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AFRICA DAILY REPORT — 2 OCTOBER 2026 Major developments reported during the previous 24 hours. 1. ETHIOPIA / ERITREA — Diplomatic ties severed as northern conflict escalates Ethiopia ordered 10 Eritrean diplomats to leave within 48 hours and closed its embassy in Asmara, accusing Eritrea of supporting forces fighting the federal government. Eritrea responded by severing diplomatic ties. Explosions were also reported in Addis Ababa amid the renewed Tigray conflict, increasing concern that the fighting could broaden into a regional confrontation. Source: https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/explosions-heard-overnight-ethiopias-capital-diplomatic-sources-say-2026-10-01/ Additional source: https://apnews.com/article/a864e8cd442bade4531b8e7609f3216c 2. DR CONGO — Ebola response faces new risks as thousands flee affected camp Importance: 10/10 (Critical) Thousands of displaced residents fled the Kigonze camp in eastern DRC after soldiers entered the site and clashes followed, raising fears that Ebola transmission could spread further. The ongoing Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak has exceeded 8,000 confirmed cases and is already the largest Ebola outbreak recorded in DRC. Source: https://currently.att.yahoo.com/att/thousands-flee-congo-ebola-hit-161039707.html 3. DR CONGO — MSF staff member infected with Ebola Importance: 10/10 (Critical) Médecins Sans Frontières confirmed that a staff member working on the Ebola response tested positive for Bundibugyo virus disease and is being evacuated under strict medical protocols to the Netherlands. The latest reported national figures cited by Reuters were 8,067 confirmed cases and 3,901 deaths. Source: https://www.channelafrica.co.za/channelafrica/news/msf-staff-member-tests-positive-for-ebola-in-drc/ 4. ZAMBIA — IMF confirms talks on a successor support programme Importance: 9/10 (Very High) The IMF confirmed that a team is in Lusaka discussing a possible successor to Zambia's previous IMF-supported programme. Talks are focused on fiscal and debt sustainability, rebuilding reserves, and supporting more inclusive, private-sector-led growth. Source: https://www.imf.org/en/news/articles/2026/10/01/tr-10012026-imf-press-briefing-transcript-october-01-2026 5. KENYA / EAST AFRICA — $16 billion Lamu refinery project moves forward Importance: 9/10 (Very High) Five African heads of state joined the groundbreaking of Dangote Group's planned $16 billion refinery in Lamu. The planned 700,000-barrel-per-day facility could materially reshape East African fuel supply and reduce dependence on imported refined products, although land-rights litigation and environmental concerns remain. Source: https://apnews.com/article/a0ae7108ae4f4144222aea101baed3a5 6. SOUTH AFRICA — Gender-based violence drives new national response South African President Cyril Ramaphosa announced measures in response to a series of killings of women, after 11 women's bodies were found in Ekurhuleni since July, many showing signs of sexual violence. Investigators have made arrests in connection with several cases, while authorities continue investigating whether the murders are linked. Source: https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/violence-against-women-south-africa-is-national-shame-president-says-2026-09-30/ 7. ZAMBIA — Cholera outbreak reaches 304 cases and 11 deaths Importance: 8/10 (High) Zambian health authorities reported 304 cholera cases and 11 deaths as of September 29, with Lusaka the most affected province. Authorities have expanded case finding, water chlorination, household interventions and treatment services while assessing whether to deploy reactive oral cholera vaccination. Source: https://cajnewsafrica.com/2026/10/01/11-die-in-zambia-cholera-outbreak/ 8. UGANDA / REGIONAL MARKETS — Shilling hits record low as African currencies face pressure Importance: 8/10 (High) Uganda's shilling fell to a record low against the US dollar as importers, particularly in the energy sector, increased demand for foreign currency. Reuters also reported pressure on Zambia's kwacha and Ghana's cedi, while Kenya's shilling remained comparatively stable. Source: https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/africa-fx-ugandas-currency-seen-extending-losses-after-hitting-record-low-2026-10-01/ 9. MALI — More than 2,400 schools remain closed as academic year begins Importance: 8/10 (High) Mali began the 2026–27 school year with more than 2,400 schools still closed amid continuing insecurity. More than 733,000 children are directly affected, highlighting the long-term educational consequences of instability across the country. Source: https://fr.allafrica.com/stories/202610010154.html 10. ZIMBABWE — Investigation begins after fatal helicopter crash Importance: 7/10 (High) Zimbabwean authorities are investigating a helicopter crash near Marondera that killed prominent businessman Wicknell Chivayo, his wife and other occupants. Aviation investigators and forensic specialists have been deployed, while the cause remains under investigation. Source: https://www.dw.com/en/zimbabwe-helicopter-crash-wicknell-chivayo/a-79501691 Keywords: #Africa #AfricaNews #TopNewsOfAfrica #DRCongo #Ebola #EbolaOutbreak #EbolaResponse #PublicHealth #HealthSecurity #MSF #HumanitarianCrisis #Displacement #Uganda #UgandanShilling #AfricanCurrencies #ForeignExchange #FXMarkets #CurrencyPressure #AfricanMarkets #Zambia #Ghana #Kenya #Ethiopia #Eritrea #Tigray #HornOfAfrica #DiplomaticCrisis #RegionalConflict #RegionalSecurity #AfricanSecurity #Geopolitics #AfricaToday #wrldorg

