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Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe, officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country located in southern Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers,
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South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa.
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Bound Bodies Of African Slaves Discovered In Portuguese Trash Dump
The skeletons come from the site of Valle da Gafaria, which was located outside the Medieval walls of the port…
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Botswana
Formerly the British protectorate of Bechuanaland, Botswana adopted its new name after becoming independent within the Commonwealth on 30 September…
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Cyclone Idai causes widespread damage across Southern Africa
Hundreds of people are missing, while more than 1.5 million people have been affected across the three Southern African countries.
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South African Surgeon Implants World First 3D-Printed Middle-Ear Bones
The Steve Biko Academic Hospital in Tshwane has successfully completed the world's first ever middle ear transplant, using 3D-printed middle…
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The devastating effects of Aids in Botswana
The media wrote about the disease Aids in 1985, for the first time in Botswana. One man was tested HIV…
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Angola
Angola, officially the Republic of Angola (Portuguese: República de Angola; Kikongo, Kimbundu and Umbundu: Repubilika ya Ngola), is a west-coast country of south–central Africa. It is the seventh-largest country in Africa, bordered…
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Southern Africa
Southern Africa is the southernmost region of the African continent, variably defined by geography or geopolitics, and including several countries. The term southern Africa or Southern Africa, generally includes Angola, Botswana, Eswatini(Swaziland), Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe, though…
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How to remember Jonas Savimbi
Sixteen years after the end of the Angolan civil war, the Angolan state considers how to properly remember and memorialize…
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Thirty years after Cuito Cuanavale
https://youtu.be/93WQgjt4P-AThe Battle of Cuito Cuanavale in 1987/88 was an important episode in the Angolan Civil War (1975 to 2002). Between…
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A History of Zimbabwe
Mapungubwe and Great Zimbabwe: 11th – 15th c. The plateau between the rivers Zambezi and Limpopo, in southeast Africa, offers…
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Quett Ketumile Joni Masire (1925-2017), the great African leader you may have never heard of
Quett Masire, president of Botswana from 1980 to 1998, passed away aged 91 on 22 June 2017. He was one of Africa’s…
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Sub-Saharan Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa is, geographically, the area of the continent of Africa that lies south of the Sahara. According to the United Nations, it consists of…
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