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Windhoek, Namibia (1840- )
Windhoek, also known by its more traditional names—|Ai||Gams (in the Khoekhoe language) and Otjiomuise or Otjoherero, all of which mean “place by streams”—is the capital and largest city of Namibia, as well as its cultural and economic center.  Though likely named for the mountain
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Rwanda: Govt Unveils U.S.$11 Billion Climate Action Plan
Rwanda has become the first African country to submit a new national climate plan, whose implementation requires $11 billion (10.2 trillion), as an essential tool to implement the Paris
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Poll: Many Americans won't return to gyms, dining out
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Botswana coronavirus: govt prioritizes data amid stay away campaign
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Grace Community Center staff ‘the essentials’ in the war against Covid-19 ⋆
Grace Community Center, 406 W. Delaware, under the leadership of Elaine Page, executive director, and in partnership with Toledo Public Schools, and Connecting Kids to Meals, began to mount up an offensive plan to not only help those seniors, but children, and anyone in
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How Kenya ended up immortalising Jomo’s buddies
In the case of two other friends with origins in the State of Guyana, Ras Makonnen and Cecil Miller, President Jomo Kenyatta gave them Kenyan citizenship, jobs and facilitated their permanent settlement in the country, where he wanted them laid to rest when the time finally
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Slack revenue growth fails to impress, shares tank
Slack Technologies on Thursday posted slowing quarterly sales growth, disappointing investors who had expected a surge in demand for its workplace messaging app as companies rapidly adopt remote working tools and
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Manohar to step down as ICC chairman after current term
MUMBAI, (Reuters) – International Cricket Council (ICC) chairman Shashank Manohar is to step down when his term ends this year, the governing body said
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Biden Urged To Pick Black VP, Not Klobuchar As Minneapolis Killing Stokes Racial Tensions
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Africa: Let's Prepare for a Marathon Struggle Against COVID-19
African health practitioners should own the narrative of the coronavirus pandemic and take advantage of Africa's experience of other outbreaks of disease in order to mount a tailored response, says the writer in a guest column for
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A Brief History of the African Country of Lesotho
Basutoland was founded in the 1820s by Moshoeshoe I, uniting various Sotho groups who had fled predation by the Zulu. Having escaped the Zulu, Moshoeshoe brought his people to the stronghold of Butha-Buthe, and then the mountain of Thaba-Bosiu (about 20 miles from what is now the capital of
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Africa: We Must Protect Women From Sexual Violence During Coronavirus Lockdown and Beyond
Collectively, we need to provide extra support to protect those experiencing domestic violence through specializing training of first responders, additional emergency shelters for survivors, immediate removal of abusers, and increased support for
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A storm in the midst of a storm –
Division of Emergency Management Director Jared Moskowitz said last week his agency is redeveloping plans about evacuations and shelters, while also adding facemasks to the state’s stockpile of storm
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East Africa: Fear of COVID-19 Slows Trucking in East Africa
As trucks stacked up for days, Rwanda and neighboring Tanzania worked out a deal that scrapped plans for relay drivers but mandated transferring cargo at the border, “except for trucks carrying perishable goods and petroleum products destined to Rwanda,” the Kigali government said in a news release
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What is Trump trying to achieve with 'Obamagate?' | The Atlanta Voice
What’s clear is that President Trump is attacking Obama with the goal of discrediting his opponent in 2020: Joe
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(1963) Martin Luther King Jr., “I Have a Dream”
I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation.  Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand, signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree came as a great beacon
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China ready to put Apple, other US firms in 'unreliable entity list': report
China is ready to put US companies in an “unreliable entity list” as part of countermeasures against Washington’s move to block shipments of semiconductors to Huawei Technologies, the Global Times reported on
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The 1928 Bunion Derby: America’s Brush with Integrated Sports
In the following account sports historian Charles Kastner describes the Bunion Derby, the 1928 cross country footrace that captured the nation’s attention in the spring of 1928 and the remarkable group of black runners who participated in that event. For a detailed discussion of the race, see
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Kenya: Fears for Kenya's Urban Food Supply As Floods Drown Rice
Rice is a staple food in Kenya's urban areas, but with floods destroying young crops in recent weeks and imports restricted by the COVID-19 pandemic, stocks may run short
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African Iron Age - 1,000 Years of African Kingdoms
The African Iron Age is traditionally considered that period in Africa between the second century AD up to about 1000 AD when iron smelting was practiced. In Africa, unlike the Europe and Asia, the Iron Age is not prefaced by a Bronze or Copper Age, but rather all the metals were brought
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Europe delicately prepares for life after virus lockdown
People across Europe are preparing in different ways for life after lockdown as strict stay away measures continue to be relaxed across the continent, one of the most impacted by
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(1920) Archibald Grimke, “The Shame of America, or the Negro’s Case Against the Republic”
Archibald Grimke was born enslaved in Charleston, South Carolina in 1849.  After the Civil War, Archibald and his younger brother Francis, enrolled at Lincoln University.  Archibald graduated in 1872 and then entered Harvard Law School.  After graduation he practiced in Boston.  By the 1880s Grimke
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Two more positive coronavirus tests in Premier League
LONDON, (Reuters) – Two people from two Premier League clubs have tested positive for the coronavirus after a second batch of testing, the Premier League said
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Africa: 'It's Like We're at War,' Africa CDC Pledges to Ramp Up Testing for COVID-19
As many African countries reopen, the head of the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention urges widespread testing as the best way to avoid a surge in new cases of
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Raila’s men plan purge to rid House of ‘rebels’
Two days after Jubilee Party leader Uhuru Kenyatta carried out a brutal purge in the Senate that saw him sack high-ranking members, including the deputy speaker Kithure Kindiki, ODM leader Raila Odinga is this week set to de-whip a number of legislators from committees in the National
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The Black Presence in Pre-20th Century Europe: A Hidden History
In the In  the following account, Professor Allison Blakely of BostonUniversity describes the presence of blacks in Early Modern Europe. Hisarticle reminds us that persons of African ancestry resided acrossEurope. Their numbers ranged from a few hundred scattered acrossGermany, Scandinavia and
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As a food virologist, I hear a lot of questions from people about the coronavirus risks in grocery stores and how to stay safe while shopping for food amid the
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'Great day in my life': Spike Lee is marathon grand marshal
He’s a noted filmmaker, a teacher, an honorary Oscar winner, a crazy New York sports fan and now this: Spike Lee is the next grand marshal of the New York City
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Kenya: You Now Risk Arrest for Not Wearing Face Mask Properly
Mr Barmao has instructed officers to immediately arrest members of the public who fail to wear masks or those who wear them without covering the mouth and
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