Steve Harvey Reflects on How 'Special' It Was Not To Feel Like The Minority During Africa Visit

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Steve Harvey Reflects on How 'Special' It Was Not To Feel Like The Minority During Africa Visit

During a recent appearance on The View, Steve Harvey boasted about the rewarding feeling he felt being in the motherland, Africa.

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‘Like Touching the Souls of Your Ancestors’: Team of Black scuba Divers Share Experience of Salvaging Sunken Slave Ships

Sunken relics plummet to the ocean floor and are often forgotten for eternity. Occasionally, some resurface, even after thousands of years. And once rediscovered, they […]

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More than 2 million children in Ethiopia's Tigray cut off from humanitarian aid

UNICEF said some 2.3 million minors are struggling to access treatment for malnourishment, critical vaccines, emergency medicines, water and sanitation.

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South Africa begins deporting mostly African migrants

The Department of Home Affairs said it had followed "due process," adding that "the affected foreign nationals have already been transferred to Lindela Repatriation Centre.

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Burundi Set to Call on Belgium, Germany to Pay $43 Billion In Reparations for Colonial Harms After Democratic Republic of Congo Signals Its Own Belgian Claim

Burundi is preparing to call on Belgium and Germany to pay reparations for the harm those two countries inflicted on the East African nation under […]

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Facebook Avatars now available in Africa – How to set it up [video]

Facebook Avatars launched in Africa this week. Avatars are digital personas that enable people to engage across Facebook and Messenger in a more personal and dynamic way.

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Discovery of 120 000-year-old human footprints excites scientists

Human footprints in what would have been an ancient lake in Saudi Arabia indicate humans were migrating from Africa through Arabian interior.

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Plans to Unveil a Bust of Marcus Garvey in Ethiopia Revealed | Dallas Weekly

Now, 81 years after his death, officials in Ethiopia plan to unveil a Bronze Sculpture in Addis Ababa to honor the legacy of the Pan African independence movement architect. According to a news release, the sculpture highlights Ethiopia as a focal point for Pan-Africanists to engage in constructing

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Nigerian Startup Paystack Acquired By U.S. Financial Giant Stripe As Race to Expand Financial Services In Africa Continues

California-based financial services company Stripe has acquired the Nigerian payments startup Paystack in order to expand its services to the African continent. The multi-million dollar […]

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Meet The Couple Bringing Frozen West African Meals To Whole Foods

Perteet and Fred Spencer are the owners of AYO Foods, a food company specializing in traditional West African cuisine now available in select Whole Foods.

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Mali unrest: Ramaphosa calls for release of president and prime minister

According to reports, the president, prime minister and other government officials were detained by the military in Mali following a coup.

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Tanzanian Miner Plans to Build School, Mall In Community After Receiving Millions for Rare Gemstone Discovery

A Tanzanian man became a millionaire overnight after he mined two record-breaking rare gemstones. Saniniu Laizer discovered two tanzanite stones in late June and sold []

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UK and Kenya move closer to a Fair Trade deal - African Voice Newspaper

The UK has moved a step closer to signing a sixth trade deal in Africa on 3 November 2020, as negotiations on a trade deal are finalised with Kenya. The agreement will ensure all companies operating in Kenya, including British businesses, can continue to benefit from duty-free access as they export

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Kenyan woman entrepreneur turns plastic into bricks 'seven times stronger than concrete' (Watch)

Nzambi Matee, 29, and her team recycle plastic bottle tops, bags, and cooking oil containers into bricks.

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Barbados to Drop Queen Elizabeth II as Head of State, Become First Country In 30 Years to Drop a Monarch

Barbados Governor-General Sandra Mason announced on Tuesday, Sept. 15, that the Caribbean nation would drop Queen Elizabeth II as head of state and become a […]

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THE UPSURGE OF HERBAL MEDICINE AND COVID-19 IN AFRICA - African Voice Newspaper

By Olakunle Agboola - The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that around 80% of the population in Africa, makes use of traditional medicines. About 85% of traditional medicines involve the use of plant extracts. This would imply that the reliance on herbal medicine is immense. To appreciate

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Magical Malawi: The ‘warm heart of Africa’

Known as the ‘warm heart of Africa,’ and dominated by the magnificent Lake Malawi, the country offers a mixture of beautiful landscapes, fascinating wildlife, warm, friendly people, and rich culture that come together to make this small nation a wonderful place to visit.

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COVID-19: Africa secures 270 million vaccine doses

Chairperson of the African Union (AU) President Cyril Ramaphosa said efforts to secure a COVID-19 vaccine for the continent were always collaborative

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Ethiopian Migrants Are Being Beaten, Starved In Crowded Saudi Arabian Detention Centers: ‘We Are Treated Like Animals and Beaten Every Day’

An Ethiopian official believes approximately 16,000 migrants are being held in a Saudi Arabian detention center near Mecca. Ethiopian Consul General Abdo Yassin made the […]

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WHO Africa hopes for 'at least 20% of population' to be vaccinated

The COVID-19 response team is hoping at least 20% of populations in Africa receive vaccines, "starting with the most vulnerable".

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Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee Leads U.S. Reparations Bill H.R. 40 | BlackPressUSA

NNPA NEWSWIRE — "I think if people begin to associate this legislation with what happened to the descendants of enslaved Africans as a human rights violation, the sordid past that violated the human rights of all of us who are descendants of enslaved Africans, I think that we can find common

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Coronavirus Pandemic at 'Full Speed' in Africa, Health Chief Says

The coronavirus pandemic in Africa is almost at "full speed," the director of the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday.

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Video: Blacks and Whites Clash Outside of South African High School At Protest Over Alleged Whites-Only Dance

On Monday, two groups clashed outside of a South African high school at a protest over an alleged whites-only party that took place two weeks ago.

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International study: 'South Africans most financially stable in Africa'

Life will never be the same again after the COVID-19 national regulations are lifted.

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Congo gold mine collapse kills more than 50: 'Kamituga is in mourning' : TheGrio

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — More than 50 people are dead after landslides caused the collapse of three artisanal gold mines... View Article The post More than 50 killed at collapsed gold mine in eastern Congo: 'Kamituga is in mourning' appeared first on TheGrio.

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Biden-Harris campaign releases 'Agenda for African Diaspora' - TheGrio

The campaign for Democratic presidential and vice-presidential nominees Joe Biden and Kamala Harris released an agenda to support the African... View Article The post Biden-Harris campaign releases 'Agenda for African Diaspora' appeared first on TheGrio.

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Kenya Names Naomi Campbell As Its New Tourism Ambassador

Naomi Campbell has been appointed the official international ambassador of tourism for the East African country.

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'Please, Help Me Get Out': ICE Reportedly Torturing Cameroonian Immigrants at Detention Centers, Many Taken to Rooms Without Cameras

Deportations from the United States have ramped up in lieu of the Nov. 3 presidential election, according to humanitarians who allege that Immigration and Customs […]

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Akon Breaks Ground With Construction On His $6 Billion Smart City

The entertainment mogul Akon announced that his company has begun to break ground on the construction of the $6 billion development project in Senegal.

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These African World Heritage Sites are under threat from climate change

Very few academics or policymakers are talking about the impact of climate change on heritage. Yet heritage is essential for social wellbeing, for identity creation, for safeguarding traditional knowledge and livelihoods and for sustainable development.

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Some Say India's Ancient Anti-Black Hatred is Worse Than Age-Old White Racism

Intro by Victor Trammell Photo credits: Francesca Galloway Modern historians (such as Kenneth Robbins of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture of The New York Public Library) claim that the first Africans began arriving on the subcontinent of India as slaves and traders early in the

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