Ebola news was the top story in Nigeria in early August 2014.
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African media also emphasise the west as superior and Africa as inferior.
Respectively 60.6% and 62% of women in Liberia and Sierra Leone have experienced at least one act of sexual violence in their life.
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More than 40% are victims of violence at least once in their lifetime, according to research. This is likely the tip of the iceberg.
A trader at a fresh food market in Nakuru Town. in Kenya. Food inflation has hit double digit figures.
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The reality is that the US Federal Reserve has decided price rises must be addressed by raising interest rates. African countries have no choice by to follow suite.
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, director general of the World Trade Organisation.
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Creating employment and fighting corruption are two of the subjects discussed in the wide ranging discussion.
Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev.
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The global realignment triggered by the end of the Cold War and Gorbachev’s reforms ushered in a period of transition on the African continent.
Chinese president Xi Jinping addressing the China-Africa Summit via a video link from Beijing on 17 June 2020.
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The latest cancellation reflects the pressure China feels it’s under in the international debt debate.
A young farmer spreads fertiliser on young crops in Ethiopia.
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Farmers who use little or no fertiliser can use ecological practices to increase their yields.
Artwork in the Djourab desert, Chad, gives a taste of how our oldest ancestors got around.
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Jean-Renaud Boisserie , Université de Poitiers ; Andossa Likius , Université de N'Djamena (Tchad) ; Clarisse Nekoulnang Djetounako , Université de N'Djamena (Tchad) ; Franck Guy , Université de Poitiers ; Guillaume Daver , Université de Poitiers ; Laurent Pallas , Kyoto University ; Mackaye Hassane Taisso , Université de N'Djamena (Tchad) , and Patrick Vignaud , Université de Poitiers
New research shows our oldest ancestors were able to walk as well as evolve in trees.
The United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) supports the transitional authorities of Mali in the stabilization of the country.
After nine years in Mali the Yérèwolo movement demands its withdrawal.
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Mali’s ruling junta, which has already secured the end of France’s Barkhane operation and has largely moved closer to Moscow, is now targeting the UN mission in the country, the Minusma.
Informal workers are a key part of African economies.
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Informal workers are victims of the smart city drive in Africa.
The African Energy Commission says expanded access to new, people-centred renewable energy systems will “lift hundreds of millions of people” out of poverty.
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Are studies right that expanded access to off-grid solar products has driven economic development in Africa?
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As monkeypox vaccination programs roll out and health authorities work to reduce the spread of the virus, progress is lagging on renaming it.
A Texas law says slavery cannot be taught as part of the ‘true founding’ of the United States.
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Lawmakers are seeking to downplay the role that slavery played in the development of the United States, but history tells a different story.
Kristalina Georgieva, the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, speaking in Senegal in 2019.
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The IMF sends its staff on two types of mission to member countries: to assess the state of the country’s macro economy or to assess the need for financial support.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken setting out Washington’s new Africa strategy at the University of Pretoria.
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The strategy outlined by the US Secretary of State marks a fresh beginning in US-Africa relations.
Chinese and Ivorian workers at the site of a container terminal at the port of Abidjan.
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China’s need for private security services in Africa has grown significantly as Beijing increases its investment in the continent.
President Joe Biden speaks as Secretary of State Antony Blinken looks on.
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America is seeking to reconnect with Africa through climate-smart solutions, health and digital technology.
US secretary of state Antony Blinken.
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The meetings between Blinken and his South African counterpart Naledi Pandor could help iron out misunderstandings about the intent of the US targeting Russian ‘malign’ activities in Africa.
The Cape Coast castle is a lasting legacy of the slave trade.
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Studying local Africans’ contributions to the abolition of slavery provides a fuller understanding of its history.
Vladimir Putin and Sergey Lavrov are intent on growing Russia’s African influence.
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Russia is trying to normalise an international order where might makes right. And democracy and respect for human rights are optional.