Nigeria's Migration Policy - Lots of Laws but No Coherence and Poor Implementation

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'What's The Matter With Kansas?' - A Deconstruction

Apart from Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont - all Eastern seaboard states - only states boasting an overwhelming majority of white voters (ranging from 93.5% to 84.5% of the total population) were considered (since to include states with higher percentages of African-Americans and other minorities

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Newly Unemployed? Understanding Your Health Insurance Options

With millions of people nationwide filing for unemployment since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, many individuals and families across the country are suddenly finding themselves without health insurance at a precarious

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Source: The Washington Informer

ECOWAS denies endorsing Madagascar's Covid-Organics [Morning Call]

On Nigeria’s PUNCH newspaper, the bold headline- ECOWAS denies endorsing any herbal drug for

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

Africa: Vultures, Doves and African Debt - Here's a Way Out

The legacy of these vulture funds complicates efforts to help African countries deal with their current debt

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Source: allAfrica.com

Fernando Monteiro de Castro Soromenho

Fernando Monteiro de Castro Soromenho , (born Jan. 31, 1910, Chinde, Mozambique—died June 18, 1968, São Paulo, Brazil), white Angolan novelist writing in Portuguese who depicted African life in the interior of the country and condemned the Portuguese colonial administration there. He is known as

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Jun

18

1968

Nkom, Alice (1945- )

Alice Nkom broke barriers for women by becoming the first female barrister in her country of Cameroon. She is also well known among Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) activists worldwide because of her legal advocacy for gay

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Source: Black Past

Providing relief to cities must be priority to Congress –

“Cities are the economic engines of the nation and home to the workers who make those engines

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Bujumbura, Burundi (1899- )

Bujumbura is Burundi’s capital and largest city. Located on the northeastern shore of Lake Tanganyika, it is only a few miles from the frontier with the Democratic Republic of the Congo by boat through Lake

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Ama Ata Aidoo

Ama Ata Aidoo , in full Christina Ama Ata Aidoo (born March 23, 1942, Abeadzi Kyiakor, near Saltpond, Gold Coast [now Ghana]), Ghanaian writer whose work, written in English, emphasized the paradoxical position of the modern African

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Mar

23

1942

Geography and Overview of the Caribbean Nation of Haiti

Population: 9,035,536 (July 2009

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Liberia

Tolbert was ousted in a military coup on April 12, 1980, by Master Sgt. Samuel K. Doe, backed by the U.S. government. Does rule was characterized by corruption and brutality. A rebellion led by Charles Taylor, a former Doe aide, and the National Patriotic Front of Liberia (NPFL), started in

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Source: Fact Monster - Black History

Apr

12

1980

Queries raised over Kabuga's Kenya link

For many years believed to have been hiding in Kenya, Kabuga, born in 1935 in Muniga, Rwanda, is said to have been one of the perpetrators of the genocide against the Tutsi, in which more than a million people were

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(1964) Malcolm X’s Speech at the Founding Rally of the Organization of Afro-American Unity

Malcolm X’s life changed dramatically in the first six months of 1964. On March 8, he left the Nation of Islam. In May he toured West Africa and made a pilgrimage to Mecca, returning as El Hajj Malik El-Shabazz. While in Ghana in May, he decided to form the Organization of Afro-American Unity

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Source: Black Past

(1965) Lyndon B. Johnson, "To Fulfill These Rights"

On June 4, 1965 U.S. President Lyndon Baines Johnson gave the Commencement Address at Howard University in Washington, D.C. He used the occasion to remind his audience and the nation of the long history of racial discrimination and urged the American people to end racial discrimination as the most

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Source: Black Past

Jun

4

1965

Free Africa Society organized

January 28, 1787 - Free Africa Society organized in Philadelphia.

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Jan

28

1787

Covid-19: Tabichi calls for long term education plan for Africa

The 2019 Global Teacher Award winner Peter Tabichi has joined African top tutors to address education among the poor during the Covid-19

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St vincent and grenadines

Current government officials

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Robert Mugabe

Robert Mugabe , in full Robert Gabriel Mugabe (born February 21, 1924, Kutama, Southern Rhodesia [now Zimbabwe]), the first prime minister (1980–87) of the reconstituted state of Zimbabwe, formerly Rhodesia. A black nationalist of Marxist persuasion, he eventually established one-party rule in

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(1976) Congresswoman Barbara Jordan, “Who, Then, Will Speak for the Common Good?”

In 1972 Barbara Charline Jordan became the first black member of Congress elected from Texas. Two years later this freshman Representative became a national figure because of her prominent role as a member of the House Judiciary Committee during the impeachment hearings of President Richard

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Source: Black Past

United Steelworkers of America, AFL-CIO v. Weber (1979)

March 28, 1979, Argued

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Business League Hosts Virtual Recovery and Relief Roundtable

With the state of North Carolina slowly heading towards reopening, local organizations are collaborating to assist COVID-19 recovery efforts in Guilford

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Source: http://www.peacemakeronline.com

Africa: In Era of COVID-19, Russia's Strategic Politics of Coronavirus Aid Takes the Stage in Africa

While Russia, for a time, appeared to escape a serious coronavirus outbreak, the situation there has changed drastically during these two months of April and May, - passing Germany and France to become the third most-infected country in the world, according to The Moscow

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Source: allAfrica.com

Nigeria receives Madagascar's COVID-Organics, efficacy tests ordered

May 16: Nigeria receives COVID-Organics, scientific tests ordered

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Obama, Barack, Jr. (1961- )

Barack Obama is the 44th President of the United States and the first African American to occupy the White House. Obama was born August 4, 1961, in Honolulu, Hawaii. His father, Barack Obama Sr., was a Kenyan graduate student studying in the United States and his mother, Stanley Ann

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Zimbabwe

In March 2002, Zimbabwe was suspended from the Commonwealth of Nations. That month Mugabe was reelected president for another six years in a blatantly rigged election whose results were enforced by the presidents militia. In 2003, inflation hit 300%, the country faced severe food shortages, and the

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(2003) Rev. Jeremiah Wright, “Confusing God and Government”

During the 2008 Presidential campaign, Rev. Jeremiah Wright, pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ, whose most famous congregant was Illinois Senator Barack Obama, burst unto the national political scene when media outlets reported and aired segments of previous sermons. The segment which

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Apr

13

2003

Brixton Riots (April 10-12, 1981)

The Brixton Riots of April 10-12, 1981, described as the first serious riots of the 20th century in England, were the first large scale racial confrontations between black British youth and white British police. The rioting was sparked by antagonism between black youths and the

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Botswana

Although Botswanas economic outlook remains strong, the devastation that AIDS has caused threatens to destroy the countrys future. In 2001, Botswana had the highest rate of HIV infection in the world (350,000 of its 1.6 million people). With the help of international donors, however, it launched an

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The Colonial Names of African States

After decolonization, state boundaries in Africa remained remarkably stable, but the colonial names of African states often changed. Explore a list of current African countries according to their former colonial names, with explanations of border changes and amalgamations of

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