The funeral stalemate that ensued after Zambia’s former president Edgar Lungu’s death two months ago continues. As Laura Angela Bagnetto and Erin Conroy write, funeral rites for some elites in Africa reveal that state-society relations are sometimes contested at death.

The Year Book on the African Union is an academic repository that documents the processes and engagements of the organization.

• A State of Emergency has been declared in Cape Verde after Tropical Storm Erin landed off the coast of São Vicente and Santo Antão islands, displacing 1500 households.
• Prominent Ethiopian feminist Jordin “Jordi” Bezabih goes into exile following a targeted cyber attack.
• Nigerian writer Jude Dibia narrates how his 2005 novel, Walking with Shadows, provided visibility on queerness in African literature.
• Yassmin Abdel-Magied offers a satirical critique on how Sudan is represented in the mainstream Western media through her piece, "How to write about Sudan."

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Image: African Union Headquarters, Addis Ababa. September 9, 2023. Photo Credit: Wang Guansen/Xinhua, Public Domain.