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News: South Africa Scrambles to Stop Outbreak of Avian Flu

South Africa Scrambles to Stop Outbreak of Avian Flu Poultry farms in South Africa are battling an outbreak of avian flu, a viral infection that affects wild birds as well as domestic ones. Two different strains, H5N1 and influenza A(H7N6) have have been confirmed in the country by health authorities.

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News: Ghana Reparations Summit Calls for Global Fund to Compensate Africans for Slave Trade

Ghana Reparations Summit Calls for Global Fund to Compensate Africans for Slave Trade Delegates at a reparations summit in Ghana agreed Thursday to establish a Global Reparation Fund to push for overdue compensation for millions of Africans enslaved centuries ago during the transatlantic slave trade.

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News: With Memories of Atrocities in Africa Still Vivid, Asylum Seekers Are Helping Israel

With Memories of Atrocities in Africa Still Vivid, Asylum Seekers Are Helping Israel Usumain Baraka still remembers when Janjaweed, Arab militiamen on horseback, killed his father and big brother, in his native Darfur, Sudan. Baraka, who moved to Israel five years later at the age of 14, in 2008, says people from his tribe, the Masalit, are still being murdered daily in the area of....

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News: Kenya Loses Key Tea Markets Amid Global Recession, Export Volumes Shrink

Kenya Loses Key Tea Markets Amid Global Recession, Export Volumes Shrink The volume of Kenya’s tea exports shrunk by 18 percent in the first seven months of 2023 as compared to the same period in 2022 as some key markets kept off the products due to the tough economic environment globally, the Tea Board of Kenya (TBK) said on Friday.

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News: Democracy in Africa is Not a Western Imposition

Democracy in Africa is Not a Western Imposition On September 19, Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame confirmed that he would stand for re-election in his country’s August 2024 presidential election, and attempt to win an unprecedented fourth term in office.