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Burna Boy accepted the Best Global Music Album award for 'Twice as Tall' from Chika at the Grammy awards on March 14. His <a href="https://youtu.be/Kx68g1rLbbU" data-key="179">acceptance speech</a> was dedicated to all of Africa.
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Grammy Winner Burna Boy Makes Music — And Social Noise

Mar 17, 2021
In Nigeria, Burna Boy is known as much for his social crusading as he is for his Afro-fusion style music.
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13 Things I Did (And Did Not) Love About 'Coming 2 America': An African Perspective

Mar 13, 2021
Our Nigerian critic wants you to know: We Africans do not see wild animals in our backyards! Women are allowed to own businesses! But I did admire the awesome head-ties — and powerful princesses!
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Africa's Hit Science Show For Kids Is Coming To The U.S.

Feb 05, 2021
African TV execs say it's unlike any show for kids that's been produced and broadcast on the continent — especially with its focus on women presenters and scientists.
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Opinion: Why I'm An Invisible Man In The Global Vaccine Campaign

Jan 26, 2021
Nigerian physician Ifeanyi Nsofor writes: "I was elated when the first COVID-19 vaccine was shown to be effective. ...My joy was cut short when richer Western nations began buying up the vaccine doses."
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Students rehearse a poem that they will recite at an event advocating against female genital mutilation at the Imbirikani Girls High School in Kenya.
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Is The Pandemic Causing A Surge In Female Genital Mutilation?

Jan 05, 2021
Kenya's president pledged to stamp out the practice by 2022. But since the pandemic began, activists say more girls are being cut — and married off afterward.
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A female <em>Aedes aegypti</em> mosquito feeds on human skin.
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Why Does A Virus Cause Problems In One Region But Not Another? A Study Offers Insight

Nov 20, 2020
In 2015, the mosquito-borne virus Zika exploded in South America. Health experts predicted it would erupt in Africa. But a major outbreak never happened. Now scientists think they understand why.
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An oral polio vaccine, which contains weakened live virus, is administered in a health enter in Togo. Africa has declared that wild polio has been eradicated, but a relatively small number of cases of vaccine-derived polio persist.
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Africa Declares Wild Polio Is Wiped Out — Yet It Persists In Vaccine-Derived Cases

Aug 25, 2020
The Kick Polio Out of Africa Campaign began in 1996. This week, the World Health Organization announced that wild polio has been eradicated — although there is a caveat.
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Beyoncé puts a conversation about Africa on the front line with her visual album <em>Black Is King</em>, which premiered on Disney+.
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Opinion: We Are Africans. Here's Our View Of Beyoncé's 'Black Is King'

Aug 07, 2020
Esther Ngumbi, a professor from Kenya, and Ifeanyi Nsofor, a doctor in Nigeria, react to the megastar's movie-length music video — and to criticism from other Africans.
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A swarm of desert locusts flies above trees in a Kenyan village. Hundreds of millions of the insects have arrived in Kenya, where they're destroying farmland.
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Locusts Are A Plague Of Biblical Scope In 2020. Why? And ... What Are They Exactly?

Jun 14, 2020
They're swarming in gargantuan numbers in parts of Africa and South Asia — and posing a major threat to food supply. If you have questions about these insects, we have answers.
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A vendor waters fresh greens for sale at a stall in a market in Abuja, Nigeria.
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Why Forecasters Can't Make Up Their Mind About Africa And The Coronavirus

Jun 10, 2020
Will the continent see a disastrous wave of cases? Or will it be spared the brunt of the pandemic? Different researchers have different theories.
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Railway staff in Pakistan use a thermal scanner to check visitors for coronavirus symptoms. Pakistan was one of the nine countries added to the U.N.'s new aid plan.
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U.N. Humanitarian Aid Request Due To COVID-19 More Than Triples

May 07, 2020
"Unless we take action now, we should be prepared for a significant rise in conflict, hunger and poverty," the U.N. humanitarian chief says. In total, the aid would reach 63 countries.
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People collect emergency rations of food and essential supplies from the Red Cross Society of Nigeria in Lagos State earlier this week.
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Nigeria's President Eases COVID-19 Restrictions, Citing Economic Hardship

Apr 28, 2020
Muhammadu Buhari said stay-at-home orders imposed last month have come at a "very heavy economic cost," with many Nigerians left without enough money to eat.
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A man carries a box of protective masks to emergency workers Thursday in Dakar, the capital of Senegal. The West African country has seen relatively few confirmed cases of the coronavirus to this point — but global health officials fear that won't alwa
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U.N. Agency Fears 'Vulnerable' Africa May Suffer At Least 300,000 COVID-19 Deaths

