August 2, 2021 User1

Nigeria Hit by Deadly Cholera Surge Focused on North

KANO, NIGERIA – Nigeria has been hit by a surge in cholera...

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August 2, 2021 User1

US Official Says Getting Vaccines to Africans is ‘Top Priority’

WASHINGTON – The Biden administration is in the process of delivering 25...

Self Care
August 1, 2021 User1

US Military Targets Al-Shabab in Somalia With More Airstrikes

The United States military has confirmed that it carried out another airstrike...

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August 1, 2021 User1

More Than 700 Saved From Mediterranean This Weekend, Aid Group Says

MARSEILLE, FRANCE – Rescue ships picked up more than 700 people trying...

Self Care
July 31, 2021 User1

Around 90% of Tigray’s People Depend on International Aid for Survival

GENEVA – A United Nations overview of conditions in northern Ethiopia’s Tigray...

General

Biden Administration Launches Initiative to Build US-Africa Trade

Biden Administration Launches Initiative to Build...

World Bank Pauses Mali Payments After Coup as Leader Warns Against Sanctions

World Bank Pauses Mali Payments After...

Inside Africa’s drive to boost medicines and vaccine manufacturing

Inside Africa’s drive to boost medicines...

African Development Bank Board approves water policy

African Development Bank Board approves water...

‘Octopus Teacher’ Lets Filmmaker Into Secret World

September 9, 2020 User1

‘Octopus Teacher’ Lets Filmmaker Into Secret World

CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA – South African nature filmmaker Craig Foster was burned out. He had lost his passion for working on documentaries such as “Blue Planet 2.” To re-energize, he started free diving without an oxygen tank or wet suit near in the chilly waters off the...

Lifestyle

Cameroon: Richard Amougou Celebrating 20 Years in Music

February 20, 2020 Web Desk

Cameroon: Richard Amougou Celebrating 20 Years in Music

The artist presented his new album entitled Le Temps in a press conference in Yaounde on...

Lifestyle
Collared Elephant Killed as Botswana Prepares to Issue 272 Hunting Licenses

December 13, 2019 Web Desk

Collared Elephant Killed as Botswana Prepares to Issue 272 Hunting Licenses

GABORONE, BOTSWANA - A hunter has gunned down a collared elephant in Botswana, the first illegal...

Lifestyle

Nigeria: Food Assistance Fact Sheet Updated September 30, 2019

November 1, 2019 Web Desk

Nigeria: Food Assistance Fact Sheet Updated September 30, 2019

SITUATION As of August, an estimated 1.8 million internally displaced persons (IDPs) resided in northeastern Nigeria's...

Lifestyle

Ankle Injury Rules Out Kenya’s Kamworor

July 22, 2021 Web Desk

Ankle Injury Rules Out Kenya’s Kamworor

Kenyan 10,000 metres runner and 2019 New York Marathon winner Geoffrey Kamworor has pulled out of the Tokyo Olympics due to an ankle injury, he told BBC Sport Africa on Thursday.The 28-year-old is a three times world Half Marathon champion, and previou...

Athletics

Guinea Reverses Decision to Pull Out of Tokyo Olympics

July 22, 2021 Web Desk

Guinea Reverses Decision to Pull Out of Tokyo Olympics

The West African country of Guinea has reversed an earlier decision to pull out of the...

Athletics
Somalia Sends First Non-runner to Tokyo Olympics

July 16, 2021 Web Desk

Somalia Sends First Non-runner to Tokyo Olympics

MOGADISHU, SOMALIA - Somalia is sending two athletes to compete at the Tokyo Olympics, and they...

Athletics

Olympic Athletes Promised Legal Support if They Protest

April 22, 2021 User1

Olympic Athletes Promised Legal Support if They Protest

GENEVA – Athletes who make political or social justice protests at the Tokyo Olympics were promised...

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