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Early Leader in Shipping and in Civil Rights
Paul Cuffe of the Westport-New Bedford area became a prosperous merchant, mariner, ship builder and owner between 1780 and 1810. He pioneered the opening up of trade with West African countries, using his own ships. He was also the nation's first Black millionaire who used his considerable
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Source: African Americans in Boston: More Than 350 Years
Africa's top COVID-19 technocrats: Africa CDC's John Nkengasong
This article zooms in on technocrats leading Africa’s response at different levels be it at the health, diplomatic, social or economic
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Source: Africanews | Latest breaking news, daily news and African news from Africa
Soil Erosion in Africa
Soil erosion in Africa threatens food and fuel supplies and can contribute to climate change. For over a century, governments and aid organizations have tried to combat soil erosion in Africa, often with limited effect. So where do things stand in 2015, the International Year of the
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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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Africa: 10 Years to Restore Our Planet. 10 Actions That Count.
[UNEP] World Environment Day, which falls on 5 June, marks the official launch of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, a global push to revive natural spaces lost to development. In the lead-up to the Decade's launch, UNEP is looking back on some of our most popular restoration-related
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Ghana: Planning Is Easy, Implementation Is the Real Skill - Ghana's Leadership Must Do Better
[Daily Maverick] Ghana's problems are many, multifaceted and increasingly becoming conflated - a dangerous spot to be in. But addressing this is not unheard of, many others have done it. Citizens' exasperation with business-as-usual in a country that offered such hope on the continent and is
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Africa: Second Covid-19 Dose in Sight As Us Donates 80 Million Vaccines to Covax
[Nation] Kenya and other African countries waiting to receive their second doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine can now breathe a sigh of relief after the United States committed to provide at least 80 million Covid-19 vaccines to Covax -- the global Covid-19 vaccine equity scheme -- before the end of
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AU, Madagascar to test herbal Covid-19 remedy
The African Union (AU) will test the controversial herbal remedy for Covid-19 from
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Socialism in Africa and African Socialism
At independence, African countries had to decide what type of state to put in place, and between 1950 and the mid-1980s, thirty-five of Africas countries adopted socialism at some point.1  The leaders of these countries believed socialism offered their best chance to overcome the many obstacles
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Nigeria: Amidst Lockdown Ease, Nigeria's Weekly COVID-19 Cases Reduce, Recoveries Double
As Nigerians continue to experience the nationwide ease in lockdown announced by President Muhammadu Buhari, the country recorded a 16 per cent drop in coronavirus cases last week compared to the previous week, an analysis of data from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control
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South Africa named 'most unsafe place for expats' by new survey
This could be controversial: The Expat Insider Survey has not been kind to South Africa, which puts in a fairly miserable performance across several disciplines. Overall, respondents featured in the study had Mzansi down as 'the eighth-worst place to live as a foreign national' - and these numbers
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Africa: The Africa We Strive for Is Possible in Unity and Solidarity
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Covid-19: Covax strikes deal with J&J for vaccine supply | News24
Covax, the Covid-19 vaccine acquisition alliance, on which most African countries are reliant, has struck a deal with Johnson & Johnson.
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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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Sisters Celebrate Their Ancestral Roots By Revolutionizing Chocolate Bars in Ghana
Kimberly Addison and Priscilla Addison are working to change the status quo that perpetuates a myth that premium chocolate can only be made in Europe. The sisters founded Ghana-based '57 Chocolate.
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Africa: In Era of COVID-19, Russia's Strategic Politics of Coronavirus Aid Takes the Stage in Africa
While Russia, for a time, appeared to escape a serious coronavirus outbreak, the situation there has changed drastically during these two months of April and May, - passing Germany and France to become the third most-infected country in the world, according to The Moscow
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Tunisia: President of Republic Pleads for Cancellation of Poor Countries' Debts
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- President Kais Saied pleaded for the cancellation of the debts of poor countries or to reduce a significant part of them, especially with the increase in the volume of these debts and the resulting interests.
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Africa: UNEP Steps Up Work On Zoonotics, Protecting Environment to Reduce Pandemic Risks
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is stepping up its work on mapping zoonotic threat and protecting the environment to reduce the risk of future pandemics, such as the COVID-19 crisis currently sweeping the
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Africa: Controls to Manage Fake News in Africa Are Affecting Freedom of Expression
Even before COVID-19, many African countries used libel and defamation laws, and internet shut downs to limit the freedom of expression of citizens and the
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Africa: Surge in India's Covid Infections Is a Warning to Africa, Who Says
[East African] The spike in India's Covid-19 infections and deaths is a wake-up call for African countries not to let their guard down, the continent's health bodies have warned.
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Africa: Harnessing Tech to Employ Last-Mile Tree Planters in a COVID-19 World
The year 2020 started with such optimism and hope for nature-based solutions and environmental social and governance investments were high on the agenda at Davos; the World Economic Forum launched the 1 Trillion Trees campaign, backed by Salesforce; BlackRock's CEO sent an open letter to industry
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Covid-19: Where is the Indian strain in Africa? | Africanews
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Is Africa's real-estate prospects in line with the growing population? | Africanews
“So what we have seen is that we have certain asset classes that have been very resilient and other asset classes that have struggled under the pandemic. But we see that especially from a great perspective, a lot of focus on the industry and also focus on corporate accommodation
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Africa: COVID-19 Strategies Africa Can Learn From
There are of course huge differences between US states and African countries, but consider for a moment that the US has one international
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Spain's North African Enclaves of Melilla and Ceuta
At the onset of the Industrial Revolution (circa 1750-1850), European countries began scouring the globe looking for resources to power their economies. Africa, because of its geographic location and its abundance of resources, was seen as a key source of wealth for many of these nations. This
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Kemri tests efficacy of herbal drug in virus war
Kenya’s leading research institute has begun exploring efficacy of one of its herbal and traditional medicines likely to treat
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Africa: Free Trade Area Provides Africa With New Prospects
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Africa: President Macron's Paris Summit Seeks Billions to Revive African Economies and Fight Covid
[Daily Maverick] The summit will deliberate on debt relief, IMF support to African countries and how to provide capital to the African private sector to support investments that would catalyse inclusive economic activity and create employment.
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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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Facebook-backed Africa mega cable will cost R18-billion
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