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News Article Tanzania, partners sign 14.8 mln USD deal to improve cancer care 2019-12-17

DAR ES SALAAM, Dec. 16 (Xinhua) --Tanzanian government and its two partners, the Aga Khan Health Services and the French Development Agency, on Monday signed a 13.3 million Euros (about 14.8 million U.S.

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News Article The wedding of Prince Hussain and Ms Elizabeth Hoag

Prince Hussain, second son of Mawlana Hazar Imam, married Ms Elizabeth Hoag in a private ceremony on 29 September 2019, in Geneva, Switzerland. Attended by immediate family members, the proceedings took place in accordance with Muslim tradition.

Prince Hussain and Princess Fareen were married on 29 September 2019 in Geneva, Switzerland.
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News Article This Delhi kitchen feeds the hungry and serves a cause-An AKF Initiative

The market at Nizamuddin basti is bustling with energy on a Thursday afternoon. There are some people chattering in front of a butchershop and children fighting while playing carom.

Saumya Mehrotra
Preparing food at Zaika-e-Nizamuddin, a community kitchen run by local women.
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News Article Transforming Leadership for 21st Century Africa programme begins

The Aga Khan University Graduate School of Media and Communications (GSMC) and The John F. Kennedy School of

Transforming Leadership for 21st Century Africa Programme BEGINS
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News Article The Winners of the 2019 Aga Khan Award for Architecture

In a profession crowded with prizes, the Aga Khan Award for Architecture remains one of the world’s most significant and influential honors.

Cathleen McGuigan
Bahrain, the revitalization of Muharraq, a World Heritage site with a history of pearling, is being honored for an ongoing progr
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News Article The 'Roof of the World' Festival Keeps Tajikistan's Traditional Culture Alive

KHOROG, Tajikistan (IDN) – In this mountainous Gorno Badakhshan region with around a third of the population estimated to be unemployed, the exodus of the people for greener pastures abroad has gathered momentum in the past decade.

By Alisher Kukanbekov
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News Article Third place for Ireland as Britain claim Aga Khan Trophy 2019-08-09

IRELAND HAD TO settle for third place today in the FEI Nations Cup of Ireland at the Dublin Horse Show, with Britain getting their hands on the Aga Khan Trophy for the 27th time.

Britain's Emily Moffitt and Ben Maher celebrate after today's Aga Khan success
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News Article Three accords finalized for 147-MW Ruzizi III hydropower project-between I.P.S. & Norwegian renewable energy company SN Power

IPS, the industrial and infrastructure development arm of the Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development (AKFED), and Norwegian renewable energy company SN Power have signed project agreements for the 147-MW Ruzizi III hydropower project with the governments of Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Con

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News Article Tanzania: Allocate Land to Aga Khan, PM Orders Dodoma City Directo 2019-03-11

Dar es Salaam — Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa has directed the Dodoma City Council executive director to allocate land specifically for the Aga Khan Development Networks (AKDN) to invest in a bid to, among other things, help the country achieve universal health coverage.

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News Article The Aga Khan, a jet-setter who mixes business and Islam 2007-07-09

NEW YORK — He is a moderate Muslim religious leader and a descendant of the Prophet Muhammad. He is also a twice-married jet-setter, and he owns hundreds of racehorses, valuable stud farms, an exclusive yacht club on Sardinia and a lavish estate near Paris.

By G. PASCAL ZACHARYJULY 9, 2007
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News Article Tomb of Rahim Khan-i-Khanan to be restored

New Delhi: InterGlobe Foundation and the Aga Khan Trust for Culture (AKTC) Tuesday announced they would collaborate to conserve and restore Abdul Rahim Khan-i-Khanan's tomb in the capital.

Tomb of Abdul Rahim Khan-I-Khana
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News Article Tanzania: Aga Khan Launches Key Training Programme 2018-11-23

Dar es Salaam — The Aga Khan School of Nursing and Midwifery has initiated a training programme--Respectful Maternity Care--with a view to providing skills to nurses, midwives and clinical officers in public hospitals, dispensaries and health centres.

