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Rwanda is preparing to mark the 30th anniversary of the genocide against its minority Tutsi. To this day, new mass graves are still being discovered across the country of 14 million people, a grim reminder of the scale of the killings. High-profile visitors are expected to include Bill Clinton and Israeli President Isaac Herzog.
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1 year ago Read more at The Washington Post

South Africa's capital Pretoria is the second most crime-ridden city in the world. The coastal city of Durban is third, followed by the economic centre of Johannesburg. In February this year, police minister Bheki Cele confirmed that there were 7,700 murders.
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1 year ago Read more at ETV Bharat

Koffi Olomide is due to run in Sud-Ubangi Province in the April 22 polls on an AFDC-A party ticket. In 1978, he was named the best star in Zaire after the release of his song Anibo, sung by Wemba. He has a career spanning almost 50 years, punctuated with good collaborations.
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1 year ago Read more at The East African

England fast bowler Jofra Archer will not play test cricket this year. Archer has remained sidelined since May last year with a nagging elbow injury. he is back in Barbados to play club cricket as part of his return to competitive action.
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1 year ago Read more at The Straits Times

Ravindra Jadeja is one of the few players who has been playing in the IPL since its inception in 2008. In recent years, it appears he has chosen to be a safe player. He can take a wicket or hit a six, whatever it is, you wouldn’t anticipate them. The clock is ticking for the all-rounder.
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1 year ago Read more at Hindustan Times

‘Wonderful World’ surged back into the double digits, reclaiming its throne with an impressive 11.4 percent rating for its latest episode. This achievement crowns it as the most-watched program across all genres to grace Friday night screens.
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1 year ago Read more at The Times of India

On the eve of Eidul Azha, prices of vegetables, spices and other food staples have risen manifold across Punjab. Food and Agriculture Organisation’s (FAO) index averaged 118.3 points in March. The February reading was the lowest for the index since February 2021. International food prices have fallen sharply from a record peak in March 2022.
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1 year ago Read more at The Express Tribune

Mary’s Meals founder Magnus MacFarlane-Barrow has shared a rare and harrowing insight into the unfolding catastrophe in Ethiopia. More than 91 per cent of Tigray’s population has been “exposed to the risk of starvation and death” and millions are in desperate need of food aid. The region recently endured two years of deadly civil war that displaced millions.
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1 year ago Read more at The Independent

Nigeria has two crucial World Cup games ahead against South Africa and Benin Republic in June. It is not possible for any leader to have deep knowledge of all the areas of operations in sports administration. There are many examples but the most obvious is the penchant for not planning well for competitions or fixtures that the administrators are aware of over a period of time.
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1 year ago Read more at New Telegraph Newspaper

Marlon Brando was a film and stage actor, who enjoyed at certain points immense popular and financial success, but, above all, he was someone who strove for artistic and social truth in everything he did. The films he is perhaps best known for, directed by Elia Kazan, A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) and Apocalypse Now (1979), are intensely problematic works.
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1 year ago Read more at WSWS