Polls open in regional election in eastern Germany that could bring a far-right state government to power

By The Associated Press
September 6, 2026 | 2:09 AM

MAGDEBURG, Germany (AP) — Polls open in regional election in eastern Germany that could bring a far-right state government to power.

Africa’s mother tongues are finding new life as youth connect with roots and relatives

By The Associated Press
September 6, 2026 | 2:52 AM

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — A television game show in Nigeria’s commercial hub of Lagos has an unforgiving rule: Speak English and you lose. For a U.S.-born millennial in the audience and a student of her parents' mother tongue, the high-stakes setting is a perfect classroom. Meanwhile, a 15-year-old Canadian speaks to a teacher about 13,000 kilometers (8,000 miles) away in Zimbabwe, learning a language her parents feared she would never speak. “Mhoroi,” Nyashadzashe Machingura says cheerfully with a pronounced Canadian accent while greeting in Zimbabwe's vernacular Shona. The scenes capture a new generation of interest and entrepreneurship around African languages once pushed to the margins by decades of colonialism. Often seen as secondary to English, French and Portuguese, they are enjoying a renaissance that is also creating business opportunities.

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