By Alfred Zacharia
Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children Minister Ummy Mwalimu cuts the ribbon to officially launch the Mothe
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News Article Tanzania: Government Commends Aga Khan for Development Projects 2018-12-03

Dar es Salaam — The government of Tanzania has yet again hailed development projects that Prince Karim Aga Khan has been initiating through his various institutions established in the country.

By Mosenda Jacob
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News Article The Aga Khan: 60 years of remarkable service to the world 2018-05-11

Who is His Highness, the Aga Khan, a man who is celebrating 60 years of service to his community and the world?

Anne McLellan - former deputy prime minister of Canada.
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News Article The Art Lovers Who Founded Cairo 2018-03-18

The Fatimids created the first alternative Muslim empire to fully challenge the orthodox Sunni Caliphate and ran a highly civilized, assiduously cultured and tolerant outfit.

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News Article The Aga Khan to visit Houston on Sunday 2018-03-18

Friday, March 16, 2018 08:00PM
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) --
His Highness the Aga Khan is making a 10-day Diamond Jubilee visit to the United States, marking 60 years of his leadership.

He will be visiting Atlanta and Houston.

News Article The Queen dazzles in a fuchsia ball gown as she holds a glittering reception to celebrate the Aga Khan's Diamond jubilee

e are used to seeing Her Royal Majesty in a uniform of conservative suits, but tonight she delighted royal fans as she slipped into a dazzling ballgown.

The Queen welcomed dignitaries to Windsor Castle for a glittering reception on Wednesday evening, and did so in a hot pink dress.

Martha Cliff for mailonline
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News Article This part of Afghanistan where people don’t know about Taliban

WAKHAN CORRIDOR: “Taliban — what’s that?” asks Sultan Begium shyly from her freezing home in Afghanistan’s mountainous Wakhan Corridor, a region so remote that its residents are untouched by the decades of conflict that have devastated their country.

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News Article The year diversity defined our strength

Our city worked hard in 2017 to promote inclusion and insure diversity played a role, not just in our quality of life, but in our global standing, our reputation and our economic growth, writes Mayor John Tory.

John Tory - mayor of toronto
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News Article The Aga Khan’s visit: A benign augury for Chitral

Chitral .. The scheduled visit to Chitral of His Highness Prince Karim Aga Khan, the spiritual leader of twenty million Ismaili Muslims is awaited with much reverence and enthusiasm in this highland district.

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News Article Tanzania: Aga Khan Network Earns Govt Praise in Education

Kilwa — The government has lavished praise on the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) for implementing effectively an education initiative under a project dubbed Strengthening Education Systems East Africa (Sesea).

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News Article The Aga Khan Phantom IV is ranked second of Final three Phantoms announced for ‘The Great Eight Phantoms' expo

Rolls-Royce has announced the final three great Phantoms that will join the ‘The Great Eight Phantoms' exhibition which will coincide with the unveiling of the next generation Phantom.
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s Phantom VI State Limousine

Rolls-Royce Phantom IV owned by Sultan Muhammad Shah Aga Khan III
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News Article Tanzania: AKF Seeks to Develop Sunflower Markets

Dar es Salaam — The Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) has launched a 2-year initiative called 'Sustainable and Inclusive Sunflower Market Development Project' or 'Alizeti Maendeleo in Lindi and Mtwara regions.

John Namkwahe
News Article The Paigah Tombs: The lime and mortar wonders revived byThe Aga Khan Foundation

The Paigah Tombs are just 4 km southeast of Charminar and yet, it is hard to find them, lost as they are in a maze of alleys. Blink and you could miss the entrance, hidden behind a tree in a quiet street, not far from Owaisi Hospital.

Krishna Sripada
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News Article The AKUH:Turning kenya into global medical hub

The world watches in bewilderment as the US Senate fumbles all its attempts to revise the American healthcare system and erase former President Obama’s legislative legacy.

