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A Kenyan high court, yesterday, dismissed a billion-dollar class action lawsuit against Safaricom and Vodafone. Earlier in March, Safaricom was sued by three petitioners who claimed it was operating its loan service Fuliza illegally.

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U.S. Department of State Background Note

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Davidson Nicol , in full Davidson Sylvester Hector Willoughby Nicol, also called Abioseh Nicol (born Sept. 14, 1924, Freetown, Sierra Leone—died Sept. 20, 1994, Cambridge, Eng.), Sierra Leonean diplomat, physician, medical researcher, and writer whose short stories and poems are among the best to

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Aggrey, Orison Rudolph (1926- )

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African immigration to the United States

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Benin, Bight of

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Sowande, Olufela (Fela) Obafunmilayo (1905-1987)

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Mason, Dawn (1945- )

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Sue K. Brown (1948- )

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Alphabetical List of All African Countries

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Porto-Novo, Benin (16th Century- )

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McGee, James D. (1949- )

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(1965) Malcolm X, “Speech at Ford Auditorium”

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Congress of Racial Equality

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Jeter, Howard Franklin (1947- )

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