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There is still a great deal that’s not known about the coronavirus. Neelaveni Padayachee and Lisa Claire du Toit report that this limited scientific information has contributed to a slew of myths and misconceptions. Some claims being made are harmless. Others can be potentially dangerous. They present here some misconceptions doing the rounds in Africa …
China’s official discourse in Africa has always been portrayed as either a “win-win” or an “all-weather” friendship. But recent racist events in the Chinese city of Guangzhou, which is home to the largest African immigrant population in Asia, has changed the whole terrain. Shamed, Beijing has increased its diplomatic efforts in Africa to repair the …
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If one followed the plight of the tens of thousands of illegal immigrants in detention in Libya only by the publicity coming from the United Nations, one might believe that the European Union funding to control migrants from landing on the shores of Europe was working. You would be fatally wrong. Instead, that financial support …