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Tanzanian Opposition Leader Leaves Country After Police Bar Protest

DODOMA, Tan­za­nia — Escort­ed by West­ern diplo­mats, Tanzania’s main oppo­si­tion can­di­date left the coun­try for Bel­gium on Tues­day after reject­ing a pres­i­den­tial elec­tion he assert­ed had wide­spread irreg­u­lar­i­ties. “I am not flee­ing the coun­try,” said the can­di­date, Tun­du Lis­su, who was

Skull Fossil Shows How Human Cousin Adapted to Changing Climate

On Father’s Day in June 2018, Saman­tha Good was work­ing on an exca­va­tion in the Dri­molen cave in South Africa’s Cra­dle of Humankind. She uncov­ered what appeared to be a canine tooth jut­ting out from the loose brown sed­i­ment. Ms.

Shot to Prevent H.I.V. Works Better Than Daily Pill in Women

A sin­gle shot giv­en every two months has proved to be more effec­tive than a dai­ly pill at pre­vent­ing H.I.V. in women, researchers report­ed on Mon­day, an advance that med­ical experts hailed as ground­break­ing in the fight against the deadly

How Covid-19 hit New York’s African community

The pan­dem­ic, and the asso­ci­at­ed eco­nom­ic fall­out, has been tough on Harlem’s African community.Many trade at the African mar­ket in Harlem, but busi­ness­es are real­ly strug­gling due to the coronavirus.Periods of lock­down have meant trade is down, and peo­ple are

Why Africa’s animation scene is booming

image copy­rightRID­WAN MOS­HOOD­Niger­ian ani­ma­tor Rid­wan Mos­hood was so deter­mined to learn how to make car­toons, he spent hours in inter­net cafés in Lagos, watch­ing YouTube lessons and tak­ing notes. “I would