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Harare, Zimbabwe (1890- )
Harare (formerly known as “Fort Salisbury” or “Salisbury”) is the largest city in Zimbabwe with a population of 1.6 million. It serves as Zimbabwe’s seat of government and Zimbabwe’s commercial and industrial center.  The city is located in Northern Zimbabwe in the region of
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Kenya slum demolition sparks protests amid virus restrictions
Hundreds of protesters in Kenya blocked one of Nairobi’s major highways with burning tires to protest government demolitions of the homes of more than 7,000 people and the closure of an adjacent food
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Tanzania: Kenya Shuts Borders With Tanzania, Somalia Over COVID-19
Kenya has shut its borders with Somalia and Tanzania as the country strives to stem further spread of the
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Kenya: Govt Set to Impose Tough Measures After Spike in COVID-19 Cases at Border Points
Nairobi — The government says it is considering imposing tough measures at the border points following high cases of COVID-19, particularly at the border town of Namanga which is the main gateway to
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Nigeria 'accepts' Madagascar syrup, Buhari orders strict pharmaceutic scrutiny
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Africa's Media Hit Hard By COVID-19 Crisis
In normal times, reporters at the Nigerian independent radio network Dandal Kura International earn the equivalent of around $100
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Africa: UNEP Steps Up Work On Zoonotics, Protecting Environment to Reduce Pandemic Risks
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is stepping up its work on mapping zoonotic threat and protecting the environment to reduce the risk of future pandemics, such as the COVID-19 crisis currently sweeping the
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Alternate Care Site Opens at Convention Center | Afro
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to plague the area without flattening of the curve, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser was pleased to showcase the alternative care site to support the nation’s capital’s battle against the novel coronavirus at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in
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Uganda: Nation Pardons 180 Rwandan Prisoners
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Burroughs, Jr., John Andrew (1936–2014)
John Andrew Burroughs, Jr. was an equal opportunity advocate and diplomat who was born in Washington, D.C. on July 31, 1936. He spent his youth in Washington, D.C. before moving to the Midwest to attend the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa.  While there he played on the varsity football
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How Is COVID-19 Coronavirus Testing Really Going? What You Need To Know
Although this may sound like an ad for standardized test scores, it is presumably referring COVID-19 coronavirus testing, claiming that the U.S. is leading the world in such
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Alphabetical List of All African Countries
Below is an alphabetical list of all African countries, along with capitals and the state names as they are known within each country. In addition to the 54 sovereign states in Africa, the list also includes the two islands still governed by European states and Western Sahara, which is recognized
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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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Africa: How Has Human Smuggling Changed Under COVID-19?
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Accra, Ghana (ca. 1500- )
Accra is the political and economic capital of modern Ghana on the Gold Coast. Between 1500 and 1578, a fortress operated by the Portuguese stood at the site of modern Accra. This fort provided the Europeans with an outlet for trade, particularly in slaves, with the Ga people, themselves recent
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Prominent coronavirus deaths: Somali ambassador to Egypt dies in Kuwait
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South Africa coronavirus: US gives 1,000 ventilators; cases pass 11,000
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Annan, Kofi A. (1938-- )
Kofi Atta Annan, born on 8 April 1938 in Kumasi, Ghana, served as the seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN) between 1997 and 2007.  As a young man, Annan finished his undergraduate studies in economics at Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota in 1961.  He then completed his
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Africa: The Nile That Unites Should Not Divide
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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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Bernicat, Marcia Stephens Bloom (1957- )
Born in Tinton Falls, New Jersey in 1957, Marcia Stephens Bloom Bernicat earned a Bachelor’s Degree in history from Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania, in 1975. Thinking she might teach overseas, Bernicat earned a teaching credential in social sciences at the secondary level. Rather than
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African start-ups funding at risk in 2020 [Morning Call]
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Africa's Young People Get Boost From New Partnership
After months of successful and continuous collaboration, the Youth Alliance for Leadership and Development in Africa (YALDA) and ITC's Youth & Trade programme have joined forces to get more young people involved in reaching the Sustainable Development
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Kenya: Union Mobilises Journalists for Support to Colleagues Affected By the COVID-19 Crisis
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