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The World African Diaspora Union (WADU) sends it deep felt condolences to the immediate and extended family members of Baba John Watusi Branch. Baba J. Watusi Branch made his transition to the world of the Ancestors at 7:00 a.m. on December 28, 2013.

January 7, 2014
Attention: Lucy Tamlyn, Director,
Office of the Special Envoy for Sudan and South Sudan, Washington, D.C.
email: [email][email protected]

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Upinde is a Kiswahili word for rainbow. The change of award name represents diversity, sovereignty and inclusion

The Awards Gala night will be in Nairobi on December 13, 2013 starting 7pm

November 26, 2013-Greenpeace Africa and the Oakland Institute are alarmed by the decision of the Cameroonian government to award US agribusiness company Herakles Farms a three-year provisional land lease to develop a palm oil plantation in the Southwest region of the country.

GENEVA (3 December 2013) – A group of United Nations Special Rapporteurs today urged the Government of Kenya to reject legislation that would impose severe restrictions on civil society.

The Africa Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO) is considering the adoption of a regional legal framework on Plant variety protection that will criminalise farmers' rights and undermine seed systems in the ARIPO region.

Mr Mohammed Behi Younis, Foreign Minister
Republic of Somaliland
(cc: Mr Abdullahi Mohamed Dahir, Information Minister)

Dear Minister,

After the news broke out in late 2008 of the scandalous Daewoo Logistics project supported by leaders of the Malagasy state, and the change of the country's leadership soon after in early 2009, the granting of Malagasy land to investors was never questioned by the transitional government.