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Kenyatta Unveils a Sh53.7bn Relief Package to Boost Virus-Hit Economy
Nairobi — President Uhuru Kenyatta has rolled out an 8-point stimulus program valued at Sh53.7 billion to jumpstart the economy amid the coronavirus pandemic that has ravaged sectors across the
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Source: allAfrica.com
Angola: Official Calls for Stricter State Fund Management
Lubango — The vice-governor for political, economic and social Affairs of the southern Huila province, Maria Chipalavela, Wednesday, here urged entrepreneurs benefiting from State financial support for stricter use of the amounts
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Is Africa Overpopulated?
Is Africa overpopulated? The answer by most measures is no. As of mid-2015, the continent as a whole had only 40 people per square mile. Asia, by comparison had 142 people per square mile; Northern Europe had 60. Critics also point to the how many less resources Africas population consumes versus
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Africa: Safeguarding Africa's Food Security in the Age of COVID-19
With each climate shock, whether drought, flood or cyclone, farmers suffer directly, while shortages elevate the price of food for
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Rwanda: Farmers Decry High Cost of Potato Seeds
A kilogramme of (Irish) potato seeds has increased to Rwf700 from between Rwf400 and Rwf500 in the last farming season which ended in February 2020, according to the Federation of Irish Potato farmers' cooperatives in
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Nile
Nile, longest river in the world, c.4,160 mi (6,695 km) long from its remotest headstream, the Luvironza River in Burundi, central Africa, to its delta on the Mediterranean Sea, NE Egypt. The Nile flows northward and drains c.1,100,000 sq mi (2,850,000 sq km), about one tenth of Africa, including
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For Black People, Plant Parenthood Is Deeper Than Instagram
Connecting with our ancestors by returning to African agrarian practices and bringing plants native to our ancestral homelands into our environment is healing for Black people in a world that often denies us access to greenery, frivolity, healthy food options, and full access to our
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Revised Public Order Act – well begun is half done
Apparently Parliament has requested that the Independent Media Commission (IMC) Act be strengthened and the Sierra Leone Association of Journalists (SLAJ) improve on its
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Ethiopia: Africa in Fact C-19 Blog Series - Theme 1: Leadership Style
It was also a day when the country marked its highest increase in the number of people who have contracted the COVID-19 virus since the first case was reported in March this
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Somalia: Puntland Minister Succumbs to COVID-19
Puntland regional state minister for Environment and agriculture Ismail Gamadiid has died in a hospital in
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Amazon rainforest faces fire threat—again | Afro
Institute alerts for evidence of soil changes in the Amazon show areas that have been deforested, damaged by logging and show signs of burning or mining, as well as plant degradation from February 2016 to June 2020 in the Brazilian Legal
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Uganda’s $12b budget offers tax waivers, credit access to SMEs
In a bid to get the Ugandan economy moving again after nearly three months of lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus, the government on June 11 presented a budget offering a host of tax waivers and funding for the business
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(1895) Booker T. Washington, "The Atlanta Compromise Speech"
On September 18, 1895 Booker T. Washington gave an address to the Atlanta Cotton States and International Exposition which became known as the “Atlanta Compromise Speech.” The address appears
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Confederate States of America
The Confederate States of America (CSA or C.S.), commonly referred to as the Confederacy, was a self-proclaimed nation of 11 secessionist slave-holding states of the United States, existing from 1861 to 1865. The Confederacy was originally formed by seven states – South
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Kenya: Fears for Kenya's Urban Food Supply As Floods Drown Rice
Rice is a staple food in Kenya's urban areas, but with floods destroying young crops in recent weeks and imports restricted by the COVID-19 pandemic, stocks may run short
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Moroccan farmers chartered to Italy for work
Seasonal agricultural workers from Morocco have been flown to Italy to
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Burundi
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Uganda's Permanent Representative to the UN in Geneva Dies
Uganda's permanent representative to the United Nations, World Trade Organization and other International Organizations in Geneva, Christopher Onyanga Aparr has
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Africa: UN Agencies Warn COVID-19 Could Plunge Millions of Children into Forced Labor
A joint report by the International Labor Organization and U.N. Children’s Fund warns that millions of children are likely to be pushed into forced labor because of the economic fallout from the COVID-19
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Constitution of the African Civilization Society, 1796
Preamble: It has pleased Almighty God to permit the interior of Africa to be made known to us during the last few years, by the efforts of missionaries and explorers, to an extent hitherto deemed almost impossible. The facts which have become public concerning its climate, soil, productions, mineral
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Uganda's $12b Budget Offers Tax Waivers, Credit Access to SMEs
In a bid to get the Ugandan economy moving again after nearly three months of lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus, the government on June 11 presented a budget offering a host of tax waivers and funding for the business
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Africa: Confirmation of Africa's Historical Rejection in the Wake of COVID-19
With no clinical trials conducted in Africa, researchers have emphasized that Africa's Covid-19 research should be tailored to the
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Africa: COVID-19 Recovery Is a Chance to Improve the African Food System
Even before the COVID-19 crisis, the African food system was
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Cuomo extends New York's stay at home order through June
New York state Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks during a news conference on the first confirmed case of COVID-19 in New York (Photo by David Dee Delgado/Getty
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No charges after voting fraud investigation –
TALLAHASSEE – State law-enforcement officials found “no evidence of fraudulent intent” by the Florida Democratic Party after more than a year-long investigation into alleged vote-by-mail fraud, records
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Lesotho: 'We Need Political Stability for Economic Revival'
Lesotho must anchor her economic turn-around plans after the Coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic on empowering domestic investors, the recently appointed Minister of Trade and Industry, Thabiso Molapo, has
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Benin
This West African nation on the Gulf of Guinea, between Togo on the west and Nigeria on the east, is about the size of Tennessee. It is bounded by Burkina Faso and Niger on the north. The land consists of a narrow coastal strip that rises to a swampy, forested plateau and then to highlands in the
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Africa: Idris Elba Sounds Alarm As Pandemic Threatens Food Crisis for Farmers
WASHINGTON, May 29 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Idris Elba on Friday called for urgent action and creative solutions to prevent a looming hunger crisis in poor countries, where food production and transport have been disrupted by the coronavirus
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Mali: Village Life in Modern Africa - Review of Camila Toulmin's Land, Investment and Migration - Thirty-Five Years of Village Life in Mali
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