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Uganda to Ease Lockdown Restrictions With Resumption of Public Transport on June 6
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Nairobi, Kenya (1899- )
Nairobi is the largest city and capital of the modern state of Kenya as well as the former capital of British East Africa. Nairobi was originally a camp for the engineers constructing the Uganda railway from Mombasa to Lake Victoria in 1899. Later that year, the railway headquarters was moved there
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Rwandan Genocide Fugitive, Felicien Kabuga, Arrested After 25 Years On the Run
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Senghor, Léopold Sédar (1906-2001)
Scholar, African traditionalist poet, and Senegal’s first president, Léopold Sédar Senghor was born on October 9, 1906 in Joal, Senegal. His father, Basie Diogoye Senghor, was a Malinké landowner. His mother, Gnilane Bakhoum, came from a Christian Fulani family. They gave Senghor a European name to
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Queries raised over Kabuga's Kenya link
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East Africa: COVID-19 Leaves Region in $2.3 Billion Debt Hole in Three Months
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