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Kenya: 51 Tanzanian Truckers Denied Entry to Kenya After Testing Positive for COVID-19
Nairobi — Fifty-three truck drivers, among them 51 Tanzania nationals have been denied entry into the country after testing positive for
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Ethiopia coronavirus: 261 cases, president calls for global solidarity
May 10: 239 cases, Abiy appreciates US support
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Ethiopia coronavirus: 306 cases, how about 100 cases hit in a week
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Moroni is a coastal town that serves as the capital of Comoros, an archipelago in the Indian Ocean. In 2003 the city had a population of 41,577 people making it the largest city in the archipelago.  It is simultaneously one of the least populous capitals on or near the African continent. Moroni is
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Kenya: Migne Threatens to Drag FKF to FIFA in Latest Pay Dispute
Former Harambee Stars coach Sebastian Migne is the latest trainer to accuse Football Kenya Federation (FKF) of failing to settle his
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Amin (Dada), Idi (1925-2003)
Idi Amin was the Ugandan military dictator and President from 1971 to 1979.  During his reign Amin’s military forces are estimated to have killed 500,000 people and exiled roughly 70,000 non-Ugandan nationals (mostly Indians) from
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Magufuli: Our economy comes first
President John Pombe Magufuli on Sunday said that Tanzania’s handling of the Covid-19 pandemic is in such a way that the country’s economy comes first and above everything
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Sudan to pay for ’98 embassy attacks – US court
The US Supreme Court on Monday ruled that Sudan must pay hundreds of millions of dollars in punitive damages to some victims of the 1998 attacks on US embassies in Nairobi, Kenya and Dar es Salaam in
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Magufuli sacks health deputy minister
Tanzania’s President John Pombe Magufuli has appointed Dr Godwin Mollel as the new deputy minister for Health after sacking Dr Faustine
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Tanzania: COVID-19 - Cross Border Spread On Spotlight As Kenya Closes Tanzania, Somali Borders
Dar es Salaam — Efforts by individual countries in the East Africa region to tackle the spread of the novel coronavirus across borders yesterday saw Kenya ban the movement of pedestrians and passenger s in and out of the
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The Challenges African States Faced at Independence
When African states gained their independence from Europes colonial empires, they faced numerous challenges starting with their lack of
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Tanzania Lifts Ban On International Flights
Dar es Salaam — Tanzania yesterday reopened its airspace to both scheduled and non-scheduled international flights following its closure last month in the wake of the Covid-19
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Africa: Mobile Money Becomes Lifeline as Telecoms Thrive in COVID-19 Era
Mobile money and data have emerged as the lifeline in revenue growth for African-focused telecoms operators Vodacom Group and Airtel Africa across markets characterised by stiff competition and challenging regulatory
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Tanzania: Why Tanzania Won't Close Borders
Amid the ongoing global battle against the novel virus, some countries have opted to close borders and enforce lockdown measures to impede the
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How hit squad killed man who laid trap for Kabuga
In 2003, a young Kenyan businessman helping agents from the US Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) to track down Mr Kabuga was murdered by a hit
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Carter, W. Beverly (1921-1982)
Ambassador William Beverly Carter is the first Ambassador-at-Large, and the second African American, to be appointed an ambassador by three Presidents. In 1972, President Richard M. Nixon appointed him ambassador to Tanzania. Four years later, President Gerald R. Ford named him ambassador to
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Alphabetical List of All African Countries
Below is an alphabetical list of all African countries, along with capitals and the state names as they are known within each country. In addition to the 54 sovereign states in Africa, the list also includes the two islands still governed by European states and Western Sahara, which is recognized
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Kenya: Give Us Your Farm Throw-Aways; We'll Give Back Black Gold
Mwea Ngurubani County, Kenya — Whether volunteering at local high schools in her community, educating boys about the importance of speaking out and building self-confidence or taking a summer course at Oklahoma State University in the United States as a 2019 Mandela Washington Fellow – Kenyan
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Howard Kent Walker is a military veteran, diplomat, and educator who was born on December 3, 1935 in Newport News, Virginia. His father was a high school chemistry and mathematics teacher and his mother a homemaker. Upon graduation from high school Walker enrolled at the University of Michigan in
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Rwanda
Rwanda, in east-central Africa, is surrounded by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Tanzania, and Burundi. It is slightly smaller than Maryland. Steep mountains and deep valleys cover most of the country. Lake Kivu in the northwest, at an altitude of 4,829 ft (1,472 m), is the highest
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Tanzania: Magufuli - Our Economy Comes First in COVID-19 Fight
Dar es Salaam — President John Magufuli said on Sunday that Tanzania's handling of Covid-19 was in such a way that the country's economy comes first and above everything
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Eritrea coronavirus: one active case left as 38 patients recover
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Kenya: Govt Set to Impose Tough Measures After Spike in COVID-19 Cases at Border Points
Nairobi — The government says it is considering imposing tough measures at the border points following high cases of COVID-19, particularly at the border town of Namanga which is the main gateway to
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Burundi: Poor country wracked by ethnic conflict
The small, central African country of Burundi is one of the poorest in the world, with a history of political crises and ethnic massacres and a long civil
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Dar es Salaam (1857- )
Dar es Salaam is the largest city in Tanzania. With its location on the Indian Ocean coast, separated from the island of Zanzibar by the Zanzibar Channel, it is also the manufacturing and commercial center of the nation. The city began as a fishing village in the mid-19th Century and gradually
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Africa: Retail and Online Sales Survey for Mobile Handsets and Tablets in 6 African Countries Shows How Sales Will Be Hit and Looks At the Bounce Back After Lockdown Ends
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