Africa: Unicef Report Warns of Rising Rates of Child Mortality Without Proper Funding

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Africa: Unicef Report Warns of Rising Rates of Child Mortality Without Proper Funding

[IPS] United Nations -- Despite levels of child mortality and stillbirths having significantly decreased since 2000, increasingly unequal and limited access to basic services around the world endangers millions of children around the world, a new report finds.

Source: allAfrica.com

TNT Africa muscles up with channel refresh for 2021

TNT Africa has a new modern and sleek logo, new wrestling show and fresh content on the cards for 2021.

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Source: South African News | Online News | The South African

Movers and Shakers | Rashida Abdulai | Founder, Strand Sahara

Rashida Abdulai is the founder and CEO of Strand Sahara, an online legal services for startups and SMEs in the UK and across Africa. The company empowers entrepreneurs in the UK and across Africa with the legal support they need to go global. What drove you to start your own business? To the

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Video: Blacks and Whites Clash Outside of South African High School At Protest Over Alleged Whites-Only Dance

On Monday, two groups clashed outside of a South African high school at a protest over an alleged whites-only party that took place two weeks ago.

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African Union vaccines to be allocated according to population - AU Chair Ramaphosa

The AU has so far secured 270 million vaccine shots.

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As African nations find success in fighting virus, researchers seek answers

While much of the world has been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic, multiple nations in Africa have managed to... View Article The post As African nations find success in fighting virus, researchers search for answers appeared first on TheGrio.

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WORLD Channel Continues its Celebration of Pride Month with a Film looking at Young LGBT Asylum Seekers | BlackPressUSA

To close out WORLD Channel’s celebration of Pride Month, Director Rodney Evans' documentary Vision Portraits debuts June 30. Best known for his films Brother to Brother (2004) and The Happy Sad (2013), in Vision Portraits, Evans takes viewers on a personal journey as he profiles three blind or

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GDP growth in sub-Saharan Africa this year is ‘worst on record’

Despite the IMF providing $16-billion in financing to 33 countries in the region during 2020, more help is still needed, organisation warns.

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(BPRW) BIOKEY INTL. CONTRACTS IN AFRICA TERMINATED – The Black Chronicle

(Black PR Wire) On November 4, 2019, TTI entered into a channel partnership with Bio-Key Intl. (BKYI) whereby TTI would be compensated for contracts secured by TTI and its affiliates…

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Africa Business Travel Do’s and Don’ts Amid COVID-19 - The New York Beacon

AsCOVID-19 wreaks havoc across the globe, business and lifestyle tourism-dependent regions are suffering exponentially.Africais one glaring example, with South Africapropelledinto the global top 10 for coronavirus infections. Itreportedlyhas surpassed the United Kingdom in cases. For its part, the

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Congo gold mine collapse kills more than 50: 'Kamituga is in mourning' : TheGrio

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — More than 50 people are dead after landslides caused the collapse of three artisanal gold mines... View Article The post More than 50 killed at collapsed gold mine in eastern Congo: 'Kamituga is in mourning' appeared first on TheGrio.

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Africa free-trade vision clouded by virus and pace of talks

While lockdown has marred talks, Nigeria's failure to ratify is still regarded as the biggest stumbling block.

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Nigerian police violence sparks MN protest -

'For police brutality in America, at least they will take [officers] to court, but in Nigeria they just let them go.' Source

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Source: MN Spokesman Recorder

SMB survey highlights gender disparities, small business challenges during pandemic

COVID-19 pandemic isn't just a public health emergency, but also an economic crisis hitting SMBs exceptionally hard. Here's what we learned from the Global State of Small Business Report.

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Shoprite’s once-bold Nigerian retail dream fades

South African-based retailer is giving up on the idea of building a profitable foothold in Africa’s most populous country.

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Vanessa Williams is Making a Difference with Thousands of Black Mayors | BlackPressUSA

NNPA NEWSWIRE — The International Association of Mayors of African Descent is visionary mayors and leaders united for the purpose and vision of establishing the platform in which education, empowerment, and economic development through trust, trade, training, and tourism.

