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29 items in Africa in donderdag
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 Africa: AllAfrica: (Laatste update: donderdag 24 september 2020 13:02:48)
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Zimbabwe: U.S. Insists Zimbabwe Should End Repression, Corruption
[New Zimbabwe] THE US government has called on President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration to uphold constitutional rights and end ongoing political repression and corruption in Zimbabwe.
Thu, 24 Sep 2020 10:43:03 GMT
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Africa: What is the Fundamental Difference Between Cigarette Smoke and Heated Tobacco Aerosol?
[allAfrica] On September 15th, 2020, Tobacco manufacturer Philip Morris International (PMI) held a scientific online conference on the fundamental difference between cigarette smoke and heated tobacco product aerosol. Scientists of PMI presented some of the latest fundamental scientific evidence on the harm caused by combustion and innovative, less harmful, aerosols chemistry.
Thu, 24 Sep 2020 10:37:58 GMT
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Kenya: Govt to Go Solo in Trade Discussions With Britain
[Nation] Kenya will go it alone in negotiations for an economic partnership agreement with the United Kingdom, leaving its East African neighbours with an option to join later.
Thu, 24 Sep 2020 08:33:47 GMT
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South Africa: Artist Hopes Portrait Will Haunt Police
[GroundUp] Clinton Osbourn created a life size portrait of activist and sex worker Robyn Matsumi. Matsumi died in police custody at the Mowbray police station. Photo: Ashraf Hendricks
Thu, 24 Sep 2020 07:16:37 GMT
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South Africa: Parliament Wishes South Africans a Wonderful Heritage Day
[Govt of SA] Heritage Day statement from Parliament's Presiding Officers
Thu, 24 Sep 2020 07:04:48 GMT
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Kenya: Suspected Al-Shabaab Militants Abduct Three in Mandera
[Nation] Three people were abducted by suspected Al-Shabaab militants in Mandera County Wednesday evening.
Thu, 24 Sep 2020 06:44:03 GMT
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East Africa: People With This Blood Type Are Unlikely to Get Malaria
[Nation] The war against malaria just received a shot in the arm after new research should the potential a rare blood group could hold.
Thu, 24 Sep 2020 06:43:30 GMT
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Kenya: Rights Groups, Victims Sue State Over Curfew-Related Police Brutality
[Nation] Two human rights lobbies and five victims of alleged police brutality have sued the government for killings and use of excessive force allegedly perpetrated by security agencies while enforcing the dusk-to-dawn curfew meant to contain coronavirus spread.
Thu, 24 Sep 2020 06:43:23 GMT
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Gambia: Lawmakers Reject Draft Constitution
[Nation] There was an outpouring of anger and consternation on Tuesday after Gambia's parliament voted to reject a draft constitution, setting back progress on over two years of work.
Thu, 24 Sep 2020 06:33:43 GMT
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Nigeria: Banks, Insurance Companies, Others to Join Labour's Strike
[This Day] The National Union of Banks, Insurance and Financial Institutions Employees (NUBIFIE) has directed that all workers within its purview follow suit and embark on the planned nationwide which is slated to commence on Monday, September 28, 2020
Thu, 24 Sep 2020 05:48:37 GMT
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Libya: EU Must Stop 'Collaborating' With Horrific Abuse of Refugees - New Report
[AI London] Tens of thousands of refugees and migrants in Libya are trapped in a vicious cycle of cruelty, Amnesty International said in a new report today.
Thu, 24 Sep 2020 05:41:31 GMT
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Cameroon: One Person Killed, RFI Journalist Beaten During Protest Crackdown
[RFI] Cameroonian security forces have violently suppressed opposition party demonstrations throughout the country, beating protesters and killing one person in Douala, the economic capital, according to opposition party members. RFI correspondent Polycarpe Essomba was severely beaten and arrested for covering the protests in the capital Yaoundé.
Thu, 24 Sep 2020 05:40:44 GMT
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Africa: Covid-19 and Malaria - How Surveillance Systems Can Adapt to Fight Both
[Malaria Consortium] When COVID-19 was declared a pandemic by WHO in March 2020, governments and organisations involved in the prevention and control of malaria had a choice to make - divert their attention from the diagnosis, control and prevention of malaria to that of COVID-19, or leverage the existing surveillance systems to fight both as effectively as possible.
Thu, 24 Sep 2020 05:38:05 GMT
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Swaziland: Increase in Sexual Violence Against Children As Schools Closed By Covid-19
[Swazi Media] The closure of schools in Swaziland (eSwatini) because of the coronavirus pandemic has led to an increase in sexual and gender based violence against children, a United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) report suggests.
Thu, 24 Sep 2020 05:35:16 GMT
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Cote d'Ivoire: High Stakes, Tensions in Presidential Election
[African Arguments] Political leaders are unlikely to resolve rising tensions. To ensure stability, the electoral commission and regional bodies must intervene.
