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• Africa: 'A Love Letter to Africa' – Beyonce Speaks on Her Lion King Album
  [allAfrica] Cape Town -"I wanted to make sure we found the best talent from Africa, and not just use some of the sounds, and did my interpretation of it," Beyoncé Knowles-Car [...]
• Congo-Kinshasa: Goma Ebola Patient Dies
  [allAfrica] Cape Town -Officials in the DR Congo have confirmed that a pastor diagnosed with Ebola in Goma has died, appealing for calm as the epidemic reaches the city with a populatio [...]
• Malawi: Chakwera Says People Free to Join Demos
  [Nyasa Times] Malawi Congress Party (MCP) says it is still urging all well-meaning Malawians to continue protesting, praying, fasting against the May 21 vote as the nation waits for the [...]
• Africa: Why Maxence Melo Mubyazi Won the CPJ International Press Freedom Award
  [CPJ] CPJ is honored to present its 2019 International Press Freedom Award to Tanzanian journalist Maxence Melo Mubyazi.
• Africa: Tanzanian Freedom of Expression Champion Wins International Award
  [CPJ] New York -The Committee to Protect Journalists will honor journalists from Brazil, India, Nicaragua, and Tanzania with the 2019 International Press Freedom Awards amid the erosion [...]
• Somalia: Somaliland – Making Do With What They Have
  [East African] Somaliland has the world's fourth-lowest GDP per capita and a high income gap between rich and poor, according to data from the World Bank.
• Zimbabwe: Reformer Mnangagwa Leaves U.S. Unsure
  [New Zimbabwe] President Emmerson Mnangagwa's reforms anchored on his short-term policy, the Transitional Stabilisation Programme (TSP) could resolve most of Zimbabwe's struct [...]
• East Africa: Is Kenya Losing Its Lead in the Region?
  [East African] Kenya could slowly be losing its strategic lead in East Africa due to the changing geopolitics and the newfound unity between Ethiopia, Eritrea and Somalia.
• Zimbabwe: 'Over 30 000 People Face Eviction to Pave Way for Mining Initiatives'
  [New Zimbabwe] An estimated 30 000 people in six communities countrywide are set to be displaced to pave way for new mining initiatives without compensation, the Centre for Natural Reso [...]
• Tanzania: Prepare for Elections, Magufuli Tells Police Force
  [Citizen] Dar es Salaam -President John Magufuli yesterday told the Police Force to begin earnest preparations as Tanzania heads into elections.
• South Africa: Minimal Decline in AIDS-Related Deaths Worries MSF
  [MSF] Doctors Without Borders (MSF) is concerned about the minimal decline in mortality due to AIDS-related diseases since 2014 despite welcoming the progress made in the HIV fight espe [...]
• South Africa: Young South Africans Want to Farm. but the System Isn't Ready for Them
  [The Conversation Africa] Persistent unemployment has become synonymous with the youth experience across South Africa. Youth unemployment rates are almost four times higher than the reg [...]