Talks to forge South Africa’s post-election unity government will need to bring together parties with goals as contradictory as seizing white-owned farms and mines, ditching Black empowerment policies and tearing up the constitution. How well the African National Congress (ANC) harmonizes these divergent and mutually hostile visions will determine the government’s stability, its ability to […]
Jun 26 2024 | Posted in
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EMELE ONU, ANTHONY OSAE-BROWN & ANTONY SQUAZZIN As US and Europe-based multinationals exit Nigeria, Asian and local companies are stepping in to fill the void. Last month, London-based Diageo Plc sold its controlling stake in Guinness Nigeria Plc to Singapore’s Tolaram Group Inc. The Fouani Group, a local firm, operates a diaper and sanitary pad […]
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France is facing deep anticolonial resentment across Africa, but has found a partner in Rwanda, which is embracing French influence despite years of acrimony. ABDI LATIF DAHIR After decades of wielding political, military and economic power across Africa, France is scaling back its presence on the continent as it faces significant resentment in many African […]
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Dr. Vivek Murthy said he would urge Congress to require a warning that social media use can harm teenagers’ mental health. ELLEN BARRY & CECILIA KANG The U.S. surgeon general, Dr. Vivek Murthy, announced on Monday, June 17 that he would push for a warning label on social media platforms advising parents that using the […]
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JACK GUY Scientists have found microplastics in human penises for the first time, as concerns over the tiny particles’ proliferation and potential health effects mount. Seven different kinds of microplastics were found in four out of five samples of penis tissue taken from five different men as part of a study published in IJIR: Your […]
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Zimbabwe plans to install floating solar panels by early next year at the world’s biggest man-made freshwater reservoir, according to the Ministry of Mines and Energy Development. An initial 150 megawatts of solar on the surface of the Kariba Dam will be the start of the project, Gloria Magombo, secretary for energy and power development, […]
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The last known remaining survivors of the 1921 attack by a white mob were hoping for their day in court. AUDRA D. S. BURCH A historic quest for justice by the last two known centenarian survivors of the Tulsa Race Massacre likely ended on Wednesday, June 12 when the Oklahoma Supreme Court affirmed a lower […]
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Dr. Andrew O. Baddoo, MD, has dedicated over twenty years to practicing medicine in Essex County, New Jersey. He graduated from Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in 1998, specializing in nephrology and internal medicine. After residency and fellowship, he opened a practice about two decades ago in a community in Essex County, New Jersey, […]
JACLYNN ASHLY In 1905, a colonial British officer killed Koitalel Arap Samoei, the supreme leader of the Nandi tribe. According to oral history, his severed head was taken to the UK. The Nandi have been searching for it ever since. As a child, Anne Machii Samoei, now 87, heard many stories about her grandfather Koitalel […]
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Namibia’s high court on Friday, June 21 struck down colonial-era laws criminalizing same-sex acts between men in a victory for the LGBTQ+ community in the southern African country. The court in the capital Windhoek declared the crimes of sodomy and “unnatural sexual offences” as unconstitutional and invalid. “We are not persuaded that in a democratic […]
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