Queen Nzingha Joins the Ancestors

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Source: theGrio

Africa: Why COVID-19 Offers a Chance to Transform UN Peacekeeping

This greater need for peacekeeping efforts offers an opportunity for the UN to explore a real spectrum of peace operations beyond the large multidimensional

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Source: allAfrica.com

Doudou N’diaye Rose

Doudou N’diaye Rose (Mamadou N’diaye), (born July 28, 1930, Dakar, French West Africa [now in Senegal]—died Aug. 19, 2015, Dakar), Senegalese drummer and bandleader who was a virtuoso percussionist who earned the appellation “mathematician of rhythm” for the complex rhythmic

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Alert over renewed desert locust swarms heading into West Africa

Kenya’s Ministry of Agriculture has warned that desert locusts remain a threat in three counties as the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) cautions that the swarms could soon find their way to West

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Source: The East African

Ghana: Facebook Oversight Board to Promote Rights of Users - Afia Asantewaa Asare-Kyei

The establishment of an Oversight Board to make rulings about content moderation on Facebook and Instagram indicates the company's determination to promote the rights of users and freedom of expression, Afia Asantewaa Asare-Kyei, a human rights lawyer and Programme Manager at the Open Society

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Source: allAfrica.com

Nigeria: Mass Terror Trials Test Nigeria's Criminal Justice System

Nigeria is expected to conduct a fourth phase of mass trials for Boko Haram suspects currently in military

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Source: allAfrica.com

African Leaders Call for Immediate Action to Save Additional Lives From Malaria in the Face of COVID-19

In response to mounting concerns around the impact of COVID-19 on malaria elimination efforts across the African continent, the African members of the End Malaria Council have released a joint statement and a four-pronged action plan calling on African and global leaders to act quickly to: protect

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Source: allAfrica.com

DR Congo declares end to Ebola in the east

Congolese Health Minister Eteni Longondo on Thursday officially proclaimed the end of the Ebola epidemic in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the second most serious since the discovery of the virus in

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Source: Africanews | Latest breaking news, daily news and African news from Africa

Nigeria: Jihadi Groups, Criminals Aggravate Herder-Farmer Conflicts in North-West - Report

The long-running clashes between herders and farmers in north-west Nigeria have been aggravated by "an explosion in criminal activity and infiltration by jihadi groups," says a new

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Source: allAfrica.com

COVID-19: China to give Africa 30 million test kits monthly - Ramaphosa

Major African stats: May 31 at 7:00

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Source: Africanews | Latest breaking news, daily news and African news from Africa

Nigeria coronavirus: 18,480 cases, flurry of evacuee arrivals

Confirmed cases = 18,480

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Source: Africanews | Latest breaking news, daily news and African news from Africa

Ghana coronavirus: 7,768 cases, infections hit Jubilee oil fields

Total confirmed cases = 7,768

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Source: Africanews | Latest breaking news, daily news and African news from Africa

Kandeh Yumkella’s “Garden of Eden Syndrome” theory on corruption – Op ed

KKY’s theory on why corruption in Sierra Leone (and nearly all of Africa) has festered – he dubbed the “Garden of Eden

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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News

Six Nigerian soldiers killed in jihadist attack on army base

Six Nigerian soldiers were killed in a jihadist attack on a military base in northeastern Nigeria, military sources disclosed on

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Source: Africanews | Latest breaking news, daily news and African news from Africa

Nigeria coronavirus: 5,959 cases, Task Force briefs Buhari

May 18 : 5,959 cases, Buhari meets Task Force

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Source: Africanews | Latest breaking news, daily news and African news from Africa

Congo-Kinshasa: How 'Ebola Business' Threatens Aid Operations in Congo

In its investigation, TNH obtained information drawn from leaked WHO documents that suggests how some health workers and civil servants profited from response funds; and how, in the rush to scale up a response in an active conflict zone, the WHO paid millions of dollars in inflated per diems to

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Source: allAfrica.com

Veteran Tanzanian journalist Fili Karashani dies

At 12.21 pm on Sunday, May 10, 2020 I spoke to Mr Kagina Karashani about the progress of his father’s treatment, and we discussed visitation plans following the decision of Muhimbili National Hospital (MNH) administration that due to the Covid-19 scare, only one person would be allowed to see him

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Source: Daily Nation - Breaking News, Kenya, Africa, Politics, Business, Sports | HOME

Nigeria coronavirus: 20,919 cases; govt targets 3,000 daily tests

Confirmed cases = 20,919

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Source: Africanews | Latest breaking news, daily news and African news from Africa

President Bio calls on regional leaders to unite on single currency adoption

Yesterday, president Julius Maada Bio of Sierra Leone chaired a zoom online meeting of the West African Monetary Zone Authority of Heads of States and Governments, where he encouraged his colleagues Heads of State and Governments across the region to unite, in ensuring that the proposed single

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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News

Africa coronavirus: DRC's returnees from Europe, Zim lockdown extended

Major African stats: May 16 at 7:30

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Source: Africanews | Latest breaking news, daily news and African news from Africa

Africans Are Concerned About Ills of Social Media but Oppose Government Restrictions

Governments and public health officials have used Twitter, WhatsApp, Facebook and other social media to reach large numbers of people, quickly and efficiently, with information on how to stay healthy and limit the

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Source: allAfrica.com

Single, childless and black

Society, especially African societies, are generally uneasy with the idea of adult men and women who, for whatever reason, never got married or have

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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People

Loss of a Legend: Noted TSU Professor Dr. Thomas F. Freeman dies at 100

Dr. Thomas F. Freeman, a legend, educational icon, and sage to innumerable students at Texas Southern University, passed away on Saturday, June 6, following a brief illness at age

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Source: Houston Defender Network - Houston's Leading Black Community News & Information Source

Nigeria coronavirus: 8000+ cases, Africa’s 4th most impacted

Total confirmed cases = 8,068 (new cases

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Source: Africanews | Latest breaking news, daily news and African news from Africa

Nigeria: Dangote Boosts Diversification With Maiden Clinker Shipment to Senegal

With this historic maiden voyage at the weekend from its Export Terminal located in Apapa Port, Lagos, Dangote has gradually made Nigeria, which until recently was one of the world's largest bulk importers of cement, first self-sufficient in cement production, and now an exporter of cement clinker

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Source: allAfrica.com

North Africa: US, France Confirm Death of Key al-Qaida Emir in Africa

Officials with U.S. Africa Command Saturday confirmed the death of Abdelmalek Droukdel, the emir of al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), citing an independent assessment of a June 3 operation led by

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Source: allAfrica.com

Africa's coronavirus cases pass 400,000 with over 10,000 deaths

Confirmed cases = 405,171

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Source: Africanews | Latest breaking news, daily news and African news from Africa

Sierra Leone coronavirus: Compulsory wearing of face masks starts

Sierra Leone more than doubled its coronavirus cases in the last 10 days (April 20 – 30 from 64 cases to

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Source: Africanews | Latest breaking news, daily news and African news from Africa

Nigeria: Covid19 - Work in Shifts, Researchers Advise Yam Seed Producers, Farmers

In order to secure food sufficiency in the next coming season due to the challenging period of coronavirus pandemic, researchers have advised yam seed producers and farmers to work in shifts to ensure continuity even during the

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Source: allAfrica.com

Amanda Smith

Amanda Smith , née Berry (born Jan. 23, 1837, Long Green, Md., U.S.—died Feb. 24, 1915, Sebring, Fla.), American evangelist and missionary who opened an orphanage for African-American

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