Bandung Conference

Bandung Conference, 1955

The Afro-Asian Conference, known generally as the Bandung Conference, was to that date the largest gathering of Asian and African nations. On April 18 to 24, 1955, twenty-nine representatives of nations from Africa and Asia came together in Bandung, Indonesia, to promote African and Asian economic

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Ethiopia: Why an Ethiopia-Egypt War Over River Nile Dam Might Be 'Good'

The quarrel is over the rate at which Ethiopia fills the reservoir behind the dam and its effect on water supplies downstream in Sudan and Egypt--for who the Nile is the primary water

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7 famous celebrities you probably didn't know graduated from Ivy League schools

Novieku-Babatunde Adeola is a content writer, social media strategist, entertainment journalist, freelance PR practitioner and event

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Algerians find smartphones are a lockdown essential

Since the onset of the global coronavirus pandemic, smartphones have become increasingly popular in Algeria, as many people across the country use their time in lockdown to connect with each other and the outside world, new research

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Africa: WHO Regional Director for Africa Pays Tribute to African Leaders On COVID-19 Fight

Dr Matshidiso Moeti, World Health Organisation (WHO), Regional Director for Africa, has paid tribute to African leaders for the progress they have made in their fight against COVID-19

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Kenya: Sauti Sol Were 'Insecure' At Africa Day Virtual Concert

Kenya's Sauti Sol were among African top acts that were brought together for a virtual concert to raise awareness of the coronavirus

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Zambia coronavirus: Info Minister tests positive, case tally at 920

Zambia virus stats as of May 24, 2020 at 13:00 GMT

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Africa's 1000+ coronavirus cases: Mali, the 'Guineas' join list

The World Health Organization’s Africa regional head warns that a spike is likely to result in the wake of steadily improving and increased

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Africa: Dr. Patrick Amoth Picked As WHO's Executive Board Vice President

Nairobi — Health Ministry's Director of Health Dr. Patrick Amoth has been elected to serve as the Vice President of the Executive Board of the World Health Organization

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Africa: Anglogold Ashanti Marks Africa Day ... Pledges to Sustain Fight Against COVID-19

Takoradi — AngloGold Ashanti marked this year's Africa Day with a commitment to help sustain efforts to fight COVID-19 pandemic on the

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Anglogold Ashanti shuts South African mine over 164 COVID-19 cases

AngloGold Ashanti’s Mponeng mine in South Africa has been temporarily closed after 164 workers tested positive for the coronavirus, the gold miner said in a statement on

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Nigeria coronavirus: 7,261 cases; Buhari's private Eid, chloroquine warning

Total confirmed cases = 7,016 (new cases

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Africa: Three Nigerian Writers Shortlisted for AKO Caine Prize

The Caine Prize is an annual literary award for the best original short story by an African writer, whether in Africa or elsewhere, but published in the English

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Africa: Econet, Delta in Africa's Top 250 Companies in 2020

Telecoms company, Econet Wireless and beverage maker, Delta Corporation are the only two Zimbabwean companies to make it into Africa's top 250 companies in 2020 , a pan-African publication, Business Africa Magazine has

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Mauritius records 2 new Covid-19 cases after month-long lull

Two residents of Mauritius who were recently repatriated from India have tested positive for Covid-19, the country's first cases in nearly a month, the government announced late on

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Kagame's son appointed to board of Rwanda's investment agency

A son of President Paul Kagame has been appointed to the board of the Rwanda Development

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How Kenya ended up immortalising Jomo’s buddies

In the case of two other friends with origins in the State of Guyana, Ras Makonnen and Cecil Miller, President Jomo Kenyatta gave them Kenyan citizenship, jobs and facilitated their permanent settlement in the country, where he wanted them laid to rest when the time finally

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Africa's Oil Producers Eye Energy Independence After COVID-19

"If you look at the big African producers like Nigeria, you are seeing a huge loss and contracts being put on hold across the continent," explains Rogo, whose company released a report calling for action to shield producers from Covid-19 and the oil price

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Isabel dos Santos seeks to revoke asset freeze over 'forged' passport

Angola's billionaire former first-daughter Isabel dos Santos and her husband are seeking to revoke a court order that froze their assets last year as part of a massive corruption probe, their lawyer said

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EcoCash limits ridiculously low in comparison to similar markets

THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has been on a war path against EcoCash, one of Africa’s successful mobile money

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Coronavirus in Africa: 119,454 cases; 3,592 deaths; 48,607 recoveries

There are now more than over 100,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus across the continent, with a number of African countries imposing a range of prevention and containment measures against the spread of the

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How Travel Startup Tastemakers Africa Is Still Connecting Us to the Continent Even While We Can't Travel

What do you do when you’re the founder of a travel tech startup whose mission is to connect blacks all around the world to the Continent when a global pandemic cancels flights, closes borders, and brings tourism to a complete

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African Liberation Day - It Is Time for Africa to Develop New Forms of Resilience

57 years ago, Africa laid the foundations for its unity that had been undermined by colonisation, by establishing a common organisation, the OAU, which became the African Union in

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East Africa: First Person - The Struggle to Protect Human Rights in East Africa During the Pandemic

Since the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak in East Africa, the UN Human Rights regional office, based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, has been contributing to the COVID-19 response of UN country teams in the region, by ensuring that human rights protection for vulnerable people is included in their

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The Asian-African (Bandung) Conference: Fact and Fiction

In the article below independent historian Kyle Haddad-Fonda describes the Asian-African Conference popularly known as the Bandung Conference which was the first significant gathering of independent and soon-to-be independent nations in Asia and

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We can’t allow Covid-19 to derail efforts to unite, develop continent - Ramaphosa marks Africa Day

President Cyril Ramaphosa says the outbreak of the deadly coronavirus in Africa has exposed how far the continent still has to go before achieving its aspirations of a united and prosperous

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West Africa: The G 5 Sahel - Survival in Time of COVID-19.

The G5 Sahel countries have declared the coronavirus pandemic now the public enemy number

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Tiwa Savage, Davido, Mr Eazi grace cover of Billboard's special issue on Africa

“The three major-label groups—Universal, Warner and Sony—have all ramped up their investments in Africa in recent years: opening offices, sending A&R scouts to major hubs and forming joint ventures and partnerships,” the feature reads, adding, “[Africa] has also emerged as a particular wellspring

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Cry, the beloved Africa – a tale of two experiences

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Africa: COVID-19 Will Cost Africa Dearly

How this can be done, and what impact Covid-19 will have on this, was the topic of a webinar discussion hosted by Daily Maverick's Tim Cohen with guests Jakkie Cilliers, founder of the ISS and author of Africa

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