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Mali

Most of Mali, in West Africa, lies in the Sahara. A landlocked country four-fifths the size of Alaska, it is bordered by Guinea, Senegal, Mauritania, Algeria, Niger, Burkina Faso, and the Côte dIvoire. The only fertile area is in the south, where the Niger and Senegal rivers provide water for

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Jun

20

1960

High Court sets aside $20m award to ex-Vindra Naipaul-Coolman accused – Trinidad Tribune

The content originally appeared on: Trinidad and Tobago Newsday News Justice Joan Charles - A HIGH Court judge has set aside the $20 million award to the nine men who were freed of the murder of businesswoman Vindra Naipaul-Coolman. On Wednesday, Justice Joan Charles ruled that the civil claim

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Ethiopia

Ethiopia is in east-central Africa, bordered on the west by the Sudan, the east by Somalia and Djibouti, the south by Kenya, and the northeast by Eritrea. It has several high mountains, the highest of which is Ras Dashan at 15,158 ft (4,620 m). The Blue Nile, or Abbai, rises in the northwest and

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Oct

7

2013

Kandeh Yumkella’s “Garden of Eden Syndrome” theory on corruption – Op ed

KKY’s theory on why corruption in Sierra Leone (and nearly all of Africa) has festered – he dubbed the “Garden of Eden

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Namibia: Foreigners Implicated in Illegal Lead Mining Ring

[Namibian] A report by three officials from the Ministry of Mines and Energy says Chinese nationals working with locals in the Kunene region are conducting illegal lead mining exploration in villages in the Epupa constituency.

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C.J. Stroud Shares Message After Statement Win

Houston Texans quarterback C.J. Stroud powered his team to another win on Sunday, Nov. 12. With under two minutes left and Houston clinging to a 27-24 lead, Stroud led the Texans on a successful scoring drive, setting them up for a game-winning 38-yard field goal by kicker Matt Ammendola. It was

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Ethiopia

Since Eritreas independence, Eritrea and Ethiopia had disagreed about the exact demarcation of their borders, and in May 1998, Eritrea initiated border clashes that developed into a full-scale war that left more than 80,000 dead and further destroyed both countries ailing economies. After a costly

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Africa: COVID-19 - How to Press the Brakes On the Escalating Global Learning Crisis

And governments must develop a plan for distance learning, remedial education, and to get students back into schools when they

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Social Media Comedy Phenom Takes Time For Local Aspirant Ozrick Cooley - Free Press of Jacksonville

Social media comedians are speeding up their comedic success with their Instagram and Facebook accounts that instantly share world-wide thier stand-up acts and skits. One of those comedians is E.J. Speaks, known in the

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Cummings, Elijah E. (1951- 2019)

U.S. Congressman Elijah E. Cummings was born in Baltimore, Maryland on January 18, 1951. He received a B.A. degree from Howard University (Washington, D.C.) in 1973 and a J.D. degree from the University of Maryland (College Park) in 1976. Cummings, one of seven children of working-class parents who

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Jan

18

1951

Jonathan Majors' Assault Trial Began Today | WATCH | EURweb

*(CNN) — The trial in the assault and harassment case against Marvel actor Jonathan Majors began today in New York City. The case stems from a March 25 domestic dispute involving Majors and his former girlfriend, Grace Jabbari. Majors has pleaded not guilty to charges of assault and aggravated

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Africa is home to nine of the world’s 10 most neglected crises: ‘Is there some racism here?’

Nine of the world’s 10 most neglected displacement crises are in sub-Saharan Africa, according to an international aid group, the Norwegian Refugee Council

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Banda, Dr. Hastings Kamuzu (c. 1896-1997)

HastingsBanda, the first president of Malawi, was initially presented to the Malawipeople by British Colonial officials as the best person who could lead them intoindependence. Later as the country’s self-declared “life president,” Banda transformedthis African democracy into

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Jul

6

1964

👨🏿‍🚀TechCabal Daily - Showmax to discontinue services outside Africa | TechCabal

Showmax announced, last week, that it would discontinue its streaming services outside Africa by December 1, 2023. The service now wants to focus on meeting the needs of its African market. More in #TCDaily.

