Mali
Science - Education | Culture - Arts | Society
Timbuktu ancient document centre opening
afrol News, 27 May - Mali's famous old city of Timbuktu this weekend will see the opening of a new building housing and restoring a collection of an estimated 700,000 ancient manuscripts, recognised as one of Africa's principal cultural heritages.
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Kenya
Science - Education | Agriculture - Nutrition
Maasais' good health surprises scientists
afrol News, 20 May - The nomadic Maasai people of Kenya are known for their limited diet of mostly milk and blood, which nutritionists expected would result in a poor health situation. The opposite proved true.
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Egypt
Economy - Development | Science - Education | Health | Culture - Arts | Society
Heart disease discovered in ancient Egyptian mummies
afrol News, 18 November - A cardiologist at Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute and his research team from Cairo, Milwaukee, and Mission Viejo, Calif., have detected the hardening of the arteries in 3,500-year-old Egyptian mummies, indicating that heart disease is not just a condition found in modern humans.
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Africa | World
Economy - Development | Health | Science - Education | Society
Scientists publish discovery of Malaria origin
afrol News, 4 August - Scientists have reported to have discovered the origin of malaria, saying Chimpanzees, native to equatorial Africa, have been identified as the original source of the parasite that likely moved from them to humans via mosquitoes.
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