ALEXANDER ONUKWUE Nearly 130 years after French soldiers entered the palace in Abomey in southern Benin and seized royal property as a sign of colonial conquest, month-long exhibitions in the west African country have honored the return of 26 artifacts, providing an opportunity to showcase a vibrant contemporary art tradition. The artifacts, which include thrones […]
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Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara announced Saturday August 6, that he had pardoned his predecessor, Laurent Gbagbo, who faced a 20-year jail term for a 2018 conviction over political unrest. “In the interests of strengthening social cohesion, I have signed a decree granting a presidential pardon,” Ouattara said in a speech to mark the 62nd […]
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Social media is a 21st century technological phenomenon that has taken the world by a storm. It refers to a computer and internet-based technology that facilitates communication in several fields of endeavor through virtual networks and communities. It affords users fast electronic communication of content that includes personal information, documents, images like photos and videos. […]
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Johnson & Johnson (JNJ.N) will stop selling talc-based baby powder globally in 2023, the drugmaker said on Thursday August 11, more than two years after it ended U.S. sales of a product that drew thousands of consumer safety lawsuits. “As part of a worldwide portfolio assessment, we have made the commercial decision to transition to […]
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Ethiopia’s massive hydroelectric dam project on a tributary of the Nile has raised regional tensions notably with Egypt, which depends on the huge river for 97% of its water supply, and with Sudan. Ethiopia said Friday August 12, it has completed the third filling of the mega-dam’s reservoir, a development that could raise further tensions […]
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ALEXANDER ONUKWUE Overwhelmed by high costs of food, transportation, and other necessities, Ghana is hoping that a new increase in the cost of borrowing will quell a streak of 11 straight months of rising inflation. After an emergency meeting on Aug. 17, the Bank of Ghana raised interest rates from its July level of 19% […]
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ALLEN G. BREED Jean Heller was toiling away on the floor of the Miami Beach Convention Center when an Associated Press colleague from the opposite end of the country walked into her workspace behind the event stage and handed her a thin manila envelope. “I’m not an investigative reporter,” Edith Lederer told the 29-year-old Heller […]
Mysterious authors penned these holy texts some 2,000 years ago, but modern archaeology is shedding new light on who they were. JEAN-PIERRE ISBOUTS In November 1946, as the sun slowly rose over the Judean Desert, three Bedouin cousins went looking for a lost goat in the hills close to the Dead Sea. Intent on finding […]
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CHRIS NUNOO President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has stated that reparations for Africa and the African Diaspora are long overdue. He has, therefore, called for more dialogue on the issue. “Reparations for Africa and the African Diaspora are long overdue.” Predictably, the question of reparation becomes a debate only when it comes to Africa and […]
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Peatlands and rainforests in the Congo Basin protect the planet by storing carbon. Now, in a giant leap backward for the climate, they’re being auctioned off for drilling. RUTH MACLEAN & DIONNE SEARCEY The Democratic Republic of Congo, home to one of the largest old-growth rainforests on Earth, is auctioning off vast amounts of land […]
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