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(1949) Nnamdi Azikiwe Speaks before the British Peace Conference in London
Nigerian independence leader Nnamdi Azikiwe appeared before the Plenary Session of the British Peace Congress held in London on  October 23, 1949.  He used that occasion to educate his audience about Nigeria and Africa. He also used the opportunity to remind the peace advocates that trying to
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Women Rangers Work to Keep Lid on Illegal Game Hunting – Voice and Viewpoint
Standing in their way despite the threat of illness is a group of eight women drawn from the Maasai community, known as Team Lioness.Last year, Kenya reported a 90% decrease in wildlife poaching, but the advent of COVID-19 has stirred concerns the country’s national parks may draw new illegal
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Covid-19: US adds 1,754 deaths in 24 hours
The United States recorded 1,754 coronavirus deaths in the past 24 hours, bringing the total to 85,813, according to the latest real-time tally Thursday reported by Johns Hopkins
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Uganda Wants People to Leave Flooded Wetlands - and Not Come Back
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New reality for business leaders in post-Covid era
According to a survey released by Boston Consulting Group (BCG) titled East Africa’s Rebound, workers will have to adapt to the new reality to ensure near-term business continuity in the
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Source: The East African
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Veteran Tanzanian journalist Fili Karashani dies
At 12.21 pm on Sunday, May 10, 2020 I spoke to Mr Kagina Karashani about the progress of his father’s treatment, and we discussed visitation plans following the decision of Muhimbili National Hospital (MNH) administration that due to the Covid-19 scare, only one person would be allowed to see him
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Kenya Receives Sh133.3bn in Loans in Just 3 Days
Nairobi — Kenya will receive a €188 million - Sh21.9 billion - loan from African Development Bank to support its efforts to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic and mitigate the related economic, health and social
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Source: allAfrica.com
Coronavirus could cost Africa R80 billion in crop exports
The coronavirus pandemic could cost Africa as much as $4.8 billion (R80 billion) in lost agricultural exports and affect the livelihoods of 10 million farmers, McKinsey & Co. has
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High cost of locusts: East Africa braces for season III of outbreak
East Africa is bracing for a third outbreak of desert locusts, with billions of the destructive insects about to hatch and threaten food supplies in a region already facing damaging rains and the coronavirus
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Police Arrest CNN Reporter, Crew Covering Minneapolis Protests Live On Air
Minnesota State Patrol officers arrested CNN correspondent Omar Jimenez and two members of his crew while they were broadcasting live from protests in Minneapolis on Friday morning’s “New
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Ella Jones Elected As First Black Woman, First Black Mayor Of Ferguson
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Burundi: Nkurunziza Could Have Won Gold, but Left Without a Medal
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Saʿīd ibn Sulṭān
Born in 1791, Saʿīd succeeded his father jointly with his brother Salīm in 1804, but their cousin Badr immediately usurped the throne. In 1806 Saʿīd assassinated Badr and became virtual sole ruler, though Salīm, a nonentity, had titular status until his death in 1821. Although Europeans frequently
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Africa: Inadequate Diets Are Making Populations Vulnerable to COVID-19
Johannesburg — AllAfrica's Nontobeko Mlambo spoke with Dr Jane Battersby, an Associate Professor at the University of Cape Town's African Centre for Cities, on the need to address malnutrition in all its forms by tackling injustices in food and health
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Central Area School Council (1969-1975)
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Kenya: Comedian Salvado Expecting 3rd Born
Ugandan comedian Patrick 'Salvado' Idringi is set to become a father for the third
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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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Kenya: Relief as State Extends Low-Duty Maize Import Window
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Tanzania: COVID-19 - Why Tanzanians Must Adapt to the New Circumstances
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Swarms of locusts devastate parts of northern Kenya
The branches on trees around Kenya's northern town of Lodwar have been stripped bare of leaves, bending downward under the weight of voracious young
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Kenya, Uganda Alert Over Swarms of Locusts Sighted Across Turkana
Kenya has announced ground and aerial control operations against hopper bands that were sighted in northwest Turkana and
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OBBO: Nkurunziza could have won gold, but left without a medal
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Bujumbura, Burundi (1899- )
Bujumbura is Burundi’s capital and largest city. Located on the northeastern shore of Lake Tanganyika, it is only a few miles from the frontier with the Democratic Republic of the Congo by boat through Lake
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Remote Working exposes firms to cyber-attacks
Companies whose employees access their IT networks remotely through unprotected social platforms are exposing themselves to hacking.
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HEATH: No size fit-all tourism model exists
The Mara Conservancy CEO Brian Heath spoke to James Kahongeh on tourism, arguing conservation could be the answer to the
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Magic Johnson Announces $100 Million in Loans for Business Owners of Color
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