October 07, 2021
Africa: Tanzania Novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah Wins Nobel Prize in Literature
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Tanzanian writer Abdulrazak Gurnah has won the 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his uncompromising and compassionate penetration of the effects of colonialism and the fate of… Read more »
Africa: Internet Boost for Continent as Google Announces U.S.$ 1 Billion Investment
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Google has announced plans to invest U.S.$1 billion over five years to support Africa's digital transformation. The tech giant said that the investment will focus on enabling… Read more »
Ethiopia: Facebook's Lack of Content Control Stokes Violence in Ethiopia - U.S. Whistleblower
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An American whistleblower who previously worked for the social media giant, Facebook, has alleged that its lack of controls over harmful content is promoting ethnic violence in… Read more »
October 06, 2021
Africa: Covid-19 Death Toll Exceeds 212,500 Across Continent
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As of October 6, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached 8,353,854 while over 93,548,362 vaccinations have been administered across the continent. Read more »
Gambia: U.S. Acts to Seize Former Gambia Leader Jammeh's Property
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Gambia's former president Yahya Jammeh whose rule was characterised by allegations of widespread abuses is faced with a forfeiture process in U.S. courts. Read more »
Africa: 'Uncertainty, Loneliness and Grief - The Impact of Covid-19 on Children, Young People'
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Almost 3 years into the deadly coronavirus pandemic, depression among children and young people has reportedly worsened, with on average 50-60% of young people living in… Read more »
Africa: Indigenous People at Centre of Protecting Ecosystems #AfricaClimateCrisis
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Indigenous peoples are increasingly being acknowledged for their protection and management of land, water bodies and wildlife. As their culture and livelihood are intimately… Read more »
Central African Republic: Looking Ahead, Banking On Human Capital - The Keys To Development In The Central African Republic [guest column]
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Géraldine Wonzangba is a student like any other all over the world: a chemistry major at the University of Bangui, she is at that age where one can dream about any and… Read more »
October 05, 2021
Mozambique: Reports Grow of Children Being Abused in Armed Conflict, Says UN
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United Nations officials have received increasing reports of the use of children in armed groups and violations, including abduction and sexual violence by militant Islamist groups… Read more »
Sudan: Port Closure Leads to Shortage of Essential Medicine, Fuel, Wheat
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The Sudanese government has announced that the country is about to run out of essential medicine, fuel, and wheat after political protests forced the closure of Port Sudan. Read more »
Africa: Over 93 Million Covid-19 Vaccinations Administered Across Africa
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As of October 5, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached 8,344,554 while over 93,541,467 vaccinations have been administered across the continent. Read more »
October 04, 2021
West Africa: Focusing on Peace By Peaceful Means For Cameroon's Crises [analysis]
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Welcome to allAfrica's Silencing The Guns series where we focus on peacebuilding on the continent. I am Mantsadi Sepheka from allAfrica and today our focus is Cameroon. The West… Read more »
Africa: New Global Probe Exposes African Leaders' Secret Offshore Wealth
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A number of African leaders have been named by an international consortium of journalists as secretly owning assets overseas which show some of them to be enormously wealthy… Read more »
Africa: Can Harm Reduction Help to Reduce the Number Smoking Related Diseases?
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The second Tobacco Harm Reduction International Media Meeting took place on September 28th, 2021. This hybrid meeting was organized online and live by Independent scientific… Read more »
Africa: The state of Tobacco Harm Reduction in Africa
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The 4th Scientific Summit on Tobacco Harm Reduction took place on September 29 and 30th, 2021. Organized by SCHORE, the International Association on Smoking Control which "vision… Read more »
Africa: Over 92 Million Covid-19 Vaccinations Administered Across Africa
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As of October 4, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached 8,339,974 while over 92,936,756 vaccinations have been administered across the continent. Read more »
Africa: Helping Girls Attain Their Educational Dreams without Discrimination [opinion]
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Nineteen-year-old Justina (not her real name) from the southwestern region of Nigeria had just been admitted to the Federal University of Technology in Minna, Nigeria, when she… Read more »
October 03, 2021
Africa: Over 90 Million Covid-19 Vaccinations Administered Across Continent
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As of October 2, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached 8,334,386 while over 91,621,405 vaccinations have been administered across the continent. Read more »
October 01, 2021
Africa: African Finance Ministers Press for Multlilateral Support to Address Covid-19 Challenges [guest column]
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As finance and economy ministers of Africa, multilateralism for us is more than just an abstract foreign policy issue. It is about achieving prosperity for millions of our… Read more »
September 30, 2021
Africa: Continent Nears 8.3 Million Confirmed Cases of Covid-19
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As of September 30, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached 8,274,917 while over 89,189,924 vaccinations have been administered across the… Read more »
September 29, 2021
Africa: Senate (Finally) Confirms Phee for Top State Department Africa Post
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After months of delay, the U.S. Senate on Tuesday night confirmed Mary Catherine Phee for the top Africa policy post in the State Department by a vote of 67 to 31. When sworn in as… Read more »
Africa: Nearly 90 Million Covid-19 Vaccinations Administered Across Continent
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As of September 29, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached 8,256,850 while over 89,189,924 vaccinations have been administered across the… Read more »
September 28, 2021
Africa: Covid-19 Death Toll Exceeds 209,000 Across Continent
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As of September 28, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached 8,245,763 while over 86,505,912 vaccinations have been administered across the… Read more »
September 27, 2021
South Sudan: Elections Won't End in 'Miraculously' Having Democracy, South Sudan Needs a Vision [transcript]
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Welcome to AllAfrica's Silencing The Guns series where we focus on peacebuilding on the continent. I'm Mantsadi Sepheka. And today our focus is South Sudan.Africa's youngest… Read more »
South Sudan: If We Truly Want Young People to be Peacemakers, Agents of Positive Change, Then Attacks on Education Must Stop [guest column]
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My name is Nandege and I am a peacemaker. I come from the village of Homiri in Chukudum county, South Sudan, where most of the population of some 150,000 people are subsistence… Read more »
