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Bio rallies support for his state of nation address – has he done enough in two years?
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NCEL to launch new online course for principals, vice-principals
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Sierra Leone needs $309 million to address COVID-19 impact on the economy – says government
“To alleviate this impact, fund the Quick Action Economic Response Programme, the Health Programme and the Social Impact Programme the Government is seeking: Additional emergency support from the IMF, including one or more of the following
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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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Africa: Migration Is a Safety Net During Climate Change Disasters
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Georgetown, Guyana (1781- )
Georgetown, with a 2014 population of 239,227, is the capital, major port, and largest city of the nation of Guyana.  Since the entire nation has 769,000 people, about one third of the country’s population resides in the capital city. Georgetown sits on a flat coastal plain prone to flooding. It is
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Uganda, Kenya Picked for FAO Forest Restoration Project
Use of the module will also be piloted in Kenya and Uganda, as well as Cambodia, Myanmar and the respective government institutions in 2020-2021," said FAO in a new report titled The State of the World's Forests 2020, released in conjunction with the United Nations Environment Programme
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Dizzy Gillespie
Dizzy Gillespie , byname of John Birks Gillespie (born Oct. 21, 1917, Cheraw, S.C., U.S.—died Jan. 6, 1993, Englewood, N.J.), American jazz trumpeter, composer, and bandleader who was one of the seminal figures of the bebop
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Tighten screws on Zim US$7m COVID-19 grant: US
United States senator Jim Risch has called on the World Bank (WB) to impose stricter accountability measures for a US$7 million grant extended to Zimbabwe to support the COVID-19
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Rwanda: French Court Rejects Kabuga's Appeal for Bail
A court in Paris, France, on Wednesday, May 27, rejected the request by lawyers' of Genocide suspect Felicien Kabuga to release him on bail as the initial judicial process continues in
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Rwanda: French Court Rules Félicien Kabuga Be Tried in Tanzania
A French court on Wednesday, June 3, ruled that suspected genocide mastermind Félicien Kabuga be transferred, from France to the custody of the Residual Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (RMICT), for
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Zambia
Zambia, a landlocked country in south-central Africa, is about one-tenth larger than Texas. It is surrounded by Angola, Zaire, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, and Namibia. The country is mostly a plateau that rises to 8,000 ft (2,434 m) in the
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Nigeria: Dapo Abiodun Ogun Now Looking Good With Focused, Qualitative Governance
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Investing in mental healthcare will impact socio-economic development – says president Bio
Addressing Ministers of Government, Development Partners, Staff of the Hospital, and guests of the occasion, president Bio spoke about the importance of investing in mental
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Rwanda: Kabuga Appears in Court, Hearing Adjourned to May 27
After his interrogation by prosecution on Tuesday, Genocide suspect Felicien Kabuga appeared in a court in the French capital, Paris on Wednesday, May
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Africa: Kenya Vs. Djibouti - Who Will Represent Africa On the UN Security Council?
From Kenya's perspective, it seemed like they already had it in the bag: In a secret ballot in February, the member states of the African Union (AU) nominated Kenya to take one of three African seats on the United Nations (UN) Security Council, which will become vacant in January
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Times of unprecedented crisis present unique opportunities for unprecedented action – Op-ed
Emerging evidence from the ILO on the impact of COVID-19 suggests that women’s economic and productive lives will be affected
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Nigeria: Mass Terror Trials Test Nigeria's Criminal Justice System
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Joy, tears in Darfur as International Criminal Court arrests wanted war crimes suspect
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Battle, Anthony Michael (1950– )
Michael Battle is an educator, religious leader, and diplomat. Born on July 28, 1950, in St. Louis, Missouri, he was one of twelve children from Jessie Battle Sr., a Pentecostal pastor, and Mary Battle.  Michael received his bachelor’s degree from Trinity College (1973), his Master of Divinity
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Africa: U.S. Sets Sanctions Against International Criminal Court
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Africa Day and Its Discontent
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UNHCR launches $186mn crisis appeal for Sahel region
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Africa: Minister Blade Nzimande Calls for African Solutions to COVID-19 During Africa Day
The Minister of Higher Education, Science and Innovation, Dr Blade Nzimande, assured Africa's scientific community that just as the continent had defeated colonial and racial oppression, so too would it overcome the novel
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Civil rights movements
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Perry, June Carter (1943- )
Ambassador June Carter Perry was born November 13, 1943 in Texarkana, Arkansas.  After completing grade school, Perry was accepted at the Loyola University in Chicago, Illinois where in 1965 she earned her degree in history.  Two years later she earned a master’s degree in European History at the
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If David Granger’s character and good name is in question he has only himself to blame
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