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Bandung Conference, 1955

The Afro-Asian Conference, known generally as the Bandung Conference, was to that date the largest gathering of Asian and African nations. On April 18 to 24, 1955, twenty-nine representatives of nations from Africa and Asia came together in Bandung, Indonesia, to promote African and Asian economic

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Liberia: Pres. Weah Suspends LTA Chairman for Time Indefinite

The President of Liberia, H.E. Dr. George Manneh Weah has suspended the Chairman of the Liberia Telecommunications Authority

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Source: allAfrica.com

(1896) Hugh M. Browne, “The Higher Education of the Colored People of the South”

Hugh M. Browne, educator, Presbyterian minister, and college professor in Liberia, positioned himself between the advocates of industrial and higher education for African Americans. In the speech below he describes his educational philosophy and the forces and experiences that shaped

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Gullah

The Gullah are the descendants of enslaved Africans from various people who lived in the Lowcountry regions of the U.S. states of Georgia and South Carolina, in the area of both the coastal plain and the Sea Islands. They developed a creole ethnicity and language that is distinctive among African

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Africa: Abuja Hosts Africa Women Conference

Helpline Foundation for the Needy, Abuja, one of the co-conveners of Africa Women Conference (AWC) which held in Abuja at the weekend, has said the conference had identified Information and Communication Technology (ICT) as a tool for economic growth in view of the ravaging

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DRC declares end of Ebola outbreak in east

The second-largest Ebola outbreak on record is over after nearly two years and more than 2,200 deaths, Democratic Republic of Congo said on Thursday, even as a separate flare-up of the virus continued elsewhere in the

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William D. Crum

William D. Crum (1859-1912), a South Carolina physician, appointed minister to Liberia.

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Jun

13

1910

Africa Day and Its Discontent

Founded in 1963, the aim of the Organization of Africa Unity, the precursor of Africa Union (AU) was to safeguard the interests and independence of all African states, encourage the continent's development, and settle disputes among member

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Thomas, Harry K., Jr. (1956- )

Though born in New York City, New York’s Harlem community, Harry Keels Thomas, Jr. was raised in a middle-class neighborhood in Queens where most parents were civil servants. His mother was a social worker and his father, a World War II veteran, operated small businesses. Thomas finished

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Apr

27

2010

Liberia: pregnant woman recovers from COVID-19

The first pregnant woman in Liberia to test positive for coronavirus has given birth to a healthy baby

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Source: Africanews | Latest breaking news, daily news and African news from Africa

Liberia

Lying on the Atlantic in the southern part of West Africa, Liberia is bordered by Sierra Leone, Guinea, and Côte dIvoire. It is comparable in size to Tennessee. Most of the country is a plateau covered by dense tropical forests, which thrive under an annual rainfall of about 160

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Apr

12

1980

The District of Columbia Emancipation Act (1862)

District of Columbia Emancipation Act

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Apr

16

1862

Côte d'Ivoire

Côte dIvoire kōt dēvwär´ [key] or Ivory Coast, officially Republic of Côte dIvoire, republic (2005 est. pop. 17,298,000), 124,503 sq mi (322,463 sq km), W Africa, on the Gulf of Guinea of the Atlantic Ocean. It is bordered by Liberia and Guinea on the west, by Mali and Burkina Faso on the

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Africa: The Special Court for Sierra Leone - Keys to its Success & Lessons for Today

In 2002, the government of Sierra Leone and the United Nations formally agreed to the creation of the Special Court for Sierra Leone, a so-called 'hybrid court,' to bring justice and reconciliation to the country and

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Source: allAfrica.com

Which Countries Are Within the African Rainforest?

