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			<span class="posted-on"><time class="updated" datetime="2021-03-17T16:53:19+00:00" itemprop="dateModified">March 17, 2021</time><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2021-01-09T18:23:02+00:00" itemprop="datePublished">January 9, 2021</time></span> <span class="byline">by <span class="author vcard" itemprop="author" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person" itemscope><a class="url fn n" href="https://newsstandard.ca/author/melanie-clarke/" title="View all posts by The Editors" rel="author" itemprop="url"><span class="author-name" itemprop="name">The Editors</span></a></span></span> 		</div>
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<p><strong>Check out:</strong> David Pilling, FT Africa editor</p>
<p>African Arguments ,</p>
<p>News24 (Southern Africa), Watchdog Uganda, <del>Radarr (Nigeria)</del>, Africa Launch (Mauritius), <del>Deenewsline (Nigeria)</del>, <del>AkinBlog (Nigeria)</del>, HGS Media (Nigeria), <del>Odince (Nigeria)</del>, Three Men On a Boat (Zimbabwe), National Scoops, Tataafo (Nigeria), <del>The Giant (Nigeria),<br />
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<p>Higher quality</p>
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<p>Lesser quality</p>
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