Ameenah Gurib-fakim

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Open minds

Oklahoma Gazette 15 Jun 2018

Anastasia Pittman did not ask for her Mother of Reconciliation label, but she certainly owned it ... She reached her term limit at the end of the most recent legislative session ... Long has since apologized ... Seeking education ... Ameenah Fuller, a California-based activist working with Pittman on an upcoming oral history project for those who share African-American and Native American heritage, believes it would be a mistake to ignore the past ... ....

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Climate change is wiping out the baobab, Africa’s ‘tree of life’

The Observer 13 Jun 2018

Morondava in Madagascar, the skyline in Senegal and Kruger national park all have something in common. These places are home to some of the largest trees in the world – baobabs, known to live for thousands of years ... In Togo, there is a proverb. “Wisdom is like a baobab tree ... A ... • Ameenah Gurib-Fakim PhD is a former president of Mauritius, a biodiversity scientist, and has written extensively on the flora of the south-west Indian Ocean . ....

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President Museveni Embraces Blockchain Technology in Africa

Coin Idol 05 Jun 2018

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni welcomed the use of Blockchain Technology with the aim of boosting the economy in Uganda and the whole of the African continent ... Ameenah Gurib Fakim, former president of Mauritius also attended in person this conference ... "These Blockchain members are people who trust one another and they are like universal SACCOS ... "People who sell cryptocurrency risk being banned completely when the bubble bursts ... ....

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Kingsley Moghalu For President

Business Day Online 28 May 2018

Moghalu is our very own Emmanuel Macron, a man destined to change the course of Nigeria’s political landscape. In just a few months, Nigerians go once again to the polls to choose our next president. This is the opportunity we have to determine our destiny ... He is young but not naïve ... Look at the success-stories of the African continent and you will find men and women like Paul Kagame of Rwanda, and Ameena Gurib-Fakim of Mauritius ... ....

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Daarina R. Najiy, 38, loving mother

The Philadelphia Tribune 26 May 2018

Daarina R. Najiy, a loving mother, died on Thursday, May 10, 2018. She was 38. She was born on Feb. 20, 1980, in Philadelphia to Thomas Bell and Vera Hawthorne at Women’s Medical Center. She was the second eldest of four children ... Lee, on March 1, 2002 ... her nieces, Khayla Dixon, Chyna Harley, Ameenah Najiy and Zyanna Najiy; nephews, Erick Dixon Jr., Jabari Najiy and Chase Harley; god brother, Mikail Mackey; and other relatives and friends....

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Comcast NBCUniversal Awards $74,000 In Scholarships To 65 Greater Philadelphia Area High School Seniors

Market Watch 23 May 2018

TREVOSE, Pa., May 23, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Comcast NBCUniversal today announced that it has awarded approximately $74,000 in scholarships for the 2018-19 school year to 65 area students from Philadelphia, Bucks, Chester, Delaware and Montgomery counties as part of its annual Leaders and Achievers [®] Scholarship Program ... Roberts, Founder and Chairman Emeritus of Comcast Corporation ... B ... Ameenah T Jackson, Constitution High School....

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Mauritius President resigns amid allegations of ‘credit card’ misuse

The Siasat Daily 13 Apr 2018

Tainted by a personal expenses-related scandal, Mauritius President Ameenah Gurib-Fakim, who was the first and only female head of a state in Africa, resigned from ......

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It might be too early to declare an African Spring – but leaders are being toppled in their droves

The National 03 Apr 2018

Ethiopia swore in a new prime minister this week after an overhaul within the ruling party. To onlookers, the transition of power to Abiy Ahmed might seem insignificant. But seen in the context of a continent in flux, it reflects what some are calling the African Spring ... Others, like former Mauritian President Ameenah Gurib-Fakim – who resigned last month after allegedly spending $27,000 on an NGO credit card – have not....

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Stella C. Clark, 68

The Dunn Daily Record 29 Mar 2018

... of Raleigh; sisters, Ameenah Muhammad (Abdul) of Stone Mountain, Ga.; goddaughter, Karla Ragland of Durham; and honorary godson, Ivory Carrol of Raleigh....

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Credit-card scandal casts light on Labour peer’s links to football-club owner accused of bribing judge

The Independent 24 Mar 2018

As Africa’s only female head of state and a scientist of renown, Ameenah Gurib-Fakim was held up as an example of a modern, progressive leader, and the focus of more international publicity than her relatively small country, Mauritius, would normally receive ... Ms Gurib-Fakim wanted to stress that the purchases were “inadvertent” and that she had repaid the money ... The grand opening of PEI took place in London ... Read more. Tony Blair....

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Deputy takes over after Mauritius president's resignation

This is Money 23 Mar 2018

Ameenah Gurib-Fakim, who was Africa's only female head of state, resigned as president of Mauritius following allegations she used a bank card provided by an NGO to make personal purchases....

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Africa's only female president will resign over expense claims

The Philadelphia Tribune 20 Mar 2018

Ameenah Gurib-Fakim, Africa's only female head of state, submitted her resignation for the "stability of the country," her lawyer, Yousouf Mohammed, said in an interview with local news agency ION ... It had earlier been reported that she would resign but Gurib-Fakim refused to resign saying she had done nothing wrong ... "Her Excellency Ameenah Gurib-Fakim has never received any gifts, salary or favors from the Planet Earth Institute....

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Murray, Margaret

Atlantic City 20 Mar 2018

husband, Maurice Murray; loving daughters, Sabreeah and Shayla Murray; four sisters, Barbara Porter, Ameenah Abdullah, Zakia Mustafa, Sharmaine Scott; brother, Frank Scott; very dear friend, Nisa McNair; and ......

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