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Six months of the Solidarity Fund: How is it doing? | News24

The Solidarity Fund in just six months, raised R3.1 billion and so far disbursed nearly R1.3 billion.

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Writing in the Ghana Daily Mail, Mr Prosper Kwame Antwi – a prominent conservationist and biodiversity expert, calls on governments and people of the world in general, and Ghana in particular, to harness and utilise natural resources in a sustainable manner that puts the environment at the heart of

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Africa: COVID-19 - Additional 23 Million People Face Acute Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa - Ifad

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Women Rangers Work to Keep Lid on Illegal Game Hunting – Voice and Viewpoint

Standing in their way despite the threat of illness is a group of eight women drawn from the Maasai community, known as Team Lioness.Last year, Kenya reported a 90% decrease in wildlife poaching, but the advent of COVID-19 has stirred concerns the country’s national parks may draw new illegal

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OP-ED: Racial divide of coronavirus is real, so are innovations that can help

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Doctors Livestream to Discuss Impact of COVID-19 on Black America

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How The Crisis Is Making Racial Inequality Worse

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Rwanda: Kagame, Top EU Official Urpilainen Discuss Rwanda-EU Ties

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Larry Kramer, Playwright and Outspoken AIDS Activist, Dies at 84

In 1981 he was a founder of the Gay Men’s Health Crisis, the first service organization for H.I.V.-positive people, though his fellow directors effectively kicked him out a year later for his aggressive approach. (He returned the compliment by calling them “a sad organization of sissies.”)

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Africa: Pandemic Adds to String of Disasters That Render Africa Perpetually Hungry

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Somalia Received $1.9 Billion of Development Assistance in 2019

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Africa - COVID-19 Jeopardises Gains Made Towards Protecting Women and Girls From Violence

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IMF approves disbursement of $143 million loan for Sierra Leone’s COVID-19 response

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Racial divide of coronavirus is real, so are innovations that can help

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Kenya Targets to Create 1.7m Jobs, Jumpstart Growth With $28b Spend

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UVA Doctors Discuss Impact of COVID-19 On Black America

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