US urges Zimbabwe to double down on reforms

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Harare, ZIMBABWE — The Unit­ed States is urg­ing the Zim­bab­we gov­ern­ment to dou­ble down on reforms aimed at return­ing the coun­try to the pros­per­i­ty it once enjoyed. Speak­ing to reporters in Harare on Mon­day, Pamela Tremont, the U.S. ambas­sador to Zim­bab­we, said her coun­try wants to have cor­dial rela­tions with the south­ern African nation. She urged…

From VOA Persian: Iranian civil activist plans sit-in outside Evin Prison after arrest and release 

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Hos­sein Ron­aghi, a civ­il rights activist in Iran, has been hold­ing sit-ins across Tehran with his lips sewn shut in sol­i­dar­i­ty with the demands of Kianoush San­jari, anoth­er out­spo­ken gov­ern­ment crit­ic and for­mer jour­nal­ist who jumped to his death from a build­ing ear­li­er this month in protest against Iran’s author­i­tar­i­an rulers. Ron­aghi was once again…

Cameroonian Pharmacists in the US

Cameroonian Pharmacists in the US Share Knowledge, Experiences During Denver Convention

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Amer­i­can phar­ma­cists of Cameroon­ian ori­gin play an impor­tant role in the med­ical com­mu­ni­ty by deliv­er­ing care at home and abroad. Yet, in a world chal­lenged by mis­in­for­ma­tion and neg­a­tive stereo­types, their con­tri­bu­tions and that of the broad­er African dias­po­ra to nation­al and inter­na­tion­al devel­op­ment nev­er receives the atten­tion it deserves.  A Shared Pro­fes­sion­al Expe­ri­ence But…

Mideast-North Africa region sees surge in global investment despite conflicts 

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For the first time in years, the Mid­dle East and North African region is see­ing a surge in inter­est from inter­na­tion­al investors. Major com­pa­nies like Google, Microsoft and Adobe recent­ly took part in one of the largest tech­nol­o­gy events in the region when Dubai host­ed Expand North Star 2024, which attract­ed over 6,500 exhibit­ing companies,…

Why are young French Africans moving back to Africa? Focus On Africa Podcast

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The lead­ing oppo­si­tion par­ty in Mozam­bique files a law­suit demand­ing a recount of this mon­th’s elec­tion results because of alleged irreg­u­lar­i­ties, and deposits three hun­dred kilos of doc­u­ments at the coun­try’s high­est court.  Also, the French pres­i­dent, Emmanuel Macron, vis­its Moroc­co; we take a look at rela­tions between the two coun­tries, and why young French Africans…