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African leaders rally around WHO head after Trump criticism
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - African leaders have rallied around the Ethiopian head of the World Health Organization (WHO) after U.S. President…
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Spencon: Inside the collapse of an African construction giant
Spencon was once one of the largest construction firms in East Africa. After years of financial trouble, two highly-paid British…
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Sadio Mane: Made in Senegal
Mane's excellent form for runaway Premier League leaders Liverpool helped him win the 2019 African Player of the Year awardRejoice…
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Inside Nigeria’s ‘isolation stadium’
Beds are both on the pitch and in the buildings of the Onikan stadiumSport stadiums across the world have been…
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S.Africa sets aside $64 mln for small-scale farmers amid lockdown
Farm workers wearing masks are carried on a wagon pulled by a tractor during a 21 day nationwide lockdown, aimed…
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Safaricom, Vodacom finalise M-Pesa acquisition from Britain’s Vodafone
FILE PHOTO: A customer conducts a mobile money transfer, known as M-Pesa, at a Safaricom agent stall in Nairobi, Kenya…
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Mau Mau Uprising
The Mau Mau Uprising (1952–1960), also known as the Mau Mau Rebellion, the Kenya Emergency, and the Mau Mau Revolt,…
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Malcom X
El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz (Arabic: ٱلْحَاجّ مَالِك ٱلشَّبَازّ, romanized: al-Ḥājj Mālik ash-Shabāzz, May 19, 1925 – February 21, 1965), better known…
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Coronavirus puts clutch of countries in junk rating danger zone
LONDON (Reuters) - Being stripped of one’s investment grade credit rating is a chastening moment for any government, but the…
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East Africa locust swarms gather as coronavirus curbs delay pesticides
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Coronavirus-linked flight restrictions are hampering efforts to wipe out locust swarms on the verge of devastating crops…
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UN agency keeps Africa food aid flowing amid coronavirus
HARARE (Reuters) - The United Nations food agency has negotiated a humanitarian corridor to keep food aid flowing in southern…
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Extremists see global chaos from virus as an opportunity
JOHANNESBURG -- Both the Islamic State group and al-Qaida see the coronavirus as a threat, but some of their fighters…
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Trump has nominated the first African-American general to lead a US military service branch
(U.S. Air Force photo)The Air Force could be led by an African-American general officer for the first time in the…
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The painter blending Gospel spirituality and Basquiat-esque portraiture
It’s often in trying times that people turn to spirituality — times like these, for example. But while religion may…
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Subsistence miners lose out as coronavirus crushes local gold prices
JOHANNESBURG/TORONTO (Reuters) - Informal gold miners from South America to Africa are selling gold at almost 40% discounts as measures…
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