The year 2023 seems to have been another ‘Year of Africa’, with significant media attention drawn to developments across the vast continent. Indeed, the region’s 54 countries and nine core regional blocs (SADC, ECOWAS, and others) have a lot of stories to offer. Throughout the year, coups failed and succeeded, …
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WHO designates new ‘variant of concern’ The World Health Organization (WHO) convened an emergency meeting on Friday to discuss the viral strain, which had previously been known as B.1.1.529, declaring it a “variant of concern” while giving it the new name of “Omicron.” Preliminary evidence suggests an increased risk of …
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The herd started on its way from a natural reserve in the southern Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture and trekked about 300 miles (500km) over more than a year. On Sunday, a special command formed in Yunnan province to monitor and hopefully direct the migration, and it deployed 14 drones to …
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Cool cards from the Internet. Sarcasm like that, definitely not all. But that’s exactly true (although sometimes with a bend) and very fun. In our review of the collection of postcards for lovers of sarcasm.
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