Invasive mosquito species could bring more malaria to Africa’s urban areas
JEREMY HERREN, Scientist, International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology CLIFFORD MUTERO, Consultant Scientist, International Centre of Insect Physiology and
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Author: The African Mirror
Swelled by rain and COVID curbs, locust swarms ravage Ethiopia
TIKSA NEGERI WIDOW-OF-TEN Marima Wadisha screamed, threw rocks and in her desperation even fired bullets at the locusts that descended
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Child labour rising in West Africa cocoa farms despite efforts – report
ANGE ABOA and AARON ROSS THE use of child labour has risen in cocoa farms in Ghana and Ivory Coast
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Netflix turns to telecoms tie-ups in challenging African markets
DUNCAN MIRIRI NETFLIX Inc is showing more African-made content and working with telecoms operators to make it easier for potential
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TRUMP: U.S. to remove Sudan from state terrorism sponsors list after $335-million payment to victims
MATT SPETALNICK, NAFISA ELTAHIR and KHALID ABDELAZIZ President Donald Trump announced on Monday the United States would remove Sudan from
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Suspected Islamists free 1,300 prisoners from east Congo jail
ERIKAS MWISI KAMBALE ARMED men freed more than 1,300 prisoners from a jail in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo in
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Ethiopia hunts for children forced to work, marry during pandemic
EMELINE WUILBERCQ ETHIOPIA has set up a network of committees to identify children forced into work or marriage during the
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The real meaning for Black Wednesday – October 19, 1977
MATHATHA TSEDU THE magnitude of the October 19, 1977 ban by the apartheid government of newspapers and 19 political organisations
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Guinea opposition candidate claims victory, violence erupts
SALIOU SAMB GUINEA opposition candidate Cellou Dalein Diallo claims he has won the first round of the October 18 presidential
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One killed as pre-election protests spread in Ivory Coast
ANGE ABOA ONE person was killed and several injured when security forces opened fire on protesters in the southeast of
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