Over 50 women accuse aid workers of sex abuse in Congo Ebola crisis
ROBERT FLUMMERFELT and NELLIE PEYTON MORE than 50 women have accused Ebola aid workers from the World Health Organization and
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Month: September 2020
Puzzled scientists seek reasons behind Africa’s low fatality rates from pandemic
ALEXANDER WINNING AFRIC’S overburdened public health systems, dearth of testing facilities and overcrowded slums had experts predicting a disaster when
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Businessman nabbed in first arrest in probe into state capture
AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER BARELY 24 hours after he disclosed that he had donated millions to the ANC from profits made
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Zimbabwe plans to send dead elephants’ brain tissue to U.S. for toxin tests
ZIMBABWE plans to send brain tissue samples from dead elephants to the United States to test for toxic micro-organisms blamed
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Jailed ex-South African crime intelligence boss pleads innocence
AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER MOMENTS after he lost his freedom and made his way to spend his first night as a
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South Africa’s top coach moves ‘out of comfort zone’ to Egypt
AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER PITSO Mosimane, one of Africa’s successful coaches has left South Africa’s top team, Mamelodi Sundowns, because he
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Insults and interruptions mar first Trump-Biden debate
JARRETT RENSHAW and STEVE HOLLAND US PRESIDENT Donald Trump and Democratic rival Joe Biden battled fiercely over Trump’s record on
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Pandemic spurs Africa’s mobile telcos to ramp up banking bid
NQOBILE DLUDLA, EMMA RUMNEY and MEDIA COULIBALY WHEN COVID-19 hit Ivory Coast, Bonaventure Kra, who works at an import-export business,
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‘WTO should play role in COVID-19 medicine access’
EMMA FARGE A key contender to head the World Trade Organization thinks the body should play a role in helping
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Nigerian scientists have identified seven lineages of SARS-CoV-2: why it matters
BY the first week of August 2020 the COVID-19 pandemic had caused about 654,000 deaths worldwide. In Nigeria, as of
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