Changing the narrative on Africa.
Changing the narrative on Africa.
Provided by bird story agency, Africa's narrative-change news agency.
A week ago, we marked the Africa Day on 25th May, the 63rd anniversary of the founding of the Organisation of African Unity. This year’s African Union theme — Water and Sanitation for Agenda 2063 — speaks to the continent’s most pressing practical priorities, but the stories we are bringing you tell a broader tale of African agency, creativity, and economic ambition.
A few weeks ago I was in Addis Ababa, home of the African Union headquarters, for the first time since 2023. The city is almost unrecognisable. Wide avenues, glass high-rises and a sense of purposeful modernity seem to be almost everywhere you look. I have a weakness for old-school brutalist hotels — regular readers will remember my mention of the Abuja Continental — so I stayed at the Hilton Addis, which sits a stone’s throw from the original home of the OAU, now housing the UN Economic Commission for Africa. Nearby are the imperial palace and the famous Filwuha hot springs spa, the very reason Addis Ababa was chosen as the capital in the first place. The city has changed enormously, but some things endure.
bird editors’ choice of today’s stories from Africa and elsewhere that are changing the narrative on Africa.
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bird story agency is a specialist news agency designed to shift the narrative on and in, Africa.
Our content, which is provided free to news organisations, digital platforms, and publishers, supports the media ecosystem by offering personalised features and data-driven stories written by African journalists all over the continent (over 130 journalists, from 43 countries and counting).
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We’re on the lookout for content creators and journalists who are passionate about telling stories that shift stereotypical narratives about Africa. We are also engaging with digital publishers who would like to publish (free to African platforms) bird content.
