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An Angolan soldier shot and killed a teenager during an operation to enforce face-mask wearing to prevent the spread of coronavirus, the government has
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Angola: COVID-19 - Five New Infections, One More Death Reported
Luanda — Five new infections and one more death have been reported in the last 24 hours in Angola, bringing the total numbers in the country to 118 and five
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Angola: Oil Ministry to Announce Public Tender Winners
Luanda — The Ministry of Oil, Geology and Mining is announcing Friday in Luanda the winners of the public tender for mining
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Jan Mostaert’s Portrait of a Moor (1520-1530)
In the following account University of Cincinnati historian John K. Brackett describes the famous 16th Century painting of a black courtier at the court of Margaret of Austria, the Duchess of Savoy and Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands.  The name and rank of this courtier remains
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Guinea
Guinea gĭn´ē [key], an archaic term for the west coast of Africa. In its widest sense it has been applied to the region from Angola to Senegal. Parts of the region bore names originating in early colonial trade, notably Grain Coast , Ivory Coast (see Côte dIvoire ), Gold Coast (see Ghana
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Robert Mugabe
Robert Mugabe , in full Robert Gabriel Mugabe (born February 21, 1924, Kutama, Southern Rhodesia [now Zimbabwe]), the first prime minister (1980–87) of the reconstituted state of Zimbabwe, formerly Rhodesia. A black nationalist of Marxist persuasion, he eventually established one-party rule in
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Angola: UAE Wants to Boost Investments in Angola
The note recalls that following the signature, in December 2019, of some Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between that member of the UAE royal family and the Ministry of Agriculture of Angola, a tractor assembly line was installed in the Special Economic Zone
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OPEC’s decision to extend production cuts is a positive step for African energy players
Held via videoconference on Saturday, June 6th, the Ministerial Meeting reconfirmed the existing arrangements under the April agreement and extended the production cuts of 9.7 million barrels per day by another month, until July 30th
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Namibia gains independence
The History of NamibiaThe country has ever since that historical day; 21 March 1990 enjoyed peace, stability and progress in many ways. Namibia is also known as the smile of Africa because, of its geographical position and the friendliness and warmth of its citizens. Currently the country has
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Lesotho: South Africa Worried by Liquor Smuggling From Lesotho
Lesotho could be forced to reinstate the ban on the sale of alcohol after complaints from the South African government about the smuggling of the product from
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Angola: COVID-19 - Angola Rated Among Eight Experienced States
Luanda — Due to the fact that only 69 positive cases of the new coronavirus (Covid-19) were registered, three months after the first infections were detected Angola was selected to transmit its experience in preventing and fighting this
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List of ethnic groups of Africa
The ethnic groups of Africa number in the thousands, each generally having its own language (or dialect of a language) and culture. The ethnolinguistic groups include various Afro-Asiatic, Khoisan, Niger-Congo and Nilo-Saharan
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The Challenges African States Faced at Independence
When African states gained their independence from Europes colonial empires, they faced numerous challenges starting with their lack of
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Angola: Piim Provides 168 Job Opportunities in Bengo
Caxito — The implementation of the Integrated Programme for Intervention in Municipalities (PIIM), in the northern Bengo Province, allowed the creation of 168 new jobs, within the scope of the execution of 27 social projects in the
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Africa: No Representative in CAF Champions League
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Francisco José Tenreiro
Francisco José Tenreiro , in full Francisco José de Vasques Tenreiro (born January 20, 1921, São Tomé—died December 31, 1963, Lisbon, Portugal), African poet writing in Portuguese whose poems express the sufferings caused by colonialist exploitation of the indentured labourers of the island of
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Angola
National name: Republica de Angola
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Kenya Reaches Out to Djibouti After UN Security Council Victory
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10 Early Artists Who Defined the Blues
These are the 10 crucial artists who helped define the genre of the blues. Each one contributed greatly to the music, whether through their instrumental skills — usually on the guitar — or vocal talents, and their early recordings and performances influenced the cultural impact of the blues and the
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Nigeria coronavirus: 20,244 cases; daily new cases drop below 500
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Mozambique: Third Person Dies of COVID-19
Maputo — The general director of Mozambique's National Health Institute (INS), Ilesh Jani, announced on Sunday that a third person has died from the Covid-19 respiratory
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Africa: Russian Arms Exports to Africa - Moscow's Long-Term Strategy
Russia's state arms seller Rosoboronexport announced in April the first contract to supply assault boats to a country in sub-Saharan
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Angola: President Demands Greater Quality Education
Speaking at the inauguration ceremony of the new Secretary of State for Secondary Education, Gildo Matias José, the Angolan Head of State advocated a large investment in primary and secondary education, in the perspective of the country having well-trained
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Africans Are Concerned About Ills of Social Media but Oppose Government Restrictions
Governments and public health officials have used Twitter, WhatsApp, Facebook and other social media to reach large numbers of people, quickly and efficiently, with information on how to stay healthy and limit the
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A Brief, Introductory History of Zambia
The indigenous hunter-gatherer occupants of Zambia began to be displaced or absorbed by more advanced migrating tribes about 2,000 years ago. The major waves of Bantu-speaking immigrants began in the 15th century, with the greatest influx between the late 17th and early 19th centuries. They came
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Nigeria coronavirus: 24,077 cases; record new cases, UK evacuation
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US official ends Dar tour of duty, a month after travel advisory
US Charge d’Affaires to Tanzania Dr Inmi Patterson has bade farewell to Tanzanians in a video message on the embassy’s official Facebook page, saying she will be leaving the country
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Agostinho Neto
Agostinho Neto , in full António Agostinho Neto (born Sept. 17, 1922, Icolo e Bengo, Angola—died Sept. 10, 1979, Moscow, Russia, U.S.S.R.), poet, physician, and first president of the People’s Republic of
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Namibia
Namibia is bordered on the north by Angola and Zambia, on the east by Botswana, and on the east and south by South Africa. It is for the most part a portion of the high plateau of southern Africa, with a general elevation of from 3,000 to 4,000
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