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Photos of a 90-year-old Margaret Keenan receiving the world's first Covid-19 vaccine should be an enduring image of hope for billions.
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Somalia Marks 60yrs of Relations With China
[Dalsan Radio] On December 6th, 2020, Ambassador Qin Jian to Somalia interviewed by the Somali National Television, answered the questions on fruitful results achieved by the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Somalia, brilliant achievements of 20th anniversary of the Forum on
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Source: allAfrica.com
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Egypt: Sisi Directs Setting System for Axes Services Centers
[Egypt Online] President Abdel Fattah El Sisi directed Saturday setting a new system for axes services centres, in a way supporting the national project for the new roads nationwide.
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Mali: United Kingdom Sends Troops to Mali
[Council on Foreign Relations] Boris Johnson's government is deploying three hundred British troops to the UN peacekeeping force MINUSMA in Mali. They will join some fourteen thousand other troops from fifty-six countries. The British troops will be deployed to Gao, in eastern Mali. According to
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Joseph Robinette Biden Jr., the Truth, Integrity, and Courage Matter. : ThyBlackMan.com
Mr. Biden said, while on the campaign trail, his administration will use $400 billion under his control as president to purchase goods and services from businesses and corporations in the United States.
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TheGrio.TV to air on 11 Fox-owned television stations - TheGrio
Media mogul Byron Allen's latest broadcast television network, TheGrio.TV will be distributed on 11 major market Fox owned-and-operated television station... View Article The post TheGrio.TV to air on 11 Fox-owned television stations appeared first on TheGrio.
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Zim’s private jet entrepreneur launching US$1m supercar
Even in a normal year, the scene I found inside a luxury car garage in central London was unusual. It was here in Marylebone, on a murky November morning, that I found a young Zimbabwean aviation and sex toy tycoon who had devoted his life to fulfilling a boyhood dream: building his own
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Africa: Opinion - Why Coronavirus Vaccine Tourism Would Be a Disaster for Equality
[Thomson Reuters Foundation] A private market for COVID-19 vaccines where wealthy foreign visitors can pay for jabs would be a huge setback for developing nations. The 1% will have to wait
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Source: allAfrica.com
Somalia: Danab Forces Nab Al-Shabaab Commander in Lower Shabelle Region
[Dalsan Radio] The U.S trained elite forces have nabbed Alshabab commander in an operation in the outskirts of Mogadishu on Saturday According to a statement released by the military, they captured the commander following a tip-off in Wanlaweyn district.
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Southern Africa: SADC and Mozambique - a Quiet (Loud) Change in Approach?
[Africa In Fact] On Friday 27 November 2020, the Southern African Development Community (SADC) hosted an Extraordinary Organ Troika Summit in Gaborone, Botswana. According to the SADC press release, "The SADC Organ on Politics, Defence and Security Cooperation, in short, the Organ, is the body
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Africa: Professor Daniël Christiaan De Wet Swanepoel Wins African Academy of Sciences Prize
[Nation] The African Academy of Sciences (AAS) has named Professor Daniël Christiaan de Wet Swanepoel the winner of the 2018 Olusegun Obasanjo Prize for Scientific Breakthrough and Technological Innovation.
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Rwanda: Rwf100 Million Upgrade Works on IPRC-Kigali Cricket Oval Begin
[New Times] The Rwanda Cricket Association has announced that expansion and upgrade works on IPRC-Kigali cricket ovalhas commenced to make it meet international standards.
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Africa: Leveraging Trade to End Hunger
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Rwanda: Pandemic Shows Connectivity is Not a Luxury, Kagame Says
[New Times] President Paul Kagame has emphasised the need to accelerate digital connectivity, saying that the Covid-19 pandemic has shown that it is not a luxury.
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Kenya Eyes AstraZeneca Vaccine on Less Onerous Storage Needs
Kenya may select the Oxford-AstraZeneca Plc Covid-19 vaccine because it doesn’t require complex cold storage, unlike those of Pfizer Inc. and Moderna Inc., according to a health ministry official. Firm orders from the U.S. and EU for the latter two inoculations are in place until 2022, which could
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Africa: Editorial Comment - Africans Should Put Out African Fires
[The Herald] In his address to the extraordinary AU summit on Sunday themed "Silencing the Guns", President Mnangagwa outlined a multi-pronged approach to resolve conflict and deal with threats from gangs of terrorists or criminals.
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Gambia/Gabon: CAF Fines Gambia U.S.$100,000 Over Gabon Incident
[The Point] The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has fined The Gambia Football Federation $100, 000 for its role in the incident that saw the Gabon team sleeping on the airport floor on 16 November ahead of their Africa Cup of Nations qualifier.
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Building Black Futures in Italy | Public Books
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Africa Must Move Now to Ensure It Is Not Left Out of the AI Agenda Conversation
[Daily Maverick] The World Intellectual Property Organisation is driving a rapid policy process to set the international agenda on artificial intelligence and intellectual property, with debates centring on developed countries' interests. The outcome is likely to constrain the policy space for
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Africa: The Dangers of Playing Politics With Covid-19 Cures
[African Arguments] As treatments for COVID-19 are sought, there also needs to be a stronger stance against promoting unproven medicines.
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Zambia requests for cash from IMF to help navigate debt crisis - Face2Face Africa
Zambia has formally requested a financing arrangement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to deal with its debt crisis, the Fund said in a statement on Tuesday. The IMF is “currently assessing this request,” it said. The administration of President Edgar Lungu released a photo showing him in
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Africa: How Artificial Intelligence Could Widen the Gap Between Rich and Poor Nations
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Rwanda Seeks to Turn Around Manufacturing Amid Covid-19
[New Times] Manufacturers operating in Rwanda currently produce below capacity, lack skilled labour, grapple with high cost of raw materials, and access to working capital is problematic.
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Coronavirus takes toll on Black, Latino child care providers — The Sacramento Observer
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Biden to nominate retired Gen. Lloyd Austin for defense secretary, a first for an African American - African American News Today - EIN Presswire
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Somalia: CIA Officer Killed in Somalia Blast
[Shabelle] A CIA officer died during a raid in Somalia last month targeting a key extremist thought to be responsible for an attack that killed an American soldier in Kenya last year, local intelligence officials have told the Guardian.
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Somalia: UK Pledges Assistance Worth U.S.$2 Million Towards Countering IED Attacks By Alshabaab and a Farther U.S.$21 Million Towards Humanitarian Assistance to Somalia
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Uganda: Medicine to South Sudan Problem Is Elections, Museveni Tells U.S., UK Envoys
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