Africa
Bodies Found in River Between Ethiopia’s Tigray and Sudan
NAIROBI - A Sudanese official says local authorities in Kassala province have found around 50 bodies, apparently people fleeing the...
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SA unrest shows that a new age of anger awaits India and Brazil
Two decades ago, a Goldman Sachs executive coined the label BRICs to describe four big emerging nations: Brazil, Russia, India and China....
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What Kenya needs to do better as it braces for fourth wave of COVID-19
The Conversation01 Aug 2021, 20:40 GMT+10 Kenya is grappling with the COVID-19 Delta variant, which recently resulted in the western part...
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Nigeria isn’t ready to deal with rising COVID-19 cases
The Conversation01 Aug 2021, 20:40 GMT+10 With rising cases of the Delta variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in Nigeria, there is heightened...
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Burkina Faso Sees More Child Soldiers as Jihadi Attacks Rise
DORI, BURKINA FASO - Awoken by gunshots in the middle of the night, Fatima Amadou was shocked by what she...
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Doping scandal stains Nigeria Olympics camp
SPORTNigerian sprinter and 2008 Olympics long jump silver medallist Blessing Okagbare's Tokyo Games ended abruptly yesterday after she was provisionally...
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US, Botswana Runners Fall in 800M, Help Each Other Up, Finish
TOKYO - Isaiah Jewett and Nijel Amos were sprawled on the track next to each other, seemingly out of the...
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International Aid Cuts to Affect Millions Across Africa
KAYA, BURKINA FASO - The COVID-19 pandemic has led to cuts in foreign aid from donor nations such as Britain...
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Malawi Ready to Store, Distribute Incoming COVID-19 Vaccine: Official
BLANTRYE, MALAWI - Malawi expects to receive more than 600,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine soon. In May, the country had...
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Nigeria’s mixed relay team crashes out of Tokyo Olympics, makes new African record
Their time placed them 10th overall in the event’s two heats. Nigeria’s mixed 4x400m relay team on Friday missed out...
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