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Africa is exploring space, and Zimbabwe refuses to be left behind
Zimbabwe’s president has launched the country’s space agency, the Zimbabwe National Geospatial and Space Agency. The agency was unveiled as part of the modernisation and industrialisation...
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This country is one of the world’s poorest, but has the fastest internet speeds in Africa
An analysis of more than 160m broadband speed tests conducted across 200 countries has revealed that Madagascar has the fastest internet connection in Africa. The report by Cable, a communications...
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The mysterious Ancient Egyptian coffin from 2000 years ago that has baffled scientists
Quite a number of artefacts are unearthed in Africa. The most recent is a huge sarcophagus discovered this month in Egypt. According to Egypt’s Ministry of Antiquities, the tomb contains a black...
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Read Chinua Achebe’s poem on the 60th anniversary of his debut novel, Things Fall Apart
July marks the 60th anniversary of the publication of Chinua Achebe’s first book, Things Fall Apart. The novel, which became so popular and earned Achebe the moniker ‘father of African literature’...
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King Nkongolo, the ugly ‘hyena king’ who terrorised central Africa in the 1500s
The Luba Empire was largely non-existent until the 16th century with the emergence of Nkongolo Mwamba, the red King. The empire, located in the modern-day Democratic Republic of Congo, covered...
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The story of the Congolese delegation sent to Europe by the King of Kongo to see the pope in 1604
One of the most famous ancient African kingdoms is the Kingdom of Kongo that covered modern-day northern Angola, the Republic of the Congo, western Democratic Republic of Congo and...
