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‘Disaster Waiting to Happen:’ Doctor Says Africa Cannot Afford Most Anti-Coronavirus Tips
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The coronavirus outbreak threatens to become a perfect storm for Africa as key COVID-19 precautionary measures such…
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How Nigeria’s kings lost their power
Image copyright Getty Images From emirs to kings, Nigeria's traditional rulers are increasingly being humiliated by politicians - and mocked…
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Food security concerns stoked as exporters curb sales, importers buy more
SINGAPORE/DUBAI (Reuters) - Global food security concerns are mounting as some governments contemplate restricting the flow of staple foods with…
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Coronavirus: German army shipment of masks ‘vanished in Kenya’
A German army shipment of six million face masks needed to protect against the novel coronavirus has vanished in Kenya,…
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Zindi taps 12,000 African data scientists for solutions to COVID-19
Since its inception, Cape Town based crowdsolving startup Zindi has been building a database of data scientists across Africa. It…
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African turns to mobile payments as a tool to curb COVID-19
Africa is using digital finance as a means to stem the spread of COVID-19. Governments and startups on the continent…
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6 Women of Color Who Changed the Literary Landscape
At Book Riot, we celebrate the women who are changing and influencing the literary world every day of the year.…
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As offerings dwindle, some churches fear for their future
Humanitarian Disaster Institute at Wheaton College in Illinois, which already has offered resources to churches in response to COVID-19.“Some changes…
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AWS partners with Kenya’s Safaricom on cloud and consulting services
Amazon Web Services has entered a partnership with Safaricom — Kenya’s largest telco, ISP and mobile payment provider — in…
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The Supreme Court handed down a unanimous decision that bodes ill for the future of civil rights
Like most of the country, the Supreme Court is in coronavirus lockdown, closing its building to the public and postponing…
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Coronavirus: Why Ghana has gone into mourning after mass funeral ban
Funerals in Ghana are well known to be elaborate affairs with specially designed coffinsIn our series of letters from African…
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How strong a role does religion play in US elections?
On March 17, Joe Biden took firm control of the Democratic nomination process, winning primaries Florida, Illinois and Arizona by…
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List of Sports events around the world hit by coronavirus pandemic
(Reuters) - Major sports events around the world that have been hit by the coronavirus pandemic: A banner for the…
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Black voters power Biden’s Super Tuesday success
DETROIT (AP) — Joe Biden’s presidential campaign spent the past month on the verge of collapse after disappointing finishes in…
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CcHub funds tech to curb COVID-19 on concerns of an Africa outbreak
Africa’s largest innovation incubator, CcHub, will offer funding and engineering support to tech projects aimed at curbing COVID-19 and its…
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