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Anthony Welters
Anthony Welters is Executive Chairman of the BlackIvy Group, LLC. Welters is also Senior Adviser to the Office of the CEO of UnitedHealth Group. Prior to this appointment, Welters was Executive Vice President and a Member of the Office of the CEO of UnitedHealth Group. Welters joined UHG upon its
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Biography: Idi Amin Dada, the Butcher of Uganda
Idi Amin Dada, who became known as the Butcher of Uganda for his brutal, despotic rule whilst president of Uganda in the 1970s, is possibly the most notorious of all Africas post-independence dictators. Amin seized power in a military coup in 1971 and ruled over Uganda for 8 years. Estimates for
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African Countries Get New Tool to Predict Climate-Related Disasters
Most African countries have lacked good forecasting methods as weather becomes increasingly extreme
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Cameroon
National name: République du Cameroun
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Jubilee puts rebel MPs on notice
Ten MPs allied to Deputy President William Ruto have accused the party leadership of using State agencies to harass and intimidate
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China ready to pounce as Tullow Oil bows out
The Covid-19 pandemic has come as the last nail on the coffin of Kenya’s oil export dream as currently structured after British oil major Tullow Oil served the government with a force majeure notice, which means that it can no longer deliver its part of the
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Africa Shall Have Its Day
Also in attendance at that meeting was Jomo Kenyatta of Kenya, whose country, like Algeria, had fought a quite bloody anti-colonial war against attempts by Britain to turn it into a White Settlement like Northern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), South-West Africa (Namibia) and Apartheid South
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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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AU, Madagascar to test herbal Covid-19 remedy
The African Union (AU) will test the controversial herbal remedy for Covid-19 from
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Ancestry of Barack Obama - Family Tree and Genealogy
Barack Hussein Obama was born in Honolulu, Hawaii to a Kenyan father and an American mother. According to the U.S. Senate Historical Office, he was the fifth African American Senator in U.S. history and the first African American
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Kenya: Relief for Motorists as Fuel Prices Drop to Lowest in More Than a Decade
In its latest monthly review, the Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA) cut diesel prices by the biggest margin of Sh19.9 per litre, giving transporters and big manufacturers a major
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Rwanda: Federal Foreign Office On the Arrest of Félicien Kabuga
Berlin — A Federal Foreign Office Spokesperson issued the following statement today (19 May) on the arrest of Félicien Kabuga at the
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MBUGUA: Tapping capital markets to realise Big 4 housing goal
However, it is possible for individuals to pool resources through a Collective Investment Scheme (CIS) known in capital markets as a Real Estate Investment Trust
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Georgetown, Guyana (1781- )
Georgetown, with a 2014 population of 239,227, is the capital, major port, and largest city of the nation of Guyana.  Since the entire nation has 769,000 people, about one third of the country’s population resides in the capital city. Georgetown sits on a flat coastal plain prone to flooding. It is
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Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Ayaan Hirsi Ali is a Somali born American activist, politician and writer. She is known for her criticism of Islam and female genital mutilation, alongside her activism for Women’s Rights and
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Kenya: KRU Invites Top South African Coach for Online Webinar With Kenyan Coaches
Kenya Rugby Union (KRU) will host an interactive training and education session for Kenyan coaches on
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Gary Coleman
Gary Coleman was an American actor, best known for being a child star on the television sitcom “Diff’rent Strokes”. He was born on February 8, 1968 in Illinois. He was adopted at birth by Edmonia Sue and W.G. Coleman. Coleman suffered from kidney disease from his childhood, and the
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Truck drivers decry long border wait
Past studies conducted in Kenya found that truck drivers face a higher risk of contracting and spreading viruses, like HIV/Aids, because they are a highly mobile vulnerable group that traverses the country and often spends nights stopped in temporary locations, where exposure is high and testing
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Kenya: Nairobi Neighborhood's Residents Struggle to Make Living During COVID Lockdown
Kenyan authorities last week locked down the Nairobi neighborhood of Eastleigh because of a jump in confirmed coronavirus
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Africa: Controls to Manage Fake News in Africa Are Affecting Freedom of Expression
Even before COVID-19, many African countries used libel and defamation laws, and internet shut downs to limit the freedom of expression of citizens and the
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Germany helps Kenya fight Covid-19
The German government is aiding Kenya’s capacity expansion to test more Covid-19 cases as the country battles the
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Geography of the Countries of Africa
The continent of Africa is the worlds second-largest based on land area and population just after Asia. It has a population of around one billion people (as of 2009) and covers 20.4% of the Earths land area. Africa is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, the Red Sea and the Suez Canal to
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West Africa
West Africa, also called Western Africa and the West of Africa, is the westernmost subregion of Africa. West Africa has been defined as including 18 countries: Benin, Burkina Faso, the island nation of Cape Verde, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory
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2006
Kenya: Deaths That Have Hit Prominent Kenyan Families in Recent Times
Tecra Muigai's abrupt death is the latest in a string of sudden deaths that have hit prominent families in Kenya, leaving behind a trail of heartbreak, tears and plenty of
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Students swamp new online theatre classes
Students swamp new online theatre classes
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Kenya: 15 Counties Benefit From EU COVID-19 Food Safety Campaign
At least 15 counties in Kenya have received posters bearing Covid-19 food safety messages through a project supported by the European Union
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Full Text of General Act of the Berlin Conference on West Africa
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Kenya
Kenya descended into violence and chaos following Dec. 2007s presidential election. Preliminary results had opposition candidate Raila Odinga, of the Orange Democratic Movement, defeating incumbent Kibaki, 57% to 39%. In the days after the election, however, Odingas lead dwindled and Kenyas
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Kenya: Kiswahili Is an International Language and Native Speakers Must Live With This Reality
Sixty per cent of the total Kiswahili vocabulary count is Bantu, 30 per cent is Arabic and 10 per cent is from other languages - such as English, Portuguese, Chinese and even
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Libya
Libya stretches along the northeast coast of Africa between Tunisia and Algeria on the west and Egypt on the east; to the south are the Sudan, Chad, and Niger. It is one-sixth larger than Alaska. Much of the country lies within the Sahara. Along the Mediterranean coast and farther inland is arable
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