Uganda to Host Over 2,000 Delegates to Discuss Africa's Food Security for Next 10 Years

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Berbers - Ancient History of North African Pastoralists

The Berbers, or Berber, has a number of meanings, including a language, a culture, a location and a group of people: most prominently it is the collective term used for dozens of tribes of pastoralists, indigenous people who herd sheep and goats and live in northwest Africa today. Despite this

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Indian insurance broker taps ex-UAP chief for top job

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Egypt

U.S. Department of State Background Note

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Report flags Kenya as a hotspot for human trafficking

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Africa: Selmor Mtukudzi Shares Stage With Africa's Greats On Africa Day's COVID-19 Concert

Award-winning Zimbabwean musician Selmor Mtukudzi's star continues to rise and shine as she has been nominated to share the stage with Africa's great musicians in a two-hour Africa Day

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Prairie View A&M University (1878-- )

Prairie View A&M University, the first state-supported college in Texas for African Americans, was founded as part of the post-Civil War effort to restructure education in the state of Texas. It is the second oldest state-funded institution of higher education in

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Africa: Namibian President - At 57, AU Has Achieved Democratic, Self-Governing, Civil War-Free Africa

The President of Namibia, Dr. Hage Geingob, has commended the African Union (AU) for achieving what some thought would be impossible - a free, democratic, self-governing and most importantly an Africa without incessant civil

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Africa - the Begging Region in Readiness to Solve Problems

Africa's COVID-19 death rate and positive cases have surprised many experts because the region has far lesser cases than any

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Courville, Cindy L. (1954– )

Cindy Lou Courville is an American diplomat and expert on Africa. Born in Opelousas, Louisiana, to Earnest and Mar Courville in 1954, she grew up attending segregated schools until the eighth grade when she was among the first groups of African American children who began to integrate the local

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Benin

By the end of the 1980s, Benins economy was near collapse. As its oil boom ended, Nigeria expelled 100,000 Beninese migrant workers and closed the border with Benin. Kérékous socialist collectivization of Benins agriculture and the ballooning bureaucracy further damaged the economy. By

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Farmers use technology to boost sales

It allows farmers to access high-resolution weather forecasts, agronomic tips, information on climate-smart agricultural practices, and compare specific crop prices at three of the major markets in Jamaica — Coronation, May Pen and

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Black people

Black man and Black woman redirect here. For the novel, see Black Man. For other uses, see Black

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Africa: Water, Water Everywhere, Yet We Have Been Crying for Free Water...

It is amazing the effort and investment people put in systems to divert NWSC water to their premises

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Brazil

National name: República Federativa do Brasil

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OpEd – Juneteenth: Then and Now | Afro

Exactly one year after African American independence was enforced, a group of freed slaves thought it necessary to commemorate the event that changed the trajectory of American

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Ezion-Mount Carmel United Methodist Church [Wilmington, Delaware] (1789- )

Ezion-Mount Carmel United Methodist Church, formerly known as Ezion Methodist Episcopal Church and Mount Carmel Methodist Episcopal Church, has the distinction of being the oldest continuously operating black church in the state of Delaware. Ezion Methodist Episcopal Church was created by the

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Algeria

U.S. Department of State Background Note

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Afro-Latin Americans

Afro-Latin Americans or Black Latin Americans refers to Latin American people of significant African ancestry. The term may also refer to historical or cultural elements in Latin America thought to have emanated from this

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Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (15th century- )

Ouagadougou is the capital and largest city of Burkina Faso. The Mossi people settled Ouagadougou in the fifteenth century. During this period, the Mossi expanded their territorial reach through the region south of the Niger River. By the sixteenth century Ouagadougou was the most powerful Mossi

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African Women and Girls Shaping the Policy Discourse of the COVID-19 pandemic response

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic the Graça Machel Trust (GMT) has launched the Ilizwi (the voice): African Women and Children shaping policy discourse of the COVID-19 pandemic

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Africa: Migration Is a Safety Net During Climate Change Disasters

Climate threats are currently high across much of Africa, with floods, droughts and the biggest locust outbreak in

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Africa: Anglogold Ashanti Marks Africa Day ... Pledges to Sustain Fight Against COVID-19

Takoradi — AngloGold Ashanti marked this year's Africa Day with a commitment to help sustain efforts to fight COVID-19 pandemic on the

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Baquet, Charles R., III (1941- )

Ambassador Charles R. Baquet III was born December 24, 1941 in New Orleans, Louisiana. He attended public schools in the city and in 1963 he earned his B.A. in history from Xavier University in New Orleans. In 1975, he earned his M.A. in public administration from the Maxwell School of Government

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Africa: Idris Elba Sounds Alarm As Pandemic Threatens Food Crisis for Farmers

WASHINGTON, May 29 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Idris Elba on Friday called for urgent action and creative solutions to prevent a looming hunger crisis in poor countries, where food production and transport have been disrupted by the coronavirus

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Tea farmers to get lower bonuses

Speaking during a press briefing at Iriani Tea factory in Nyeri, KTDA Chairman Peter Kanyago said farmers have produced 1.2 billion kilogrammes of green leaf compared to 931 million kilos during the same period last

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The Colonial Names of African States

After decolonization, state boundaries in Africa remained remarkably stable, but the colonial names of African states often changed. Explore a list of current African countries according to their former colonial names, with explanations of border changes and amalgamations of

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Uganda: Govt Selects Avocado As High Value Export Crop

Government has selected avocado as one of the high economic potential crops beside coffee that will be promoted and grown throughout the country for export

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BUWEMBO: Water everywhere, yet we have been crying for free

It is amazing the effort and investment people put in systems to divert NWSC water to their premises

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Africa's 1000+ coronavirus cases: SA tops; Gabon, Sudan etc. [List]

The World Health Organization’s Africa regional head warns that a spike is likely to result in the wake of steadily improving and increased

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