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Demerara Rebellion of 1823
The Demerara Rebellion of 1823 was an uprising involving more than ten thousand enslaved people in the Crown colony of Demerara-Essequibo (now part of Guyana) on the coast of South America. The rebellion took place on August 18, 1823, and lasted two days. No particular incident sparked the
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Virtual Guyana Carnival parade set for Independence
The Guyana Carnival committee is set to host a virtual masquerade parade on Independence Day, May 26, after its planned celebrations were scuttled by the COVID-19
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Kenya: Here's How You Can Own a Home By Contributing Sh200 Per Month
Nairobi — Kenyans can voluntarily contribute Sh200 per month to own a home, the State Department for Housing and Urban Development has
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Mauritius: Government Steps Up Efforts to Tackle COVID-19 Pandemic, Says Attorney General
The outcomes of such proactive measures are bearing their fruits as no new COVID-19 cases have been reported for the last 18
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Dr Hinds is attempting to create an elections narrative that has no empirical basis
Dr. Hinds’ letter covered three broad themes and, at this time, I am limiting my response to the narrative he seeks to establish with respect to the credibility of the March 2, 2020
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Lesotho: ABC Infighting to Blame for Collapse of Govt - Moleleki
ABC officials have accused Mr Moleleki of influencing Mr Thabane to illegally prorogue parliament from 20 March to 19 June 2020- a move which was nullified last month by the Constitutional Court after a petition by the ABC, DC and other
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More Latinas Are Choosing to Identify as Afro-Latina
When Aisha Cort walks into a convenience store with her rich brown skin and tiny dark locs, she knows she has the power to cause confusion by speaking
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Bussa Rebellion (1816)
The Bussa Rebellion was the largest slave revolt in the history of Barbados. The rebellion took its name from the African-born slave, Bussa, who led the uprising. The Bussa Rebellion was the first of the three major slave uprisings that took place in the British West Indies between the
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A Brief Intro and History of Benin, Africa
Benin was the seat of one of the great medieval African kingdoms called Dahomey. Europeans began arriving in the area in the 18th century, as the kingdom of Dahomey was expanding its territory. The Portuguese, the French, and the Dutch established trading posts along the coast
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Zimbabwe: Mnangagwa Pushing for One-Party State - Coltart
The former Education minister in the 2009-2013 Government of National Unity believes President Emmerson Mnangagwa's ruling party is seeking to weaken and crush the once vibrant movement -- a development he says lays the groundwork for the Zanu PF leader to establish a one-party
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Nigeria: Oil Marketers Refusing to Cut Prices of Diesel, Others - Minister
Despite the recent commencement of the deregulation of the downstream sector of the petroleum industry, the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, said the Federal Government will continue to intervene in determining the retail pump price of
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Namibia
Namibia is bordered on the north by Angola and Zambia, on the east by Botswana, and on the east and south by South Africa. It is for the most part a portion of the high plateau of southern Africa, with a general elevation of from 3,000 to 4,000
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Grant, Bernie (1944–2000)
Born on the 17th of February 1944 in Georgetown, Guyana, Bernie Grant was elected to the British House of Commons in 1987 to serve as one of the country’s first black Members of Parliament (MPs). With a head teacher for a father and a teacher for a mother, Grant, the second of five children, was
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Allow return of Carter Center - Canadian gov't official urges President
Canada’s Assistant Deputy Minister for the Americas of Global Affairs today reiterated Ottawa’s call for the return of Carter Center observers to observe the recount of votes currently
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Nicholas E. Brathwaite
Nicholas E. Brathwaite is cofounder and partner of Riverwood Capital, a global, growth equity, investment firm with over $2 billion in assets under management. Riverwood Capital invests in technology and technology services industries across a variety of verticals and
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Nigeria: Infectious Disease Bill - Bill Gates Denies Offering Bribe to Nigerian Lawmakers
American billionaire philanthropist and co-founder of Microsoft, Bill Gates, has denied media reports that he offered a $10 million bribe to the Nigerian House of Representatives to pass the Control of Infectious Diseases Bill being considered by the
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Musician Derry Etkins dies
Guyanese musician Derry Etkins has died during recovery from a minor
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We have an opportunity to re-imagine and improve Grade Six assessment
Recent revelations regarding the Ministry of Education’s plan to stage the National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) in about two months, have caused concern among parents and
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Burundi: An Essential Primer On Burundi's Elections
With popular frustrations running high, and opposition leader Agathon Rwasa warning that he will not accept a "stolen" election, fears are mounting that a contested poll could lead to violence along the lines of what the country saw in 2015, when Nkurunziza's controversial bid for a third term
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Nigeria: IPPIS - Nigerian Universities Misled Us Into Paying Dead Lecturers - Accountant General
The federal government on Monday said it was deliberately misled by the managements of some Nigerian universities into paying salaries to some deceased members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) through the Integrated Personnel Payroll system
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Alassane Ouattara
Alassane Ouattara , in full Alassane Dramane Ouattara, byname Ado (born January 1, 1942, Dimbokro, Côte d’Ivoire, French West Africa), Ivoirian economist and politician who was elected president of Côte d’Ivoire in 2010. Despite Ouattara’s victory, the incumbent, Laurent Gbagbo, refused to step
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*Prices only represent the average Wholesale Farmgate and Retail Prices at the above mentioned markets and are NOT prices set by the Guyana MArketing Corporation or Ministry of
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Uganda: High Court Rules Police Halting Bobi Wine Concerts Illegal
Robert Kyagulanyi, a member of Uganda’s National Assembly popularly known as Bobi Wine says he is not excited about a court ruling that declared police orders to halt his concerts in the country
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Guyana’s Infant Oil & Gas Sector: Doomsday options - tariffs on oil, NOPEC Bill and invoking the nuclear option after a US/Saudi oil war!
The incisive, intense, and increasingly incendiary geo-political, economic, and strategic debate concerning the Saudi Arabia/ US struggle for crude oil market share is basically unacknowledged in the local print and social
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Atwoli: I’ve no grudge against DP Ruto
According to Mr Atwoli, unlike other Deputy Presidents in Africa, Dr Ruto has not pledged allegiance to his boss President Uhuru Kenyatta by engaging in premature 2022 succession politics at the expense of service delivery to the
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Mercy Hospital unveils $20m COVID-19 testing, treatment facility
The St. Joseph Mercy Hospital (SJMH)  has launched a brand new COVID-19 testing and treatment facility at the St. Paul Retreat Centre at Vryheid’s Lust, East Coast
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Raila orders purge in ODM
Radical surgery on National Assembly and Senate committees is in the offing as President Uhuru Kenyatta and Orange Democratic Movement leader Raila Odinga lay the ground for smooth implementation of the Building Bridges Initiative
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Plans being made to address requests for stranded Guyanese to return home
Amidst continued calls by Guyanese stranded abroad for the National COVID-19 Task Force (NCTF) to grant permission for them to return home, head of the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) Lt. Col. (ret’d) Egbert Field  has said that planning is ongoing to address the
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Jordan, Mosina H. (1943- )
In 1995, career Foreign Service Officer Mosina H. Jordan was nominated by President Bill Clinton to serve as ambassador to the Central African Republic (CAR). After U.S. Senate confirmation she arrived in Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic and presented her credentials on November
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