AGP Executive Report

African Media: Global South media leaders have called for closer cooperation to challenge coverage that often emphasizes conflict and crisis while overlooking local achievements and innovation. Cultural Heritage: A study of Morocco’s Gnawa tradition traces how music and ritual carry histories of forced migration and community, arguing that recognition should also respect practitioners’ cultural authority.

African Media: Global South media leaders at a Beijing summit called for closer cooperation to challenge coverage that often reduces Africa to conflict and crisis, while overlooking innovation and achievement. Cultural Heritage: A new analysis traces Morocco’s Gnawa music and ritual to generations of migration, enslavement and cultural exchange, highlighting the tradition’s role in preserving memory and community.

Media Voices: Global South media leaders called for closer cooperation to challenge coverage that often reduces African countries to conflict and crisis while overlooking local achievements. Music & Heritage: A feature on Morocco’s Gnawa tradition explores how music, ritual and historical memory shaped a culture now recognized at home and internationally.

Media and Representation: Global South media leaders at the World Media Summit urged closer cooperation to challenge coverage that too often reduces African countries to conflict and crisis while overlooking their achievements. They said stronger technological links could help broaden whose stories reach international audiences. African Cultural Heritage: A feature on Morocco’s Gnawa tradition traces how music, ritual and memory grew from generations of migration and cultural exchange. It highlights the guembri, qraqeb and nocturnal lila ceremonies, and argues that growing recognition—including UNESCO status—should go hand in hand with respect for practitioners and their history.

African Music & Heritage: A new analysis traces Morocco’s Gnawa tradition through generations of trans-Saharan migration, enslavement and cultural exchange. It highlights the guembri, qraqeb and ritual lila as expressions of memory and community, and argues that growing recognition should come with respect for practitioners and the history behind the music.

African Media: Global South media leaders called for stronger cooperation to challenge Western-dominated narratives and broaden coverage of African achievements and perspectives. Music & Heritage: A new analysis traces Morocco’s Gnawa tradition to generations of migration, enslavement and cultural exchange, highlighting its guembri and qraqeb music, ritual lila ceremonies and UNESCO recognition.

African Media: Global South media leaders at a Beijing summit called for stronger technological cooperation to broaden international coverage and challenge narratives that focus on conflict and crisis. Nigeria’s news agency chief said African stories are often framed negatively. Music and Heritage: A new analysis traces Morocco’s Gnawa tradition through trans-Saharan history, highlighting the guembri, qraqeb and ritual music as carriers of memory and community. African Football: CAF has restored the Africa Cup of Nations to a two-year cycle, with the next tournament set for 2027 in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda.

African Heritage: A new analysis traces Morocco’s Gnawa tradition to generations of trans-Saharan migration, enslavement and cultural exchange. It highlights the guembri, qraqeb and ritual lila as carriers of memory and healing, and argues that recognition should include respect for practitioners and their history. African Football: CAF has restored the Africa Cup of Nations to a biennial schedule, reversing its plan for a four-year cycle. The next editions are set for 2027 and 2028.

African Music Heritage: A new analysis traces Morocco’s Gnawa tradition to generations of forced migration, settlement and Sufi exchange. It explores how the guembri, qraqeb and nighttime lila ceremonies carry memory and community, and argues that growing recognition should also honour practitioners’ history and cultural authority. African Football: CAF has restored the Africa Cup of Nations to a biennial schedule, reversing its plan for a four-year cycle. The next tournament is set for 2027 in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda, followed by another in 2028.

Cultural Heritage: A new analysis traces Morocco’s Gnawa tradition to generations of forced migration, settlement and Sufi exchange. It explores how the guembri, qraqeb and nocturnal rituals carry memories of healing and community, and argues that recognition of the tradition should include respect for its practitioners and history. African Football: CAF has reversed plans to move the Africa Cup of Nations to a four-year cycle, restoring the biennial tournament. The next edition is scheduled for 2027 in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda.

African Music Heritage: A new analysis traces Morocco’s Gnawa tradition to generations of forced migration, settlement and Sufi exchange. It highlights the guembri, qraqeb and night-long lila rituals as vessels of memory, healing and community, and argues that growing recognition—including UNESCO inscription in 2019—should go hand in hand with respect for practitioners and their history.

African Football: CAF has reversed its plan to hold the Africa Cup of Nations every four years, restoring the tournament’s two-year cycle. The next editions are scheduled for 2027 in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda, then 2028; Senegal is also appealing the decision to award the 2025 title to Morocco.

African Football: CAF has restored the Africa Cup of Nations to a two-year cycle, reversing its plan to stage the tournament every four years. The next edition is set for 2027 in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda, followed by tournaments in 2028, 2031 and 2033.

Chad: Intercommunal clashes near the border of Hadjer-Lamis and Bahr el-Ghazel left 25 people dead and 22 injured. Authorities arrested 39 people and sent them to N’Djamena as they investigate. African Football: CAF has reversed plans to stage the Africa Cup of Nations every four years, restoring its biennial schedule. Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda will host the 2027 tournament, with the next edition set for 2028.

African Football: CAF has reversed its plan to move the Africa Cup of Nations to a four-year cycle, restoring the biennial tournament. The next edition is set for 2027 in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda, with the 2028 tournament to follow.

African Football: CAF has reversed its plan to move the Africa Cup of Nations to a four-year cycle, restoring the tournament every two years. The next edition is set for 2027 in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda, followed by AFCON in 2028.