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The leaders of Sudan, Ethiopia and Egypt agreed that Ethiopia will delay filling a mega-dam on the Blue Nile and return to talks aimed at reaching an accord on use of the river's waters, according to statements from Cairo and
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Rwanda: Genocide Survivors Want Kabuga Tried in Rwanda
The umbrella organization of Genocide survivors associations, Ibuka, on Saturday, March 16 said that Genocide architect Félicien Kabuga should be tried from
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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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Business confidence in South Africa drops to record low
South African business confidence plunged to the lowest level in 45 years due to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, with companies even more pessimistic now than when disinvestment from the country over its apartheid policies started gaining momentum more than three decades
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Visitation Held For Dr. Conrad Worrill, African-American Leader In Civil Rights And Education
CHICAGO (CBS) — Visitation was held Sunday for Dr. Conrad Worrill, an African-American leader in civil rights and
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Todman, Terence A. (1926-2014)
Named Career Ambassador, a title equivalent to a four-star general, U.S. ambassador to six different countries, Terence A. Todman was an outstanding diplomat in the service of the United States. He challenged the racial prejudice he encountered at the State Department, paving the way for hiring of
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Congo-Kinshasa: Women Hit As Congo Faces Triple Threat of Coronavirus, Ebola and Measles
As measles, coronavirus and Ebola hit the Democratic Republic of Congo, women face stigma and delayed sexual health treatment
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Cameroon Human Rights Commission - Reforms for Better Protection, Promotion
The Minister Delegate at the Ministry of Justice on June 27 defended before the Committee on Constitutional Laws major changes undertaken to better empower the
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Eid Mubarak – a clarion call for peace and national reconciliation in Sierra Leone
At its Press Briefing last week my Party, the National Grand Coalition (NGC), drew the attention of the Government and the country as a whole to the pervasive lack and gross miscarriage of justice in our society as a major  contributing factor to the ongoing political tensions which amply re-echo
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Africa: Beyond the Narratives of Africa's Doom and Gloom
Africa has recorded successes on many levels which are often ignored by global media -- and we need to embrace and celebrate our unique contribution to the
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Africa: Communique of AU Bureau of Assembly of Heads of State and Government On Renaissance Dam
Addis Ababa — The Extraordinary African Union (AU) Bureau of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government Vide-Teleconference Meeting, held on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, (GERD) issued on June 26, 2020 the following
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Rwanda: Court to Rule on Genocidaire Kabuga's Extradition on June 3
A French court will rule on genocide suspect Felicien Kabuga's extradition on June 3 after his bail request was denied on May
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Tensions as DRC, Zambia border dispute escalate [Morning Call]
We start off by revisiting an issue that nearly put the Democratic Republic of Congo DRC and Zambia in conflict last
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Dizzy Gillespie
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Rwanda: Uganda-Rwanda Border Talks End in Stalemate
The virtual meeting of the ad hoc commission for the normalisation of relations between Uganda and Rwanda ended on Thursday evening without a position, especially on the opening of the Gatuna border
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Uganda, Kenya Picked for FAO Forest Restoration Project
Use of the module will also be piloted in Kenya and Uganda, as well as Cambodia, Myanmar and the respective government institutions in 2020-2021," said FAO in a new report titled The State of the World's Forests 2020, released in conjunction with the United Nations Environment Programme
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MTN partners with UN-backed mobile virus tracker set to reach over 600 million in Africa
The United Nations is partnering with Africa-focused wireless carriers including MTN Group and Orange SA on a mobile-data platform that delivers coronavirus-related information around the
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Rwanda's Most Wanted Genocide Fugitive Arrested in France
Rwanda genocide suspect Felicien Kabuga was on Saturday arrested in Paris region, the French justice ministry and the UN International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals
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Arthur Allen Fletcher, “The Father of Affirmative Action”
Arthur Allen Fletcher is known to many as the father of affirmative action.  In the following account historian David Hamilton Golland describes the career of Fletcher, a Republican civil rights activist during the last half of the 20th
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Queries raised over Kabuga's Kenya link
For many years believed to have been hiding in Kenya, Kabuga, born in 1935 in Muniga, Rwanda, is said to have been one of the perpetrators of the genocide against the Tutsi, in which more than a million people were
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Africa: Presidency On the Extraordinary African Union Bureau of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government Video-Teleconference Meeting On the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam
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Africa: Unprecedented Crisis Presents Unique Opportunities for Unprecedented Action - Machel, Okonjo-Iweala, Songwe, Ramos
There is no way Africa can face this food crisis without empowering rural women, in particular rural women’s associations, in the response to
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Zimbabwe: Albinism Community Calls for Government Subsidised Sunscreen Lotions
The Albinism Community in Zimbabwe has urged the government to avail subsidised sunscreen lotions as a means to protect members from possible cancer and related
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UNHCR launches $186mn crisis appeal for Sahel region
The United Nations Refugee Agency has launched a $186 dollar crisis appeal for the Sahel
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Perry, June Carter (1943- )
Ambassador June Carter Perry was born November 13, 1943 in Texarkana, Arkansas.  After completing grade school, Perry was accepted at the Loyola University in Chicago, Illinois where in 1965 she earned her degree in history.  Two years later she earned a master’s degree in European History at the
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South Sudan: First War, Now COVID-19 Threatens South Sudanese in Crowded Camp
Nairobi — Two people have tested positive in a crowded South Sudanese camp housing 30,000 people
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Africa: Families Are Major Source of Abuse for Gay Women, Trans People, Report Says
Lesbians, bi women and trans people more likely to face violence from family members than strangers in some countries
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