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Africa Ranking
Most Dangerous Terrorist Groups in Africa, 2023
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According to Global Terrorism Index, Al-Shabaab is the deadliest terror group in Africa. Trailing closely behind are Jamaat Nusrat al-Islam wal Muslimeen (JNIM), Islamic State West Africa, and Boko Haram.
History
Jacob Morenga, the Namibian Military Genius Who Frustrated the Germans During the German-Herero Conflict of 1904
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Jacob Morenga, also known as the "black Napoleon", was one of the chief leader in the insurrections against the German Empire which took place between 1904 and 1908.
People & Politics
Belgium Returns Patrice Lumumba’s Tooth to Family 61 Years After His Murder
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Belgian authorities have returned a tooth belonging to the murdered Congolese independence hero Patrice Emery Lumumba
Africa Ranking
Top 20 Richest Countries In Africa (2023)
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Seychelles ranks as the richest country in Africa, with a reported per capita GDP of $11,426. With a population of less than 100,000, the country has the tiniest population in Africa.
People & Politics
South Africa’s Archbishop Desmond Tutu Dies at 90
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Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the Nobel Peace prize laureate who helped end apartheid in South Africa, has died aged 90.
His death was confirmed in a statement by President Cyril Ramaphosa.
It marked "another chapter of bereavement in our nation's farewell to...
History
Lost 4,500-year-old Temple Unearthed in Egypt
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Archaeologists have found one of the four lost sun temples built by the pharaohs while they were still alive in an attempt to turn themselves into living gods.
People & Politics
34 Years Later, Sankara’s Murder Trial Begins in Burkina Faso
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The trial of 14 men, including a former president, has opened in Burkina Faso over the assassination of the country’s revered revolutionary leader Thomas Sankara 34 years ago.
People & Politics
Tanzania’s Abdulrazak Gurnah Wins 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature
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Tanzanian novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah has been awarded the 2021 Nobel Prize for Literature becoming the first black African author to win the award since Wole Soyinka in 1986.
Society & Culture
Artefacts Looted by British Forces in 1868 Returned to Ethiopia
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Artefacts looted by British troops from Ethiopia in 1868 have been returned to the Ethiopian embassy in London.
Travel
This Lion Sanctuary in South Africa Allows Visitors to Get Up Close With Lions by Locking Them in a Cage
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A lion sanctuary near Harrismith in the eastern Free State, a province of South Africa allows people to get up close with its lions, by locking visitors in a plexiglass cage for up to 45 minutes at a time.
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