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News Article Tanzania: Ismaili Community Marks Leader's Special Anniversary 2017-07-11

Dar es Salaam — The Ismaili community in Tanzania yesterday commemorated the 60th anniversary of His Highness the Prince Karim Aga Khan IV's ascension to the Ismaili Imamat.

John Namkwahe
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News Article Tanzania: Aga Khan University Set to Build Two More Campuses

Dar es Salaam — The Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) is preparing to build two university campuses for the Aga Khan University (AKU) in Tanzania.

Janeth Mesomapya
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News Article Tanzania: U.S.$40 Million Set to Expand Aga-Khan Hospital Chains

Arusha — The Aga-Khan Hospitals in Dar-es-salaam, Kisumu and Mombasa in Kenya will soon be expanded and upgraded following a financial agreement that has just been signed between the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) and French Co-operation Agency (AFD).

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News Article Tanzania: Princess Zahra Launches Modern Lab

Dar es Salaam — Princess Zahra Aga Khan on Friday launched the new state-of-the-art medical laboratory and a low-cost inpatient unit at the Aga Khan Hospital here.

The new lab is part of Aga Khan Hospital's expansion project which is estimated to cost around $80 million.

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Interview The AKDN: Tajikistan’s biggest development implementing agency - Interview with Mr. Akbar Ali Pesnani

Since beginning operations in Tajikistan in 1992, the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) has grown to become an extensive force for improving the lives of people in the country. Mr.

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Mr. Akbar Ali Pesnani - Resident Representative of The Aga Khan Development Network
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News Article The Aga Khan Visits UCSF to Strengthen Partnership to Advance Global Health 2011-04-28

His Highness the Aga Khan, the spiritual leader (Imam) of the Shia Imami Ismaili Muslims, visited the University of California, San Francisco on April 26 to gain insight into the driving forces behind UCSF’s excellence in research and education, and to deepen the partnership between UCSF and the

Juliana Bunim
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News Article The Aga Khan Visits UCSF to Strengthen Partnership to Advance Global Health 2011-04-28

UCSF Awards Medals to Three Health Innovators for Outstanding Contributions

April 28, 2011

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News Article Telia sells Tajik operations to Aga Khan's development fund 2017-04-26

* Telia sells Tajik stake * Says sees lower Uzbek settlement, at $1 bln * Q1 earnings in line with forecasts (Adds CEO comment, detail, shares) STOCKHOLM, April 26 (Reuters) - Nordic telecom operator Telia Company has agreed to sell its Tajik operations to the Aga Khan Fund for Economic Developm

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News Article The Sunday Times Interview, Part II, Nicholas Tomalin, ‘Our Future in Africa’ (London, United Kingdom) 1965-12-19

Aga Khan talks to Nicholas Tomalin about the problems of guiding his people in a continent in political ferment.

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News Article The tragedy of Shergar: Champion racehorse and potential stud star kidnapped, never found 2017-02-06

Can you imagine the enormity of the scandal if Black Caviar was stolen and was still missing 34 years later?

A tale like that began on a foggy Irish winter’s evening on Tuesday, February 8, 1983.

Isaac Ling
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News Article The future leaders of Central Asia 2017-02-02

EDITOR’S NOTE: This is part three of a Devex series that examines the Aga Khan’s plan to create a new model for higher education in Central Asia, where the opportunity to achieve academic excellence is usually found somewhere else. Read part one here and part two here.

