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In April-May 2025 Gerard van de Bruinhorst visited the capitals of The Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia. The trip resulted in the acquisition of more than 1000 physical books and contextual items in print and digital, both from the five visited countries and the wider West African region.

The African Library is excited to announce the addition of two collections from the British Online Archives to our electronic resources. The collections are Colonial African in official statistics: 1821 - 1953 and Reporting on Africa: from apartheid to pan-Africanism, 1949 - 1995.

From 21 to 28 September 2025, the annual world championships for road bicycle racing is being held in Kigali, Rwanda. It is the 98th edition of the UCI road World Championship and the first edition to be hosted in Africa.