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Of scarifications and body paintings, how the Karo people of Ethiopia do it
The fascination of Ethiopia’s Karo people in decorating their faces and bodies with chalk and ochre serves various purposes, including enhancing the chance of finding love, intimidating rivals and for
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Change in ‘keg’ taxation to cause drop in collections, loss of
“A sharp decline in keg beer demand was witnessed between June 2013 and September 2015, when the national government reduced the excise duty remission from 100 per cent to 50 per
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Paul Cuffee
Not to be confused with the Reverend Paul Cuffee (1754-1812), who is honored on the liturgical Calendar of the Episcopal Church
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Cheyney University of Pennsylvania (1837-- )
Cheyney University of Pennsylvania, located near Cheyney, Pennsylvania,  was founded on February 25, 1837, making it the oldest predominantly African American institution of higher education in the United States. It was originally known as the African Institute was renamed the Institute of Colored
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Egypt
National name: Jumhuriyat Misr al-Arabiyah
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Uganda's Permanent Representative to the UN in Geneva Dies
Uganda's permanent representative to the United Nations, World Trade Organization and other International Organizations in Geneva, Christopher Onyanga Aparr has
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Africa: "Supporting Adesina for Second Term In U.S. Interest" - Former U.S. Executive Director to the African Development Bank, Mima Nedelcovych
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Toomer, Jean (1894-1967)
Jean Toomer was born into an elite black family in Washington, D.C. in 1894. Abandoned by his father as a newborn and losing his mother to appendicitis as a teenager, Toomer spent his formative years in the home of his grandparents, P.B.S. and Nina Pinchback. P.B.S. Pinchback served as a state
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IMF demands better use of ‘new’ funds from Kenya
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has called for transparency in the spending of Covid-19 response funds in Kenya amid rising concerns of misappropriations of millions of
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Rwanda: Drought-Hit Farmers to Get Solar-Powered Irrigation
Farmers who were counting losses due to dry spells for years could start harvesting vegetables- pepper, eggplants and French beans- thanks to a multi-million solar-powered irrigation along Lake Cyohoha in Bugesera
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Rwanda: EU Offers Rwf55 Billion to Rwanda in COVID-19 Grant
The Government of Rwanda and the European Union (EU) Monday signed a Rwf55 billion grant agreement to support social protection in response to the Covid-19 crisis in the country, the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning said in
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Egypt
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Rwanda: Landslide Aftermath - Smallholder Farmers Appeal for Urgent Support
Nyirakayeye, a smallholder farmer and mother of four from Jenda Sector in Nyabihu says that the losses she incurred are valued at Rwf600,000 which she expected to cash in on the harvest if the season had gone as
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Bir Tawil: the last unclaimed land on earth
Bir Tawil is a piece of land in the middle of nowhere in Africa that no one
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Rwanda: How GGGI Is Connecting Rwanda-Italy Investors Exploring Green Investment Opportunities
The Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) has partnered with Rwanda Environmental Management Authority (REMA) and Italian Ministry for Environment, Land and Sea (IMELS) in connecting entrepreneurs, investors and institutions between Rwanda and Italy for green investment opportunities in the private
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George Washington Carver
George Washington Carver was born in 1860 in Diamond Grove, Missouri and despite early difficulties would rise to become one of the most celebrated and respected scientists in United States history. His important discoveries and methods enabled farmers through the south and midwest to become
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Delaware State University [Dover] (1891-- )
Delaware State University is a public historically black university with its main campus in Dover and two other campuses in Wilmington and Georgetown.  The school was established in 1891 as State College for Colored Students after passage of the Morrill Act of 1890 which gave land-grants to
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Senegal
Coordinates: 14°N 14°W / 14°N 14°W Senegal (/ˌ s ɛ n ɪ ˈ ɡ ɔː l, -ˈ ɡ ɑː l/  (  listen);[7] [8] French: Sénégal ), officially the Republic of Senegal (French: République du Sénégal [ʁepyblik dy seneɡal]), is a country in West Africa. Senegal is bordered by Mauritania in the north, Mali t
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‘The ostrich syndrome must end’
What is apparent, given the situation obtaining on the ground, is that the government has in practice dollarised, but insists the local currency is “the currency of choice”, a far cry from
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Ghana - Geography of the West African Nation
Population: 24,339,838 (July 2010
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6
1957
Nigeria: Coronavirus - 87 Percent of Nigerian Businesses Say Pandemic "Impacted Them Negatively" - - Report
A whopping 97 per cent of Nigerian businesses recorded losses during the lockdown over Covid-19 while 87 per cent said they have been negatively affected overall by by the pandemic, a nationwide survey has
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Brazil
National name: República Federativa do Brasil
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Gambia
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Ethiopia: Africa in Fact C-19 Blog Series - Theme 1: Leadership Style
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DA takes on fight for farm murders to be declared a hate crime
DA MP Dianne Kohler Barnard has requested a parliamentary debate on the scourge of farm attacks and murders across the
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Rwanda: Use of Nuclear Technology Gets Green Light
A Plenary session of the Chamber of Deputies on Monday, June 15, 2020, voted the law approving the ratification of the agreement between Rwanda and Russia, on cooperation in the construction of the Centre of Nuclear Science and Technology on the territory of
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Benin
By the end of the 1980s, Benins economy was near collapse. As its oil boom ended, Nigeria expelled 100,000 Beninese migrant workers and closed the border with Benin. Kérékous socialist collectivization of Benins agriculture and the ballooning bureaucracy further damaged the economy. By
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13
2011
Africa: Idris Elba Sounds Alarm As Pandemic Threatens Food Crisis for Farmers
WASHINGTON, May 29 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Idris Elba on Friday called for urgent action and creative solutions to prevent a looming hunger crisis in poor countries, where food production and transport have been disrupted by the coronavirus
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Report flags Kenya as a hotspot for human trafficking
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Tanzania: Post-Harvest Losses Becomes Tanzania's Loss in Youth Farming
"The problem of post-harvest losses in the agriculture sector is huge," Adella Ng'atigwa, a researcher and agricultural economist at the Ministry of Agriculture, tells
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