Category Archives: Africa Accelerate Project News
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2.7 million hit by Kenya drought
Leave a commentFebruary 12, 2017 by Author
President Uhuru Kenyatta has called for international aid support and asked for food supplies to be given to the most …
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Chaos in Gambia as Yahya Jammeh declares a state of emergency
Leave a commentJanuary 18, 2017 by Author
Yahya Jammeh, the President of Gambia has declared a 90-day state of emergency a day before his official mandate ends. …
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Digital Aid in Africa with Steve George-Hilley
Leave a commentNovember 2, 2016 by Author
Steve George-Hilley discussing digital mobility and the future of technology in Africa to create a new digital economy
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Poachers putting African elephant at risk
Leave a commentSeptember 26, 2016 by Author
The iconic African Elephant is said to be in its worst decline in 25 years with numbers shrining by 111,000 …
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Anti-gay pastor Steven Anderson banned from South Africa
Leave a commentSeptember 14, 2016 by Author
A pastor with controversial views about homosexuality has been banned from South Africa. Steven Anderson, a US pastor, has been …
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Zimbabwe Police use tear gas against protestors
Leave a commentJuly 5, 2016 by Author
Police Officers in Zimbabwe’s capital, Harare, have used tear gas and water cannons to break up a protest by minibus …
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al-Shabab terrorists attack on Mogadishu hotel
Leave a commentJune 27, 2016 by Author
An attack by the Islamist group al-Shabab in a hotel in the Somali capital Mogadishu has left at least 14 …
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Kenya tightens rules on foreign charity workers
Leave a commentJune 22, 2016 by Author
Charities, or NGOs, working in Kenya risk losing their licenses if they fail to comply with new tough rules about …
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Somalia asks questions for refugee crisis
Leave a commentMay 25, 2016 by Author
Somalia’s president has called for “a better way” to bring home refugees from his country, with Kenya insisting that it …
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Tanzania removes 10,000 ‘ghost workers’ in anti-corruption drive
Leave a commentMay 17, 2016 by Author
Tanzania has removed more than 10,000 “ghost workers” from its public sector payroll in a crackdown on corruption. Payments to …
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