Kenya: Despite Covid-19, Kenya Advances in Closing Gender Gaps

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Kenya: Despite Covid-19, Kenya Advances in Closing Gender Gaps

[Nation] Kenya has made strides in closing its gender gaps despite Covid-19 setting back global progress to attaining gender parity by three decades.

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"Indeed, it is vital that every citizen continue to fully adhere to, and diligently implement, the government of Eritrea guidelines in force until the ongoing task of detailed and comprehensive assessment to gauge the spread of the pandemic in the entire country with full certainty is

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Africa: 20 Percent of Africans Believe They Can't Contract COVID-19 - Report

But as cases increase, a May report by the Partnership for Evidence-Based Response to COVID-19 (PERC), a public-private partnership initiative on COVID-19 in AU countries, found that certain misconceptions about coronavirus infections exist among

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Nok Art - The Earliest Sculptural Art in West Africa

Nok art refers to huge human, animal and other figures made out of terracotta pottery, found throughout Nigeria. They represent the earliest sculptural art in West Africa, dated between 500 BC and AD 500; and they co-occur with the earliest evidence of iron smelting in Africa south of the Sahara

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Rwanda: 93% of Rwandans Financially Included, Study Shows

Rwanda's financial inclusion has grown to 93 per cent, according to preliminary findings of a recent Finscope study soon to be

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Covid-19 could infect more than 200m in Africa

Authors of the research, published Friday in the journal BMJ Global Health, predicted a lower infection rate than in other parts of the world like Europe and the US, with fewer severe cases and

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Malawi Govt Bails Out Students Stranded Abroad Due to COVID-19 Lockdown

Government has swiftly come to the rescue of 300 students abroad who were caught in Covid-19 lockdown in various

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Obama rebukes leaders over Covid-19 response

Former US President Barack Obama on Saturday criticised the response to the Covid-19 pandemic ravaging America, in what was widely regarded as a rare public rebuke of his successor Donald

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eProbe | Spirits down as live entertainment events go on ice - Not the flattening of the curve we wanted, says distributor

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Rwanda: BK Investors to Get Dividends Despite COVID-19 Crisis

Bank of Kigali (BK) Group's shareholders will receive Rwf14.4 per share in dividend payout for the year 2019, after at least 69 members approved the decision on

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Kenyatta moves to reassert control of ruling party

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta is moving to reassert control of his ruling Jubilee Party by purging the parliamentary leadership of rebels who have threatened to derail his legacy, succession and post-pandemic economic recovery

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Kenya: Relief for Motorists as Fuel Prices Drop to Lowest in More Than a Decade

In its latest monthly review, the Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA) cut diesel prices by the biggest margin of Sh19.9 per litre, giving transporters and big manufacturers a major

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Kenya: Relief for Motorists as Fuel Prices Drop Further

Motorists have a reason to smile to the pump after the Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (Epra) announced a further drop in the prices of

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Rwanda Tourism Sector Turns to Domestic Market for Survival and Recovery

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Nigeria: Tomato 'Ebola' Resurfaces in Kano, Ravages Farms

The Kano State chairman of Tomato Out Growers Association of Nigeria (TOGAN), Sani Danladi, has revealed that Tuta absoluta, one of the most devastating pests affecting tomato crops, has resurfaced in the state, destroying

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Uganda: Our Manifesto Plan Now At 77 Percent - NRM

Government has said it has so far implemented 77.9 per cent of its manifesto in the last four years and that the remaining threshold will be completed before the next General

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Africa's Health Dilemma - Protecting People From COVID-19 While Four Times As Many Could Die of Malaria

Bulawayo, Zimbabwe — Experts across Africa are warning that as hospitals and health facilities focus on COVID-19, less attention is being given to the management of other deadly diseases like HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, which affect millions more

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BODO: New tone in IMF’s appraisal of Kenya monetary health

The Fund then released a staff report capturing discussions between its visiting delegation and the Kenya government

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INTERVIEW: ‘I nip women to perfection’

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Ghana: BoG Secures $1bn to Boost Dollar Liquidity ... Maintains Policy Rate At 14.5 Per Cent

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Tunisia Takes Delivery of Medical Aid From Turkey

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Nigeria: Decline in Remittance inflows

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