June 10, 2021 Web Desk

160 Million of World’s Children Forced to Work During Pandemic, UN Says

GENEVA - A new report finds 160 million children or nearly one...

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June 10, 2021 Web Desk

Somalia Denies Reports Its Troops Fought in Tigray

MOGADISHU - Somalia's Ministry of Information has denied reports that Somali troops...

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June 9, 2021 Web Desk

Foundation to Spend $1.3B to Vaccinate Africans for COVID

One of the world's largest foundations will spend $1.3 billion over the...

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June 9, 2021 Web Desk

ICC Prosecutor Calls on Sudan to Hand Over War Crimes Suspects

NEW YORK - The departing prosecutor of the International Criminal Court has...

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June 9, 2021 Web Desk

Slow Vaccination Rate in Africa Could Have Major Consequences, Experts Warn

NAIROBI, KENYA - By any measure, the number of those being vaccinated...

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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...

Summit on the Financing of African Economies, Paris, 18 May 2021: Declaration

Summit on the Financing of African...

‘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...

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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...

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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 legal support Thursday by a global union and an activist group in Germany. The pledges came one day after the International Olympic Committee confirmed its long-standing ban on “demonstration or political, religious...

Athletics

Women Referees Make African Football History at CHAN

January 23, 2021 User1

Women Referees Make African Football History at CHAN

LIMBE, CAMEROON – Three women referees created history Saturday at the African Nations Championship (CHAN) quarterfinals....

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Cameroon Deploys Troops as Separatists Threaten African Nations Championship

January 9, 2021 User1

Cameroon Deploys Troops as Separatists Threaten African Nations Championship

In Cameroon, one week ahead of the African Nations Soccer Championship, officials have deployed troops to...

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Covid-19: All African nations seeks Fifa’s Coronavirus Relief fund help

September 17, 2020 User1

Covid-19: All African nations seeks Fifa’s Coronavirus Relief fund help

ZURICH (Switzerland), Every single country in Africa has applied to Fifa to access a grant through...

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