I was first confronted with this question about two years ago, when a friend and I would occasionally engage in deep self reflection on issues within African communities. On that occasion, we tried to compare Africans with other Diaspora...
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The Africa...
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Several...
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Voicing concern over the dire situation in Africa due to a new COVID-19 strain, the World Health Organization said Thursday that the distribution of the vaccine against the virus “has been inequitable.”
“With an average daily new case count of...
The African Union said on Wednesday it had secured 270 million doses of anti-Covid vaccine for the continent, in a deal that will benefit countries unable to finance their own immunization campaigns.
Under the deal, the vaccines will be supplied...
South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa on Wednesday condemned ongoing attacks and vandalism targeting the road freight industry, days after protesters demanded that companies stop hiring foreign nationals as truck drivers.
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With 2,013,388 cases reported on Thursday, the continent represents less than 4 percent of the world’s total cases.
Total coronavirus cases in Africa have surpassed the two million mark despite a slow addition of reported infections compared with other regions...
The coronavirus death toll is now 45,282 in Africa, an update by the health institution of the African Union showed on Monday.
The total number of cases is now over 1,881,300 across the continent and some 1,588,800 patients have recovered...
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