Cryo‑electron tomography of Mycoplasma pneumoniae resolves translation states and transcription‑translation assemblies, revealing a supercomplex that links gene expression to membrane attachment https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0092867426010652# #Microbiology #MolecularBiology

Fascinating study @gladyshev_lab performing heart transplants between donor and recipient mice of different ages. According to epigenetic and transcriptomic clocks, transplanted organs then become younger or older depending on the age of the recipient mouse. It highlights the #HeartTransplants #AgeingResearch #Epigenetics #Thetweetdoesnotmentionanyspecificcountries.Therefore #therearenocountrycodestoreturn.

Pour ceux qui s’affolent sur ce qu’ils lisent depuis tout à l’heure concernant l’histoire de Lamine Yamal sur le but de Ferran Torres, vous avez la transcription complète du post juste en dessous, accompagnée de la vidéo. Je vous la remets quand même ici, car c’est dommage de couper une déclaration ou de raccourcir des propos pour lui faire dire quelque chose qu’il n’a pas dit. Une phrase sortie de son contexte peut complètement changer le sens. Autant regarder l’intégralité avant de tirer des conclusions. Le débat peut évidemment exister, mais autant le faire sur ce qu’il a réellement dit. https://t.co/q7aEpdn2H6 #LamineYamal #FerranTorres #Débat

« L’Etat d’Israël commet un génocide en Palestine et la France est complice. Sanctionnez Israël et libérez la Palestine. » Ces mots simples d’Adèle Haenel, vérité factuelle et transcription de ce que disent toutes les instances de droit international et de droit international #Palestine #Israël #Génocide #IL #FR #PS

Hello everyone, the code for Aracne2 has been on GitHub for a few months now — a modular CMS for editing and publishing TEI corpora. A companion volume, published by FedOA Press, covers its origins, architecture and features in detail. Code (MIT): https://github.com/orazionelson/aracne2 Site and documentation: https://orazionelson.github.io/aracne2/ Volume: https://doi.org/10.6093/978-88-6887-439-1 The underlying idea is to take a corpus from raw transcription to a citable digital edition without forcing the person editing the text to become a sysadmin as well. In brief: – schema-aware XML editor, with validation per document and across a whole collection; – staged editorial workflow with versioning and a clean split between working copy and published copy; – named entities linked to authority files (Wikidata, VIAF, GeoNames, ORCID, GND and others); – bibliography with BibTeX/CSL-JSON/Zotero import and DOI resolution; – facsimiles and zones for text-image alignment; – XSLT-driven public site generator, with configurable indices and search portals; – LOD and OAI-PMH for harvesting, deposit to Zenodo, Dataverse, Internet Archive and git forges; – audit log and fixity, plus policy pages aimed at projects preparing for a CoreTrustSeal review. Architecturally, there are two distinct data layers: PostgreSQL for platform state (users, roles, plugins, audit), eXist-db for TEI documents, stored natively and queried in XQuery. Python/FastAPI backend, Vue 3 frontend, fully containerised. Every integration is a plugin that mounts without a restart, so a deployment can stay minimal or grow along with the project. The AI side is there but optional and can be switched off: in-editor assistance (explaining validation errors, normalising bibliography, tagging named entities), local RAG over the TEI P5 Guidelines, and a read-only MCP server that lets an external assistant query the corpus. Anyone who cannot or would rather not send their texts to a cloud service can run the whole thing locally with Ollama. Aracne2 is the third iteration of a line of tools that began in 2008 with MaRa, the scripts written to mark up the Angevin Registers, continued with Aracne (2016-2026, built entirely on eXist-db), and arrives at this rewrite. The FedOA Press volume reconstructs that trajectory at length. It is all free: you can download it and try it locally with a handful of commands. Aracne2 is open to experiment and ready to be put to the test on new projects — reports, criticism and proposals are all welcome.

