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Africa: How Urban Mobility Can Come Back Stronger in a Post-Pandemic World
In cities such as Addis Ababa, Nairobi and Kampala, UN-Habitat has, in the past, worked with governments and NGOs to provide bike lanes and re-design streets and public spaces to integrate them with public
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Africa: Another Subsea Cable for Internet Connectivity in Africa Debuts
China Mobile International, Facebook, MTN GlobalConnect, Orange, stc, Telecom Egypt, Vodafone and WIOCC, have partnered to build 2Africa, another submarine cable that is expected to become the most comprehensive subsea cable to serve the African continent and Middle East
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(1965) Malcolm X, “Speech at Ford Auditorium”
On February 13, 1965, Malcolm Xs home in New York City was bombed.  He and his family were not hurt and he decided to keep a longstanding speaking commitment at Detroit, arriving the next day to give the presentation below.  This proved however to be his last public appearance.  One week later on
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Africa: COVID-19 Cases Across the Continent Rise to 107,747
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Africa's coronavirus cases pass 100,000; deaths at 3,098
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Coronavirus in Africa: 115,892 cases; 3,479 deaths; 46,553 recoveries
There are now more than over 100,000 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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Coronavirus in Africa: 88,264 cases; 2,832 deaths; 33,898 recoveries
There are now more than over 80,000 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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Africa: Cybercrime and COVID-19 – A Concern for Financial Stability During the Pandemic
Cybercrime has long posed a significant risk for financial stability in African countries given limited capacity and attention to managing cyber
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Nigeria: NAFDAC Disagrees With WHO On Chloroquine Clinical Trials
Notwithstanding the decision of the World Health Organisation (WHO) to suspend clinical trials of Hydroxychloroquine and Chloroquine for the treatment of COVID-19, the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) will continue the experiment in Nigeria, the
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Africa coronavirus: DRC's returnees from Europe, Zim lockdown extended
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African Leaders Call for Immediate Action to Save Additional Lives From Malaria in the Face of COVID-19
In response to mounting concerns around the impact of COVID-19 on malaria elimination efforts across the African continent, the African members of the End Malaria Council have released a joint statement and a four-pronged action plan calling on African and global leaders to act quickly to: protect
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OBBO: On the flip side, truckers fuel the growth of future urban
Countries in the East African hinterland, especially Uganda and Rwanda, have been making very unhappy noises about long-distance truck drivers, as they have now become super-spreaders of the new
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Cameroon: Deserved Homage
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ONGÍNYO: Hits and misses in pandemic fight
Mass testing for Covid-19 kicked off in China with all residents required to produce proof of residence, and valid visas for foreigners which entitled them to testing catered for by their monthly contribution towards the government medical
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Tanzania, Kenya in line for fibre optic hook-up
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(1997) The Idea of an African Renaissance, Myth or Reality?
I come to you from a liberated South Africa, a nation that many of you helped to set free. I come from a continent about which more is written but less is understood; so I come with a message that is straight-forward and simple. Like the Apostle Paul on his return from the provinces, I come to
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Coronavirus: stats of Africa's most impacted nation per region
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Dear Black People: Coronavirus Will Kill You ⋆
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Overview of Belgian African Colonies
Belgium is a small country in northwest Europe that joined Europes race for colonies in the late 19th century. Many European countries wanted to colonize distant parts of the world in order to exploit the resources and civilize the inhabitants of these less-developed countries. Belgium gained
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1960
African Countries Struggle to Find the Coronavirus Test Kits They Need
"Test, test, test" has been the mantra for defeating the novel coronavirus, but African countries are finding themselves at the end of a long global queue for the chemical reagents and other commodities necessary for administering diagnostic tests, according to public health
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Tanzania says virus defeated through prayer, but fears grow
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Botswana coronavirus: capital Gaborone declared high-risk area, 'quarantined'
A statement issued by Dr. Kereng Masupu, coordinator of the presidential task force on COVID-19 read: “Following the confirmed COVID-19 case of a truck driver who came into Gaborone through the Tiokweng border on Sunday 09 May
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Coronavirus in Africa: 66,319 cases; 2,344 deaths; 23,143 recoveries
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Africa: Combating Coravirus Through African Unity
The day, formerly African Freedom Day and African Liberation Day, is the annual commemoration of the founding of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) on May
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Afro-Asian Writers' Conferences (1958-1979)
The Afro–Asian Writers’ Conferences were a series of gatherings of literary figures from Asia and Africa that took place over two decades to denounce imperialism and to establish cultural contacts among their countries. The first conference (and by far the best known) was held in October 1958 in
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Africa: Three Nigerian Writers Shortlisted for AKO Caine Prize
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Fishermen lose up to Sh1bn due to floods
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Risking death to avoid death: The African COVID-19 conundrum
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