Africa’s week in pictures: 6 — 12 November 2020
A selection of the week’s best photos from across the continent: image copyrightEPA image copyrightReuters image copyrightReuters image copyrightEPA image copyrightAFP
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At Least 74 Drown in Wreck Off Libya, U.N. Agency Says
https://static01.nyt.com/images/2020/11/12/multimedia/12xp-shipwreck-photo/12xp-shipwreck-photo-moth.jpgAt least 74 people drowned on Thursday when a rubber raft carrying migrants sank off the coast of Libya, the latest in a series of disasters in the world’s deadliest sea crossing, according to a United Nations agency. The motorized raft,
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Jerry Rawlings, From Coup-Plotter to Ghanaian Statesman, Dies at 73
https://static01.nyt.com/images/2020/11/13/obituaries/12Rawlings/12Rawlings-moth.jpgJerry Rawlings, a former Ghanaian Air Force officer who led two military coups before steering his country toward democracy with an authoritarian hand, died on Thursday in the nation’s capital, Accra. He was 73. Mr. Rawlings died in a hospital “after
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Sindika Dokolo, Crusader for Return of African Art, Dies at 48
https://static01.nyt.com/images/2020/11/12/obituaries/11dokolo2/11dokolo2-moth.jpgSindika Dokolo, a wealthy Congolese art collector who crusaded for the return of African art removed during the colonial era by Western museums, art dealers and auction houses, but who became embroiled this year in investigations into how his Angolan
Coronavirus: What’s happening to the numbers in Africa?
image copyrightReuters There’s been a slight increase in Covid-19 infections in Africa over the past few weeks, according to the latest information. The number of daily new cases has been rising gradually after declining since mid-July, according to the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the World Health Organization (WHO). But in…
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Figure of the week: Africa’s used vehicle market and the environment
http://webfeeds.brookings.edu/-/638656852/0/brookingsrss/topics/subsaharanafrica.jpgBetween 2015 and 2018, the European Union, Japan, and the United States exported 14 million used vehicles worldwide—40 percent of which went to African countries. The low prices of these vehicles create high demand for them in Africa and other
Officials: 7 Peacekeepers Killed In Sinai Helicopter Crash
https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/5fad4c1f2900002e30c6bd43.jpeg?cache=h1ncaa9kah&ops=224_126 JERUSALEM (AP) — A helicopter belonging to an international peacekeeping force crashed in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula on Thursday, killing at least seven people including several Americans, an Israeli and an Egyptian official said. Both sides said the crash appeared
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Facebook extends political ad ban for another month
November 12, 2020 Facebook extends political ad ban for another month This story, plus The Philadelphia Inquirer names new top editor, the BBC is cleared of pay discrimination but must rebuild trust with female employees, and more, all
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Judy Asks: Are Europe’s Leaders Ready for a Biden Presidency?
Cornelius AdebahrNonresident Fellow at Carnegie Europe Hardly. That’s because too many among Europe’s leaders—at EU or national level—appear to think that U.S. President-elect Joe Biden means a return to some good ol’ days. Yet, the world has changed since whenever
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Trump Was Great for Netanyahu. Biden Will Be Better for Israel.
In “Support Any Friend: Kennedy’s Middle East and the Making of the U.S.-Israel Alliance,” Warren Bass recounts a meeting between Israeli Prime Minister David Ben Gurion and President John F. Kennedy in which Kennedy reportedly said: “I was elected by