traditional Japanese instrument Rob Beschizza

computer science What's missing from machine learning research: an East African perspective Cory Doctorow

News Tanzania detains reporters Angela Quintal and Muthoki Mumo Xeni Jardin

class war Kenyans from "the toughest neighborhood on earth" trace pixels all day to train autonomous vehicles Cory Doctorow

education Riot grrrl Kathleen Hanna's new t-shirt line pays for girls to attend school in Togo David Pescovitz

music New Weezer video for "Africa" with special guest star Weird Al David Pescovitz

africa Weird Al joins Weezer onstage to perform Toto's 'Africa' Rusty Blazenhoff

music Impressive musical demonstration of a kashaka Andrea James

music Turnaround's fair game: Toto cover's Weezer's Hash Pipe Seamus Bellamy

happy mutants Ghanaian parliament erupts into giggles as MPs learn about towns called "Vagina is Wise," "Penis is a Fool" and "Testicles are Sad" Cory Doctorow