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No payout for East African countries when disaster strikes

When a long drought hit the Sahelian states of Niger, Mauritania and Senegal in 2017, the African Union came to their aid with an over $25 million insurance compensation package.
None of the East African Community member states, in similar circumstances, would have attracted the same support.
The reason? None of them has ratified the African Risk Capacity’s (ARC) treaty that seeks to help the AU member states become more resilient to extreme weather events.
ARC director-general Mohammed Beavogui disclosed that two countries including Rwanda, had committed to ratifying the treaty before the end of this year. He expressed the hope that many more members would soon come on board.
The claim payouts are made by ARC’s affiliated mutual insurance company, ARC Ltd…
East African development fund pitched by St. Cloud Sen. Jerry Relph

ST. PAUL — Somali entrepreneurs and young workers in St. Cloud could draw on a new pot of development dollars if state lawmakers OK a new bill …
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One of East Point's first African American officers talks about joining the force in the 1960s

EAST POINT, Ga. — Gus Thornhill owns one of the biggest and well known funeral homes in East Point. But in 1965, he was a young man his 20's …
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New report on St Kitts-Nevis economic citizenship abuse creates major stir in Middle East

By Caribbean News Now contributor
DUBAI, UAE — A new report on Saturday by the widely-read Gulf News detailing the rampant abuse of the St Kitts and Nevis citizenship by investment programme (CIP) has created a major stir in the Middle East, a significant source market of applicants wishing to obtain second passports.
Although much of the detail has previously been published by Caribbean News Now, the latest report by features editor, Mazhar Farooqui, entitled “Caribbean citizenship dreams in jeopardy?” includes new, albeit self-contradictory, attempts at explanations by the head of the St Kitts and Nevis Citizenship by Investment Unit (CIU), Les Khan.
In response to an earlier pledge by former St Kitts and Nevis prime minister, now leader of the…
What you missed at debut East African wedding show | The New Times

For the first time, Kigali hosted a wedding exposition, dubbed the ‘East African Wedding Show’, last weekend which attracted various bridal designers and vendors from across East Africa and West Africa at Kigali Convention Center.
Despite the low turn up, the two-day show did not disappoint as it featured numerous options to make a wedding stand out, from vendors such as hotel florists, bridal shops, salons, make-up artists, photographers, and wedding decorators to masterclasses and entertainment.
Different wedding styles were showcased at the exhibition.
The show also featured a runway that showcased different bridal designs, from some of African finest designers like Bespoke Nigerian Wedding Gown and Suit Designer, Mai Atafo, Kenya’s Award winning Fashion designer, Ogake Mosomi, and…