Africa joins the data center backlash

Home Shows Eye on Africa To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site. Cover image: afreica © France 24 15:17 Issued on: 07/10/2026 - 22:37Modified: 07/10/2026 - 22:38 From the show In tonight's edition, witnesses say Eritrean troops have moved into Ethiopia's Tigray region, but Asmara rejects the reports. Also, the African Union launches the Africa Credit Rating Agency, aiming to assess the financial health of African states and companies. And South African civil society is pushing back against the expansion of data centres that require vast amounts of electricity, water and land.