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Ten months of strike at Nigeria’s universities forces students to fend for themselves

SOCIETY January 11, 2021

By Pelumi Salako When the Academic Staff Union of Universities of Nigeria (ASUU), the umbrella body for Nigerian lecturers, started a two-week strike in March 2020,...

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Assault on a senatorial candidate highlights the dangers women politicians face in Liberia

SECURITY January 10, 2021

By Dounard Bondo GBARPOLU COUNTY, Liberia – Liberia’s senatorial elections elections did not take place as planned on December 8 in Nomodatonau town, Gbapolu county, because...

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French airstrikes kill at least 19 wedding-goers in central Mali (Residents)

MALI January 6, 2021

French airstrikes killed at least 19 wedding-goers in Bounti, near Douentza in central Mali on Sunday, January 3, according to residents of Bounti who spoke...

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Artisanal gold mining in Mali is an economic boon and an environmental disaster

Uncategorized January 6, 2021

By Michel Yao and Sory Kondo The Malian town of Kéniéba, near the borders with Guinea and Senegal, is well known for its gold sites. Major...

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Covid-19 puts 1.4 million children out of school in Liberia

ECONOMY January 4, 2021

By Varney Kamara BONG MINES, Liberia - Fatu Flomo, 53, is a farmer and a mother of four children and three grandchildren. Victoria, Flomo’s youngest child,...

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