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New-build premises should come standard with fibre

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Ethiopia, one of the only two independent African nations at the time, was invaded on October 3,1935 by Facist Italy under Benito Mussolini. The Italians, seeking revenge for their prior

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Oct

3

1935

Hammon, Briton ( ?? - ??)

Briton Hammon, whose birth and death dates are unknown, was the author of A Narrative of the Uncommon Sufferings, and Surprizing Deliverance of Briton Hammon, A Negro Man, considered to be the first published autobiography by a black American. Hammon is thought by scholars to be have been a slave

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UNEXPECTED RIFT EXPOSED OVER AFRICA SEAT IN U.N. SECURITY COUNCIL – The Wilmington Journal

The Africa seat at the United Nations Security Council was the subject of a heated duel between two African countries who lobbied fiercely for the powerful

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Source: The Wilmington Journal

Baquaqua, Mahommah Gardo (1824?-1857?)

Mahommah Gardo Baquaqua’s biography is the only known biography of a former slave from Brazil. Baquaqua was born around 1824 near Djougou in modern day Benin to a Muslim merchant family. Baquaqua was captured from Djougou in 1845 while acting as a messenger for a local king; he was taken to the

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Source: Black Past

It will be up to us to make “this time” different for Black progress in America | The Crusader Newspaper Group

Just as the coronavirus confronts the world with an unprecedented negative reality, so does the spirit of global rebuke of Black oppression create a level of optimism for positive change that no living person has

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Source: The Crusader Newspaper Group

Ladd, William

Ladd, William, 1778–1841, American pacifist, b. Exeter, N.H., grad. Harvard, 1797. He commanded sailing vessels until the outbreak of the War of 1812, when he retired to a farm in Maine. In 1820 he began to write and speak against war, and in 1828 he founded the American Peace Society, of which he

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Source: Fact Monster - Black History

Black Lives Matter protests against systemic racism and police brutality – Op-ed

As senior African leaders in the United Nations, the last few weeks of protests at the killing of George Floyd in the hands of police, have left us all outraged at the injustice of racism that continues to be pervasive in our host country and across the

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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News

Zille: DA congress will only elect a leader - and not deal with policy issues

DA federal council chairperson Helen Zille has swiftly moved to allay concerns expressed by federal leader hopeful Mbali Ntuli that a virtual leadership conference would not be free, fair or

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Nigeria: Still a Fragile Nation

This is a threat that must be taken seriously, especially against the background of the latest report on Fragile States Index (FSI) which ranked Nigeria as the 14th most fragile state in the

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Source: allAfrica.com

India Announces State Polls Amid Rising Covid-19 Cases Countrywide

The Election Commission of India has announced that elections for the local legislature in the eastern state of Bihar will be held in October and ...

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Source: South Florida Times

Windies set to pad up to tour NZ - Voice Online

THE WEST Indies are scheduled to tour New Zealand for five matches, subject to the... The post Windies set to pad up to tour NZ appeared first on Voice Online.

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Source: Britain's Favourite Black Newspaper - Voice Online

COVID-19 relief programme is welcome but too small and poorly conceived - Stabroek News

Dear

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The coronavirus' staggering toll in the US

Here, in dollars, percentages and — most tragically — lives, is the devastating toll the pandemic has taken on the

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Source: The New York Beacon - Arming Black Millennials With Information

Beyoncé Film “Black Is King” to Debut on Disney+ on July 31 (WATCH TRAILER)

Black Is King, written, directed and executive produced by 24-time Grammy® Award-winner Beyoncé , will premiere globally on Disney+ on July 31, 2020 and will arrive on the heels of the one-year anniversary of the release of Disney’s global phenomenon The Lion King

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Muslim Brotherhood

Muslim Brotherhood, officially Jamiat al-Ikhwan al-Muslimun [Arab.,=Society of Muslim Brothers], religious and political organization founded (1928) in Egypt by Hasan al- Banna . Early opposed to secular tendencies in Islamic nations and also anti-British and anti-Zionist, the organization has

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Source: Fact Monster - Black History

Moroni, Comoros (10th Century- )

Moroni is a coastal town that serves as the capital of Comoros, an archipelago in the Indian Ocean. In 2003 the city had a population of 41,577 people making it the largest city in the archipelago. It is simultaneously one of the least populous capitals on or near the African continent. Moroni is

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Source: Black Past

Jul

6

1975

Johnson Smith bristles against headwinds of COVID-19 nationalism

How Jamaica prepares for potential geopolitical shifts in multilateral relations and trade in response to COVID-19 is a challenge that will have to be met with robust cooperation, Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Minister Kamina Johnson Smith has

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

World Bank: World Will Suffer Largest Downturn Since 1940s | Afro

In an updated “Global Economic Prospects,” the World Bank projected that global economic activity will shrink by 5.2% this year, the deepest recession since a 13.8% global contraction in 1945-46 at the end of World War

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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority

Alicia Boler-Davis

Alicia Boler-Davis is Senior Vice President, Global Connected Customer Experience for

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Source: Savoy Network

Senegal bans EU travellers in retaliation for flight blacklist | Africanews

After a snub on the list of 15 nations deemed ‘safe’ for their citizens to travel to the European Union, Senegal has reacted to the

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Source: Africanews | Latest breaking news, daily news and African news from Africa

Bandung Conference

Bandung Conference of leaders of colored nations of Africa and Asia opened in Indonesia.

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Apr

18

1955

(1900) W.E.B. Du Bois, “To the Nations of the World,”

W.E.B. Dubois would eventually emerge as a founder of the NAACP, a leading human rights activists and the most important African American intellectual of the 20th Century. However those developments lay in the future when the 32-year-old DuBois gave the closing address at the first Pan African

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Source: ThoughtCo

Jul

25

1900

Battle of Carrizal (1916)

The Battle of Carrizal was fought between the Buffalo soldiers of the 10th Cavalry of the United States Army and Mexican army troops on June 21st, 1916. The battle nearly resulted in war between Mexico and the U.S., but with US-German relations souring because of World War I, President Woodrow

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Source: Black Past

Governor-general of Jamaica suspends personal use of 200-year-old insignia due to racism

Nii Ntreh is interested in academic philosophy with specific attention to moral, social and political

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Source: Face2Face Africa - The Premier Pan-African Voice

South Africa (Geography and History)

Population: 49,052,489 (July 2009

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May

10

1994

Nigeria: Seafood Industry Braces Up for Post-COVID Blue Economies

The Norwegian Seafood Council, NSC, has concluded plans to use the Nigeria's seafood industry to reboot the economy and get its workforce up and running again despite the

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Haiti

By late August 2011, President Martelly had spent his first 100 days in office without completing his first objective: forming a government. Parliament, led by opposition, turned down his choice for prime minister twice. This left Haiti without a functioning government a year and a half after an

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Source: Fact Monster - Black History

Oct

5

2011

Africa: 2020 AWCON- Uncertainty Looms Over the Future

The videoconference Executive Committee Meeting of CAF on June 30, 2020 will discuss the future of the 2020 AWCON amongst other

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