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Africa: What Africa Expects of the New WTO Director-General
[Africa Renewal] When on 15 February the chair of the World Trade Organization's (WTO's) General Council, Ambassador David Walker of New Zealand, announced that Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala would be the new Director-General, the mood among delegates was of relief.
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Rwanda: Activists Welcome New Policy Position on Informal Marriages
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Africa: 7e Forum régional africain sur le développement durable
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Africa: AU - Angolan Head of State Gets Award
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Rwanda Receives First Covid-19 Vaccine From Covax Programme
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis defiant in privileging whites over Blacks in vaccine access - DefenderNetwork.com
Florida governor Ron DeSantis, a Republican notorius for leading efforts to suppress the votes of Blacks and other Democratic-leaning groups, is again making national news for all the wrong reasons. Under his watch, vaccine drives hosted specifically for Black communities in rural
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Uganda: Bobi Petition - Would Chief Justice Dollo Pass the Impartiality Test?
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Rwanda: Team Rwanda Gears Up for 2021 Road Cycling Championship
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Actor Idris Elba and model Naomi Campbell joined some 65 other British celebrities, designers and politicians, mostly of Ghanaian heritage, in signing an open letter in support of gay rights in Ghana. Last month, a community center for LGBTQ+ people in the West African country was shut down by
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Mississippi to pay Curtis Flowers $500K for 20-year wrongful imprisonment - TheGrio
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