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Secretary General António Guterres — As COVID-19 spreads across the continent, Africa has responded swiftly to the pandemic, and as of now reported cases are lower than
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Derby’s Dose: Deplorable & Sickening Form of Torture Used to Punish Slaves in Jamaica
Derby’s Dose: Deplorable & Sickening Form of Torture Used to Punish Slaves in Jamaica
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G20 derails Kenya’s push for China debt relief deal
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Democrats call on Biden to cancel up to $50K of student loan debt - TheGrio
Prominent Democrats are calling on President Joe Biden to authorize the cancellation of up to $50,000 in student loan debt... View Article The post Democrats call on Biden to cancel up to $50K of student loan debt appeared first on TheGrio.
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Debt payments forecast to cross Sh1 trillion mark
The ministry forecasts that debt payments will cross the Sh1 trillion mark in President Uhuru Kenyatta's last year in office, underlining the country’s push to restructure some of the arrears to ease pressure on thinning tax receipts amid Covid-19
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Best Ways to Travel Safely On Public Transportation During Health Crisis
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$900 Billion Federal Stimulus: What’s In it, What’s Not, What Remains
$900 Billion Federal Stimulus: What’s In it, What’s Not, What Remains By Charlene Crowell Although a New Year has begun, many American consumers and small businesses continue to feel a financial hangover from the challenges of 2020. As the global pandemic reveals a still-soaring American infection
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US consumer borrowing up $16.2 billion in September : TheGrio
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Black Student Loan Debt Should Be An Issue For All Of Us
As conversations around social and racial justice equity with building financial stability remain at the forefront, the plight of African American college students should remain relevant heading toward Election Day.
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EAC MPs miss salaries in cash crunch
Kenya is the only country in the region that has fully paid its annual contributions.
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Co-op Bank, Laikipia unveil Sh300m enterprise fund
Co-operative Bank of Kenya has launched a Sh300 million enterprise fund with Laikipia County to offer affordable financing and business support to co-operatives and entrepreneurs.
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(1898) Booker T. Washington, “The Madison Square Garden Address”
After his 1895 Atlanta Compromise Speech, Booker T. Washingtons popularity grew rapidly among Northern whites.  In this instance he gives an address at Madison Square Garden in New York City on February 12, 1898, the birthday of Abraham Lincoln.  Not surprisingly he promotes industrial education
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Tough loan guarantee terms for small firms
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Covid-19: Zambian minister tests positive
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Kenya: Penniless Gor Mahia Now Begging Fans for Cash Bail Out Through Bonga Points
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Victims of Sparta earthquake still rebuilding two months after quake rocked mountain counties | Columnists
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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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21 Ways Texans Can Reduce Those Monthly Bills
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4 Types of Slavery in Africa
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Reconstruction Amendments
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Africa: China-Africa Blanket Debt Forgiveness Not in the Cards
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Ethiopia fights for vibrancy as economy takes Covid hit
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Hotels teeter on brink of collapse as Covid-19 bites
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Ismāʿīl Pasha
Ismāʿīl Pasha , (born Dec. 31, 1830, Cairo—died March 2, 1895, Istanbul), viceroy of Egypt under Ottoman suzerainty, 1863–79, whose administrative policies, notably the accumulation of an enormous foreign debt, were instrumental in leading to British occupation of Egypt in
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Uganda: Civil Society to Kampala - We Want Transparency, Not Graft-Laced Debts
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Rwanda: Youngster Tuyishimire to Join PSG Academy
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