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Kagiso Rabada ‘fully committed’ to playing for South Africa
Fast bowler Kagiso Rabada says he is fully committed to playing for South Africa after a difficult 2019-20 season in…
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Nigerian reggae musician Majek Fashek dies at 57
Nigerian reggae legend Majek Fashek has died at the age of 57. The performer, popular for hits such as Send…
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What it’s like to be an African in the US
As protests rock the US following the death of African-American George Floyd in police custody, Kenyan journalist Larry Madowo writes…
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Lunar Eclipse June 5-6, 2020: Where to watch
By: Tech Desk | New Delhi | Published: June 3, 2020 12:16:03 pm Lunar Eclipse 2020 Date, Timings in India: The…
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SA court rules lockdown restrictions ‘irrational’
A South African court has found some coronavirus lockdown regulations imposed by the government “unconstitutional and invalid”. The judge picked…
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Paris protesters set fires, face off with police as Floyd outrage goes global
Chanting “I can’t breathe,” thousands marched peacefully through Australia’s largest city, while thousands more demonstrated in the Dutch capital of…
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Protests over Floyd’s death expose raw race relations worldwide
By Anthony Deutsch and Ingrid MelanderAMSTERDAM/MADRID (Reuters) - Images of a white police officer kneeling on the neck of African-American…
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When Afrobeat Legend Fela Kuti Collaborated with Cream Drummer Ginger Baker
At the end of the 60s, superstar drummer and angriest man in rock Ginger Baker was on the verge of…
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Why interest rates are so high in Africa
WHEN ROBERT MATSIKO was a young man his grain-milling business in Sheema, western Uganda, was destroyed by fire. These days,…
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The 500-year-old bones of African slaves tell a traumatic story
Written in bone — They are among the earliest enslaved African people brought to the Americas. Kiona N. Smith -…
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The Good and Bad of Lockdown
Starting in early 2020, governments around the world ordered lockdowns, closures and other social distancing rules to slow the spread…
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Littered With Senseless Loans, Africa’s Path Leads to Recolonisation
Last week I was reading about a lucky Spanish woman - a centenarian who survived the great flu of 1918…
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Scientists reveal energy exchange between troposphere and ionosphere in Congo Basin
An illustration of the atmospheric wave dynamics from convective processes and ionospheric responses. Credit: Babalola Ogunsua The Earth's ionosphere, extending…
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India, China and fortifying the Africa outreach
The COVID-19 pandemic has been a great leveller across the world. But its effects stand to be devastating particularly in…
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African scientists leverage open hardware
A 2018 article in the journal HardwareX details “an open source hardware setup to measure locomotor activity in rodents”. It…
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