South African Author Damon Galgut Wins Booker Prize
03/11/2021On Wednesday, South African author and playwright Damon Galgut won the Booker Prize for his novel “The Promise”, about a white family’s failed commitment to give their Black maid her.
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Former Tanzanian President Takes Charge Of Global Education Organization
02/11/2021The former President of Tanzania Dr. Jakaya Kikwete has been elected the new Chair of the Global Partnership for Education, the world’s largest fund dedicated to transforming education in developing.
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African Leadership UK Concludes weeklong working visit to The Gambia
01/11/2021…Signs MoU with Global Properties …Awards 3 Scholarships Portsmouth United Kingdom November 1, 2021 As part of her week-long visit to The Gambia, the African Leadership U.K. group, publishers of.
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Coups in Africa On the Rise
01/11/2021When General Abdel Fattah Burhan seized power for the military in Sudan it gave rise to concerns that democracy in Africa is in retreat.
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COP26: Cyclone Idai’s devastation reveals the brutal impact of climate emergency
01/11/2021By Panashe Noel Jonga, Kaitlin Wraight, and Morven Mackay Antony Bhuku was woken at half eight in the evening by the clamour of a storm. Chimanimani, a town in Zimbabwe,.
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Young Africans Confront World Leaders on Climate
01/11/2021There’s been so much talk lately about rising carbon emissions, carbon trading, and the like that it’s easy to see the COP 26 climate summit as a science story. In.
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Former President of Malawi, Dr Joyce Banda to Chair the Board of Human Capital Africa
29/10/2021…Restates Commitment to transforming learning outcomes at the foundational level for Children in Africa The former President of Malawi, Her Excellency Dr Joyce Banda, has been named Chair of the.
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Kagame Recognized for His Contribution to Cancer Fight
29/10/2021President Paul Kagame has been awarded for his outstanding contribution to cancer control by the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC). He was honoured with the Outstanding Contribution to Cancer.
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Celebrating 50 Years of Resolution 2758
28/10/2021By Chu Maoming, China’s Consul General in Lagos At a recent meeting in my consulate, I told several of Nigeria’s veteran diplomats that China will always cherish and appreciate the.
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AfDB Extends $75 Million Loan to Ghana Infrastructure Investment Fund for Portfolio Expansion
28/10/2021The African Development Bank’s Board of Directors has officially approved a $75 million commercial loan to the Ghana Infrastructure Investment Fund (GIIF) according to a statement by the bank.
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