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Meta is changing who handles content moderation in East Africa. It isn't changing the dismal state of how social media stays sanitized.
The firm is ending its partnership with a controversial outsourcing firm. Insider's reporting from …
Tekendra Parmar
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Kim Jong Un's regime has 'thousands' of IT workers posing as non-North Koreans to get jobs around the world, US says
These "freelancers" could be seeking work in mobile games, graphic animation, dating apps, and buil…
Matthew Loh
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Meet the Danish Frogmen who just took down a boat full of pirates in the Atlantic
An incident off the coast of West Africa in late 2021 offered a rare look at the operations of Denm…
Stavros Atlamazoglou
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Africa is hosting the UN climate summit. It's also home to 3 oil-and-gas deals announced in just two weeks.
The UN climate summit in Egypt is highlighting the need to dump fossil fuels. Yet big energy and bi…
Catherine Boudreau
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Monkeypox spreading through sexual contact among men, but not a sexually transmitted infection: World Health Organisation
First reported on May 7 in the UK, monkeypox has rapidly spread to over a dozen countries, where th…
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African journalists condemn media outlets for using images of Black people in coverage of US, UK monkeypox outbreaks
Africa's foreign press body said using images of Black people in reports on the monkeypox outbreak …
Joshua Zitser
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The killing of a terrorist behind the death of 4 US troops sheds light on France's quiet but intense fight in Africa
Terrorist groups in Africa have killed and displaced thousands of people, and France has taken the …
Stavros Atlamazoglou
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In the 1800s, the American Colonization Society relocated thousands of freed Black Americans to West Africa. It led to the creation of Liberia.
Slave-owning US presidents Thomas Jefferson, James Monroe, and James Madison, as well as leaders Da…
Yoonji Han
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The richest man in Africa just opened the continent's biggest fertilizer plant. He says people are 'begging' him to sell crop nutrients as sanctions against Russia disrupt supply.
Fertilizer prices have hit record highs. This is expected to feed into already soaring food prices.
Huileng Tan
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Results: Democratic Rep. Kathy Manning defeats Republican Christian Castelli in the 2022 election for North Carolina's 6th Congressional District
Democratic Rep. Kathy Manning won her bid for a second against Republican Christian Castelli. Polls…
Hanna Kang
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Democratic Rep. Kathy Manning faces off against Republican Christian Castelli in North Carolina's 6th Congressional District election
Rep. Manning is fending off Republican challenger Christian Castelli, a decorated Army Special Forc…
Hanna Kang
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Kim Kardashian defends herself against past blackfishing accusations, saying she mostly wears braids when North wants to match hairstyles
Speaking with Jeremy O. Harris for i-D, Kim Kardashian West said that she "would never do anything …
Palmer Haasch
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The White House says North Korea is secretly sending a 'significant' amount of artillery shells to Russia, but it won't fix Russia's problems
Russia continues to "experience supply shortages when it comes to munitions," a US official said of…
Jake Epstein
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Vaccines could still protect against Omicron via powerful 'T cells' that are hard to measure but prevent severe illness and death
Omicron seems better at dodging antibodies from two doses of vaccine. But vaccines could still prot…
Marianne Guenot
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South Africa 'technically' enters third wave of COVID-19 pandemic, says National Institute for Communicable Diseases
South Africa has "technically" entered the third wave of the coronavirus pandemic, the country's Na…
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The CDC orders airlines to reveal identities of travelers who have recently visited southern Africa
The CDC had previously required all airlines to collect contact tracing information from all intern…
Jake Epstein,Reuters
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WHO slams countries for putting travel bans on southern Africa, saying it 'attacks global solidarity'
Countries put travel bans on multiple southern African nations after the Omicron coronavirus varian…
Sinéad Baker
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Chair of South African Medical Association says Omicron cases are mild so far, but it's too soon to the determine risk of severe disease
"We really just need to hold tight to see how this plays out and what our next move is," an epidemi…
Aria Bendix
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Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa may fall soon to rebels, but there will be no Afghanistan-style airlift, the US warns
The State Department urged US citizens to leave immediately, adding that there are still commercial…
Jake Epstein
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Canada records North America's first 2 cases of the Omicron coronavirus variant
They were found in two people who had recently traveled to Nigeria and tested positive in Ottawa, h…