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[Business Spotlight] From refugee to CEO in Somalia, the story of Mohamed Bashir Osman
As part of our effort to bring more unique stories of Africans and its Diaspora to the fore, we bring you the second instalment of the Business Spotlight series. Twenty-seven-year-old Mohamed Bashir...
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Terrorism in Africa: 21 active militant groups on the continent in 2018
The Africa Center for Strategic Studies, an organization dedicated to studying security issues on the African continent, just published its 2018 report on active militant Islamist groups on the continent....
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Let there be light: The 5 ‘darkest’ countries in the world are in Africa
Many people around the world take electricity for granted, but there are still many without it. According to a map illustrated from a famous photograph taken from the International Space Station in...
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Sorry Ghana, Ethiopia is Africa’s fastest growing economy in 2018
The International Monetary Fund (IMF), one of the foremost surveyors of economies around the world, has revised its 2018 economic growth forecasts and West African darling, Ghana, has lost Africa’s...
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Britain apologizes for criminalizing same-sex relations in its former colonies
The on-going debate about whether homosexuality is native to Africa just took an interesting turn. Although many Africans argue that homosexuality is a Western import to the continent, some historians...
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Heart2Heart: ‘Will getting married keep you from being poor?’
Welcome to the second piece of our #Heart2Heart series that will examine life’s complexities. Our aim is to bring to light the many experiences that affect our lives and how we can navigate them...