The African rainforest stretches across much of the central African continent, encompassing the following countries in its woods: Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Central African Republic, Comoros, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Cote dIvoire (Ivory Coast), Equatorial

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(1863) Angelina Grimké Weld “Address at the Women’s Loyal National League”

By the time of the Civil War Angelina Grimke Weld had spent three decades fighting the institution of slavery. The Civil War and especially the Emancipation Proclamation which went into effect on January 1, 1863, seemed inevitably to bring her work to her desired conclusion. Nonetheless in the

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Jan

1

1863

Williams, Bisa (1954- )

Ambassador Bisa Williams was a career member of the Foreign Service of the United States Department of State. She was nominated by President Barack Obama in 2010 to serve as the U.S. ambassador to the Republic of Niger. After Senate confirmation, she headed the U.S. Embassy in Niamey, Niger from

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Liberia: IMF Executive Board Approves a U.S.$50 Million Disbursement to Liberia to Address the COVID-19 Pandemic

The pandemic opens a balance of payment need of US$150 million (5.1 percent of GDP) in 2020, which largely arises from a domestic revenue shortfall projected at US$119

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Source: allAfrica.com

Africa: 'Celebrate Africa Basketball Legends' - Fiba Media Council Official

Monrovia — The head of Media Council for the Federation of International Basketball Associations (FIBA) Africa Zone 3, Naomi Tappia says it is time for African basketball legends to be celebrated and

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East Africa: Regional Peace, Security Top on Kenya's UN Security Council Agenda

Nairobi — The fight against terrorism and radicalization as well as regional peace and stability will shape Kenya's agenda at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) following the country's victory on Thursday over Djibouti which was eyeing the two-year non-permanent

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Monrovia, Liberia (1821- )

Monrovia is the capital of Liberia as well as its largest city. It is located on Bushrod Island and Cape Mesurado along the Mesurado River. A 2008 census showed its population as

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Apr

25

1822

Africa: Why COVID-19 Offers a Chance to Transform UN Peacekeeping

This greater need for peacekeeping efforts offers an opportunity for the UN to explore a real spectrum of peace operations beyond the large multidimensional

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Source: allAfrica.com

Bridgewater, Pamela E. (1947- )

Pamela E. Bridgewater is a career Foreign Service officer who has been recognized for important diplomatic work in South Africa, Ghana, and Liberia. Her most recent posting was as U.S. Ambassador to

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Fleetwood, Christian Abraham (1840-1914)

Christian Fleetwood, soldier, choir master, clerk, and abolitionist, was born free in Baltimore, Maryland to Charles Fleetwood and Anna Marie Fleetwood on July 21, 1840. At an early age Christian Fleetwood showed signs of intelligence and quickly endeared himself to the wealthy sugar merchant John

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Hicks, John F. (1949- )

John F. Hicks is a diplomat and global educator who served as a United States Ambassador to the United Nations (UN). A native of Goldsboro, North Carolina, Hicks was born in 1949. Hicks holds a bachelor’s degree in Political Science from Morehouse College, a diploma and master’s degree from Johns

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African Nobel Prize Winners

25 Nobel Laureates have been born in Africa. Of those, 10 have been from South Africa, and another six were born in Egypt. The other countries to have produced a Nobel Laureate are (French) Algeria, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Morocco, and Nigeria. Scroll down for a full list of

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Africa: How Africa Can Take This Moment to End a 500-Years-Old Economic Model

Governments can take the opportunity of COVID-19 to change Africa's place in global economic structures, but it will take pan-African

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Source: allAfrica.com

Charles E. Mitchell

Charles E. Mitchell, certified public accountant and banker from West Virginia, named minister to Liberia.

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Sep

10

1930

Bean, Maurice Darrow (1928-2009)

In 1977, career diplomat Maurice D. Bean was nominated by President Jimmy Carter to serve as U.S. Ambassador to Burma (in 1989 the military government changed the name of the country to Myanmar). Bean was born on September 9, 1928, in Gary, Indiana. His father Everett worked as a laborer for the

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Nov

30

2009

Guinea

Guinea, in West Africa on the Atlantic, is also bordered by Guinea-Bissau, Senegal, Mali, Côte dIvoire, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. Slightly smaller than Oregon, the country consists of a coastal plain, a mountainous region, a savanna interior, and a forest area in the Guinea Highlands. The highest

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