July 21, 2020
Africa: Nigeria's Ede First Local Woman to Buy European Football Club
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Lusitano Ginásio Clube is a 108-year-old Portuguese football club that is making history with its new owner Nigerian-born Nneka Ede, the first Nigerian woman owner of a… Read more »
Africa: Covid-19 Cases Reach 736,587, With 15,424 Deaths
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As of July 21, confirmed the Covid-19 case total from 55 African countries has reached 736,587. Read more »
July 20, 2020
Africa: There Are Signs of Hope for Ending Poverty, Even in a Pandemic - Report
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The novel coronavirus threatens to reverse the gains made in the global struggle to eliminate extreme poverty by 2030 – but Sierra Leone offers hope that progress can be made… Read more »
Africa: Covid-19 Cases Across Continent Surpass 721,000 Mark, With 15,170 Deaths
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As of July 20, confirmed the Covid-19 case total from 55 African countries has reached 721,292. Read more »
July 19, 2020
Africa: 'Tackling the Inequality Pandemic - a New Social Contract for a New Era' [guest column]
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Nelson Mandela spent his whole life fighting against inequality and injustice. "As long as poverty, injustice and gross inequality persist in our world," he said, "none of us can… Read more »
Africa: Almost 20,000 New Confirmed Covid-19 Cases Across Continent in 24 Hours
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As of July 19, confirmed the COVID-19 case total from 55 African countries has reached 702,744, rising by 19,252 in 24 hours. Read more »
July 18, 2020
Africa: Over 20,000 New Confirmed Covid-19 Cases Across Continent in 24 Hours
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As of July 18, confirmed the COVID-19 case total from 55 African countries has reached 683,492, rising by 19,540 in 24 hours. Read more »
Africa: Over 20,000 New Confirmed Covid-19 Cases Across Continent in 24 Hours
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As of July 18, confirmed the COVID-19 case total from 55 African countries has reached 683,492, rising by 19,540 in 24 hours. Read more »
July 16, 2020
Africa: Poor Communities Are Adapting, Reimagining the Future Amid Covid-19 - C.D.Glin [interview]
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Covid-19 has changed the world, but African communities are working to innovate in the face of the crisis. One of the institutions participating in discussions with African… Read more »
South Africa: Zindzi Mandela Tested Positive for COVID-19, Family Confirms
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According to Times Live, Zindzi Mandela tested positive for COVID-19 the day she passed away. Read more »
Africa: Number of Confirmed Cases of COVID-19 Across Continent Rises to Over 640,000
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As of July 16, confirmed the COVID-19 case total from 55 African countries has reached 643,678. Read more »
July 15, 2020
Uganda: Clean Cooking - Mother's Illness Inspires Young Engineer's Business
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Arthur Woniala was in his last year of university, studying mechanical engineering, when his mother developed severe respiratory disease, after years of being exposed to smoke from… Read more »
Africa: Nearly 300,000 Active COVID-19 Cases Across Continent After Over 6 Million Tests
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As of July 15, confirmed the COVID-19 case total from 55 African countries has reached 625,818. The number of tests performed has reached 6,005,701 while the number of active cases… Read more »
July 14, 2020
Africa: Greatest Global Challenge is Cooperation - Not COVID-19 [guest column]
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Pandemics come and go. The tragic effect of plague in the Middle Ages reminds us that Covid-19 wasn't the first, and it is clear that it won't be the last. Read more »
Africa: Over 600,000 Confirmed COVID-19 Cases Across Continent
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As of July 14, confirmed the COVID-19 case total from 55 African countries has reached 611,115. Read more »
Africa: New Smoking Device - a 'Hopeful Moment For the Rest of the World'
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has authorized the marketing of IQOS, Philip Morris International's (PMI) electrically heated tobacco system, as a modified risk tobacco… Read more »
July 13, 2020
Africa: International Press Freedom Award for Leading Nigerian Journalist Dapo Olorunyomi
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The leading Nigerian campaigning journalist, Dapo Olorunyomi, has been honoured for his courage by one of the world's top press freedom groups. Read more »
Africa: Number of Confirmed COVID-19 Cases Across Continent Nears 600,000
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As of July 13, confirmed the COVID-19 case total from 55 African countries has reached 594,954. Read more »
South Africa: Ambassador to Denmark, Nelson Mandela's Daughter Zindzi Mandela Has Died
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Multiple South African news agencies are reporting that Zindzi Mandela, the daughter of Nelson Mandela and South Africa's ambassador to Denmark, has died. Read more »
July 11, 2020
Africa: COVID-19 Cases Across Continent Surpass 559,000, With 12,769 Deaths
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As of July 11, confirmed the COVID-19 case total from 55 African countries has reached 559,446. Read more »
July 10, 2020
South Africa: 'SLAPP' Suit to Define Legal Landscape in Environmental, Mining Cases Forever?
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A South African court has heard the first part of a U.S. $1.3 million defamation suit that may have a profound impact on free speech in the country’s future. Read more »
Congo-Kinshasa: A Job for a Woman - Peacebuilding and Delivering Benefits to People Hungering for Change [interview]
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What is now the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has experienced turbulence and conflict for centuries, and most of its 85 million people remain desperately poor. Yet it is,… Read more »
Africa: Over 266,000 Active COVID-19 Cases Across Continent After 5.4 Million Tests
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As of July 10, the confirmed cases of COVID-19 from 55 African countries have reached 541,923. Active cases have reached 266,619 after 5,420,815 tests. Read more »
July 09, 2020
Africa: Modified Risk Tobacco Product - Historic FDA Decision and Lessons for Africa [analysis]
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Following 43 months of evaluation, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on 7 July authorized the marketing of IQOS in the country, Philip Morris International’s (PMI)… Read more »
Africa: COVID-19 Cases Across Continent Surpass 522,000, With 11,978 Deaths
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As of July 9, the confirmed cases of COVID-19 from 55 African countries have reached 522,641. Read more »
