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East Africa: UNHCR Welcomes Conclusions of the 22nd Meeting of the Tripartite Commission for the Voluntary Repatriation of Burundian Refugees
[UNHCR] Bujumbura -- Representatives of the Governments of Burundi and Tanzania and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, met for the 22nd Meeting of the Tripartite Commission for the Voluntary Repatriation of Burundian Refugees from Tanzania.
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White House aware of Russian bounties in 2019, AP sources say
Top officials in the White House were aware in early 2019 of classified intelligence indicating Russia was secretly offering bounties to the Taliban for the deaths of Americans, a full year earlier than has been previously reported, according to U.S. officials with direct knowledge of the
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Sikhs Flee Afghanistan In Wake of ISIS Attack on Place of Worship – The Wilmington Journal
Gagandeep Singh Soni, 13, was attending school at the Gurdwara Har Rai Sahib in Kabul, Afghanistan, earlier this year when he heard gunshots outside his classroom. Joginder Singh, his friend and classmate, had left to [...]
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Budding Farmers Grow Club to help with food security
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How UDA won in Rurii ward by-election
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J. Luke Wood Discusses Schools, Suspensions & Our Black Children | BlackPressUSA
VOICE AND VIEWPOINT - In Montgomery Middle, they suspend over 35% of their Black students. Millennial Tech, 30%. Rodriguez Elementary, 27.8%. Roosevelt International, 27.7%. I can give you 30 schools that have at least a 12 percent suspension rate, and that’s not including all the alternative and
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Super League: Moyale Barracks maintain squad for second round | Malawi 24 - Malawi news
Kaning’ina Soldiers Moyale Barracks have not added new players to their first-round squad as the Tnm Super League second round is set to start this weekend. Assistant coach Prichard Mwansa said the team is ready to start the second round against Lilongwe based Civil Service United on Saturday at
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Agriculture, UVI Ask Farmers to Fill Out Farmers’ Engagement Survey
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Trump nominee to be Air Force chief of staff says he navigates 'two worlds' as an African American man
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Pentagon intensifies effort to evacuate families of Defense Department service members from Afghanistan | Haiti Gazette
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These Photos Capture the Lives of African American Soldiers Who Served During World War II
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Updated 2021 USVI Youth Summer Camps
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#StayWoke The Oklahoma Eagle Editorial: Removing Governor, Celebrating Groceries, Eviction Ban And Cherokee Freedmen Free At Last | The Oklahoma Eagle
Removing Governor From Race Panel Appropriate After Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt refused to meet with the 1921 Tulsa Race Riot Centennial Commission, they moved to remove him after he signed the repugnant HB 1775 that prohibits the teaching of what it describes as critical race theory. In
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Russia Expects Pakistan To Bring Stability In Afghanistan To Cease Being Hub Of Terrorism
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'What's The Matter With Kansas?' - A Deconstruction
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Leaders were advocates for D.C. Statehood since early 1900s | BlackPressUSA
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Deux puissants séismes frappent les provinces chinoises du Qinghai et du Yunnan - Haiti24
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Sierra Leone braces itself for stormy weather – act now to avert disaster says met office
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Trump denies being briefed on Russian bounty intelligence | The Atlanta Voice
President Donald Trump on Sunday denied receiving a briefing about intelligence that Russians had tried to bribe Taliban fighters to kill US troops, as The New York Times first reported and CNN has
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U.S. Troop withdrawal complete, marks end of 20 year war | Afro
By J.K. Schmid Special to the AFRO President Biden put America first in his remarks on the end of the US war in Afghanistan, Tuesday. Similar to his predecessor, President Biden emphasized the size, scale and significance of the war in Afghanistan that spanned two decades in a recent address to the
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