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Meet The Youngsters Of Steve Bannon: Maureen, Emily, And Grace

Meet The Youngsters Of Steve Bannon: Maureen, Emily, And Grace

Steve Kevin Bannon is a former investment banker and media executive who was born in the United States on November 27, 1953. During the first seven months of U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration, he worked…

Nigerian King of Afrobeat, Fela Kuti, honoured in Paris

Nigerian King of Afrobeat, Fela Kuti, honoured in Paris

The son of Afrobeat legend Fela Kuti spoke of his father's bravery in using "music as a weapon" ahead of an immersive exhibition opening at the Paris Philharmonic on Thursday. "Instead of picking up a…

Malawi finds mass grave of suspected Ethiopian migrants

Malawi finds mass grave of suspected Ethiopian migrants

Ethiopian migrants, who were locked inside a truck on June 26, 2012, sit on mattresses, in central Dodoma province,Tanzania on June 27, 2012.   -   Copyright © africanews STR/AFP Last updated: 9 hours ago Malawi Malawi…

Violent clashes in Guinea’s anti-junta protest

Violent clashes in Guinea’s anti-junta protest

Young protesters clashed on Thursday with security forces in the Guinean capital Conakry after a banned group called for demonstrations against the country's ruling junta, an AFP reporter saw. The National Front for the Defence…

Sub-Saharan Africa witnesses a speedy improvement of digital transformation

Sub-Saharan Africa witnesses a speedy improvement of digital transformation

- IMF's report on digital currency innovations -The future of money is undoubtedly digital according to the IMF. The question is, what will it look like? As Digital currency development is accelerating quickly in Sub-Saharan…

Africa: Covid-19 Vaccination Roll-Out Stagnates in Africa

Africa: Covid-19 Vaccination Roll-Out Stagnates in Africa

Brazzaville — COVID-19 vaccination coverage has stagnated in half of African countries, while the number of doses administered monthly declined by over 50% between July and September, a World Health Organization (WHO) analysis finds. Although…

Ethiopia: Mother and father Battle With Rising Value of Training As Wars, Pure Disasters Power 13M Out of Faculties

Ethiopia: Mother and father Battle With Rising Value of Training As Wars, Pure Disasters Power 13M Out of Faculties

Addis Abeba — On 07 October, the United Nation's Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) released a report revealing a staggering number of students missing out on schools across Ethiopia due largely to…

Africa: Breast Most cancers

Africa: Breast Most cancers

Breast cancer is the most common cancer in the world. Every year it claims more than 650,000 lives. Breast cancer affects more women in high-income countries like the US and the UK. But people in…

TC Recreation: VC tweets

TC Recreation: VC tweets

Ask An Investor By Ngozi Chukwu Oct 20, 2022 Image source: Techcabal Get the best African tech newsletters in your inbox TC Daily Next Wave Events Weekender More from this author ecosystem FoondaMate expands to…

South Africa: On-line Discussions Over Theft at Ramaphosa’s Phala Phala Farm Have been Manipulated, Report Finds

South Africa: On-line Discussions Over Theft at Ramaphosa’s Phala Phala Farm Have been Manipulated, Report Finds

Cape Town — A robbery at President Cyril Ramaphosa's Phala Phala farm in the province of Limpopo made headlines in June, 2022 when it was revealed that over U.S.$4 million was stolen from the property. Ramaphosa…

South Africa: South Africa’s Wrestle Songs In opposition to Apartheid Come From a Lengthy Custom of Resistance

South Africa: South Africa’s Wrestle Songs In opposition to Apartheid Come From a Lengthy Custom of Resistance

Struggle songs, also known as protest music or liberation songs, are defined as "expressions of discontent or dissent" used by politically disenfranchised protesters to influence political conversations and express emotions. Some scholars argue that these…

Digital Nomads: From Ukraine to Canada—beginning anew with $26,000

Digital Nomads: From Ukraine to Canada—beginning anew with $26,000

In February, right at the tipping point of the Russo-Ukrainian conflict, the lives of 76,000 international students were thrown into disarray. Many of these students—19,000 of them African—had left their home countries for the relatively…