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Mali

Over the summer of 2012, Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb and Ansar Dine, another radical Islamist group, took advantage of the instability and an increasingly weak military and captured Timbuktu, Kidal, and Gao. The groups briefly allied themselves with the Tuareg rebels, but severed ties and

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Africa: South Africa Ranks 123 Out of 163 On the 2020 Global Peace Index

The 2020 Global Peace Index (GPI) released by the Institute for Economics & Peace (IEP) has ranked South Africa 123 out of

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South African

LOTTO Results edit post Daily Lotto results for Sunday, 28 February 2021 2021-02-28 edit post Lotto and Lotto Plus results for Saturday, 27 February 2021

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Palestinian state proposed

In early Jan. 2013, President Mohamed Morsi of Egypt invited Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and Hamas leader Khaled Meshal to Cairo. First, Morsi met with each one individually. The objective was to work toward a reconciliation of the two factions, Fatah and Hamas, but according to

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Kenya: DP Gachagua Says Govt to Work With Transport Stakeholders in War Against Alcohol, Drug Abuse

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The Government will work closely with stakeholders in the Transport sector to ensure success in the fight against alcoholism and drug abuse, Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has said.

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South African

LOTTO Results edit post Daily Lotto results for Sunday, 28 February 2021 2021-02-28 edit post Lotto and Lotto Plus results for Saturday, 27 February 2021

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Islamic extremists attack 3 towns in Borno state, claims at least 38 lives

Three attacks by Islamic extremists, including an assault on Monguno, a military garrison town, have killed more than 38 people in Nigeria’s notheastern Borno

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US wants strict conditions on coronavirus aid for 'countries like Zimbabwe'

The United States has expressed its misgivings about a US$7 million grant the World Bank extended to Zimbabwe to help fight the coronavirus

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West Africa: UNHCR Launches U.S.$186 Million Appeal for Sahel Displacement Crisis

The U.N. refugee agency is appealing for $186 million to protect and assist hundreds of thousands of civilians who have been forced to flee from escalating, increasingly brutal attacks from multiple armed groups in the volatile central Sahel

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Invest Caribbean Shepherds 8 Developers To Pitch At CIF 2023 In The Bahamas

The content originally appeared on: News Americas Now News Americas, NEW YORK, NY, Weds. Nov. 1, 2023: Team Invest Caribbean, in collaboration with the Caribbean Export Development Agency, recently guided a carefully selected group of eight Caribbean developers through the process of presenting

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Melly Rose releases Sugar Plum - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday

Trinidadian singer Melly Rose is back with a fresh single titled Sugar Plum. This love song, crafted with deep emotion and a soulful melody, showcases Melly Rose's exceptional talent and dedication to spreading love through music, a media release said. "Sugar Plum is a song that comes strai

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Africa: Some Lessons From the History of Epidemics in Africa

The history of endemic diseases, epidemics and pandemics in Africa shows, contrary to a stubborn belief, that the continent has had a long experience of biomedicine - its theory, techniques, and modes of

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ICYMI: Must-See Celeb Beauty Looks From The Weekend | Essence

Over the holiday weekend, celebrity beauty moments were at an all-time high. Look after look, we were presented with beauty inspiration to take us through to the end of the […] The post ICYMI: Must-See Celeb Beauty Looks From The Weekend appeared first on Essence.

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WCPL set for prime time in 2024, CPL launches new logos - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday

IN an effort to continue reinventing themselves the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) launched a new logo for the 2024 men's and women's tournament and in addition to that, will play the Massy Women's CPL (WCPL) separately, giving the women's cricketers a chance to stand out on their own. The la

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Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

Born in 1938 to a family in Monrovia, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is the current President of Liberia. Before becoming actively involved in politics, especially that of her native country, Johnson travelled to the United States to acquire higher education after graduating from the College of West

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Africa: Homeowners Lose Cover for Climate Risks While Insurance Industry Keeps Backing Increased Oil and Gas Production

[Greenpeace] Fifty years after the insurance industry first warned about the impact of climate change, it is continuing to fuel the climate emergency. This is the key warning by the Insure Our Future campaign in its seventh annual scorecard on insurers' climate policies which was published

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