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[TechCrunch] Google today announced the launch of 40,000 new developer scholarships in Africa. Google will offer the scholarships -- created in partnership with tech talent companies Pluralsight and Andela -- to developers spread across mobile and cloud development tracks.
Abiy's government and the regional one run by the Tigray People's Liberation Front each consider the other illegitimate.
\t There was no immediate word from the three AU envoys, former Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, former Mozambique President Joaquim Chissano and former South African President Kgalema Motlanthe. AU spokeswoman Ebba Kalondo did not say whether they can meet with TPLF leaders, something Abiy's office has rejected.
\"``Not possible,'' senior Ethiopian official Redwan Hussein said in a message to the AP. ``\"Above all, TPLF leadership is still at large.'' He called reports that the TPLF had appointed an envoy to discuss an immediate cease-fire with the international community ``masquerading.''
\t Fighting reportedly remained well outside the Tigray capital of Mekele, a densely populated city of a half-million people who have been warned by the Ethiopian government that they will be shown ``no mercy'' if they don't distance themselves from the region's leaders.
\t Tigray has been almost entirely cut off from the outside world since Nov. 4, when Abiy announced a military offensive in response to a TPLF attack on a federal army base.
That makes it difficult to verify claims about the fighting, but humanitarians have said at least hundreds of people have been killed.
\t The fighting threatens to destabilize Ethiopia, which has been described as the linchpin of the strategic Horn of Africa.
\t With transport links cut, food and other supplies are running out in Tigray, home to 6 million people, and the United Nations has asked for immediate and unimpeded access for aid.
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Africa faces a future of heat waves, droughts and floods and could lose many of its endemic species as a result of climate change, a Greenpeace study showed.
There are many parallels today with what Frederick Douglass described in his speech to white America delivered on July 5, 1852. Read the full text here.
[Premium Times] \"We must lay our cards very well, if not we can become slaves in our country.\"
Countries in northern Africa have the highest death tolls, led by Egypt (696 deaths from 15 003 cases) and Algeria (575 deaths from 7 728 cases).
South of the Sahara, the highest tolls have been in South Africa (397 deaths out of 20 125 cases) and Nigeria (211 deaths, 7 016 cases).
\"For now, Covid-19 has made a soft landfall in Africa, and the continent has been spared the high numbers of deaths which have devastated other regions of the world,\" said Dr Matshidiso Moeti, the WHO's Africa regional director.
WHO emergencies chief Michael Ryan told a virtual news conference in Geneva that the low number of deaths was \"really welcome, and it is a credit to the systems and countries that they are picking up cases and are able to treat\".
The Irish epidemiologist said that the picture was varied across Africa, with some countries recording a big rise in cases, and others relatively stable.
[Balancing Act] London -- Sub-Saharan Africa is no longer the poor Cinderella of international internet markers. Growth in both supply and demand and a growing data centre ecosystem mean that international companies providing low cost, high speed internet access and private networks are increasingly having a local presence. Russell Southwood spoke to Dave Schaeffer, CEO, Cogent about how it is expanding its presence on the continent.
Molefi Ntseki has seen red over Glasgow Rangers decision not to release Bongani Zungu which was reportedly informed by advice from the British government.
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[PR Newswire] Bern, Switzerland -- At its meeting on 13 January 2021 the Federal Council approved a strategy on Sub-Saharan Africa for the first time. The countries of North Africa are already covered by the MENA strategy adopted by the Federal Council on 14 October 2020. The new strategy recognises the great diversity of the African continent and the challenges and opportunities it presents. It sets out Switzerland's priorities and measures in the region for the 2021-24 period. In addition to peace, the core elements of the strategy are se
The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) Director General Martha Chizuma is being challenged to pursue investigations into numerous complaints received about former president Joyce Banda and the way she used her Personal Tax Identification Number (TPIN). President Lazaraus Chakwera told BBC Focus on Africa that the probe on Banda will continue. “The probe on Joyce Banda will continue. […]
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Analysis - Every day, dozens of media pieces and articles discuss China’s presence in Africa. The focus is usually on China’s strategic interests, responses by the United States and Europe, or the social and environmental issues of Chinese investment. However, these discussions do not often explore the most important questions: does engagement with China support African countries’ economic development? Does it contribute to generating jobs and to forming more diversified and resilient economic struc
Ancient Egypt has often been the main reference point when interpreting the past and experience of Africa. Many believe that African history and civilization did all start from Egypt even though there are other kingdoms that sprang up to become equally powerful empires. In terms of fashion and style, ancient Egyptians were noted to have...
[Nation] President Uhuru Kenyatta is today (Sunday) expected to meet with visiting Somaliland leader Muse Bihi to discuss various matters on trade and security, amid a diplomatic standoff with Somalia.
Billionaire Robert Smith, the richest black American who paid off the student debts of Morehouse's graduating class in 2019, is under criminal investigation for potential tax crimes, according to a report by Bloomberg. The Denver native and philanthropist is the CEO of Vista Equity Partners and is worth $6 billion. Bloomberg reports of a U.S....
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