Zambia proclaimed independent

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The continent of Africa is the worlds second-largest based on land area and population just after Asia. It has a population of around one billion people (as of 2009) and covers 20.4% of the Earths land area. Africa is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, the Red Sea and the Suez Canal to

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Zimbabwe: Vic Falls Vendors Face Hard Times, Relocate to Rural Areas

A majority of informal traders, particularly vegetable vendors in Victoria Falls have reportedly given up on the trade with some relocating to rural areas due to loss of business as a result of the Covid-19 induced

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Richelieu Dennis Steps Down As CEO of ESSENCE Amidst Investigation

On Wednesday (Jun 30) the iconic publication released a statement revealing that Dennis has reportedly “stepped down” as CEO while the magazine conducts its independent internal investigation over the claims written in an anonymous essay posted over the weekend, adding that Caroline Wanga will be

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Tanzania: What Are We Really Hiding Behind Our Masks?

The sight of discarded masks on roadsides has become an eyesore and worse a major health risk not only against the corona

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Mozambique: Third Person Dies of COVID-19

Maputo — The general director of Mozambique's National Health Institute (INS), Ilesh Jani, announced on Sunday that a third person has died from the Covid-19 respiratory

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Africa: We Wanted to Know If Chinese Migrants in Africa Self-Segregate. What We Found

Though Chinese people can now be found in most African countries, there's a claim that some commentators and media outlets make: that they hold themselves apart from their host

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Zambia frees jailed gay couple as part of prison amnesty

A Zambian couple jailed for homosexuality in 2019 were freed this week as part of an amnesty for convicted prisoners to mark Africa Freedom Day, a government gazette

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Susan Bogle was shot in the chest, autopsy reveals

Susan Bogle, who was shot during a police-military operation in August Town, St Andrew last month, died from a single gunshot wound to the chest, an autopsy has

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Kenya coronavirus: 830 cases; TZ, Somali borders shut, curfew extended

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East Africa: Fear of COVID-19 Slows Trucking in East Africa

As trucks stacked up for days, Rwanda and neighboring Tanzania worked out a deal that scrapped plans for relay drivers but mandated transferring cargo at the border, “except for trucks carrying perishable goods and petroleum products destined to Rwanda,” the Kigali government said in a news release

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What Was the Mfecane in South Africa?

The word mfecane is derived from Xhosa terms: ukufaca to become thin from hunger and fetcani starving intruders. In Zulu, the word means crushing. Mfecane refers to a period of political disruption and population migration in Southern Africa which occurred during the 1820s and 1830s. It is also

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East Africa: Rwanda Ranked Second Peaceful Country in the Region By Latest Index

According to the latest Global Peace Index (GPI), Rwanda rose four positions from the past year, ranking 81st out of 163 countries studied worldwide, with an overall score of

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Zambia coronavirus: Nakonde, border district with TZ remains most impacted

May 20: Nakonde records more new cases

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Covid-19: Zambian minister tests positive

Zambia’s Information Minister Dora Siliya has tested positive for coronavirus, state TV reported

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Rwanda/Nigeria: Babua Excited for Kiyovu Challenge

Nigerian striker Samson Babua has said that he is relishing his new chapter as a SC Kiyovu player after completing a reported Rwf8 million move from Sunrise on

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Kenya: LSK Files Suit Against Uhuru's Executive Order

The Law Society of Kenya has filed a case challenging the legality of an Executive order issued by President Uhuru Kenyatta that allegedly sought to place the Judiciary, commissions as well as independent offices under ministries and government

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Zambia health minister arrested for alleged graft | News24

Zambia's health minister Chitalu Chilufya has been arrested and charged with using ill-gotten gains to acquire property, the country's anti-corruption commission says.

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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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Zambia

In 1972, Kaunda outlawed all opposition political parties. The world copper market collapsed in 1975. The Zambian economy was devastated—it had been the third-largest miner of copper in the world after the United States and Soviet Union. With a soaring debt and inflation rate in 1991, riots took

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Perry, Cynthia Shepard (1928- )

Cynthia Shepard Perry, a Republican and 25 year career diplomat, has served three Republican presidents. President Ronald Reagan appointed her as Chief of Education and Human Resources of the U.S. Agency for International Development where she served from 1982 to 1986, and named her Ambassador to

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MIANO: KenGen plans for new power projects still on course

KenGen is investing in expansion of geothermal energy

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Aurora, Colorado Mayor On New Probe Into Death Of Elijah McClain

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Mike Coffman, mayor of Aurora, Colorado where Elijah McClain, a Black man, died after police officers forcefully detained him in August

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Kenya coronavirus: 4,738 cases after 100 days since index case

Total confirmed cases = 3,860

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'Decolonize': Protest to remove Oxford statue of Cecil Rhodes heats up

Thousands of people protested on Tuesday for a statue of 19th century British imperialist Cecil Rhodes to be removed from an Oxford University college, as debate raged over the removal of other monuments attached to the nation’s colonial

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A Brief History of Angola

In 1482, when the Portuguese first landed in what is now northern Angola, they encountered the Kingdom of the Kongo, which stretched from modern Gabon in the north to the Kwanza River in the south. Mbanza Kongo, the capital, had a population of 50,000 people. South of this kingdom were various

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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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Kenya coronavirus: 1,192 cases; 5,000 health workers to be hired - prez

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Equity, Atlas Mara acquisition talks abandoned over Covid-19

Equity Group Holdings’ (EGH) ambitious plans to acquire four banks in Rwanda, Zambia, Tanzania and Mozambique owned by Atlas Mara (ATMA) have flopped over economic uncertainties triggered by the Covid-19

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Zambia's Health minister tests positive for Covid-19

Zambia’s Health Minister Chitalu Chilufya has tested positive for Covid-19 as the country’s cases surpassed the 1,000

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