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Nairobi — Two people have tested positive in a crowded South Sudanese camp housing 30,000 people
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Tanzania, Rwanda strike a deal on truck drivers
Rwanda and Tanzania have resolved a fallout between long-distance truck drivers and authorities at the Rusumo Border
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Rwanda's Most-Wanted Genocide Suspect Felicien Kabuga Arrested in France
He was wanted for alleged crimes during the Rwandan
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Rwanda: Karekezi in Talks With SC Kiyovu for Head Coach Job
Rwanda football great Olivier Karekezi has started talks with SC Kiyovu about becoming their next head coach to replace interim coach Emmanuel
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Prosper, Pierre-Richard (1963– )
Pierre-Richard Prosper is an attorney and diplomat who turned his passion for the rule of law into a global pursuit for justice for victims of the worst crimes of humanity, and accountability for the perpetrators of those
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Source: Black Past
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11
2001
East Africa: COVID-19 Leaves Region in $2.3 Billion Debt Hole in Three Months
East African countries have borrowed nearly $2.3 billion new loans in less than three months since reporting the first Covid-19 positive case, adding to the region's mounting debts at a time of shrinking tax
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Source: allAfrica.com
Rwanda: Tributes Pour in for Fallen Minister Ahead of Burial
Louise Mushikiwabo, Secretary-General of Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (OIF) and former senate president, Bernard Makuza, are among several officials who have paid tribute to former Minister Laurent Nkusi, who passed away on Monday, May
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Kenya woos importers with free storage at Naivasha ICD
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Rwanda: APR Quartet in Final Talks With Club for New Contracts
Local giants APR have reportedly offered an extension until 2022 to four players who would otherwise be out of contract at the end of the 2019-20 Rwanda Premier League
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Source: allAfrica.com
Overview of Belgian African Colonies
Belgium is a small country in northwest Europe that joined Europes race for colonies in the late 19th century. Many European countries wanted to colonize distant parts of the world in order to exploit the resources and civilize the inhabitants of these less-developed countries. Belgium gained
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30
1960
Africa: Mobile Money Becomes Lifeline as Telecoms Thrive in COVID-19 Era
Mobile money and data have emerged as the lifeline in revenue growth for African-focused telecoms operators Vodacom Group and Airtel Africa across markets characterised by stiff competition and challenging regulatory
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Source: allAfrica.com
The Commonwealth of Nations - African History
The Commonwealth of Nations, or more commonly just the Commonwealth, is an association of sovereign states consisting of the United Kingdom, some of its former colonies, and a few special cases. The Commonwealth nations maintain close economic ties, sporting associations and complementary
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Lenhardt, Alfonso E. (1943- )
Alfonso E. Lenhardt is currently Acting Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). He previously served as the U.S. Ambassador to the United Republic of Tanzania from 2009 to
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Rwanda: Call for Concerted Efforts By Families in COVID-19 Fight
This was highlighted by Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Gender and Family Promotion, Assumpta Ingabire ahead of the International Day of
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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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Kenya: Kitui Family Recounts How Kin Was Killed By Gunmen Linked to Felicien Kabuga
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UN prosecutor hails arrest of Rwanda genocide suspect
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Africa coronavirus: DRC's returnees from Europe, Zim lockdown extended
Major African stats: May 16 at 7:30
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Source: Africanews | Latest breaking news, daily news and African news from Africa
NFL Hall of Famer Franco Harris Announces Partnership with Youth Village in Rwanda
Pittsburgh Steelers Hall of Fame Running Back Franco Harris and his sportswear company SilverSport® donated 500 towels and 500 pairs of socks to the Agahozo-Shalom Youth Village (ASYV) in Rwanda, a residential community for youth orphaned during and after the genocide in 1994. The antibacterial and
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Which Countries Are Within the African Rainforest?
The African rainforest stretches across much of the central African continent, encompassing the following countries in its woods: Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Central African Republic, Comoros, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Cote dIvoire (Ivory Coast), Equatorial
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Ethiopia coronavirus: Key updates between March 16 - May 16
May 16: Cases pass 300 mark
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Rwanda Reports 7 New Recoveries of COVID-19
Rwanda has on Wednesday, May 20 reported seven new recoveries and six new cases of
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Alice Walker
Born in Eatonton, Georgia, on February 9, 1944, Alice Walker partly spent her life working as a teacher, lecturer and social worker but is primarily known as a writer today. Daughter to a maid and sister to 7 siblings, Walker spent her childhood with little money. She suffered a serious eye injury
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Source: Black History Resources
Feb
9
1944
Coronavirus in Africa: 81,608 cases; 2,708 deaths; 31,122 recoveries
There are now more than over 80,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus across the continent, with a number of African countries imposing a range of prevention and containment measures against the spread of the
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Source: Africanews | Latest breaking news, daily news and African news from Africa
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In Africa schools are closed but learning goes on
Globally, school closures due to COVID-19 have affected 1.29 billion students in 186 countries, which is 73.8 per cent of the world’s student population, according to the UN Education Science and Cultural Organization
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Uganda: Truck Drivers - Haunted Essential Workers
From these, several youths and women used to eke out a living, with many of their clients being truck drivers from Kenya, Tanzania and other countries who would offload their cargo at the container depots in the
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Source: allAfrica.com
Payne, Donald Milford (1934-2012)
Donald Payne, a Democrat, was the first African American elected to Congress from the State of New Jersey.  Payne was born in Newark, New Jersey on July 16, 1934. He earned a B.A. degree in social studies from Seton Hall University in 1957 and also has honorary doctorates from Chicago State
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Mar
6
2012
The ultimate betrayal
In a tell-all interview, the first he has given since he was removed from the Office of the Majority Leader, Mr Kipchumba Murkomen has termed President Kenyatta’s treatment of his deputy as extreme provocation, a betrayal of the highest order, and one that was “totally
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Africa's Youth Scholars Harvest Ideas On the Business of Agriculture
Like: Adewale, Alleluyanatha and Gilberthe are just three of the 80 young African scholars that are tackling the business of agriculture through the innovativeness and freshness that comes with youth -- while obtaining their masters or doctoral degrees in the process. He has long championed the
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Source: allAfrica.com
Rwanda: Genocide Architect Félicien Kabuga Arrested in France
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