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[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Thousands of needy students from the Kenya Medical Training College will miss out on financial support under the Afya Elimu Fund (AEF), as USAID, a key financier, pulls out of it.
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Farmers Can Apply for Conservation Stewardship Program Aid by July 16
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Kenya: Appeals Court Stops Swearing in of Kananu as Nairobi Governor
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The appellate court has stopped the swearing in of Nairobi Deputy Governor Ann Kananu as the substantive Governor.
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Covid-19 could infect more than 200m in Africa
Authors of the research, published Friday in the journal BMJ Global Health, predicted a lower infection rate than in other parts of the world like Europe and the US, with fewer severe cases and
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Africa: Some Lessons From the History of Epidemics in Africa
The history of endemic diseases, epidemics and pandemics in Africa shows, contrary to a stubborn belief, that the continent has had a long experience of biomedicine - its theory, techniques, and modes of
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Kenya: Shoprite Lays Off 115 Employees, Closes Second Store in Kenya in Four Months
[Nairobi News] Africa's largest supermarket chain Shoprite Holdings will lay off 115 workers and close its second branch in Kenya in less than five months, citing reduced flow of shoppers.
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Mozambique: Renamo Demobilisation Reaches Tete
[AIM] Maputo -- The demobilisation and disarming of the militia of Mozambique's main opposition party, Renamo, advanced into the western province of Tete on Wednesday.
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South Africa Suspends Rollout of Oxford-Astrazeneca Coronavirus Vaccine
[DW] One study, involving around 2,000 people, found the vaccine offered "minimal protection" against mild and moderate cases of Covid-19. The government says it will use other vaccines in the meantime.
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5 Writers of the Harlem Renaissance
During this time, writers emerged to discuss themes such as assimilation, alienation, pride, and unity. Below are several of the most prolific writers of this time period--their works are still read in classrooms
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Kenya: Ochieng, Khaemba Get Nod in Strong Morans Squad
[Nation] Equity Bank's inspirational guard Victor Ochieng and Ulinzi Warriors guard Joseph Khaemba are the only local-based new players in the Kenya Morans team named by Australian Liz Mills to do duty in the second and final round of Afrobasket qualifiers.
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Rachael Suggs Pitts, An Early Pioneer In Virus Surveillance, Turns 99
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South Africa: Lockdown 'No Longer Sustainable' Despite Surge in Cases
Despite a rapid rise in cases, Ramaphosa pushed to continue to ease lockdown restrictions this
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Rwanda: RDB Releases List of Hotels, Restaurants Where Staff, Clients Must Take Covid-19 Tests
[New Times] A total of 15 selected hotels and restaurants have been given permission to work with accredited private clinics in testing staff and visiting clients for Covid-19 at their premises.
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Nigeria: Gunmen Kill 4 in Kaduna Villages As Police Quell Unrest in Jema'a Lga
[Leadership] The Kaduna State government yesterday said security agencies had reported an attack on Zangon Aya town in Igabi local government area by bandits.
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Seychelles: French Officials Offer to Analyse DNA From Murder Case in Seychelles
[Seychelles News Agency] The French authorities have offered to carry out DNA analysis in a case involving a Frenchman charged by the Seychelles Supreme court for the murder of his girlfriend in May.
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Africa Fighting Competing Interests in Funding Quest
[East African] Africa's economic managers are staring at a bleak future as they try to mobilise funds to buy vaccines and increase government spending that is needed to reduce poverty and mitigate the economic shocks caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
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West Africa: 'Adhering to Constitutional Term Limits Will Prevent Political Upheavals' - Pres. Weah Tells Ecowas Colleagues
[LINA] Monrovia -- Liberian President Dr. George Manneh Weah has challenged leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), to take seriously the issue of adherence to constitutional term limits to avoid political and security upheavals in the sub-region.
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Africa: Digital Briefing on USAID's Ongoing Development Priorities and COVID-19 Assistance Response in Africa
Today we are pleased to be joined by Dr. Kenneth Staley, U.S. Agency for International Development, Global Malaria Coordinator and leader of the USAID COVID-19 Task Force, and Mr. Christopher Runyan, USAID Senior Coordinator for the Bureau for
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Eleven Years in the U.S. Navy: The Strange Saga of Robert Shorter
In the account below historian Lorraine McConaghy uses the story of black sailor Robert Shorter to indicate that while the Civil War freed nearly four million slaves, it also set in motion the status decline of antebellum African American
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Africa: Dr. Dougbeh Nyan Postulates Herd Immunity in Parts of Africa
Invited for second speaking engagement at Rowan UniversityOne of Africa's prominent infectious diseases experts from Liberia, Dr. Dougbeh Chris Nyan of Shufflex Biomed, has postulated that many African countries including Liberia could be "going through a stage of Herd Immunity at this point of the
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HUMAN rights doctors have lashed out at government for extending the national lockdown in the absence of evidence for such
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Africa: Egypt, Guinea Conakry FMs Urge Sufficient Amount of Covid-19 Vaccines for African Countries
[Egypt Online] Egypt, Guinea Conakry FMs urge sufficient amount of Covid-19 vaccines for African countries
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Lockdowns meant to protect people from Covid-19 have now turned against patients and TB treatment seems to be suffering the greatest
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Mozambique: MSF Suspends Medical Support After Healthcare Centre Is Damaged Due To Recent Attacks
Our Doctors Without Borders (MSF) teams have been forced to suspend medical support in Macomia in the northern region of Mozambique following a recent attack on the village that also resulted in the destruction of our healthcare
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