Ethiopia’s largest and oldest university partners with regional bureaus to teach Chinese language

Ethiopia’s largest and oldest university partners with regional bureaus to teach Chinese language

Amid deepening Sino-Ethiopian ties, interest in studying the Chinese language is growing rapidly among Ethiopians, particularly the country’s youth.

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How Kenya’s girls’ school of ‘second chances’ allows teenaged mothers to live in boarding school with their babies

How Kenya’s girls’ school of ‘second chances’ allows teenaged mothers to live in boarding school with their babies

The boarding school was founded in 2015 and has put hundreds of girls and young women through secondary education while supporting their children. Some have gone on to successful professional careers, including in government and medicine.

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Horrors of slavery-2: Abducted into slavery with his mother and sister, Tobias vowed to revenge and did it by impregnating Whites

Tobias left that meeting and went to his quarters. He sat on his bed in the darkness and he smiled for the first time in 15 years. Because Edward Harlow had just handed him the weapon he needed, not the breeding itself. Harlow expected Tobias to stay within the enslaved population. That was the plan. That was what made it profitable.

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Church takes central role in renewed push to put to rest Talai land rights and other injustices

Church takes central role in renewed push to put to rest Talai land rights and other injustices

Chair of Myoot Kipsigis Council of Elders Richard Ng’eno observed that the engagement forms part of an ongoing series of consultations initiated earlier in the year, aimed at addressing broader issues of leadership, identity and community wellbeing.

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Fertility is in the toilet, says scientist as she calls chemical exposure a ‘huge societal problem’

Fertility is in the toilet, says scientist as she calls chemical exposure a ‘huge societal problem’

Researchers tracked what they used every day – from personal care products to household cleaners – then coached them on safer alternatives.

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Minister says Kenya is focusing on quality assurance in tea industry for a bigger slice of the world market

Minister says Kenya is focusing on quality assurance in tea industry for a bigger slice of the world market

Another key intervention he said they were implementing was modernisation of factories for which the state has provided Ksh3.7 billion loan facility at a concessionary rate of five per cent interest to help facilities upgrade machinery and also diversify into other high value products such as orthodox tea production.

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International Congress of Mathematicians dispute signals shifting global confidence in US academic freedom

International Congress of Mathematicians dispute signals shifting global confidence in US academic freedom

In a statement issued on March 30, the Berlin-based IMU acknowledged widespread anxieties regarding US entry and the ability of scholars to feel “safe and welcome” in Philadelphia.

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Kakuma Refugee Camp in northwestern Kenya unveils reduce, reuse and recycle waste management project

Kakuma Refugee Camp in northwestern Kenya unveils reduce, reuse and recycle waste management project

Deputy Manager of Kakuma Municipality Halima Duba clarified that through the project, the municipality will place properly labelled waste collection bins at strategic places around town, coordinate collection of the waste, and initiate the dumping procedure on a regular basis.

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EPA raises concerns over quality of drinking water in US amid fears growing it could be the dirtiest in the world

EPA raises concerns over quality of drinking water in US amid fears growing it could be the dirtiest in the world

The EPA said it is considering adding micro-plastics, pharmaceuticals and PFAS to its latest list of drinking water contaminants, opening the door to new research and potential regulation. The move comes alongside a $144 million federal initiative aimed at understanding and reducing micro-plastics in the human body, as officials warn of growing – but still poorly understood – health risks.

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Horrors of slavery: His job was to impregnate slave women, then impregnated his owner’s wife and daughter

Horrors of slavery: His job was to impregnate slave women, then impregnated his owner’s wife and daughter

When Sheriff Thomas McKinley drew his pistol, Margaret Harlow, the plantation owner’s wife, stepped forward, her belly opened, her child lying dead at her feet, and she raised her bloodied hands in front of Tobias.

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