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Entertainment Lifestyle 

35 MILLION- DOLLAR REMODELED SCOTTSDALE CIVIC CENTER TO HOST SCOTTSDALE ARIZONA JAZZ FESTIVAL

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35 MILLION- DOLLAR REMODELED SCOTTSDALE CIVIC CENTER TO HOST SCOTTSDALE ARIZONA JAZZ FESTIVAL – Music Industry Today – EIN Presswire Trusted News Since 1995 A service for music industry professionals · Thursday, April 27, 2023 · 630,342,945 Articles · 3+ Million Readers News Monitoring and Press Release Distribution Tools News Topics Newsletters Press Releases Events & Conferences RSS Feeds Other… Read More
Entertainment Lifestyle 

GSU launches record label, licensing company to turn students into stars

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ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) – Arizechukwu Okolo is a star in the making. The Georgia State senior writes sings, and produces his own music. “I’m trying to bridge the gap between southern Hip Hop and African-influenced music being that I’m Nigerian,” Okolo said. This year, Arize debuted his first single, Blood Diamond, for GSU’s new student-run record label ‘MTM… Read More
Africa 

Record tourist arrivals in Morocco in first quarter of 2023

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Morocco has recorded a record number of arrivals in the first quarter of 2023, with the latest figures from the tourism ministry showing it attracted 2.9 million tourists in the three-month period. “Tourism in Morocco continues its rise to levels never seen before, as evidenced by the exceptional figures recorded at the end of March 2023,” the tourism ministry said… Read More
Africa 

Senegalese veterans to return home after French government u-turn on pensions

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Eight veteran Senegalese riflemen will be finally returning home for good this Friday, after President Emmanuel Macron’s government in January lifted a six-month residency condition for their military pension. For 95-year-old Yoro Diao, after nearly 20 years of living thousands of miles from his family, he is happy to leave his tiny studio in a suburb of Paris, to return… Read More
Human Rights 

Singapore: OHCHR calls on authorities to halt imminent trafficking execution

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OHCHR’s Ravina Shamdasani was briefing journalists in Geneva, and said that reports had emerged from Singapore that it was “poised to conduct a further execution” by hanging, of Tagaraju Suppia – which would be the 12th since March last year. “We have concerns around due process and respect for fair trial guarantees. The UN human rights office calls on the… Read More
Europe 

Chernobyl: Survivors reflect on nuclear accident, Russian occupation

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Looking back on two of the most difficult periods since the plant opened in 1977, Chernobyl employees shared their personal stories with UN News on the International Chernobyl Disaster Remembrance Day. Ground zero Evgeny Yashin was a 40-year-old chemist at the Chernobyl plant when the nuclear power reactor accident unfolded in April 1986, resulting in massive evacuations, the deaths of… Read More
Africa 

Sudan envoy calls for ceasefire compliance, as concern mounts over West Darfur

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Volker Perthes, who is also head of UN Transition Assistance Mission UNITAMS, welcomed the lull in fighting in some parts of the country between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and paramilitaries from the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), noting that “it is not being fully respected”. He called on both sides to stick to the final day of the agreed ceasefire,… Read More
Entertainment Lifestyle 

Nigerians Grumble As MultiChoice Upgrades DStv And GOtv Subscription

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The increase in DStv and GOtv subscription prices by MultiChoice has angered Nigerians. In light of rising operating costs, some pay television providers in the nation have adjusted their rates. Few days after Chinese-owned StarTimes, which operates as a television provider, announced new prices for its packages, MultiChoice Nigeria had previously announced new tariffs. MultiChoice informed its customers via text… Read More
Africa 

Coding classes for children in Nairobi’s Kibera district

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With Kenya fast becoming one of Africa’s booming tech leaders, teaching young children computer skills has become increasingly important. Educational experts believe that in the future, many jobs will be carried out through technology and that it is therefore imperative that they start learning the skills at a young age. Anne Njine, an education specialist at the organisation, Opportunity International… Read More
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