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The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) says no new taxes have been or are being levied on power consumption in the country as being circulated on social and mainstream
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Uganda: Museveni Rejects Move to Split NSSF
President Museveni has rejected a proposal to split oversight over the National Social Security Fund (NSSF), saying it should be placed wholly under the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic
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Louis, Joe
Louis, Joe (Joseph Louis Barrow) lo͞o´ĭs [key], 1914–81, American boxer, b. Lafayette, Ala. His father, a sharecropper, died when Louis was four years old, and in 1926 his stepfather took the family to Detroit, where Louis became interested in boxing. At 18 he began an amateur career in the
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Angola: Over 400 People Test Positive for HIV/Aids in Bié
Cuito — At least 434 people out of a total of 13,201 people have tested positive for HIV/AIDS from January to May this year in central Bie, said Thursday the provincial supervisor of the HIV/AIDS program, Adelino
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Sudan: U.S. Court Orders Govt to Pay for 1998 Embassy Attacks
The US Supreme Court on Monday ruled that Sudan must pay hundreds of millions of dollars in punitive damages to some victims of the 1998 attacks on US embassies in Nairobi, Kenya and Dar es Salaam in
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Lesotho gets new Prime Minister after embattled Thabane exits
A new Prime Minister has been sworn into office in Lesotho following months of political wrangling that forced immediate past Prime Minister Thomas Thabane to
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Rwanda: BK Investors to Get Dividends Despite COVID-19 Crisis
Bank of Kigali (BK) Group's shareholders will receive Rwf14.4 per share in dividend payout for the year 2019, after at least 69 members approved the decision on
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Badin, Adolf (1747-1822)
Adolf Badin, also known as Adolf Ludvig Gustav Fredrik Albert/Couschi, was born in St. Croix, Danish West Indies in 1747, and died in 1822 in Sweden.  Badin came to Sweden a slave but became a titled person in the courts of King Fredrick and Queen Ulrika during their reign (1751-1771).  Badin
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Munya allows 2 months of low-duty Mexico maize import
Munya now allows 2 months of low-duty Mexico maize import
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Dymally, Mervyn (1923- )
Mervyn Malcolm Dymally, an African American politician from Los Angeles, California who has served in the California Assembly, the State Senate and as a U.S. Congressman.  He is also the first African American Lt. Governor of California.  Dymally is now once again in the California
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12
1923
Kenya: Safi Organics Turns Farm Waste into Black Gold and Poor Farmers into Entrepreneurs
"This is the kind of impact we would like to deliver to smallholder farmers across the African continent," says Joyce Kamande, one of 25 African entrepreneurs who spent six weeks at Oklahoma State University last year as part of the Mandela Washington Fellowship, a flagship programme of the
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The Game Gifts Four People $20,000 Each During COVID-19 Crisis
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Kenya: Container Traffic on the Decline at Mombasa Port
The Port of Mombasa recorded a 2.1 per cent decline in container traffic in the first quarter of this year compared with the same period last
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Uhuru appoints former Controller of Budget as new NTSA chair
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Rwanda: After Kabuga's Arrest in Paris, How Many Rwanda Genocide Suspects Remain?
The arrest of Félicien Kabuga, one of the alleged financiers of the Rwandan genocide, has been welcomed by victims and survivors organisations that have pushed for justice for the 800,000 Tutsi and moderate Hutus who were killed in
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Eyes on CBC task force as term nears end
Education Cabinet Secretary George Magoha launched the committee in June last year, mandating it to resolve questions on transition from one level to the next, staffing, teacher training, examinations and
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For the first time, Clarence Thomas tells his story on television
Clarence Thomas, the famously silent jurist, tells his own life story in a new documentary, “Created Equal: Clarence Thomas in His Own Words” which makes its national television debut May 18 on
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Floods, locusts put thousands at risk of hunger
According to the Kenya Red Cross Society, some 25,000 households (around 150,000 people) have been displaced by the current
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Zimbabwe: NetOne Executives Out On Bail
NetOne lost over US$1 million in a USSD server gateway deal when top management, including the firm's chief executive Lazarus Muchenje allegedly ignored advice from engineers on the associated national security risks of having foreigners control telecommunications traffic, the Harare
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(2013) Ben Carson's Speech at the National Prayer Breakfast
On February 7, 2013 prominent neurosurgeon Dr. Ben Carson became a nationally recognized political figure when he gave a speech at the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, D.C. that was critical of President Obamas policies and particularly Obamacare when the President and First Lady Michelle
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2013
Seattle School Boycott (1966)
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Ash, Aesha (1977- )
Born in Rochester, New York, on December 30, 1977 to Costello and John Ash, Aesha Ash grew up in a strong, supportive working class family with two brothers, Spencer and Jonathan Ash.  From the age of five Ash took jazz and tap
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1977
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The Fly Jock: Black Twitter Gives Strong Salute To The Legend Tom Joyner
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United Airlines Names Brett J. Hart President During Turbulent Times in the Airline Industry
United Airlines Holdings Inc. recently announced that Brett J. Hart, executive vice president and chief administrative officer, as the newly appointed president of the company as a part of its continuity plan as current CEO Oscar Munoz transitions to executive chair and current President Scott
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Historically Black Colleges Work To Help Students Amid Virus
The school of 268 students helped Johnson, and others like her, despite its somewhat shaky financial condition and concerns that COVID-19 could make things
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(2017) President Barack Obama's Farewell Address
On January 10, 2017, Barack Obama delivered his last farewell address in his hometown of Chicago, Illinois. His speech is appears
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2017
Sports help inspire Season 3 of ‘Key and Peele’
Do sports matter to Americans more than having a good laugh? It’s an interesting question. For comedians Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele, sports jokes give their fans the best of both
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Scott, Gloria Dean Randle (1938- )
Civic and educational leader Gloria Dean Randle Scott, the first African-American president of the Girl Scouts of America and the twelfth president of Bennett College, was born on April 14, 1938 in Houston, Texas to Juanita Bell and Freeman Randle.  Scott grew up in Houston, attending Blackshear
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1938
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