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African choir sings, teaches, ministers locally
Staff WriterIt started like many other choir performances, the smooth voices blending together and filling the room. But soon enough the energy was pumping through the area as the more than a dozen soon-to-be university students started moving in sync, kicking...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Education, Africa
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Ugandan children perform at Brawley school and raise awareness about different culture
Staff WriterBRAWLEY — Amid the cheery demeanor of her youthful audience, Paula Buzu chanted the Ugandan term of “Afaayo” at J.W. Oakley Elementary School to get them going. “It means ‘Jesus cares,’” Buzu told her audience as...Tags: Entertainment, Concerts, Christianity, Music, Elementary Schools
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Cassandra Bastidas : Making a Difference one Mission at a Time
Graduation time for high school seniors is an important moment in their lives filled with excitement and trepidation as they look back at their accomplishments and eye their futures — looking ahead at the universities they will attend, the careers...Tags: Peru, Haiti, Colleges and Universities, High Schools, Education
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African vocational team visits Imperial County
Staff WriterAn African vocational training team hosted by the San Diego and Imperial County Rotary clubs visited a solar project in Niland on Monday to learn about one of the many uses of technology in the county. The group, comprised of four community workers from...Tags: Kenya
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Striking Kenyan truckers block east Africa's main trade route
ReutersMombasa (Reuters) - Kenyan truckers blocked the only highway from the port city of Mombasa to the capital Nairobi on Wednesday, threatening to choke the main trade artery to east Africa unless officials reverted to the old way of weighing cargo. The east...Tags: Politics, Highway Transportation, Eastern Africa, Government, National Government
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World Bank pledges $1 billion to aid peace in Africa's Great Lakes
ReutersKINSHASA (Reuters) - The World Bank on Wednesday announced $1 billion in development funding for Africa's Great Lakes region, where renewed fighting this week between the government and rebels in eastern Congo has raised fears once again of an...Tags: March 23 Movement, International Economic Institution, World Bank Group, Rwanda, Kinshasa (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
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In Uganda, fury over a general's letter reveals battle over the president's political legacy
Associated PressKAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — An army general's concern that officials are at risk of assassination if they oppose President Yoweri Museveni's alleged plan to have his son succeed him has stirred controversy in Uganda because it challenges the popular view...Tags: Joseph Kony, Journalism, Politics, Strategic Forecasting, Inc., Petroleum Industry
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Soccer-Uganda appoint Serbian Sredojevich as coach
ReutersMay 21 (Reuters) - Uganda unveiled Serbian Milutin Sredojevich as their new coach at a news conference in Kampala on Tuesday, less than three weeks before they play two key World Cup qualifiers. The 43-year-old has been handed a two-year contract...Tags: Liberia, Eastern Africa, FIFA World Cup
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World Bank boosts funds for Syria refugees, Africa
ReutersGENEVA (Reuters) - The World Bank plans substantial new funds to help Jordan cope with the influx of refugees from the civil war in Syria, and hopes new funds for central Africa will cement a peace deal there, the bank's President Jim Yong Kim said on...Tags: March 23 Movement, Unrest, Conflicts and War, World Bank Group, Politics, Rwanda
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Ugandan police raid newspaper over Museveni succession letter
ReutersBy Elias Biryabarema KAMPALA, May 20 (Reuters) - Police raided a leading Ugandan newspaper and disabled its printing press and website on Monday after it published a letter about a purported plot to stifle allegations President Yoweri Museveni is...Tags: Newspaper and Magazine
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EU to step up security involvement in Somalia
Reuters* Somalia recovering from two decades of civil war * EU has trained around 3,000 Somali soldiers in Uganda * Somali president says security his top priority By Drazen Jorgic MOGADISHU, May 15 (Reuters) - The European Union is to move military training...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Politics, Civil Rights, Justice and Rights, Wars and Interventions
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Uganda threatens to punish media over succession reports
Reuters* Media regulator accuses press of "destabilising country" * Journalists questioned over story on Museveni succession By Elias Biryabarema KAMPALA, May 15 (Reuters) - Uganda threatened on Wednesday to penalise media for coverage of a purported plot...Tags: Political Corruption, Journalism
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