NewsBeat SocialTag: africa
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Company Creates Heat Detector for South African Slum Fires
05/08/15 4:14 PM PST
Recently launched Indiegogo campaign Lumkani has created the world's first networked heat detector to be used in slum and informal living environments
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Ebola Survivors Urged to Abstain from Unprotected Sex Indefinitely
05/05/15 2:00 PM PST
In March, a Liberian woman came down with the Ebola virus after having sex with a male survivor five months after his recovery, leading health officials to warn Ebola survivors to abstain from unprotected sex indefinitely
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Fly Farm to Harvest Maggots for Animal Feed
05/01/15 4:27 PM PST
South African entrepreneur Jason Drew has started a company called AgriProtein that will grow, harvest, process, press and dry fly maggots to be used for animal feed
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300 Women Reportedly Rescued From Boko Haram Terror Camps
04/29/15 3:00 PM PST
Nigerian troops reportedly rescued nearly 300 women during an offensive against Boko Haram fighters in the northeastern Sambisa Forest— however none of those freed are part of the captured Chibok schoolgirls
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Nigeria Recalls Diplomats from South Africa
04/27/15 1:59 PM PST
Xenophobic violence in South Africa has prompted Nigeria to recall its top diplomats from the country
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New Ebola Vaccine Proves to Be Successful in Monkeys
04/24/15 11:49 AM PST
TKM-Ebola-Guinea targets the Makona strain of the Ebola virus, which is responsible for the current outbreak in West Africa
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South African Troops Deployed to Control Anti-Immigrant Violence
04/21/15 11:00 AM PST
South Africa's defense minister summons the country's army to help control the recent wave of xenophobic violence
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Malawi's President Approves Law to Increase Marriage Age
04/20/15 4:04 PM PST
President of Malawi Peter Mutharika approves a law that increases the country's marriage age from 16 years old to 18 years old
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Little South African DJ Mixes Sick Beats
04/16/15 4:56 PM PST
2-year-old boy in South Africa becomes DJ prodigy
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Malawi Offers to Evacuate Citizens From South Africa
04/16/15 3:40 PM PST
Malawi is the first African nation to offer repatriation to its citizen living in South Africa
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Woman Carries Bucket of Water On Her Head During Paris Marathon
04/14/15 3:37 PM PST
Siabatou Sanneh of Gambia walked in the Paris Marathon with a bucket of water on her head to raise awareness about the struggles to attain clean drinking water in parts of Africa
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'Lucy', 'Little Foot' Species May Have Co-Existed
04/03/15 3:40 PM PST
Researchers believe two species of human ancestors known as 'Lucy' and 'Little Foot' may have existed on the African continent at the same time