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In early Jan. 2013, President Mohamed Morsi of Egypt invited Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and Hamas leader Khaled Meshal to Cairo. First, Morsi met with each one individually. The objective was to work toward a reconciliation of the two factions, Fatah and Hamas, but according to
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Queries raised over Kabuga's Kenya link
For many years believed to have been hiding in Kenya, Kabuga, born in 1935 in Muniga, Rwanda, is said to have been one of the perpetrators of the genocide against the Tutsi, in which more than a million people were
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Malawi re-run: opposition candidate wins, unseating Mutharika
June 27: Chakwera declared winner
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Times of unprecedented crisis present unique opportunities for unprecedented action – Op-ed
Emerging evidence from the ILO on the impact of COVID-19 suggests that women’s economic and productive lives will be affected
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Africa: Periods in a Pandemic - Women and Girls in Low-Income Settlements Need More Support
What is becoming apparent, through studies and conversations with other academics in the menstrual health and hygiene field, is that the measures taken to slow the spread of COVID-19 may have made things worse for women and girls in low-income
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Dealing with the deadly concoction of disease and disaster
So, as the Commonwealth rallies around the governments and people of India and Bangladesh, we are once again forced to face the persisting reality of climate change and natural
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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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Ethiopia rejects UN Security Council role in dam dispute
Ethiopia’s Foreign Minister, Gedu Andargachew has rejected Egypt’s call to refer the dispute over Addis Ababa’s construction of the giant Nile dam to the United Nations Security
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Rwanda: Inside the Country's 10 Multi-Billion Dollar Green Projects
Rwanda recently submitted its new national climate plan dubbed "Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs)" to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
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Joy, tears in Darfur as International Criminal Court arrests wanted war crimes suspect
Kushayb, a senior Janjaweed commander in the early years of the conflict, was the target of a 2007 ICC arrest warrant on multiple counts including rape, murder and
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Ethiopia fights for vibrancy as economy takes Covid hit
For the past three years, Ethiopia was the talk of town, with leading institutions terming it one of Africa’s fastest rising
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Burundi court orders president-elect sworn in after leader's death
Burundi's constitutional court on Friday ruled that the country's newly elected leader Evariste Ndayishimiye be rapidly sworn in following the sudden death of President Pierre Nkurunziza earlier this
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Africa: Communique of AU Bureau of Assembly of Heads of State and Government On Renaissance Dam
Addis Ababa — The Extraordinary African Union (AU) Bureau of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government Vide-Teleconference Meeting, held on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, (GERD) issued on June 26, 2020 the following
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ADUDANS: Urgent action needed to reverse Covid-19 impact on
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Andrew Young born
Andrew Young, former US United Nations ambassador, former congressman and former mayor of Atlanta, born in New Orleans, Louisiana.
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Africa: U.S. Executive Order Against Property Of Certain Persons Associated With ICC
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Human trafficking victims destined for Trinidad & Tobago rescued
(Trinidad Guardian) Venezuela’s Navy yesterday broke up three human trafficking camps on the country’s Orinoco Delta and rescued 79 people, including 25 minors, whom they said were being trafficked to criminal gangs in
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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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Media Watch: Kenya to consolidate spike in tech use during COVID-19
Ethiopia restores internet to western Oromia after 3-month blackout
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Fauset, Crystal Bird (1894–1965)
Crystal Bird Fauset, the first African-American female state legislators in the United States, was born on June 27, 1894 in Princess Anne, Maryland. She grew up in Boston, Massachusetts but spent most of her adult and political life in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Between 1914 and 1918 Fauset worked
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Swarms of locusts devastate parts of northern Kenya
The branches on trees around Kenya’s northern town of Lodwar have been stripped bare of leaves, bending downwards under the weight of voracious young
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Zimbabwe: Albinism Community Calls for Government Subsidised Sunscreen Lotions
The Albinism Community in Zimbabwe has urged the government to avail subsidised sunscreen lotions as a means to protect members from possible cancer and related
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Nigeria Records 717 Rape Cases in Five Months - Official
The police chief called on Nigerians to join in efforts to tackle rape and other sexual violence by ensuring prompt report of cases and working with the police to apprehend the
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NDAHINDA: 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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Africa: Bill to Protect African Heritage Sites in Sight
Dodoma — THE Ministry of Information, Culture, Arts and Sports is preparing a Bill to be tabled in Parliament, for protecting and preserving the African liberation heritage areas against damage in the wake of several construction projects countrywide, parliament was
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Rwanda: What Civil Society, Genocide Survivors Think of Kabuga's Arrest
After 26 years on the run, on May 16, French authorities revealed that genocide architect Felicien Kabuga had been arrested in
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UNHCR launches $186mn crisis appeal for Sahel region
The United Nations Refugee Agency has launched a $186 dollar crisis appeal for the Sahel
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Djibouti: Kenya, Djibouti Set for Run-Off Vote in Contest for UNSC Membership
Nairobi — Africa will know its third non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council for 2021-2022 after Thursday's run-off vote by the United Nations General Assembly to elect new temporary
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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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Africa: COVID-19 - Caring for Care Workers
This 'invisible' work contributes over US$10.8 trillion a year to the global economy, and before COVID-19, women and girls provided 12.5 billion hours of free care work every
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