Deutsche Grammophon has released a striking new video performance featuring rising pianist Justus Eichhorn, delivering a soulful interpretation of Franz Liszt’s piano transcription of Franz Schubert’s famous serenade, “Ständchen” (Schwanengesang, D. 957: VII). #JustusEichhorn #DeutscheGrammophon #ClassicalMusic #PianoMusic #Schubert #Liszt #Ständchen #ClassicalPiano #Pianist #NewRelease #MusicVideo #PianoCovers #Lieder #RomanticEra #ClassicalMusicCommunity #UprightPiano #PianoLove #InstaClassical #ModernClassical #AestheticMusic https://tunitemusic.com/post/justus-eichhorn-reimagines-schuberts-standchen/

Paco de Lucía no sabía ni leer ni escribir música cuando compuso “Entre dos Aguas”. Para poder registrar sus temas en la SGAE recurrió a José Torregrosa, un músico que se encargó de transcribir la música a papel. Esto era algo muy común en el mundo del flamenco. Aprovechando esta labor de copista y transcriptor, Torregrosa se inscribió, tócate los cojones, como coautor de "Entre dos aguas" y de otras 36 obras del Maestro. Durante décadas, cobró de forma indebida el 50% de los derechos de autor generados por esas canciones creadas por Paco de Lucía. Tras años de litigios iniciados por la hija del guitarrista después de su fallecimiento, la justicia española sentenció que Paco de Lucía es el único y exclusivo autor de "Entre dos aguas" y el resto de temas en disputa. La sentencia determinó que el papel de Torregrosa se limitó exclusivamente a la transcripción musical (hacer las partituras) y la gestión administrativa. El fallo judicial obligó a los herederos del productor a devolver todas las cantidades percibidas de manera indebida por esos derechos de autor. Una familia que llevaba décadas viviendo de puta madre de la obra de Paco de Lucía. #PacoDeLucía #Flamenco #DerechosDeAutor

Zelf kijk ik niet naar de uitzendingen van de Corona Enquête Commissie, maar toen ik de transcripties ontving van @gewoonmerels brak me de klomp. Vanmiddag stuurde ik daarom een open brief — met bijlagen — aan de commissie, met het voorstel @MarionKoopmans opnieuw onder ede te horen. Volledige brief + bijlagen op https://t.co/0ny1IXe97M #Corona #transparantie #openbrief

Científicos de Harvard han desarrollado 'relojes moleculares' capaces de estimar de manera precisa la esperanza de vida y la edad biológica en varios mamíferos mediante el análisis del transcriptoma, lo que podría ayudar a identificar biomarcadores del envejecimiento y mejorar la salud en la vejez. #Envejecimiento #RelojesMoleculares #Biomarcadores

Un estudio de Harvard ha identificado biomarcadores universales del envejecimiento en mamíferos mediante el análisis del transcriptoma, revelando patrones moleculares comunes que podrían mejorar la comprensión de los procesos asociados al envejecimiento y ayudar en la detección de enfermedades relacionadas con la edad. #Envejecimiento #Biomarcadores #Harvard

Un estudio internacional liderado por la Universidad de Harvard ha presentado 'relojes moleculares' que permiten estimar la edad y la esperanza de vida en mamíferos al identificar biomarcadores genéticos asociados al envejecimiento a partir del análisis de transcriptomas en diversas especies. #Longevidad #Envejecimiento #Biomarcadores

Un estudio internacional liderado por la Universidad de Harvard ha presentado 'relojes moleculares' que permiten estimar la edad y la esperanza de vida en mamíferos al identificar biomarcadores genéticos asociados al envejecimiento a partir del análisis de transcriptomas en diversas especies. #Longevidad #Envejecimiento #Biomarcadores

Un estudio internacional ha desarrollado relojes moleculares universales que, basándose en el transcriptoma, pueden predecir la expectativa de mortalidad y reflejar la salud celular en tiempo real, abriendo nuevas posibilidades en la investigación sobre la longevidad y el tratamiento de enfermedades relacionadas con el envejecimiento. #Longevidad #Envejecimiento #MedicinaPreventiva

Gene expression can be used to predict age and mortality 🚨 Impressive study from @gladyshev_lab @harvardmed using RNA-seq data to develop accurate transcriptomic clocks across mammalian species (inc. humans) and tissues to predict age, lifespan and mortality. A great example #GeneExpression #RNASeq #AgingResearch #US

A congressional panel has released transcripts of interviews with US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and billionaire Ted Waitt regarding their interactions with Jeffrey Epstein; while Lutnick described uncomfortable encounters with Epstein and acknowledged visiting his Caribbean island in 2012, both men denied any wrongdoing related to Epstein or knowledge of criminal activities involving him or his alleged co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell. #EpsteinInvestigation #Justice #PublicInquiry #US #PR #BQ