Michael Igoe
The University of Central Asia’s campus in Naryn, Kyrgyzstan. Photo by: Michael Igoe / Devex
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News Article The Ismailis of Tajikistan - A hopeful Aga saga

In the poorest bit of the former Soviet Union they look to a leader of yore

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Interview Text of conversation between H.H. The Aga Khan and Christina Paxson the President of Brown University at Ogden Hall 2014-02-19

TEXT OF CONVERSATION BETWEEN HIS HIGHNESS THE AGA KHAN AND CHRISTINA PAXSON THE PRESIDENT OF BROWN UNIVERSITY AT OGDEN HALL
FEBRUARY 19, 2014

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Mawlana Hazar Imam and Brown University President Christina Paxson meet at President's House.
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Interview Text of conversation between H.H. The Aga Khan and Rt.Hon Adrienne Clarkson at the Global Citizenship Award 2016-09-21

Discussion between Madame Adrienne Clarkson (A.C.) and His Highness the Aga Khan (Aga Khan) at Koerner Hall following the presentation of the Adrienne Clarkson Prize for Global Citizenship on September 21st 2016
Toronto, Canada

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H.H. The Aga Khan with Adrienne Clarkson former Governor General of Canada
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Interview The Age Interview, Geoffry Barker, ‘Aga Khan: Enigma of East and West’ Melbourne, Australia 1979-10-31

Interviewer: Geoffrey Barker in Aiglemont

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News Article The Age Interview, Geoffry Barker, ‘Aga Khan: Enigma of East and West’ Melbourne, Australia 1979-10-31

Interviewer: Geoffrey Barker in Aiglemont
From the Sunday Nation, Nairobi, which republished the interview

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News Article Tanzania Health Minister Ummy hails Aga Khan Hospital expansion 2016-08-23

TANZANIA will save 25 billion/- per year from transferring patients to overseas upon completion of a major expansion of the Aga Khan Hospital that will see the health facility develop into a major teaching and tertiary academic medical centre.

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News Article Tanzania: Minister Unveils Phase II of Aga Khan Hospital in Dar 2016-08-24

Dar es Salaam — The minister for Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children, Ms Ummy Mwalimu, and Princess Zahra Aga Khan yesterday launched the second Phase of the Aga Khan Hospital construction.

John Namkwahe
Princess Zahra Aga Khan at the Aga Khan Hospital, DaresSalaam
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News Article Tanzania: Aga Khan Hospital Scoops International Award 2016-07-29

The Aga Khan Hospital has been awarded accreditation for good quality by the Joint Commission International (JCI).

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News Article Thank you Aga Khan 2016-07-19

Thank you Aga Khan

Editor,

The world does not only operate via commercial enterprises and this has been amply proved by the Aga Khan University Hospital Nairobi.

EDITOR James Opit
Mawlana Hazar Imam is welcomed by Uganda's Minister of Health, Dr Tumwesigye Elioda, upon his arrival in Kampala. AKDN / Will Bo
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News Article Tanzania: Govt Praises Aga Khan On Investments 2016-07-20

Dar es Salaam — The government has commended the Aga Khan Development Network for its contribution to the economic development of the country.

Hon. Dr. Kawambwa and His Highness the Aga Khan in light talks upon his arrival at the Julius Nyerere International Airport. Oth
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Speech The Aga Khan deplores devastation in Syria, Calls for Islands of Stability 2016-02-04

London, United Kingdom, 4 February 2016 - His Highness the Aga Khan today called for the establishment of ‘islands of stability’ in war-ravaged Syria that could provide areas of relative safety in the midst of conflict.

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News Article Text of Ismaili Imamat Agreement with the Portuguese Republic 2015-06-3

ISMAILI IMAMAT AGREEMENT WITH PORTUGUESE GOVERNMENT

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News Article The Spectacular Aga Khan Museum and Ismaili Centre 2015-06-05

Designed by two of the world’s greatest architects – Fumihiko Maki of Japan and Charles Correa of Mumbai – the twin masterpieces are a spiritual, educational and architectural destination in Toronto’s north end.

Matthew Haguw
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News Article Taj Mahal conservation could be handed over to the Aga Khan Foundation 2015-06-09

If the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) doesn't improve the quality of conservation of Taj Mahal, the monument's maintenance could be handed over to the Aga Khan Foundation.

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