UNDP commits to continued support to improve justice services

Kenya: Fears for Kenya's Urban Food Supply As Floods Drown Rice

Rice is a staple food in Kenya's urban areas, but with floods destroying young crops in recent weeks and imports restricted by the COVID-19 pandemic, stocks may run short

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A. Philip Randolph Institute (1965- )

The A. Philip Randolph Institute was founded by and named for labor leader Asa Philip Randolph, who was the longtime president of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters union. Randolph and his friend and fellow activist Bayard Rustin founded APRI in 1965 after their successful 1963 March on

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Uhuru gives hint on reopening of schools

President Uhuru Kenyatta has announced allocation of Sh6.5billion to the ministry of education as he indicated that schools will be reopening

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Geography and Overview of the Caribbean Nation of Haiti

Population: 9,035,536 (July 2009

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Fauset, Crystal Bird (1894–1965)

Crystal Bird Fauset, the first African-American female state legislators in the United States, was born on June 27, 1894 in Princess Anne, Maryland. She grew up in Boston, Massachusetts but spent most of her adult and political life in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Between 1914 and 1918 Fauset worked

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Mar

27

1965

Africa: AfDB: Adesina, His Achievements, Prospects For Re-election

The first term of Dr. Akinwunmi Adesina as the president of the African Development Bank (AfDB) came to an end in May 2020, he is also due for re-election for a second

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Rwanda's Most Wanted Genocide Fugitive Arrested in France

Rwanda genocide suspect Felicien Kabuga was on Saturday arrested in Paris region, the French justice ministry and the UN International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals

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Andrew Young born

Andrew Young, former US United Nations ambassador, former congressman and former mayor of Atlanta, born in New Orleans, Louisiana.

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Mar

12

1932

Kenya beats Djibouti to non-permanent UN Security Council seat

June 18: Kenya beats Djibouti for non-permanent UNSC seat

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Chad's New Counter-Terrorism Law - a Step in the Right Direction?

According to Nodjitoloum Salomon, Group of Human Rights Associations of Chad chairperson, 'It's inconceivable that 44 people can die under such mysterious circumstances in a government

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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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Source: Fact Monster - Black History

Oct

7

2013

Arthur Allen Fletcher, “The Father of Affirmative Action”

Arthur Allen Fletcher is known to many as the father of affirmative action. In the following account historian David Hamilton Golland describes the career of Fletcher, a Republican civil rights activist during the last half of the 20th

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(1948) Harry S. Truman, “Special Message to the Congress on Civil Rights”

By 1947 the question of black civil rights in the South had become a national issue when a committee President Harry S. Truman appointed to study the issue called for legislation which among other things would to protect voting rights for Southern blacks and provide federal protection against

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Uganda: Teenager Fighting for Children and Girls' Rights

But Anitah Prossy Namuwoya is already following her passion of fighting for children and

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Rwanda: Major Step Toward Justice for Genocide

Paris — The arrest of Félicien Kabuga, one of the alleged masterminds behind the Rwandan genocide, in France on May 16, 2020 brings victims and survivors one step closer to justice 26 years

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Covid-19: AU hails 'African jewel' as continental medical supplies platform launched

African leaders have lauded the launch of the continent's first medical supplies platform as the "jewel in the crown of Pan-African

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Kenya: Wetangula Accused of Intimidating NEC Officials in Battle to Retain Ford-Kenya

Nairobi — The woes in FORD Kenya party continued to escalate on Friday after the faction that staged Moses Wetangula's ouster as the Party Leader re-filed the contested leadership changes at the Office of the Registrar of Political Parties in Nairobi on

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Joy, tears in Darfur as International Criminal Court arrests wanted war crimes suspect

Kushayb, a senior Janjaweed commander in the early years of the conflict, was the target of a 2007 ICC arrest warrant on multiple counts including rape, murder and

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Africa's coronavirus cases pass 300,000 with 8,100+ deaths

Africa breached the 200,000 mark on June 10 according to the AU’s Africa Centers for Disease Control, which at the time reported that there were 203,899 cases along with 5,530 deaths and 91,398

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Rwanda: Govt Deploys Robots in COVID-19 Fight

Launched on Tuesday, May 19 at the Kanyinya COVID-19 Treatment Centre by the Ministry of Health with support from the United Nations Development Programme, the five high-tech robots can perform a number of tasks related to COVID-19 management, including mass temperature screening, delivering food

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Africa: COVID-19 - Tabichi Calls for Long Term Education Plan for Africa

The 2019 Global Teacher Award winner Peter Tabichi has joined African top tutors to address education among the poor during the Covid-19

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Africa: Beyond the Narratives of Africa's Doom and Gloom

Africa has recorded successes on many levels which are often ignored by global media -- and we need to embrace and celebrate our unique contribution to the

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Africa: Vultures, Doves and African Debt - Here's a Way Out

The legacy of these vulture funds complicates efforts to help African countries deal with their current debt

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Algeria

U.S. Department of State Background Note

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Alan Keyes

Though Keyes is sometimes called “Ambassador Keyes,” the title can be a bit misleading: he served as the American ambassador to the United Nations Economic and Social Council, not as ambassador to the U.N. as a whole or to any individual nation… Opposed to a homosexual lifestyle, Keyes

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Africa: COVID-19 - AU Hails 'African Jewel' As Continental Medical Supplies Platform Is Launched

African leaders have lauded the launch of the continent's first medical supplies platform as the "jewel in the crown of Pan-African

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Mali

U.S. Department of State Background Note

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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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Rwanda records rise in new Covid-19 cases

Rwanda on Thursday recorded 18 new coronavirus cases, the highest of the week, contributed mainly by citizens arriving from neighbouring

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Sanda Ojiambo: I will advance Kofi Annan’s vision

Since 2008, Ms Ojiambo has been Safaricom’s head of sustainable business and social impact, and playing that role saw her interact with UNGC many

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