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There has been overwhelming endorsement of African Development Bank President, Dr. Akinwunmi Adesina, as various individuals and organisations commend his stewardship of the bank, and reiterate their support for his re-election, writes Demola Ojo
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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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Sierra Leone Journalist Sylvia Olayinka Blyden Detained, Charged Over Social Media Posts
On May 1, police arrested Blyden, publisher of the Awareness Times newspaper, at her home in Freetown for alleged "cyber-related" offenses, according to Messeh Leone, a legal activist familiar with the case, who spoke to CPJ via messaging app and phone, and a June 4 police statement, which CPJ
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Africa: US Undue Meddling in African Development Bank Leadership
The African Diaspora Congress (ADC) is mortified by the ongoing blatant US interference in the African Development Bank (AfDB) leadership under President Akinwumi
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Coronavirus in Africa: 276,566 cases; 7,426 deaths; 127,799 recoveries
There are now more than over 270,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus across the continent, with a number of African countries imposing a range of prevention and containment measures against the spread of the
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Global Big Day logs two million birds on eBird app
On May 9, more than 50,000 bird watchers from across the globe took to the outdoors for the next 24 hours to log in birds on the eBird
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NDEMO: What is Africa’s future after pandemic?
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Mali
In the 1960s, Mali concentrated on economic development, continuing to accept aid from both Soviet bloc and Western nations, as well as international agencies. In the late 1960s, it began retreating from close ties with China. But a purge of conservative opponents brought greater power to President
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Policing in Africa: a look at Congo
Since May, protests have increased around the world highlighting the issues of racism, injustice, and police
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Jamaica top of the Heap - Writer wins Commonwealth Short Story Prize for Caribbean
Emerging as the Caribbean winner of the 2020 Commonwealth Short Story Prize has stunned celebrated Jamaican author and theatre director Brian Heap, who initially planned to use the competition as a spark to complete a work he had been fiddling with for five
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Ethiopia: Opinion - Ethiopia Is On the Brink of Failure
Delayed elections and ethnic tensions are undermining Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's reform
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Times of unprecedented crisis present unique opportunities for unprecedented action – Op-ed
Emerging evidence from the ILO on the impact of COVID-19 suggests that women’s economic and productive lives will be affected
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Africa's coronavirus cases pass 100,000; deaths at 3,098
May 22: Cases pass 100,000 mark
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Botswana coronavirus: Gaborone lockdown lifted, schools to reopen
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Carter, W. Beverly (1921-1982)
Ambassador William Beverly Carter is the first Ambassador-at-Large, and the second African American, to be appointed an ambassador by three Presidents. In 1972, President Richard M. Nixon appointed him ambassador to Tanzania. Four years later, President Gerald R. Ford named him ambassador to
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Nile dam dispute: Egypt seeks UN Security Council intervention
The dispute between Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan over Addis Ababa’s construction of a gigantic dam on the Blue Nile has reached a new
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African and Global Philanthropists Team Up to Manufacture COVID-19 Medical Equipment in Africa
African and global philanthropists have teamed up to help African nations secure urgently needed ventilators, breathing support devices and other medical equipment, in the battle against the COVID-19
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Libya: AFRICOM: Russia Deploys Fighter Jets to Libya
Washington — U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) says Russia recently deployed military fighter aircraft to Libya to support Russian state-sponsored, private military contractors, who are helping forces fighting the U.N.-supported Libyan
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Cape Verde
Cape Verde, only slightly larger than Rhode Island, is an archipelago in the Atlantic 385 mi (500 km) west of
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Zim poet appointed Unesco affiliate
INTERNATIONALLY-ACCLAIMED poet and writer, Mbizo Chirasha has received a major boost in his artistic career after he was accepted as a new United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco)-Rila affiliate artist, joining an esteemed team of other international creatives on
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Africa, Eid-Al-Fitr and the Virus
The New York Times went beyond the raw data that is quoted daily by Johns Hopkins University which tracks the incidence of COVID-19 in the United States (over 1.6 million confirmed cases, and over 98,000 deaths - the highest COVID-19 figures in the
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T.M. Aluko - Birthday
Aluko , in full Timothy Mofolorunso Aluko (born June 14, 1918, Ilesha, Nigeria—died May 1, 2010, Lagos), Nigerian writer whose short stories and novels deal with social change and the clash of cultures in modern Africa.
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Series of events in African American history
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Africa: COVID-19 Cases Across the Continent Exceed 81 Thousand
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Windhoek, Namibia (1840- )
Windhoek, also known by its more traditional names—|Ai||Gams (in the Khoekhoe language) and Otjiomuise or Otjoherero, all of which mean “place by streams”—is the capital and largest city of Namibia, as well as its cultural and economic center.  Though likely named for the mountain
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Zimbabwean farmers get tech savvy to stay in business | Afro
HARARE, Zimbabwe—Quickfresh co-founder Rumbidzai Mbambo makes daily runs supplying fresh produce to her growing list of
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Declaration of the Rights of the Negro Peoples of the World (1920)
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Western Sahara: SPS Congratulates Prensa Latina for Its 61st Anniversary
Bir Lehlu (Sadr Liberated Zones) — The News Agency of the Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic, Sahara Press Service, has congratulated the Latin American Information Agency, Prensa Latina, on the occasion of its 61 anniversary at the service of the third world and the just struggles in different
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