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Somalia: Resolve Somalia-Kenya Spat
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Birmingham 2022 expands apprenticeship scheme with new sport roles - Voice Online
SPORTS FANS are being given a once in a lifetime opportunity to be part of... The post Birmingham 2022 expands apprenticeship scheme with new sport roles appeared first on Voice Online.
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Kenya: Bereavement of Key Witness Causes Adjournment of Former Tetu MP's Criminal Case
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NEW DELHI, India (AP) - With Americans, Britons and Canadians rolling up their sleeves to receive novel coronavirus vaccines, the route out of the pandemic now seems clear to many in the West, even if the roll-out will take many months. But for poorer countries, the road will be far longer and
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Nigeria: Katsina Abducted Schoolboys Released
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What if the Capitol attackers had been African Americans? - TSDMemphis.com
by Stacy M. Brown -  After watching African Americans protest the police killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and others, many in Black communities called law enforcement’s response to Wednesday’s storming of the U.S. Capitol tepid at best. “So imagine Black folk was in this mix,” Public Enemy
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‘We Took the Capitol’ Trump Supporters Storm the Chambers of Congress
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Uganda: Anywhere but Kampala - "I'm Still in NRM but I Cannot Clap for Bad Vices"
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