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Why an Israeli diplomat was escorted from AU summit

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African Union officials have been explaining why an Israeli diplomat was escorted from the African Union heads of state summit on Saturday. Sharon Bar-li, an Isreali diplomat was seen being escorted from the summit auditorium, sparking divergent reactions on social media. Video circulating online shows her being walked out of the meeting in Ethiopia by a security guard. After a short… Read More
Africa Featured West Africa World 

Sierra Leone’s David Sengeh gets world best minister award

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Sierra Leone’s head of Ministry of Basic and Senior Secondary Education (MBSSE), Dr. Moinina David Sengeh has been awarded the best global minister award. Sengeh received the award from the World Government Summit Organization, a global, neutral, non-profit organization dedicated to shaping the future of governments. The Summit, in its various activities, explores the agenda of the next generation of governments,… Read More
Africa World 

The Impact of Stress on the Body: Understanding Its Physical Effects

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Stress is a normal part of life, but when it becomes overwhelming and chronic it can have a detrimental effect on both physical and mental health.  Stress can manifest itself in the body through physical symptoms such as headaches, fatigue, muscle tension, digestive issues, difficulty sleeping or changes in appetite. It’s important to recognize these signs of stress so that… Read More
Africa Featured World 

African experts agree AU’s agenda 2063 is key to Africa’s growth

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Speakers at a pan-African virtual forum, “The Africa We Want Series” by PIED Africa have called for a robust educational system that develops the human resource base of Africa. They say that is key to realizing the continent’s developmental agenda like the Agenda 2063. An educational system which will ensure the acquisition of innovative skills, entrepreneurial skills, creativity, and high… Read More
Africa Featured World 

WHO recommends COVID-19 remains public health emergency

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The World Health Organization (WHO) Emergency Committee for COVID-19 has advised that COVID-19 continue to be categorized a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). The Committee, which is established under the International Health Regulations (IHR) and convened by Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General of the WHO, cited the continued detrimental impact of SARS-CoV-2 on health and health systems around the… Read More
Africa Featured World 

Woman to refund $80k for not marrying lover who paid her fees

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For refusing to marry her lover who had sponsored her education, a woman has now been ordered to refund shillings 9.4 million (about $80,000). A court in Uganda gave the order for Fortunate Kyarikunda to refund the money when she backed out of marrying Richard Tumwine who had paid her school fees. Kyarikunda is also expected to pay legal costs… Read More
Africa Featured World 

Africa’s economic growth to outpace global forecast in 2023-2024

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Africa is set to outperform the rest of the world in economic growth over the next two years, with real gross domestic product (GDP) averaging around 4% in 2023 and 2024. This is higher than projected global averages of 2.7% and 3.2%, the African Development Bank Group said in Africa’s Macroeconomic Performance and Outlook report for the region, released in… Read More
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Gambia: Migrants massacre survivor to testify in a German court

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Martin Kyere, a survivor of the unlawful killings of about 44 Ghanaians in The Gambia in 2005, is scheduled to testify before a German court this week against Bai Lowe, one of the alleged perpetrators of the killings. Lowe, who had left the Gambia to seek asylum in Germany was arrested in Hanover, Germany, in March 2021 under the international… Read More
Africa East Africa World 

New strain of gonorrhoea detected in Kenya’s Nairobi

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Researchers from the Kenya Medical Research Institute (Kemri) have detected a new strain of gonorrhoea. They say the new strain of the sexually transmitted disease is resistant to standard antibiotics and is circulating in the capital, Nairobi. The researchers say the new strain is popular especially among female sex workers in the city. Over 350 sex workers from one clinic… Read More
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Road accidents on the surge in African countries

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Many African countries have started recording a surge in road carnages as families mourn the deaths of relatives. At least 16 people have been killed in an accident on Friday in the Ugandan capital of Kampala. The accident occurred when a passenger bus rammed into a stationary vehicle on Uganda’s highway that links the capital to the northern town of… Read More
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