Women brew brighter future in DRC coffee initiative

African start-ups funding at risk in 2020 [Morning Call]

Nearly all sectors or industries are affected badly by the impact of this pandemic and the jobs and livelihoods of millions if not billions of peoples are considered to be at grave risk according to reports from several finance

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Ethiopia coronavirus: 306 cases, how about 100 cases hit in a week

May 16: Cases pass 300 mark

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Geography of Jamaica

Population: 2,847,232 (July 2010

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Cameroon

France set up Cameroon as an autonomous state in 1957, and the next year its legislative assembly voted for independence by 1960. In 1959 a fully autonomous government of Cameroon was formed under Ahmadou Ahidjo. Cameroon became an independent republic on Jan. 1, 1960. In 1961 the southern part of

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Africa: Cybercrime and COVID-19 – A Concern for Financial Stability During the Pandemic

Cybercrime has long posed a significant risk for financial stability in African countries given limited capacity and attention to managing cyber

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Chad takes delivery of Madagascar virus cure, COVID-Organics

May 10: Chad sends official jet to collect ‘virus

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Angola: COVID-19 - No Positive Case in 24 Hours

Luanda — Angola?s 45 positive cases of covid-19 remain unchanged in the last 24 hours, the secretary of State for Public Health

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Ghana coronavirus: jumbo recoveries, prez assents to 'People's Vaccine'

April 16: 5,530 cases, jumbo recoveries

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Too much of a risk, too soon?

GALVESTON, Texas – If there was ever a fear of the novel coronavirus and spread of COVID-19, that was not made clear last weekend in Galveston, as the island was flooded with bumper-to-bumper traffic on the first day the beaches were

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Coronavirus in Africa: 78,280 cases; 2,624 deaths; 29,245 recoveries

There are now more than over 70,000 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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Haiti

National name: République dHaïti

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Oakland African American Chamber of Commerce sets up relief program to help businesses of color

OAKLAND, Calif. (KRON) – The Oakland Chamber of Commerce has set up what they call a resiliency relief program to help its members who have been hurt by the coronavirus

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Herndon, Wanda J. (1952- )

In 1978, Wanda J. Herndon launched her successful career in corporate America when she became the first African American exempt professional and external hire in the Communicator Development Program of The Dow Chemical Company. Later, she made significant contributions at other major

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Keep in dark. Feed with platitudes - NEWS & ANALYSIS | Politicsweb

Take the government’s modelling of COVID’s likely trajectory in South

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Zimbabwe

Republic of Zimbabwe

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Rwanda: Inside Rwanda's Rwf186bn Economic Recovery Fund

The fund will support businesses through loan restructuring for the tourism sector specifically hotels, providing working capital for businesses most affected by COVID-19 to keep them operational and avoid lay-offs as well as loan guarantee for SMEs and

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Kingstown, St. Vincent and the Grenadines (1722- )

The compact city of Kingstown is the capital of the eastern Caribbean island nation of St. Vincent and the Grenadines. It is also a major port city for the Windward Islands, a chain of Caribbean Islands that includes locales beyond St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Bananas, coconuts and arrowroot

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Ashes instead of soap: Inside Zimbabwe’s COVID-19 fight | Afro

COVID-19 has worsened the underlying structural and perennial problem of water shortages in Matabeleland North, South and Bulawayo provinces, said Dumisani Nkomo, chief executive officer for Habakkuk Trust, a nonprofit

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Editorial Commentary: Trump Cheers on Governors, Ignores WH Guidelines | Afro

While individual states’ decisions to move more quickly than recommended under the White House guidelines are regularly discussed during coronavirus task force meetings, those decisions are not seen as defiant toward the Trump administration, the official

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Black press hit hard by COVID-19 but we will not shut down!

An estimated 1,800 newspapers closed between 2004 and 2018 after the number of people buying print editions dropped, and now during the pandemic, it appears most small publications – especially minority-based ones – will be phased out

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Asmara, Eritrea (ca. A.D. 1000-- )

Asmara (Asmera) is the largest city and capital of the modern state of Eritrea. It was also the capital of Eritrea when it was a colony under Italian rule. Asmara is located in the highlands of Eritrea on the edge of the Great Rift Valley. With an elevation of 7,628 feet it is one of the highest

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Eritrea coronavirus: one active case left as 38 patients recover

April 18, 2020: Eritrea president likens COVID-19 to sudden war

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Civil Rights Movement Timeline From 1960 to 1964

This civil rights movement timeline chronicles important dates during the struggles second chapter, the early 1960s. While the fight for racial equality began in the 1950s, the non-violent techniques the movement embraced began to pay off during the following decade. Civil rights activists and

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Trinidad and tobago

Current government officials

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Malawi 0

Current government officials

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Burundi sacks WHO officials ahead of May 20 polls

Burundi is kicking out the World Health Organization’s top official in the country just days before the presidential election and after the WHO raised concerns about crowded political

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Georgianna Glose, a Nun and Activist for the Poor, Dies at 73

If you passed Georgianna Glose on the streets of Fort Greene, Brooklyn, you might have known her as that renegade nun, the one who left her convent to live among the poor and then blew a whistle on sexual abuse in the Catholic

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Moroni, Comoros (10th Century- )

Moroni is a coastal town that serves as the capital of Comoros, an archipelago in the Indian Ocean. In 2003 the city had a population of 41,577 people making it the largest city in the archipelago. It is simultaneously one of the least populous capitals on or near the African continent. Moroni is

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Africa: I Beat COVID-19, You Too Can-Says WHO Staff

On 19 April 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) in Nigeria confirmed the first case of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as one staff member in the field tested

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Africa's 100+ coronavirus cases: Uganda, Benin, Chad among new entrants

The World Health Organization Africa regional head warns that a spike likely to result in the wake of improved and increased

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