Fish traders in Kenya’s lakeside city of Kisumu enjoy an economic boom amid Coronavirus
Kisumu, April 8 — At 7 am in the morning, fishermen are docking in their fishing boats on the Dunga Beach in Kisumu’s Lake Victoria shores in western Kenya....
Africa’s Health Care Systems: The Continent’s Time to Rethink on its Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Plan
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Continued Floods In East Africa Threatening To Jeopardize Fight Against COVID-19 Spread
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Through radio women refugees at Dadaab now know their rights and how to fight...
Dadaab, Kenya March 9 — It’s Friday evening and as the sun sets, a group of women refugees converge at Dagahley settlement block inside Dadaab Refugee Camp.
They are converging...
Zimbabwe struggles with rural, urban poverty
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Kenya’s reported COVID-19 death set to cause panic, learning from Italy’s rise in death...
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As Kenya Advises Minimal Movement, Kids and Families in Slums are Disadvantaged.
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Poverty clobbers Zimbabwe’s mineral-rich areas
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BREAKING: Kenya confirms first case of Novel Coronavirus as WHO declares its outbreak officially...
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Kenya suffers the effects of Coronavirus outbreak even without a single case reported.
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Cameroon restricts movement in its English-speaking region
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Inter-urban transport buses,...
Zimbabwean roads, hospitals infrastructure cornered by dereliction
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