Rising numbers of women in their 70s are giving birth in India

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A new Al Jazeera documentary finds:  Rising numbers of women in their 70s are giving birth in India The IVF industry is booming,...

Converting tweets into feet: can Zimbabwe’s social media activism oust Robert Mugabe?

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Protests against the rule of Zimbabwe’s ageing president, Robert Mugabe, have become commonplace in recent months. In one of the latest incidents on August...

Deliverus beats five finalists in Dahabshiil-sponsored entrepreneurship competition Startup

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Deliverus on Tuesday evening emerged from a field of 5 finalists and 60 entrants as the winner of the first +254 Rising entrepreneurship competition. The competition...

SPLA North tries to return POWs; claims they were blocked by Khartoum

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SPLA North in war-ravaged South Kordofan is trying to return 86 prisoners of war to Khartoum Deal facilitated by Red Cross SPLA North...

Boko Haram’s latest video of captured schoolgirls offers hope and despair

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The Nigerian militant group Boko Haram stormed back into the world’s headlines with a renewed offer to swap abducted schoolgirls for detained insurgents. It...

Sharp-tongued South African voters give ruling ANC a stiff rebuke

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South Africa has entered a new era of competitive politics and coalition government. The August 3 municipal election represented a sea change in the...

Africa: WorldRemit Calls for Urgent Restoration of Money Transfers to Nigeria

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WorldRemit Calls for Urgent Restoration of Money Transfers to Nigeria Hundreds of global remittance companies forced to cease transfers while Western Union, MoneyGram and Ria...

I Am With Her → Hillary Rodham Clinton

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  I am with Hillary Rodham Clinton now! I was with Bernie Sanders.  I explained  how I felt the Bern back in February 2016. Bernie is with Hillary...

Cry Havoc! And Unleash the Dogs of War at the Republican Convention?: Deconstructing Donald Trump’s Dog Whistles

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By almariam In “Julius Caesar”, Shakespeare speaking in the character of Mark Antony warned about the looming civil war that is likely to paralyze Italy following...

Beware the Spectre Haunting America!

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A spectre is haunting America- the spectre of Trumpism. By Al Mariam Just days after two rogue policemen executed two African American citizens and a lone...