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Source: South African News | Online News | The South African
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Two studies offered new hope of a potential vaccine for COVID-19, and the WHO warned about possible acceleration of the disease in Africa.
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Source: South African News | Online News | The South African
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Africa’s missing people must not be forgotten says the ICRC
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Photos Show Scene Where Gunmen Killed 7 Children in Cameroon Classroom  – Dallas Post Tribune
YAOUNDE, Cameroon - Seven children died in late October when unidentified gunmen opened fire on a Cameroon school, riddling wooden desks and benches with rifle rounds and spilling innocent blood. Thirteen more were wounded as they fled, leaving backpacks, books and their shoes behind. No one has
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Will and Jada Smith's Westbrook Studios Is Partnering with Nigeria's EbonyLife Studios for Africa-Based TV and Movie Projects
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Trading Places: How Africa Is Reshaping The Global Economic Landscape
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Burundi Set to Call on Belgium, Germany to Pay $43 Billion In Reparations for Colonial Harms After Democratic Republic of Congo Signals Its Own Belgian Claim
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Bode George, the unrepentant con artist - African Voice Newspaper
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Jerry Rawlings, 73, Ghanaian President, Dies
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‘Do You Know the Money Belongs to the Company?’: Top Investors Fund White Startups In Africa While Talking Down To, Overlooking African Entrepreneurs - Atlanta Black Star
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African Union suspends Mali over military coup and detained leaders
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Comic Relief Will No Longer Send Celebrities to Africa
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