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Western Sahara: Saharawi People Mark 47th Anniversary of Outbreak of Armed Struggle Tomorrow
Chahid Al Hafed (Refugee Camps) — The Saharawi people commemorates todays, May 20th, the 47-year anniversary of the outbreak of armed struggle in Western Sahara, to reiterate their commitment and attachment to regain their legitimate rights by all
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Kenya's Open Door Policy Offers Economic Opportunities for Refugees and Their Hosts
Programs in training and skills development were availed to refugees without a clear integration into the local labour market realities or the same opportunity availed to host
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Through the pandemic called racial hate—whose potentially fatal impact is evidenced by the recent deer-hunter style slaying of Ahmaud Arbery, allegedly by three white men while he jogged in a neighborhood in
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Ethiopia coronavirus: 3,166 cases; Kuwaiti evacuees return
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LETTERS: How to best address the water challenge
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Kenya coronavirus: 3,860 cases; corruption probe on donations, funds
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Ethiopia coronavirus: 5,846 cases; deaths pass 100
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Africa Launches Medical Supplies Platform to Fight COVID-19
As Africa braces itself for the peak in COVID-19 cases, the continent is launching the Africa Medical Supplies Platform, an innovative marketplace to enable all African governments to access critical supplies, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced on
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Courville, Cindy L. (1954– )
Cindy Lou Courville is an American diplomat and expert on Africa. Born in Opelousas, Louisiana, to Earnest and Mar Courville in 1954, she grew up attending segregated schools until the eighth grade when she was among the first groups of African American children who began to integrate the local
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Africa: 43 African Countries Under Border Closure As COVID-19 Cases Top 225,000 Continentwide
As COVID-19 caseload surpassed 225,105 on Saturday across the African continent, 43 African countries are now under full border closure due to the rapid spread of the coronavirus
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Cameroon: Social Media Used to Fight Misinformation
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Africa: Reparations for Victims Matter As Much As Kabuga's Trial
The arrest on 16 May of Félicien Kabuga, alleged financier of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, has dominated international justice
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Africa Development Bank blacklists Chinese company building Kenyan power project
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Somalia: Over 500 People Killed By Cholera in Somalia Since January-UN
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East Africa: African Dev't Bank Gives $1.2 M for Ethiopia-Sudan Railway Study
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Rwanda/South Africa: Could Goalie Mvuyekure Play for Orlando Pirates Next Season?
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East Africa: Hundreds of Ethiopian COVID-19 Impacted Migrant Families Receive Food and Assistance in Kenya
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Kenya: Eliud Kipchoge Reveals Why He Loves Spurs and Thinks CR7 is Goat
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Africa: Free Trade Zone Launch Moved to January Over Pandemic Lockdowns
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