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THE IMPEDIMENTS OF DEMOCRACY IN AFRICA - African Voice Newspaper
By Olakunle Agboola - Democracy is not a single approach but rather a commitment to certain institutions such as the rule of law, civil society and political accountability through free and fair elections by an electorate based on universal suffrage. It also includes (to a varying degree) freedom
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Source: African Voice Newspaper - African news from a British perspective
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Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee Leads U.S. Reparations Bill H.R. 40 - Voice and Viewpoint
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee knows that there has never been another time in which she has garnered so much congressional support and public momentum for H.R. 40, the reparations legislation that focuses on truth, racial
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Mali president announces resignation after rebel troops launch coup
Leaders of a military coup in Mali said they would enact a political transition and stage elections within a 'reasonable time'.
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Zimbabwe Women Risk Safety, Arrest to Buy Cheaper Groceries in South Africa - Voice and Viewpoint
Edited by Cathy Jones and Mary Stroka | Zenger News BEITBRIDGE, Zimbabwe — Faced with a deepening economic crisis where runaway inflation and weekly price hikes have long been ordinary, many Zimbabwean women risk their safety and arrest to cross into South Africa by “unofficial” routes — just for
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Facebook to prioritise election support across Africa
Facebook is making additional resources available to prioritise election support across Africa, including the implementation of artificial intelligence to find and remove harmful content more quickly.
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Akon building a real-life Wakanda in Senegal worth $6B - TheGrio
R&B singer Akon doesn’t want Wakanda to just be a fictional place in the blockbuster movie Black Panther. He wants... View Article The post Akon building a real-life Wakanda in Senegal worth $6B appeared first on TheGrio.
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The giants who fell: Cultural icons from Africa who died in 2020
A roundup of the great African artists, writers and photographers who died this year.
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Hopeful Future for Africa amidst Today's Reality - African Voice Newspaper
By Olakunle Agboola - One of the major problems tormenting the continent is the unstable and opaque political environment. Most African countries are yet to establish fully-functioning and transparent governmental structures, having gone through two liberation stages. First, breaking free from
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Source: African Voice Newspaper - African news from a British perspective
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Burundi Joins Congo Demanding Nearly $43 Billion in Reparations from Belgium For Its Colonial Past
Burundi joins the Congo in demanding nearly $43 billion in reparations from Germany and Belgium from the long stem effects of their colonization.
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Black History Month: Let’s Self-Reflect, Self-Educate | Post News Group
In that light, Black History Month 2021 is a perfect time for self-reflection. As a people, where have we been? Where are we are now? Where we are going? The post Black History Month: Let’s Self-Reflect, Self-Educate first appeared on Post News Group.
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What archaeology tells us about the music and sounds made by Africa's ancestors
Music has been part and parcel of humanity for a long time. Not every sound is musical, but sound has meaning and sometimes the meaning of sound is specific to its context.
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Facebook to prioritise election support across Africa
Facebook is making additional resources available to prioritise election support across Africa, including the implementation of artificial intelligence to find and remove harmful content more quickly.
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SA automakers welcome continent's first free trade agreement
The African Association of Automotive Manufacturers (AAAM) applauds the launch of AfCFTA. the world's largest free trade region.
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SA fell short in key areas as Africa Union chair - ISS
South Africa is set to conclude its one-year tenure as African Union (AU) chair at the next summit in February 2021. Like for many, its plans for the AU were largely derailed by COVID-19.
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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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Dallas' Own Neo Soul Artist: Prudence "TheAuset" Sneed | Dallas Weekly
I can remember seeing this awkward chick in the halls of my high school. She had a nice shape for an underclassman and smiled a lot. I can still remember bumping into her in the halls in between periods and asking her name. “My name is Prudence,” she said with a beautiful smile. I could tell then
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Demonstrators Gather In Maryland And DC In Response To SARS Protest
Young Nigerians have been chronicling the protests that began earlier in October with the hashtag #EndSARS and now the international community is joining in.
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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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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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YAOUNDE, Cameroon - Seven children died in late October when unidentified gunmen opened fire on a Cameroon school, riddling wooden desks and benches with rifle rounds and spilling innocent blood. Thirteen more were wounded as they fled, leaving backpacks, books and their shoes behind. No one has
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This South African Scholar Earned Africa’s First Ph.D. in Indigenous Astronomy
Motheo Koitsiwe became the first African man to receive a Ph.D. in African indigenous astronomy from North-West University (NWU).
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SMB survey highlights gender disparities, small business challenges during pandemic
COVID-19 pandemic isn't just a public health emergency, but also an economic crisis hitting SMBs exceptionally hard. Here's what we learned from the Global State of Small Business Report.
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Top Stories of Entertainment 2020 - Los Angeles Sentinel
These were the stories in entertainment in 2020. The post Top Stories of Entertainment 2020 appeared first on Los Angeles Sentinel.
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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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Jerry Rawlings, 73, Ghanaian President, Dies
Jerry Rawlings, a flight lieutenant who forced his way into the presidency of Ghana and led the nation into economic prominence in Africa, died Thursday in Accra. He was 73.
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Facebook: Investments in Africa will yield $57bn in economic benefits
Facebook has released findings from a study that outlines in detail how its investments in infrastructure and connectivity across Africa will grow the continent's economy by over $50bn over the next five years.
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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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WORLD Channel Continues its Celebration of Pride Month with a Film looking at Young LGBT Asylum Seekers | BlackPressUSA
To close out WORLD Channel’s celebration of Pride Month, Director Rodney Evans' documentary Vision Portraits debuts June 30. Best known for his films Brother to Brother (2004) and The Happy Sad (2013), in Vision Portraits, Evans takes viewers on a personal journey as he profiles three blind or
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Colorado’s Ethiopian communities split on political conflict
Denver area resident Mohammed Warid is monitoring the political conflict in Ethiopia — at least, as much as he can... View Article The post Colorado’s Ethiopian communities split on political conflict appeared first on TheGrio.
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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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