Apr 17, 2020
And that's the best-case scenario laid out by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa. The commission said the continent, in the worst case, may see up to 3.3 million deaths this year alone.
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A woman wears a mask as a preventive measure inside a minibus taxi in Johannesburg.
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African Countries Respond Quickly To Spread Of COVID-19

Mar 21, 2020
Countries are doing everything from closing schools to banning weddings. But there is concern about the toll on fragile health-care systems, livelihoods and people with HIV, TB and malaria.
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South Sudanese Vice President Riek Machar (left) shares a smile with President Salva Kiir after a swearing-in ceremony Saturday in the capital, Juba. Observers hope their newly forged coalition spells an end to civil war.
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South Sudan Forges Unity Government, Renewing Fragile Hope For Peace

Feb 22, 2020
President Salva Kiir swore in his rival, rebel leader Riek Machar, as vice president on Saturday. The landmark deal could spell an end to years of violence, but it's not their first attempt.
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Isabel dos Santos, seen here attending a screening of <em>BlacKkKlansman</em> at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival in France, has been accused of embezzlement and money laundering in Angola.
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Africa's Richest Woman Now Formally A Suspect In Angolan Corruption Probe

Jan 23, 2020
Prosecutors say Isabel dos Santos, billionaire daughter of Angola's ex-president, engaged in rampant financial misconduct — following the release of over 700,000 documents known as the Luanda Leaks.
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Meteorologists Can't Keep Up With Climate Change In Mozambique

Dec 11, 2019

As world leaders gather for a climate summit in Madrid, some of the countries most vulnerable to climate change say they need improved forecasting tools.

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Photo taken Sun., Aug. 28, 2016. A health official inks a child finger to indicate she has been administered with a polio vaccine at a camp of people displaced by Islamist extremist in Maiduguri, Nigeria.
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Polio Vaccine May Stall The End Of Polio

Nov 15, 2019
Health officials have long known that virus from the oral vaccine can contaminate water supplies; they underestimated how big a problem this would be.
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Rosine Mbakam, left, says she chose to shoot all images and sound herself to maintain an equal relationship with the subjects of her films.
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Meet The Filmmaker Reinventing How African Women Are Portrayed In Movies

Nov 10, 2019
Two deeply personal films from Cameroonian Rosine Mbakam won critical acclaim in the U.S. by grappling with how families maintain traditions in a time of global migration and generational change.
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Bosco Ntaganda, the former Congolese militia leader known as "Terminator," awaits his verdict Thursday in the courtroom of the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands. The warlord would ultimately be sentenced to 30 years in jail for war c
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'Terminator' Of Congo, Bosco Ntaganda, Gets Historic 30-Year Sentence For War Crimes

Nov 07, 2019
The prison sentence is the longest ever doled out by the International Criminal Court, which earlier this year found the former warlord guilty of atrocities in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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Nesma (left) and Anys are Algerian siblings who came out to each other at a party. They live in Paris, and both identify as queer. "It now makes us stronger and committed together for the queer and Algerian causes," Anys says.
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'Un-African'? Photos Challenge Notions Of LGBTQ Identity In The African Diaspora

Nov 02, 2019
Mikael Owunna's new book captures the stories of LGBTQ African immigrants, refugees and asylum-seekers reconciling their identity and their heritage.
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A BBC investigation sent undercover reporters, posing as students, to meet with lecturers at prominent universities in Nigeria and Ghana. There is footage of the lecturers sexually harassing these individuals. In the documentary, several sources and repo
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How Undercover Journalists Exposed West Africa's 'Sex For Grades' Scandal

Oct 25, 2019
Professors at prominent universities in Ghana and Nigeria were caught on camera by the BBC asking their students for sexual favors.
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Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, seen addressing lawmakers Tuesday, won a Nobel Peace Prize less than two weeks ago — but he now appears embroiled in a standoff with the activist who helped bring down the regime before him.
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Nobel Peace Prize Winner Faces Protests After Activist's Late-Night Standoff

Oct 23, 2019
Less than two weeks after drawing international praise, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed is struggling with unrest at home as his tenuous ally, Jawar Mohammed, alleges a plot against him.
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A blood transfusion bag hangs in an operating room in a hospital in the Republic of Congo. Most countries in sub-Saharan Africa have a huge gap between blood supply and demand, new research found.
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Hospitals Around The World Have A Dire Shortage Of Blood

Oct 22, 2019

The first global analysis of blood supply and demand finds that many developing countries are relying on risky emergency donations.

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Pope Francis waves as he arrives at Zimpeto Stadium in Maputo, Mozambique, on Thursday, where he led a public Mass.
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Pope Francis Comes To Africa With A Vision. Will It Stick?

Sep 06, 2019
The pope is touring three countries in sub-Saharan Africa, calling for hope and reconciliation. Researchers look at the long-term impact of a papal visit.

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