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Alioune Diop was the first black francophone publisher and a major figure in the African intellectual movement of the mid-twentieth century. Diop was born in 1910, in Saint-Louis, Senegal, the first son of ten siblings in a Wolof family. His earliest education was in a Koranic school, but he later
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16-year-old girl ‘sold’ to Kenyan man
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Kenya: Rare White Giraffe Sighted at Garissa's Ishaqbini Hirola Conservancy
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Botswana: National Community Testing Not Yet Possible
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Lincoln University [Jefferson City] (1866- )
Lincoln University is a public university located in Jefferson City, the capital of Missouri. It is a member of the Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), and was founded in 1866 by members of the 62nd and 65th United States Colored Infantry and as such is the only black college
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Angola: Ministry of Education Assesses Distance Learning Efficiency
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Zimbabwe: Govt Sets June 2020 Exam Dates
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Kenya Targets to Create 1.7m Jobs, Jumpstart Growth With $28b Spend
With an economy battered by coronavirus, locust invasion and floods, Kenya's Finance Cabinet Secretary Ukur Yatani on June 11 tabled a Ksh2.79 trillion ($27.9 billion) budget for the 2020/2021 fiscal year that seeks to revive almost every sector of the economy as quickly as possible and still keep
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Parents can register online to access PEP results
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Boko Haram, the fundamentalist Islamist sect that many thought had been obliterated in 2009, made a resurgence in 2011. In fact, the group, which had previously launched attacks locally, emerged as a transnational force possibly linked to al-Qaeda in 2011. It launched nearly daily deadly attacks in
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Back-to-school tips amid COVID-19
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Education ministry not backing down from plans to hold exams
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Kenya: Women's Commission Training More Basketball Officials
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Uncertain future for hundreds of Jamaican teachers in US
HUNDREDS of Jamaican educators in North Carolina, USA, on the J-1 Teacher Exchange Programme are in limbo over their ability to remain in the USA and work legally, due to delays they are experiencing in obtaining a no-objection statement from the Jamaica
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Speid: Teachers are scared to death of re-entering classroom
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World Bank approves $50 million grant to improve quality of education in Sierra Leone
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Lane College (1882- )
Lane College is a co-ed, liberal arts college located in Jackson, Tennessee.  The college was founded in 1882 by Bishop Isaac Lane, a former slave and bishop of the Colored Methodist Episcopal (CME) Church.  Lane College is the first institution established by the Methodist Episcopal Church and one
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Reggie Bush
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Proposed Cyber Security Bill goes through pre-legislative stage in parliament
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Zimbabwe: Namibian Govt Says Moyo Lied About COVID-19 Test Kits Donation to Zim
[New Zimbabwe] Embattled Health Minister Obadiah Moyo is back in the limelight for all the wrong reasons after Namibian authorities have dismissed recent claims by the government official the neighbouring country donated 4 449 rapid result test kits to Zimbabwe.
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Digicel Foundation pumps $42m in humanitarian project
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