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News24.com | London carnival starts amid riot concerns

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London – London’s Caribbean-flavoured Notting Hill Carnival got under way Sunday amid hopes that Europe’s…

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World of vaccines is a ‘fiendishly’ complex one

October 25, 2020

COMMENT In response to Will Africa’s best shot at at Covid-19 vaccine be enough?, Mail & Guardian (12 October) Laura...
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In terms of future-telling failures, this is a Major One

October 25, 2020

Wednesday. Day 209 of life locked down. Like many South Africans, I’m wondering when President Cyril Ramaphosa will call another...
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Ghost fishing gear an ‘immortal menace’ in oceans

October 25, 2020

In the relatively shallow waters of the upper Gulf of California in Mexico a ghostly menace has driven the world’s...
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Q&A Sessions: ‘My north star is the patient’

October 25, 2020

Rhulani Nhlaniki is Pfizer’s cluster lead for sub-Saharan Africa. As Pfizer starts phase III of the clinical trial of their...
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News24.com | At least 22 killed in Ghana church collapse

October 25, 2020

Map and flag of Ghana (iStock) At least 22 people, including a baby, were killed when an unfinished three-storey building...
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News24.com | Egypt votes for new ‘rubber-stamp’ parliament

October 25, 2020

An Egyptian man casts his vote at polling station. Islam Safwat/NurPhoto via Getty Images Egypt will be electing 568 seats...
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News24.com | Lagos curfew eases after days of unrest in Nigeria

October 25, 2020

Patrol cars of the Lagos State Security seen approaching protesters in Lagos, Nigeria, on October 20, 2020. Benson Ibeabuchi /...
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News24.com | Children killed in attack on Cameroonian school

October 25, 2020

The unknown attackers killed four pupils at Mother Francisca School in Kumba. At least nine other pupils were injured during...
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Guinea braces for further unrest as opposition contests election results

October 25, 2020

Violence rocked Guinea's capital Conakry on Friday as supporters of opposition leader Cellou Diallo clashed with security forces who tried...
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Al Ahly advance to Champions League final after win over Wydad Casablanca

October 25, 2020

Al Ahly are on course to win their ninth Caf Champions league title after beating Wydad Casablanca 3-1 in Cairo...
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Seychelles votes for new president, parliament

October 25, 2020

Voters in Seychelles are casting their ballots in the presidential and parliamentary elections spanning three days. Saturday was the main...
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Pomp and caution as El Gouna Film Festival opens in Egypt

October 25, 2020

Defying the coronavirus pandemic, the fourth edition of the El Gouna Film Festival (GFF) kicked off Friday in the Red...
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Alpha Conde re-elected in vote dismissed by opposition

October 25, 2020

Electoral authorities in Guinea on Saturday declared President Alpha Conde winner of Sunday's election with 59.49% of the vote, defeating...
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At least six children killed in Cameroon school gun attack

October 25, 2020

At least six children were killed when gunmen raided a school in Koumba, southwest Cameroon on Saturday. Fransisca International Bi-lingual...
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Sudan becomes third Arab state to set aside hostilities with Israel in 2020

October 25, 2020

Israel and Sudan agreed on Friday to take steps to normalise relations in a deal brokered with the help of...