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Preservation of ancient Swahili Ruins of Kua marks historic milestone

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March 27, 2024
Preservation of ancient Swahili Ruins of Kua marks historic milestone

On March 21, U.S. Ambassador Michael Battle, alongside Mafia District’s Administrative Secretary, Hon. Olivanus Paul Thomas, commemorated the successful completion of the third phase of the Ambassador’s Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP) project to restore these historic Swahili ruins within the Mafia Island archipelago.

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Finally, a class that binds us

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March 27, 2024
Finally, a class that binds us

Have you ever sat in a history class that in itself was writing history? Well I just did!

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St. Eustatius Alliance kicks off family heritage project with community gathering and screening of ‘A Story of Bones’

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March 26, 2024
St. Eustatius Alliance kicks off family heritage project with community gathering and screening of ‘A Story of Bones’

ST. EUSTATIUS — The St. Eustatius Afrikan Burial Ground Alliance kicks off the family heritage project “Remember Statia: Tracing Our Origins” on Tuesday evening March 26 at 7 pm in the public library on St. Eustatius. It is a public event where people can walk in, ask questions about the project and watch the documentary “A […]

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St. Lucia receives historic US$6 million loan from Afreximbank Caribbean office

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March 15, 2024
St. Lucia receives historic US$6 million loan from Afreximbank Caribbean office

CAIRO, Egypt –The Caribbean island of St. Lucia has become the first nation in the Caribbean region to receive a loan from the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) through the bank’s recently-established Caribbean Office in Bridgetown, Barbados.  Afreximbank announced this week that it has successfully executed its first facility disbursement of US $6 million Sovereign Term Loan Facility […]

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Save the Children | Nearly 230,000 children and new mothers likely to die in Sudan from hunger without critical action

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March 13, 2024
Save the Children | Nearly 230,000 children and new mothers likely to die in Sudan from hunger without critical action

KHARTOUM, Sudan — Nearly 230,000 children, pregnant women and new mothers could die in the coming months due to hunger unless urgent, life-saving funding is released to respond to the massive and worsening crisis in Sudan, Save the Children said.