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Nollywood: The film industry where women call the shots
"Access allows you to have a voice on-screen. Access allows you to put more women in the room.”
A few years ago, Isioma Osaje was studying medicine at Igbinedion University in Benin City, Nigeria....
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Chile’s vaccination rate among top; Protests in Holland; Infections in Papua New Guinea.
A look at how COVID-19 is impacting life around the world
Chile An (albeit cautious) success story in Chile: After posting some of the world’s worst numbers...
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Party like it’s 2019; another virus in the Philippines
A look at how COVID-19 is impacting life around the world
Tanzania Europeans escaping lockdown have found a place to have a good time: Zanzibar. Five thousand...
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“Air vaccines” in Brazil; Ghana first to receive Covax innoculations; Argentine health minister fired for offering VIP access to COVID vaccine.
A look at how COVID-19 is impacting life around the world
Brazil Video footage of health officials giving fake COVID-19 vaccines to elderly people went viral in...
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Guinea sees Ebola resurface amid COVID pandemic; experts baffled by fall in India cases. Missionaries in the Amazon stoke vaccine skepticism.
A look at how COVID-19 is impacting life around the world
New Zealand Auckland, New Zealand’s biggest city, lifted a three-day lockdown that the government had introduced...
Nearly 70 percent of the world’s cocoa comes from Africa, yet chocolate, one of the chief...
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South Africa bans alcohol (again) as COVID cases spike; Israel bolts ahead in race to inoculate; world’s largest vaccine maker dedicates supply to developing countries
A look at how COVID-19 is impacting life around the world.
South Africa South African president Cyril Ramaphosa banned the sale of alcohol — again — following...
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COVID on a cruise to nowhere; Philippines won’t cane social distance violators
A look at how COVID-19 is impacting life around the world.
Singapore Royal Caribbean introduced its “cruises to nowhere” as a way to revive the cruising industry...
A uniquely congenial atmosphere welcomes visitors to The New Afrika Shrine in the Ikeja area of...