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Top Zimbabwean Official Nabbed For Gold Smuggling
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Economic Sanctions: Zimbabweans Pin Hope On United States President-elect Joe Biden
On the 20th of January, United States (U.S) President-elect Joe Biden will be sworn in as the 46th president of America.
Biden’s win was recently confirmed by the US Congress...
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The Resource Curse: Indigenous Pastoral Communities And Africa’s Largest Wind Power Tussle In Kenya’s...
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Wounds Remain Fresh For Ghana’s Victims Of Atrocities In The Gambia
Time does not always heal all wounds.
The sense of grief in the 2020 documentary ‘I Cannot Bury My Father’ is palpable as we watch the Mensah family receive compelling...
EFF Confronts Racism In South African Schools
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Zimbabwean Schools Face Perpetual Dilapidation
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COVID-19 Takes A Toll On Women And Girls In Kenya’s Marginalized North
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Stuck in weak healthcare system and panic, Kenya temporarily ban international conferences as coronavirus...
NAIROBI, KENYA MARCH 7,2020 — Kenya, on Friday issued a temporary ban on meetings, conferences and international events that involves attendees from countries affected by the coronavirus (COVID-19). The...
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Tanzania, Uganda Seal $3.5bn Crude Oil Pipeline Deal
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Kenyans Stare At Hunger As Birds Destroy Rice
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Freedoms Wilting Away In Zimbabwe
Harare — Closer to a month after government foiled street protests, 24-year old Benson Chomuruva, a resident of Harare, the Zimbabwean capital, still winces because of injuries sustained from...
Lagos Legislators Attack EndSARS Protestors Amid Push To Regulate Social Media
Legislators in Lagos faced public outrage this past week after backing calls to regulate social media following the role it played in mobilizing and coordinating protests against police brutality.
Some...
Africa Could Be Staring At Antimicrobial Resistance As Next Deadlier Pandemic If Swift Action...
Nairobi, 18 November 2020 – With Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) threatening development and health in Africa, six international and continental organizations are launching the first partnership of its kind to...
Growing Military Footprint In Civilian Affairs Threatening Ghana’s Democracy
Cletus Awuni was on his normal rounds on the afternoon of July 1 when the alarming news came his way.
Some soldiers were on the rampage in Wa, the capital...
Nearly Half Of Tanzania Female Journalists Offer Sexual Bribery, Survey Finds
Dar es Salaam — Widespread economic doldrums and the rising wave of moral decay have forced an unprecedented number of female journalists into the trap of sexual bribery where...
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