Thu, 24 Sep 2020 05:32:36 GMT
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Ghana: How Accra Tackled Complex Challenges in an Urban Slum
[The Conversation Africa] When I first heard about the community of Old Fadama in Accra, Ghana, I recognised something. A Ghanaian Catholic sister who visited the green market weekly in that neighbourhood told me about it. She worried about a community of vulnerable migrant women known as "head porters" or kayayei, who earned a pittance transporting heavy items balanced on their heads.
Thu, 24 Sep 2020 05:31:49 GMT
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Tanzania: Outspoken Lawyer Fatma Karume Disbarred for Malpractice
[East African] Tanzanian lawyer and former president of the mainland bar association Fatma Karume has been removed from the roll of advocates, meaning she can no longer practice law.
Thu, 24 Sep 2020 05:31:05 GMT
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Uganda: 'They Have to Give Us Our 100 Percent Food Ration Back'
[African Arguments] Hit by 30% ration cuts and with no land to grow our own food, South Sudanese refugees in Uganda are stuck between a rock and a hard place.
Thu, 24 Sep 2020 05:30:59 GMT
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Nigeria: Scores Killed in Kogi Tanker Explosion
[Leadership] No fewer than 30 persons including five students of Kogi State Polytechnic and three children on their way to Nursery class have been killed in a road crash involving a petrol tanker in Felele, along Lokoja-Abuja highway.
Thu, 24 Sep 2020 05:30:13 GMT
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Africa: Has the Skin Lightener Industry Learned From Black Lives Matter?
[The Conversation Africa] Black Lives Matter activism has jolted the skin lightener industry. In June, manufacturers of skin lighteners joined other corporations in voicing support for the racial justice movement. Critics quickly pointed out the hypocrisy of voicing such support in the US while continuing to sell skin whitening products globally. Such products, they say, play off of and promote racism and colourism (which is prejudice based on preference for people with lighter skin tones) in Asia and Africa.
Thu, 24 Sep 2020 05:30:09 GMT
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Africa: Africa's 'Ivory Tower' of Learning to Be Restored After Inferno
[DW] After a section of Makerere University in Uganda went up in flames on Sunday, administrators say the institute, one of the oldest and most prestigious in Africa, can be restored and that its digital records are intact.
Thu, 24 Sep 2020 05:27:57 GMT
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Liberia: Why Rwanda, Ethiopia, Senegal and Liberia Are Ideal Birthplaces
[East African] Bill Gates, co-founder of tech giant Microsoft, philanthropist, and one of the world's richest men scares some people, especially those on the extreme political right.
Thu, 24 Sep 2020 05:24:08 GMT
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Nigeria: The NURHI Project - 10 Years of Impact on the Family Planning Space
[Nigeria Health Watch] The availability of family planning services, enables girls and women to make informed choices about birth spacing and their desired family size. It also contributes to improved sexual and reproductive health and the wellbeing of children, women, and families. Many sexually active women are still not empowered to make informed choices in developing countries like Nigeria. This is often because they do not have access to the information they need, the poor availability of reproductive health services or neg
Thu, 24 Sep 2020 05:09:04 GMT
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Nigeria: Cabinet Approves $1.96bn Rail Contract From Kano to Niger Republic
[Vanguard] THE Federal Executive Council, FEC, on Wednesday approved about $1.96 billion for the award of contract for the development of the proposed Kano-Jigawa-Katsina-Jibia to Maradi rail line in Niger Republic.
Thu, 24 Sep 2020 05:02:25 GMT
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Nigeria: Biafra Group Declares Sit-At-Home for October 1
[Premium Times] IPOB said its members would join its Yoruba counterparts agitating for Oduduwa Republic, in public protests, to mark the day.
Thu, 24 Sep 2020 04:58:21 GMT
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Africa: Women's Voices 'Drowned Out' in Covid-19 Journalism - Report
[Premium Times] The report analysed 2,100 sampled quotes from 80 news publications across six selected countries.
Thu, 24 Sep 2020 04:50:17 GMT
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Nigeria: Govt Advertises Sale of Nine-Year-Old Presidential Jet
[This Day] The federal government yesterday advertised the sale of a jet, Hawker 4000 aircraft with registration number, 5N-FGX/: RC 066, which is on the Presidential Fleet.
Thu, 24 Sep 2020 04:47:05 GMT
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Nigeria: Buhari Okays Oil Reform Bill As Senate Resumes
[Daily Trust] President Muhammadu Buhari may formally present the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) to the Senate next week, which could trigger major oil reforms, sources have said.
Thu, 24 Sep 2020 04:36:51 GMT
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Nigeria: Buhari Admits Boko Haram, Bandits Terrorising Nigeria
[Daily Trust] President Muhammadu Buhari has told the United Nations that Nigeria is still facing violent extremism from the insurgency of Boko Haram and bandits.
Thu, 24 Sep 2020 04:36:23 GMT
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