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Oliver Tambo
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Bost, Eric M. (1952- )
Ambassador Eric Bost is currently the assistant director of External Relations for the Borlaug Institute at Texas A&M University.  Bost, a native of Concord, North Carolina, attended the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill where he earned his Bachelor’s in Psychology in 1974.  In 1985, he
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Africa: AfDB: Adesina, His Achievements, Prospects For Re-election
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Cuban medics in Guinea-Bissau to bolster COVID-19 combat | Africanews
A Cuban medical brigade arrived in Guinea-Bissau to assist in the fight against COVID-19. The group of 21 health workers included 11 doctors and 10 nurses are also expected in Guinea Conakry, where the south American country already fought Ebola between 2014 and 2016, and with which Cuba has
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East Africa: Intra Comesa Trade Vital for Economic Recovery - Report
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African-Americans in Astronomy and Space
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South Africa reports resurgence of African swine fever
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Twentieth century African novelist and journalist Peter Henry Abrahams was born in Vrededorp (near Johannesburg), South Africa, on March 19, 1919. Abrahams’ father, James Henry Abrahams Deras was the son of former Ethiopian landowners who had taken him across Europe before settling in South
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South African Leader Condemns Latest Surge Of Violence Against Women
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African philosophy
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The Way We Live Now: Cape Town’s Winter Weather Howls and Delights, but There’s No Snow
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Exactly 40 years ago, Zimbabwe cut ties with South Africa – Why? - Face2Face Africa
On September 3, 1980, the new nation of Zimbabwe severed diplomatic ties with its conspicuously problematic neighbors to the south, South Africa, a Black majority nation led by white men. Zimbabwe, which had fought its own bitter war of independence against British colonial rule, was following in
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