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Indian Arrival Day and Emancipation
Caribbean Hummingbirds Cultural Association Invites you to a Dinner & Dance in celebration of Indian Arrival Day and Emancipation...

RCS Ottawa
May 26, 2017


The National Prayer Breakfast 52nd Annual, May 17 & 18, 2017
750 people from across Canada and other nations participated in this annual event. Nhop staff and a team of young students were honoured...

RCS Ottawa
May 26, 2017


Peace-building in action: the Commonwealth family makes it truly possible
On my recent tour of Southern Africa, it was just by chance that I discovered a weaver’s workshop, a little gem hidden away in the back...

RCS Ottawa
May 25, 2017


Aboriginal Australians meet at sacred Uluru to discuss first chance of recognition
Aboriginal Australian leaders are meeting at the sacred landmark of Uluru to decide how the country's first inhabitants, who date back...

RCS Ottawa
May 24, 2017


Sir Roger Moore, James Bond actor, dies aged 89
Actor Sir Roger Moore, best known for playing James Bond, has died aged 89, his family has announced. He played the famous spy in seven...

RCS Ottawa
May 23, 2017


South Africa’s R40bn private security industry under threat
At 06:00 on an autumn morning in 2016 Andre Rushin, an armed response officer for Secupro Armed Response in Mitchells Plain, responded to...

RCS Ottawa
May 23, 2017


Africans traveled a little more freely across Africa last year
Moving around Africa is notoriously difficult for travelers with African passports. Only 10 out of 55 countries on the continent waive...

RCS Ottawa
May 23, 2017
Joking in Tokyo
Like most comedians in Japan, 30-year-old Ike Nwala is an all-arounder. He does live shows with two different comedy troupes, appears on...

RCS Ottawa
May 16, 2017


How a boutique Nigerian book publisher is breaking into the US market
For eons, piracy in African book publishing has been something that booksellers lived with and factored in as part of the climate of...

RCS Ottawa
May 14, 2017


Private education is growing faster than public education in Africa
With the expectation that one in four young African students—or 66 million—will be enrolled in a private school by 2021, the potential...

RCS Ottawa
May 14, 2017
Wal-Mart Close to Resolving Bribery Probe for $300 Million
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is preparing to pay roughly $300 million to resolve a long-running U.S. investigation into allegations of bribery by...

RCS Ottawa
May 10, 2017


Vast Mexico Bribery Case Hushed Up by Wal-Mart After Top-Level Struggle
Confronted with evidence of widespread corruption in Mexico, top Wal-Mart executives focused more on damage control than on rooting out...

RCS Ottawa
May 10, 2017


The ambitious plan to make India the new center of the experimental physics world
In 2016, a week after scientists in the US clinked champagne glasses to celebrate the monumental discovery of gravitational waves in...

RCS Ottawa
May 5, 2017


The next economic boom for emerging nations will come by learning to market digital trust
There are many ways to look at countries. Some see connected pieces of political geography; others see ‘imagined communities’ tied...

RCS Ottawa
May 5, 2017


The world’s most famous man gave a TED talk and many in the audience didn’t know who he was
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan may well be the most famous person in the world. In terms of audience...

RCS Ottawa
May 1, 2017


IGD FRONTIER LEADERS FRONTIER 100 FORUM
African and global business leaders will gather for the Initiative for Global Development’s Spring Frontier 100 Forum on May 5-6, 2017,...

RCS Ottawa
May 1, 2017


In Angolan Town, Land Mines Still Lurk ‘Behind Every Bush’
CUITO CUANAVALE, Angola — Domingos Luis, a 20-year-old farmer, has lived his entire life in a hamlet surrounded by land mines, their...

RCS Ottawa
May 1, 2017


One man’s mission to unearth Africa’s lost treasure trove of music
When he was growing up, Vik Sohonie moved around a lot with his family. Born in India, he was raised in various places in southeast Asia...

RCS Ottawa
May 1, 2017


Nigerians would rather have a .com web address than .ng—and not just because it’s cheaper
On the internet, Nigerians are opting for more global identities through web addresses. Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NiRA),...

RCS Ottawa
May 1, 2017


The island where Africa’s rich get richer
Last year was tough for Africa’s wealthy. Across the continent, the rich saw their ranks decline. Tiny Mauritius, however, bucked the...

RCS Ottawa
May 1, 2017
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