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WHEN President Emmerson Mnangagwa took over from his long-time mentor, the late Robert Mugabe in November 2017, one of the noticeable things was his approach to the media, he was more accessible, willing to engage and sought them out at every opportunity to sell his message of
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Kenyatta, Jomo jō´mō kĕnyä´tə [key], 1893?–1978, African political leader, first president of Kenya (1964–78). A Kikuyu, he was one of the earliest and best-known African nationalist leaders. As secretary of his tribal association (1928), he campaigned for land reform and African political
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Rwanda's Fablab Shifts Focus to Production of Face Shields
A team of young tech innovators comprised of engineers, product developers, and designers in separate rooms is working to make sure that they hit the target of producing urgently needed face
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Nation’s smallest small businesses get left behind during COVID-19 – Voice and Viewpoint
In late March, Congress approved the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, known as the CARES Act, setting aside $376 billion in funding for American workers and small
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Education setback
With necessity being the mother of invention, a great many schools all around the world were able to switch to using digital tools to continue imparting
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Jamaican medical student in Cuba readies for Spanish Town Hospital mission
THOUGH restricted in movement by the COVID-19 pandemic, Cuba-based Jamaican medical student Oraine Darren Lynch is biding his time, as he prepares for a final-round push towards a mission that will decide his
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Lesotho: ABC Infighting to Blame for Collapse of Govt - Moleleki
ABC officials have accused Mr Moleleki of influencing Mr Thabane to illegally prorogue parliament from 20 March to 19 June 2020- a move which was nullified last month by the Constitutional Court after a petition by the ABC, DC and other
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Risking It All For A Fade: Barbers Are Providing “Underground Cuts” Due To COVID-19 Shutdown
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Domestic Violence Programs Can't Get Funds Quickly Amid COVID-19. This Bill Can Fix That.
That would allow organizations to focus solely on helping families rather than worrying about funding during the coronavirus pandemic, which has led to a domestic violence
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Inside plan to push Ruto into opposition
Deputy President William Ruto could be surviving on borrowed time in government — and his survival within Jubilee Party in now in doubt — if fresh details of a plot to cut him to size by 2022 are anything to go
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Zimbabwe: Govt Announces List of Allowed Low-Risk Sports
Golf, swimming, tennis, and athletics are some of the low-risk sports that President Emmerson Mnangagwa has allowed to
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Swaziland, which is about 85% the size of New Jersey, is surrounded by South Africa and Mozambique. The country is largely
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Cost of living increases to $7 171
THE cost of living in Zimbabwe skyrocketed by $324 to $7 171 by end of April last month due to an increase in fuel prices, limited supply of basic products as well as panic-buying by consumers because of the lockdown, a new report has
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Trump to finish drug regimen 'in day or 2'
US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he will finish his preventative hydroxychloroquine regimen "in a day or
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The capital of Senegal, Dakar, is the westernmost point in Africa. The country, slightly smaller than South Dakota, surrounds Gambia on three sides and is bordered on the north by Mauritania, on the east by Mali, and on the south by Guinea and
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Octavia Spencer: 'It's Okay to be Anxious' During the COVID-19 Pandemic
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Unions oppose Cameroon’s plan to reopen schools
A group of trade unions in Cameroon's education sector has opposed the government's plan to reopen schools on June 1 for students of examination
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A Brief History of the African Country of Kenya
Fossils found in East Africa suggest that protohumans roamed the area more than 20 million years ago. Recent finds near Kenyas Lake Turkana indicate that hominids lived in the area 2.6 million years
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Ethiopia: Security Forces 'Must Face Justice for Horrific Human Rights Violations' - New Report
At least 10,000 people were arbitrarily arrested and detained last year as part of the government's crackdown on armed attacks and violence in Oromia Region
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Mauritania
Mauritania became an independent nation on Nov. 28, 1960, and was admitted to the United Nations in 1961 over the strenuous opposition of Morocco, which claimed the territory. In the late 1960s, the government sought to make Arab culture dominant. Racial and ethnic tension between
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Teens rap on COVID-19
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Thailand enters race for Covid-19 vaccine
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According to information on the CDC website, “Two kinds of tests are available for COVID-19: viral tests and antibody
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African Leader Rips China’s Racism: ‘As If The Black Person Is Carrying The Covid-19!’ – Free Press of Jacksonville
Maximus Ogbonna, president of the Association of Nigerian Community in China, told the South China Morning Press that the new policies put in place to address and curb the blatant racial discrimination has already fallen well short of the desire effects and offered a bleak outlook for Africans in
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Africa: Coronavirus Puts 4 Million Girls At Risk of Child Marriage
Campaigners warn that the pandemic could undo decades of work to end child marriage
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Tanzania: Why Tanzania Won't Close Borders
Amid the ongoing global battle against the novel virus, some countries have opted to close borders and enforce lockdown measures to impede the
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Lesotho gets new Prime Minister after embattled Thabane exits
A new Prime Minister has been sworn into office in Lesotho following months of political wrangling that forced immediate past Prime Minister Thomas Thabane to
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ED warns Chamisa over demos
GOVERNMENT yesterday accused opposition MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa of putting people’s lives in danger by embarking on unsanctioned demonstrations, but was mum on the alleged abduction and assault of opposition politicians which has provoked an international
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Op-Ed: A Hard ‘No’ to a Soft Opening | Afro
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The VM Foundation, through Geo Tech Vision’s EduTechAid Programme, moved last month to help close the digital divide in this time when teaching has largely shifted online, putting students without computers or tablets at a serious
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