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Biden's pledge for global LGBTQ rights puts other nations on notice

President Joe Biden continues to fulfill his promise for equity. His latest memo supports global LGBTQ rights.The president also pledges... View Article The post President Biden's pledge for global LGBTQ rights puts other nations on notice appeared first on TheGrio.

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African Union suspends Mali over military coup and detained leaders

The African Union (AU) on Wednesday suspended Mali a day after its leaders were detained by mutineering soldiers.

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Plans to Unveil a Bust of Marcus Garvey in Ethiopia Revealed - Voice and Viewpoint

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. once called Marcus Garvey the first “man on a mass scale and level to give millions of Negroes a sense of dignity and destiny.” The founder of the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA), a fraternal

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‘Do You Know the Money Belongs to the Company?’: Top Investors Fund White Startups In Africa While Talking Down To, Overlooking African Entrepreneurs - Atlanta Black Star

A significant portion of African venture capital deals are funded by North American investors, and by American dollars in particular. However, among the major well-funded […]

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She fled Ethiopia’s fighting. Now she warns of ‘catastrophe’

Shaken by the gunfire erupting around her town in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region, the woman decided to get out. She... View Article The post She fled Ethiopia’s fighting. Now she warns of ‘catastrophe’ appeared first on TheGrio.

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Protest against Africa’s 1st COVID-19 vaccine test shows fear

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A protest against Africa’s first COVID-19 vaccine trial was underway Wednesday as experts note a worrying level of resistance and misinformation around testing on the continent. Anti-vaccine sentiment in Africa is “the worst I’ve ever seen,” the CEO of the GAVI vaccine

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Ethiopia conflict: UN rights chief warns ethnically motivated attacks heightens genocide risk

Amnesty International reported on Thursday that scores, possibly hundreds, of civilians were massacred with knives and machetes in a town south of Humera last week.

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Magical Malawi: The ‘warm heart of Africa’

Known as the ‘warm heart of Africa,’ and dominated by the magnificent Lake Malawi, the country offers a mixture of beautiful landscapes, fascinating wildlife, warm, friendly people, and rich culture that come together to make this small nation a wonderful place to visit.

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Nasher Sculpture Center Announces Major Gift from Artist Melvin Edwards | Dallas Weekly

Renowned sculptor makes gift of six works to the Nasher collection The Nasher Sculpture Center announces a major gift to the collection from artist Melvin Edwards. Edwards, whose 2015 retrospective Melvin Edwards: Five Decades was organized by the Nasher, has given the museum four sculptures and

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Source: Dallas Weekly

Meet The Face Behind South African's First Black Woman Owned Winery

In South Africa, one woman managed to beat the odds to become the first Black woman to own a winery in the country. Meet Ntsiki Biyela.

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Kenya Names Naomi Campbell As Its New Tourism Ambassador

Naomi Campbell has been appointed the official international ambassador of tourism for the East African country.

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Top Stories of Entertainment 2020 - Los Angeles Sentinel

These were the stories in entertainment in 2020. The post Top Stories of Entertainment 2020 appeared first on Los Angeles Sentinel.

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UK and Kenya move closer to a Fair Trade deal - African Voice Newspaper

The UK has moved a step closer to signing a sixth trade deal in Africa on 3 November 2020, as negotiations on a trade deal are finalised with Kenya. The agreement will ensure all companies operating in Kenya, including British businesses, can continue to benefit from duty-free access as they export

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Source: African Voice Newspaper - African news from a British perspective

Us’ 55 Years of Unbudging Blackness: Africa as Our Moral Ideal - Los Angeles Sentinel

Now the interrelated moral imperative to be ourselves and to free ourselves is intimately related to our commitment as advocates of Us to the principle and practice of unbudging Blackness and the deep-rooted and irreversible embrace of Africa as our moral ideal. To talk of our Blackness, again, is

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Africas First COVID-19 Vaccine Trials Have Begun In South Africa

A COVID-19 vaccine trial program began in South Africa last week — the first for the African continent — as the nations coronavirus case count []

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