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South Africa’s HIV/Aids patients worry about treatment

Mayeni Jones BBC News, Johannesburg Reuters Gugu used to collect her antiretrovirals from a USAID-funded clinic in central Johannesburg. But…

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World

Africa’s pangolin crisis: The delicacy that’s driving a species to the brink

The vast majority of pangolin hunting in African forest landscapes is done for meat consumed by people in the region,…

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Business

Is South Africa’s Cyril Ramaphosa running out of time?

He may have survived a bruising encounter with Donald Trump, but the veteran ANC politician is facing forbidding challenges at…

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Tech

Cairo-based Nawy, Africa’s largest proptech platform combining listings with brokerage services, raised a $52M Series A led by Partech Africa (Tage Kene-Okafor/TechCrunch)

Featured Podcasts Lenny’s Podcast: How Palantir built the ultimate founder factory | Nabeel S. Qureshi (founder, writer, ex-Palantir) Interviews with…

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World

South Africa’s Cyril Ramaphosa sets up inquiry into sparse apartheid prosecutions

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced a judicial inquiry into allegations of political interference in the prosecution of apartheid-era…

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CBD

South Africa’s Hemp Foods Ban To Be Withdrawn

Well, that didn’t last long. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced a knee-jerk ban on cannabis foods is to…

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World

Exposing an Indian pharma firm fuelling West Africa’s opioid crisis

BBC Eye Investigations BBC World Service BBC An Indian pharmaceutical company is manufacturing unlicensed, highly addictive opioids and exporting them…

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Environment

Europe greenwashing with north Africa’s renewable energy, report says | Renewable energy

European countries are extracting renewable energy from Morocco and Egypt to “greenwash” their own economies, while leaving north Africans reliant…

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Environment

Can communities living side by side with wildlife beat Africa’s national parks at conservation? | Conservation

Africa’s first national park was created 100 years ago by the Belgian colonial state in the Congo, and since then…

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