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An Ethiopian Orthodox priest is raising funds to build a church and a mosque in a town in the East Hararge area of Oromia region. Lange town’s church and mosque have fallen into disrepair and the local congregations lack the funds to refurbish them. Abba Aklilemariyam Komos told the BBC Afaan Oromoo that building a […]
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Two years ago, Pissila was a quiet farming town in Burkina Faso, unfamiliar with the violence that was stirring further north. Now an influx of displaced people has changed life dramatically for its 15,000 inhabitants. As deadly attacks on civilians by jihadist groups with links to al Qaeda and Islamic State have surged, 30,000 people have […]
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Four Paws, the global animal welfare organization arrived in Khartoum Monday to access the conditions of the cats and other animals. Big cat expert Juno van Zon said the aim was to probe the plight of the animals and determine, with local vets, what could be done to help them. “The purpose of the visit here is […]
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The plight of the world’s forests, which mitigate rising global temperatures by soaking up the main greenhouse gas, carbon dioxide, came under the spotlight last year as blazes flared up across the Amazon and central Africa. Australia’s bush-fire crisis has further highlighted the urgent need to avert a warmer, drier climate. The Congo Basin, home […]
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Rwanda’s government has started spraying insecticides in mosquito-breeding sites using drones. The head of the malaria division at Rwanda Biomedical Centre told the BBC that the drones would be loaded with 10 litres of an insecticide that kills mosquitoes at their larval stage. About 3.9 million people were diagnosed with malaria between 2018 and 2019, […]
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Sanctioned by the West and spurned by China, Zimbabwe has turned to the United Arab Emirates in its latest bid to find a savior that can arrest the collapse of its economy. Zimbabwe’s government has approached the U.A.E. in hopes of selling a stake in its national oil company. President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said U.A.E. […]
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Saint-Louis, the old colonial capital of Senegal, faces a flooding threat that has already seen entire villages lost to the Atlantic. The village has been wiped off the map, with only the tree and crumbling walls of an abandoned school remaining as testament to its existence. Everything else is 1.5 metres under water. Doun Baba […]
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Tributes are pouring in after prominent Tunisian human rights activist and blogger Lina Ben Mhenni, one of the heroes of the 2011 revolution, died in the early hours of Monday from a chronic illness. The 36-year-old was an English teacher at the University of Tunis. Her father and fellow activist, Sadok Ben Mhenni, was a […]
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Four people with suspected coronavirus have been put into isolation in Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa. Three of them were students who had travelled back from various universities near Wuhan city, the epicentre of the outbreak. Health officials say blood samples are to being sent to South Africa for further investigation. Ivory Coast is investigating a […]
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Incredible progress is being made across the East African technology and telecoms industries. The region is regarded as a leading innovator in sectors throughout the industry, both on the African continent and globally. As government policy increasingly helps to realise ICT’s promise as a powerful enabler of positive change, maturing ecosystems are nurturing new businesses […]
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Global guide for startups calls on entrepreneurs in East, West Africa to submit nominations to be part of comprehensive guide to resources for startups and founders doing purpose-driven business in region. To all entrepreneurs, innovators, accelerators, experts and co-working spaces across the Silicon Savannah, from Nairobi to Lagos, Kigali to Accra: get your nominations in […]
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Natural black hair has long been the center of controversy in the beauty world. There are a lot of myths and misconceptions about black hair. Here are five that come up time and time again. Black Hair Grows Slow or Not at All The lack of growth myth has been running rampant for a long […]
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