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Cameroon Human Rights Commission - Reforms for Better Protection, Promotion
The Minister Delegate at the Ministry of Justice on June 27 defended before the Committee on Constitutional Laws major changes undertaken to better empower the
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Rwanda: French Court Rejects Kabuga's Appeal for Bail
A court in Paris, France, on Wednesday, May 27, rejected the request by lawyers' of Genocide suspect Felicien Kabuga to release him on bail as the initial judicial process continues in
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Africa: 'Africa is plagued with tribalism': U.S-based Sierra Leonean lawyer, Sorie Tarawally, writes
That meant, as a Mende-speaking Southeasterner from Bonthe District, I was serving at one of the highest position in the Northern Province/Temne-speaking dominated APC government, and I dared to be criticising the APC government's use of its apparent principal political
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Sir Milton Margai, first Prime Minister of Sierra Leone, is born
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Uganda: Teenager Fighting for Children and Girls' Rights
But Anitah Prossy Namuwoya is already following her passion of fighting for children and
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South Sudan: First War, Now COVID-19 Threatens South Sudanese in Crowded Camp
Nairobi — Two people have tested positive in a crowded South Sudanese camp housing 30,000 people
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Health organisations say children under one at risk of diseases amid COVID-19
GENEVA, Switzerland (CMC) — Several health organisations are warning that children under the age of one in the Caribbean are at risk of contracting diseases like diphtheria, measles and polio because the COVID-19 pandemic is disrupting life-saving immunisation
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Africa's Covid-19 caseload nearing 160,000
With the novel coronavirus still in pandemic mode, the African continent has seen a continued growth in the total tally, while Italy, an earlier epicentre of the pandemic in Europe, has begun to partially lift travel bans as its new infections are
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Africa Day and Its Discontent
Founded in 1963, the aim of the Organization of Africa Unity, the precursor of Africa Union (AU) was to safeguard the interests and independence of all African states, encourage the continent's development, and settle disputes among member
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Africa: Ads 2020 - Africa's Free Trade Area and Integration Will Help Silence the Guns, Say Uneca Chief Vera Songwe and Other Experts
Leading Experts On Africa's Development Have Said That the Speed and Scope of the Continent's Post-COVID-19 Recovery Will Depend On the Effective Implementation of the African Continental Free Trade
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Ending the grace period – Why we must now scrutinize the Bio presidency
I start this brief article today with these two sentences in response to the feeble efforts of the new state propagandists – mostly SLPP members and supporters – who have expressed outrage over a few comments I have posted on my Facebook page in recent days critical of the Bio
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CARICOM, Canadian public health sector officials to meet | New York Carib News
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) — Public health officials from the Caribbean Community (Caricom) are to meet with their counterparts from Canada as the region begins the process of reopening its borders to allow international travel back into the Caribbean, Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley has
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Liberia
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School leaders offered training to manage institutions remotely
STARTING June 1, school leaders across Jamaica will participate in a virtual instructional leadership (VIL) online course, which will equip them with the skills and competencies to effectively manage institutions
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Fresh outbreak of Ebola virus in DRC kills 11 people from 17 recorded cases
Since the discovery of the Ebola virus disease in 1976 in South Sudan (then Sudan) and Democratic Republic of Congo (then Zaire), there have been recurrent
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Rwanda: COVID-19 - Mass Testing for Rwandan Peacekeepers in South Sudan
The testing spearheaded by the Ministry of Health started on Tuesday in Malakal where Rwanda Formed Police Unit-One (FPU-1) hybrid contingent of 239 officers, is
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Kenya, Djibouti split regional votes for non-permanent UNSC seat
Kenya and Djibouti will later today know which of them will take Africa’s non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security
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Africa: Vultures, Doves and African Debt - Here's a Way Out
The legacy of these vulture funds complicates efforts to help African countries deal with their current debt
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Rwanda: After 26 Years On the Run - What to Expect When Kabuga Faces Justice
Mr Kabuga, 84, was initially indicted by the Arusha-based United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) in
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AP Interview: Ethiopia to Fill Disputed Dam, Deal or no Deal | Afro
He added that “we want to make it clear that Ethiopia will not beg Egypt and Sudan to use its own water resource for its development,” pointing out that Ethiopia is paying for the dam’s construction
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Battle, Anthony Michael (1950– )
Michael Battle is an educator, religious leader, and diplomat. Born on July 28, 1950, in St. Louis, Missouri, he was one of twelve children from Jessie Battle Sr., a Pentecostal pastor, and Mary Battle.  Michael received his bachelor’s degree from Trinity College (1973), his Master of Divinity
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New Independent Media Commission laws undermine media pluralism and fair competition
The Government of Sierra Leone has gazetted an Independent Media Commission Act 2020 that seeks to eliminate fair competition in the media landscape and consequently silenced independent journalists in the Print
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Bujumbura, Burundi (1899- )
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Congo-Kinshasa: Women Hit As Congo Faces Triple Threat of Coronavirus, Ebola and Measles
As measles, coronavirus and Ebola hit the Democratic Republic of Congo, women face stigma and delayed sexual health treatment
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Africa: 'Earth School' Gives Students in Lockdown a Closeup Look At Nature
With the coronavirus pandemic disrupting education worldwide, Earth School sought to bring together compelling and interactive resources for learning about nature and the environment on a single global
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