https://liveandletsfly.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Accra-Lome-Trip-11–738x355.jpegYou would think I might have learned my lesson in Cuba. Or in Uzbekistan. Or in Montenegro or El Salvador. But no, I had to take a picture… This picture, to be precise: Trouble At The Ghana Border Outpost In Aflao
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From fiction and non-fiction to essays and poetry, we bring you some of the continent’s most exciting reads from 2020.
https://im-media.voltron.voanews.com/Drupal/01live-166/2020–12/Buses carrying Malawian migrant workers from South Africa arrive at Mwanza Border in southern Malawi– Photos courtsy of Pasqually Zulu, Mwanza Border Immigration.jpg?imwidth=800BLANTYRE, MALAWI — Malawi has closed its borders after confirmed cases of COVID-19 jumped 75 percent in the past two weeks. Malawi authorities attribute the surge to relaxed preventive measures and increased cross-border…
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Enlarge this image Chilean officials report 36 people have tested positive for the coronavirus on Antarctica. The permanent research station is located on tip of the continent south of Chile. Chilean Army/Reuters
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https://im-media.voltron.voanews.com/Drupal/01live-166/2020–11/reuters_el_paso_covid_deaths_23Nov20.JPG?imwidth=800 Polygraph.info is a fact-checking website produced by Voice of America (VOA) and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. The website serves as a resource for verifying the increasing volume of disinformation and misinformation being distributed and shared globally. A similar website in the Russian language
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Here’s what you need to know: Dr. Deborah Birx said in recent weeks that she was open to serving in the Biden administration, but on Tuesday announced plans to retire.Credit…Stefani
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https://im-media.voltron.voanews.com/Drupal/01live-166/2020–12/makkin.jpg?imwidth=800The Pentagon has sent several naval vessels and a marine expeditionary unit to the coast of Somalia to support an operation repositioning hundreds of U.S. troops to bases elsewhere in East Africa. The USS Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group and
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https://im-media.voltron.voanews.com/Drupal/01live-166/2020–12/AP20357779164100.jpg?imwidth=800WILMINGTON, DEL. — President-elect Joe Biden says it will take months to roll back some of President Donald Trump’s actions on immigration, offering a slower timeline than he promised on the campaign trail and one that may rile advocates pushing
December 22, 2020 This story, plus Congress expands payroll assistance to local news outlets, Newsmax issues a clarification about claims that a voting software company manipulated election results, and more, all in today’s media headlines. Top StoriesMedia BusinessPress &
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https://static01.nyt.com/images/2020/12/18/us/politics/00dc-military1/00dc-military1-moth.jpgAdvertisement Continue reading the main story Supported by Continue reading the main storyNavy Warship’s Secret Mission Off West Africa Aims to Help Punish Venezuela The tale of the cruiser San Jacinto underscores the Trump administration’s animus toward Venezuela and how the postelection purge of
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