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‘You’ll be arrested’ – Gambia warns ex-leader Jammeh over planned return
Gambia has said it will arrest its former leader Yahya Jammeh if he dares enter the country. Justice Minister Aboubacarr Tambadou told BBC that he would like to prosecute Jammeh himself over his “brutal”...
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It was Russia, Germany and now UK! Enough of the exploitation of Africa
Jean Nanga wrote in 2015 that: “The decolonization of Africa that began in the 1940s was in essence passage towards neocolonialism, a mutation of the former colonies, a reconfiguration of the mechanism...
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Meet 29-year-old Purity Ngina, Kenya’s youngest Ph.D. holder in biomathematics
Purity Ngina made history as the youngest Kenyan to acquire a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree in biomathematics. Ngina was 28 when she inked her name in Kenya’s history regarding academia. Born...
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Remembering Susan Ofori-Atta, Ghana’s first female doctor
Susan Ofori-Atta was Ghana’s first female doctor. A member of the eminent Ofori-Atta royal dynasty, Susan was also the first woman to earn a university degree in the Western African nation...
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Nigerian professor faces 14 years in prison for blowing $185k research money on strippers
A Nigerian professor has been arrested and charged in the United States for allegedly stealing $185,000 in research funds. Chikaodinaka Nwankpa, 57, a former chair of Drexel University’s Engineering...
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Meet 31-year-old Mareena Snowden, first black woman to earn Ph.D. in nuclear engineering from MIT
Mareena Robinson Snowden made history as the first Black woman to earn a Ph.D. in nuclear engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Snowden never dreamed of a career in STEM as...
