Haitians face uncertainty as US ends temporary protections

Nigeria: Buhari Nominates Okonjo-Iweala As Nigeria's Candidate for World Trade Organisation's DG Election

Nigeria has nominated a former Minister of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, as its candidate for the Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO) election coming up next

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Somalia: New Report Accuses Envoy of Running Down Amisom

The head of the African Union Mission in Somalia (Amisom) is fighting off allegations of corruption, mismanagement, harassment and political

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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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CARICOM, Canadian public health sector officials to meet | New York Carib News

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) — Public health officials from the Caribbean Community (Caricom) are to meet with their counterparts from Canada as the region begins the process of reopening its borders to allow international travel back into the Caribbean, Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley has

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Todman, Terence A. (1926-2014)

Named Career Ambassador, a title equivalent to a four-star general, U.S. ambassador to six different countries, Terence A. Todman was an outstanding diplomat in the service of the United States. He challenged the racial prejudice he encountered at the State Department, paving the way for hiring of

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Rwanda: Genocide Survivors Want Kabuga Tried in Rwanda

The umbrella organization of Genocide survivors associations, Ibuka, on Saturday, March 16 said that Genocide architect Félicien Kabuga should be tried from

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Congo-Brazzaville: On the Frontlines of Congo's COVID-19 Battle

Brazzaville — When Dr Regis Ondze arrives at work each morning at the Albert Leyono Municipal Clinic, a low-slung beige building with ornate white balustrades near the banks of the Congo River, he finds himself on the frontlines of his country's fight against

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Africa: News Alert - UNSC Members Set to Take GERD Vote This Afternoon

Addis Abeba — The 15 member states of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) are set to take a vote this afternoon on whether to hold an open virtual meeting on matters concerning the Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), Addis Standard has

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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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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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Jones, William B. (1928- )

On July 26, 1977, President Jimmy Carter nominated William B. Jones as the United States Ambassador to Haiti. The U.S. Senate confirmed Jones and soon after he took up his post in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Born on May 2, 1928, to Bill and LaVelle Jones in Los Angeles, California, Ambassador Jones grew

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Cameroon: Social Media Used to Fight Misinformation

Cameroon’s  digital first responders have taken to social media to counteract the

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Rwanda: What Civil Society, Genocide Survivors Think of Kabuga's Arrest

After 26 years on the run, on May 16, French authorities revealed that genocide architect Felicien Kabuga had been arrested in

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Ethiopia: Commentary - the 2015 Declaration of Principles Is Not a Treaty and Ethiopia Does Not Have Obligations Therefrom

The Normative Status of the 2015 Agreement on the Declaration of Principles

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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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Africa: UN Security Council Elections Reveal Divisions in Africa

You can't have Africa Free Trade and not have a politically stable continent, which is why it was important for South Africa to ensure it got support for Kenya at the Security

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Nigeria: Local Content Bill Vital to Preserving Nigeria's Socioeconomic Independence - Hon Idagbo

Hon Idagbo giving the background of the Nigerian Local Content Development and Enforcement Bill (the Bill) which is sponsored by Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila, himself (Idagbo) and seven other members of the House of Representatives explained why the nation at this trying time needs this Bill passed into

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Africa: The Budapest Memorandum On Giving Up Nuclear Weapon

On December 5th 1994, the United States, the Russian Federation, and the United Kingdom, along with China and France in a separate document, signed the now infamous "Budapest Memorandum", the document was supposed to be an assurance to Ukraine that if it acknowledged the non-nuclear proliferation

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(2003) Rev. Jeremiah Wright, “Confusing God and Government”

During the 2008 Presidential campaign, Rev. Jeremiah Wright, pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ, whose most famous congregant was Illinois Senator Barack Obama, burst unto the national political scene when media outlets reported and aired segments of previous sermons. The segment which

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2003

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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1932

Newswire : World food security increasingly at risk due to climate change impact

Speaking at the launch of a Special Report on Climate Change and Land by the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in Geneva, experts highlighted how the rise in global temperatures, linked to increasing pressures on fertile soil, risked jeopardizing food security for the

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Somalia

Al-Shabab formally declared allegiance to al-Qaeda in February 2010, sparking further concern that the group posed a global threat. It claimed responsibility for the July bombing at a restaurant in Kampala, Uganda, that killed about 75 people who were watching the final game of the World Cup. The

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2011

Shaw denies companies leaving Ja due to cannabis regulation lag

Shaw was responding to an article carried by Forbes magazine in May, that said the lack of positive action on the part of the Jamaican Government and the CLA has led to cannabis stakeholders exiting Jamaica, because of the obstacles in the granting of licences for the production and export of

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Pulpit to presidency: Malawi's new president takes office

June 28: Chakwera, Chilima sworn in

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UN reports highest number of refugees ever recorded

The UN refugee agency says the number of asylum-seekers, internally displaced people and refugees worldwide shot up by nearly nine million people last year – the biggest rise in its

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Africa: COVID-19 in Africa - As Cases Rise Along With Economic Hardship, Countries Grapple With Safely Easing Lockdowns

Some four months after the first COVID-19 case in Africa was reported in Egypt, countries on the continent are beginning to ease public health and social measures, such as lockdowns and curfews, imposed to curb the spread of the

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Earth Today | Civil society delivers 30 priorities for accelerating climate action

Civil society actors in Trinidad and Tobago are urging accelerated action on climate change for sustainable development and COVID-19 recovery, with 30 priorities delivered as part of the newly launched report, Spotlight on Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 13 Climate

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Africa's Achievements and Challenges

On the Commemoration of This Year's Africa Day, He Spoke About Africa's Achievements So Far and the Challenges

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A Brief Intro and History of Benin, Africa

Benin was the seat of one of the great medieval African kingdoms called Dahomey. Europeans began arriving in the area in the 18th century, as the kingdom of Dahomey was expanding its territory. The Portuguese, the French, and the Dutch established trading posts along the coast

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Africa: Presidency On the Extraordinary African Union Bureau of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government Video-Teleconference Meeting On the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam

Communique of the Extraordinary African Union (AU) Bureau of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government video-teleconference meeting on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam

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