Tanzania: Diamond Hits Out At Forbes Over Rich-List

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Tanzania: Diamond Hits Out At Forbes Over Rich-List

[Nairobi News] Tanzanian musician Diamond Platnumz, real name Naseeb Juma, has hit out at Forbes Magazine's ranking of supposed richest African artists.

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East Africa: Covid-Theme Entries Dominate Mobile Film Festival Contest

[East African] Covid-19 tales dominate the nine one-minute film entries from East Africa competing for ?26,000 ($31,585) in prizes at the inaugural Mobile Film Festival contest between February 17 and March 17.

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East Africa: Decolonising Peace Journalism - - and Putting It to Work in East Africa

Peace journalism is evident when reporters and editors make deliberate choices in their day to to day work that create opportunities for society at large to consider and value nonviolent responses to

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Kenya: Emirates Skycargo Resumes Scheduled Cargo Flights to Eldoret International Airport

Eldoret — Emirates SkyCargo, the freight division of Emirates has announced the resumption of its scheduled cargo services to

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Probe storm threatens to cut short AfDB boss race

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Cam Newton On Being A Step-Dad & Bringing His Kids On Set: "I Just Want Them To Know Love'

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Kenya: Maasai rite of passage is a colourful and ancient tradition | Africanews

The Maasai continue to honour their cultural traditions such as this final rite of passage to transition from a warrior into an elder.

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Kenya: Ireland Adds Kenya to List of Designated States for Mandatory Hotel Quarantine

[East African] Kenya has been added to the list of designated states for mandatory hotel quarantine in Ireland leaving Uganda as the only country in East Africa which has not been listed among states which require mandatory hotel quarantine in Ireland.

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Kenya: Sauti Sol Were 'Insecure' At Africa Day Virtual Concert

Kenya's Sauti Sol were among African top acts that were brought together for a virtual concert to raise awareness of the coronavirus

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African airlines lose Sh860bn as Covid-19 crisis takes its toll

African airlines continue to sink deeper into financial distress, owing to the economic hardships caused by the Coronavirus.

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Kenya: World Bank Announces U.S.$500 Million to Fight Locusts, Preserve Food Security and Protect Livelihoods

The World Bank Group approved today a US$500 million program to help countries in Africa and the Middle East fight the locust swarms that are threatening the food security and livelihoods of millions of

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DISCOVERY: Big Birding Day in the Nairobi National Park

By 4 pm when it’s time to exit the park, we have seen four of the big eagles: Long crested, Bateleur, Martial and the most powerful of all, ‘the leopard of the skies’ that is the Crowned Eagle by the abandoned Verreaux’s Eagle Owl nest, occupied by a pair of White-backed Vultures in the late

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Virus Pushes Millions Into Hunger; UN Seeks More Food Funds

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Millions of people have been pushed into hunger by the coronavirus pandemic, the U.N. World Food Program said Monday as it appealed for nearly $5 billion to help feed the growing numbers in poor and middle-income

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Africa Development Bank Blacklists Chinese Company Building Kenyan Power Project – Free Press of Jacksonville

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Africa: Sub-Saharan Africa Needs to Plug Local Knowledge Gap to Up Its Anti-COVID-19 Game

Given local conditions in many of Africa's urban areas - including high density slums and informal settlements - lockdown strategies are proving to be

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Africa: DJ Cuppy Hosts Apple Music's First Radio Show in Africa

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Kenya receives €188m AfDB loan to boost COVID-19 response

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Kenya: Three Ugandans Enlist for 2020 Concours

Three classic cars from Uganda have been entered for the Golden Jubilee Africa Concours d'Elegance highlighting the Africa continental status of the classiest event on the Kenya Motor Sports

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Namibia: Lufthansa Group's New Leisure Brand to Service the Germany - Namibia Flight Route

[Namibia Economist] The Lufthansa Group has announced their flight operations to and from Namibia will be operated by new leisure brand, Eurowings Discover, from the beginning of August 2021.

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The simple 'seedballs' giving Kenya's forests a helping hand | Africanews

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How to rid E.Africa of locusts? Serve them in a kebab

A second wave of locusts threatens to devour East Africa’s crops.

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Tanzania: 'Waah' Hit Earns Diamond Millions On YouTube

[Nairobi News] Diamond Platnumz says he made over Sh4 million Sh4 million from Youtube since the release of his last hit song video Waah four months ago.

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China ready to pounce as Tullow Oil bows out

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Ways to lift Kenya from global environmental ranking bottom list

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U.S. 'backs' Taiwan - Somaliland cooperation | Africanews

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