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The U.S. launched airstrikes south of the capital, Mogadishu, in early September 2014, targeting the leader of the Islamist militant group al-Shabab, Ahmed Abdi Godane. Days after the attacks, the U.S. confirmed that Godane had been killed. One of the most wanted men in Africa, Godane was believed
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Alphabetical List of All African Countries
Below is an alphabetical list of all African countries, along with capitals and the state names as they are known within each country. In addition to the 54 sovereign states in Africa, the list also includes the two islands still governed by European states and Western Sahara, which is recognized
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Daniel arap Moi
Daniel arap Moi , in full Daniel Toroitich arap Moi (born 1924, Sacho, Kenya Colony [now Kenya]), Kenyan politician, who held the office of president
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Covid-19: Africa 'keeps hope alive'
As lockdown eases else where, people across Africa are taking it one day at a time as the pandemic continues to unfold across the
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Africans and African Americans in China: A Long History, A Troubled Present, and a Promising Future?
Africa and China have hadcontact for more than a thousand years. Some scholars assert that the contactsbegan as early as 4th century A.D. but convincing evidence issporadic or lacking. Beginning with the Tang dynasty (618 A.D. to 907 A.D.)documented evidence of contact and trade exists showing
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Lift Every Voice: The Biden Plan for Black America | Afro
On May 6, national Black civil rights leaders participated in a call with former Vice President Joe Biden, the democratic presidential nominee, a day after the release of Lift Every Voice: The Biden Plan for Black
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African Nobel Prize Winners
25 Nobel Laureates have been born in Africa. Of those, 10 have been from South Africa, and another six were born in Egypt. The other countries to have produced a Nobel Laureate are (French) Algeria, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Morocco, and Nigeria. Scroll down for a full list of
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Africa: Harnessing Tech to Employ Last-Mile Tree Planters in a COVID-19 World
The year 2020 started with such optimism and hope for nature-based solutions and environmental social and governance investments were high on the agenda at Davos; the World Economic Forum launched the 1 Trillion Trees campaign, backed by Salesforce; BlackRock's CEO sent an open letter to industry
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Kofi Awoonor
Kofi Awoonor , original name George Kofi Awoonor Williams (born March 13, 1935, Weta, Gold Coast [now Ghana]—died September 21, 2013, Nairobi, Kenya), Ghanaian novelist and poet whose verse has been widely translated and
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Kenya
Kenya kĕn´yə, kēn´– [key], officially Republic of Kenya, republic (2009 pop. 38,610,097), 224,960 sq mi (582,646 sq km), E Africa. Kenya is bordered by Somalia on the east, the Indian Ocean on the southeast, Tanzania on the south, Lake Victoria (Victoria Nyanza) on the southwest, Uganda on the
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Inspirational Jomo Kenyatta Quotes
It Africans were left in peace on their own lands, Europeans would have to offer them the benefits of white civilization in real earnest before they could obtain the African labour which they want so much. They would have to offer the African a way of life which was really superior to the one his
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DRC - Zambia border re-opens
The Democratic Republic of Congo announced Thursday the partial reopening for pedestrians, a border post with Zambia.This followed a day’s demonstration against this preventive measure taken in response to the Covid-19
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Soul legend Stevie Wonder at 70 | DW | 12.05.2020
The year is 1963, yet hardly anyone in the theater knows who "Little Stevie Wonder" is when his record label Motown Records introduces
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(1968) Martin Luther King, Jr., “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop”
The following speech, a sermon Dr. Martin Luther King gave at Mason Temple in Memphis, Tennessee, on April 3, 1968, was the last public appearance before his assassination the next day.  King, in Memphis to support a strike by garbage workers, gives a poignant vision of the victorious future of the
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Lemon, Don (1966- )
Don Carlton Lemon is a prominent, award-winning black television anchor in the United States. In 2011, he publicly came out as a gay man. In so doing, he became the most prominent African American journalist to announce his sexual orientation and was immediately considered a major role model for
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Lupita Nyong’o
Lupita Nyongo was the surprise winner of an Oscar for her supporting role in her feature film debut, Steven McQueens drama 12 Years a Slave. The daughter of a Kenyan politician, Lupita Nyongo was born in Mexico City and raised in Kenya. She studied film and theater at Hampshire College in
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List of ethnic groups of Africa
The ethnic groups of Africa number in the thousands, each generally having its own language (or dialect of a language) and culture. The ethnolinguistic groups include various Afro-Asiatic, Khoisan, Niger-Congo and Nilo-Saharan
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2014
Botswana coronavirus: capital Gaborone declared high-risk area, 'quarantined'
A statement issued by Dr. Kereng Masupu, coordinator of the presidential task force on COVID-19 read: “Following the confirmed COVID-19 case of a truck driver who came into Gaborone through the Tiokweng border on Sunday 09 May
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Zambia shuts border with Tanzania over virus spread fears
May 10: Closure of border with Tanzania
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Perry, Robert C. (1945- )
Robert Perry was born in Durham, North Carolina in 1945.  He graduated from Hillside High School in that city in 1963. During his time in high school, Perry played in the marching band, was a member of the Honor Society, and served as president of his sophomore and senior classes. He was an acolyte
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Mount Kenya Facts - Africa’s Second Highest Mountain
Elevation: 17,057 feet (5,199
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Brazeal, Aurelia Erskine (1943- )
Ambassador Aurelia Erskine Brazeal was a career diplomat and the first black woman to be named ambassador by three Presidents. In 1990, President George H.W. Bush appointed her ambassador to the Federated States of Micronesia.  Three years later President Bill Clinton named her ambassador to
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(2004) Barack Obama Keynote Address At The Democratic National Convention, Boston
On July 27, 2004 Illinois Senatorial Candidate Barack Obama was propelled onto the national stage when he was chosen to give the keynote speech at the Democratic National Convention. Obama, then an Illinois State Senator, easily won his campaign the following November and became the fifth African
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McGann, C. Steven (1951 - )
C. Steven McGann joined the Foreign Service in 1992 and has since attained the status of Career member, Senior Foreign Service, with the rank of Minister-Counselor (FE-MC).  His overseas posts have included Taiwan, Zaire, South Africa, Australia, and
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Kofi Awoonor - Birthday
Kofi Awoonor , original name George Kofi Awoonor Williams (born March 13, 1935, Weta, Gold Coast [now Ghana]—died September 21, 2013, Nairobi, Kenya), Ghanaian novelist and poet whose verse has been widely translated and anthologized.
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Trump demands ‘these votes must not count’ after California opens poll site in heavily Black area
President Donald Trump demanded that votes from a new voting location in a Los Angeles suburb with a large black population “must not count” as he lashed out at California for its attempts to make it easier Americans to
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(2007) Senator Barack Obama “Voting Rights March Commemoration Speech”
Here today, I must begin because at the Unity breakfast this morning I was saving for last and the list was so long I left him out after that introduction. So I’m going to start by saying how much I appreciate the friendship and the support and the outstanding work that he does each and every
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