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President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday said government has no desire to control and or dominate the 2011 agenda  for the people of African descent and as he officially launched a year-long programme in observance he called on opposition parties and aggrieved African-Guyanese groups to engage on issues of concern.

Jagdeo declared the year of celebrations opened amid calls for a boycott of the state programme and concerns by several African groups that they were not properly …..


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