[Daily Maverick] On Tuesday, at the Iziko Slave Lodge in Cape Town, researchers announced a profoundly significant archaeological discovery, made just off shore in Camps Bay. It's the first discovery of the wreck of a slave ship which went down carrying slaves, in the late 18th century. Though Iziko "owns" the ship's artefacts, they're going on long-term loan to the USA. Sound your irony klaxons, readers. By REBECCA DAVIS.
[Al Jazeera] A bomb blast hit a busy market in Nigeria's northeastern city of Maiduguri on Tuesday, killing as many as 50 people, according to eyewitnesses.
[IPS] New York -A Portuguese slave ship that left Mozambique in 1794 bound for Brazil had hardly rounded the treacherous Cape of Good Hope when it broke apart violently on two reefs only 100 yards from shore.
[CPJ] New York -The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the convictions and sentencing of two journalists in separate cases in Egypt over the weekend.
[IRIN] Oxford -More than 85,000 migrants have crossed the Mediterranean in smugglers' boats since the start of 2015, and the peak sailing season is only just getting under way.
[UNHCR] Geneva -The UN refugee agency on Tuesday reported that heavy fighting over the last two months in South Sudan's Unity and Upper Nile states has displaced more than 100,000 people and blocked humanitarian aid deliveries for some 650,000 people.
[UN News] Somalia must put in place a legal framework that guarantees freedom of expression in the country, as well as a moratorium on capital punishment, a United Nations independent expert recommended today, while commending progress accomplished so far.
[SciDev.Net] Agriculture sustains the lives of millions in the global South both in terms of nutrition and income, but changing rainfall patterns and poor storage can severely cut productivity.
[SudaNow] Khartoum -President Omar Bashir who was sworn in before the parliament on Tuesday delivered a speech in which he promised achieving peace and halting blood shedding in conflict area.
