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With cases still rising, including single-day highs of 1,458 new cases and 58 deaths Thursday, Republican Gov. Greg Abbott has defended the pace by emphasizing that hospitalization and infection rates are steady, and pointing out that Texas’ 1,200 deaths still lag similarly big states, including
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Madagascar records its first coronavirus death
Madagascar on Sunday announced the first death of a patient suffering from the novel coronavirus, nearly two months after it was first detected in the
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Alan Keyes
Though Keyes is sometimes called “Ambassador Keyes,” the title can be a bit misleading: he served as the American ambassador to the United Nations Economic and Social Council, not as ambassador to the U.N. as a whole or to any individual nation… Opposed to a homosexual lifestyle, Keyes
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Somalia
Al-Shabab formally declared allegiance to al-Qaeda in February 2010, sparking further concern that the group posed a global threat. It claimed responsibility for the July bombing at a restaurant in Kampala, Uganda, that killed about 75 people who were watching the final game of the World Cup. The
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28
2011
No home, no hope ... It’s a dog’s life
Deprived of work and access to aid, thousands of migrants from sub-Saharan Africa living in Morocco are struggling to make ends meet under Covid-19
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Angolan Civil War (1975-2002)
The Angolan Civil War, beginning at the time of the countrys independence from Portugal in 1975, was a 27-year struggle involving the deaths of over 500,000 soldiers and civilians.  Initiated at the height of the Cold War, pro- and anti-communist forces in Angola set the stage for a proxy fight
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25
1974
Kenya coronavirus: Updates from March - April 2020
May 8: Govt to foot quarantine bills, cases at 607
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Africa: COVID-19 Cases Across the Continent Exceed 78 Thousand
South Africa has the most reported cases – 13,524, with deaths numbering
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Henry Ransom Cecil McBay, chemist, is born
Henry Ransom Cecil McBay, chemist, Born May 29, 1914 in Mexia, Texas. He received a Bachelor of Science from Wiley College in 1934 and a Master of Science from Atlanta University in 1936. Henry McBay earned a Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Chicago in 1945. McBay served as an Instructor
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29
1914
‘Worse than prison’ - Holness, Tufton apologise for quarantine food fiasco
Smarting from backlash over quarantine conditions for returning Jamaicans at two St Ann hotels, Prime Minister Andrew Holness and Health Minister Dr Christopher Tufton yesterday apologised for a slew of logistical foul-ups, including rooming delays and substandard
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Thursday, May 14, The Los Angeles Operation Center shared news surrounding the adjustments made in the COVID-19 recovery
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John E. Maupin
John E. Maupin, Jr. was President of Morehouse School of Medicine. Maupin also serves as Chair of Regions Community Development Corporation, the Company’s non-profit corporation dedicated to providing technical assistance for affordable housing, small business, and community development
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If there were a vaccine to protect against covid-19, would you get it? (Part 1)
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Conakry, Guinea (1884- )
Conakry is the largest city and the capital of Guinea. Located on coastal islands and a peninsula that juts out into the Atlantic Ocean, it is also the nation’s chief port.   In 2011 its population was estimated at approximately 1,786,000
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A Brief History of Cameroon, Africa
The earliest inhabitants of Cameroon were probably the Bakas (Pygmies). They still inhabit the forests of the south and east provinces. Bantu speakers originating in the Cameroonian highlands were among the first groups to move out before other invaders. During the late 1770s and early 1800s, the
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28
1919
L.A. County Launches ‘WiFi Finder’ to Reduce Digital Divide During COVID-19.
Los Angeles County Director of Public Health Barbara Ferrer shared the latest statistics of positive cases and death
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How Did King Tutankhamun Die?
Since archaeologist Howard Carter discovered King Tutankhamun’s tomb in 1922, mysteries have surrounded the final resting place of the boy-king – and exactly how he got there at an early age. What put Tut in that tomb? Did his friends and family get away with murder?  Scholars have cast about any
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Nigeria's COVID-19 Cases Exceed 5,000
Nigeria, on Thursday, recorded 193 new cases of COVID-19 as the number of infected people exceeded
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Covid-19: Tabichi calls for long term education plan for Africa
The 2019 Global Teacher Award winner Peter Tabichi has joined African top tutors to address education among the poor during the Covid-19
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Zambia shuts border with Tanzania over virus spread fears
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Truck drivers decry long border wait
Past studies conducted in Kenya found that truck drivers face a higher risk of contracting and spreading viruses, like HIV/Aids, because they are a highly mobile vulnerable group that traverses the country and often spends nights stopped in temporary locations, where exposure is high and testing
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Covid-19: 250 million Africans at risk
The coronavirus could infect a quarter of a billion Africans and put intolerable pressure on the continent's fragile health system, a new report said Friday, as the pandemic's global death toll topped
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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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Uganda
The National Resistance Army (NRA), an anti-Obote group led by Yoweri Museveni, kept fighting after it had been excluded from the new regime. It seized Kampala on Jan. 29, 1986, and Museveni was declared president. Museveni has transformed the ruins of Idi Amin and Milton Obotes Uganda into an
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Zambia
Zambia, a landlocked country in south-central Africa, is about one-tenth larger than Texas. It is surrounded by Angola, Zaire, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, and Namibia. The country is mostly a plateau that rises to 8,000 ft (2,434 m) in the
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20
1963
An Urgent Call to Establish a Federal Office of Men’s Health: A Critical Component of Addressing Future Pandemics
It is time for an Office of Men’s Health because preventable male death and illness is decreasing the quality of life for
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'No mask, no roti, no service' -Trinidad PM
Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley has advised citizens to obey public health regulations to wear masks when entering public
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Ethiopia fights for vibrancy as economy takes Covid hit
For the past three years, Ethiopia was the talk of town, with leading institutions terming it one of Africa’s fastest rising
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