Ghana hopes 'Year of Return' will boost tourism. But caution is needed: The door of no return at the Cape Coast Castle Wikimedia CommonsGhana has designated 2019 as the Year of Return to commemorate 400 years since the first enslaved Africans arrived in Jamestown, Virginia in the United States. The government has been running a massive marketing campaign targeting African … [Read more...] about Ghana hopes ‘Year of Return’ will boost tourism. But caution is needed | The Conversation
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Fresh vigilance is needed to protect media freedom across Africa | The Conversation
Fresh vigilance is needed to protect media freedom across Africa: Newspapers in Swahili and in English in Dar es Salaam. The media is increasingly not trusted in Tanzania. ShutterstockOne of the least enviable tasks of journalists in the US must be reporting on how the public trusts their work less and less. A 2018 study found that only about four in ten Americans had at least … [Read more...] about Fresh vigilance is needed to protect media freedom across Africa | The Conversation
SA News: I felt “alternative voice” is needed in media industry: Jacob Zuma on Gupta family corruption deals
I felt "alternative voice" is needed in media industry: Jacob Zuma on Gupta family corruption deals: Johannesburg [South Africa], July 16 (ANI): Former South Africa President Jacob Zuma has confessed that he had floated the idea that led to the establishment of controversial Indian-origin Gupta ... Source: "South Africa" - BingNews AFCON 2019 aftermath: Namibia, Guinea … [Read more...] about SA News: I felt “alternative voice” is needed in media industry: Jacob Zuma on Gupta family corruption deals
Action is needed to save West Africa’s critically endangered chimpanzees | The Conversation
Action is needed to save West Africa's critically endangered chimpanzees: Camera trap image of adult female chimpanzee with her offspring in fallow area in Moyamba district of Sierra Leone foraging on oranges. Tacugama Chimpanzee SanctuaryIn 2016, the International Union for Conservation of Nature listed the western African subspecies of chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes verus) as … [Read more...] about Action is needed to save West Africa’s critically endangered chimpanzees | The Conversation
Adherence is delaying HIV elimination targets. What’s needed to break the cycle | The Conversation
Adherence is delaying HIV elimination targets. What’s needed to break the cycle: South Africa has the world's highest AIDS burden. ShutterstockAs 2020 draws closer, the deadline to end AIDS by 2030 looms large. The aim is to achieve the ambitious targets of “90-90-90”. That is, 90% of people living with HIV knowing their status; 90% of all those with HIV on antiretroviral … [Read more...] about Adherence is delaying HIV elimination targets. What’s needed to break the cycle | The Conversation
