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Rwanda: UN Prosecutor Confirms Death of Genocide Fugitive Augustin Bizimana
Serge Brammertz, the Chief Prosecutor of the Residual Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (RMICT), which took over from the ICTR, confirmed Bizimana's death "based on the conclusive identification of Bizimana's remains in a gravesite" in Pointe Noire, the Republic of the
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This Black-Owned Agency Is Putting Black Beauty Creatives On The Map
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The History And Legacy Of Tulsa Race Massacre
NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Jim Goodwin, the Oklahoma Eagle publisher, about the legacy of the Tulsa Race Massacre and the state of race relations
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Dr. Yumkella speaks about Sierra Leone’s judiciary as parliament approves Appeals Court Judges
Democracy was at work in Sierra Leone’s parliament yesterday, when the main opposition APC party, led by  Honourable Chernoh Ramadan Maju Bah voted against two of the eight presidential nominees put forward by president Julius Maada Bio for MPs
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This Day in History — June 25
1910: US President William Howard Taft signs the White-Slave Traffic Act, more popularly known as the Mann Act, which made it illegal to transport women across state lines for
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We need an independent police force to police the police. Periodt.
Historically, Black people have been tortured by police, lied on by police, and killed by them, and still we continue with this laughable system of police
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Rwanda: Kangondo Assault Case - Military Court Postpones Appeal Hearing
The Military High Court on Thursday, May 21 postponed the hearing of an appeal filed by five Rwanda Defence Force (RDF) soldiers who were remanded last week on charges of assaulting
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Black Shirts: Klan-like Group Formed During Great Depression to Keep Blacks Unemployed
Black Shirts: Klan-like Group Formed During Great Depression to Keep Blacks Unemployed
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'I lost a little piece of my soul' - Tiffany Haddish recounts being raped by a police cadet
It is difficult for rape victims to talk about their ordeal, but actress Tiffany Haddish is opening up for the second time about when she was raped at age 17 by a police
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Leopold II: Belgium ‘Wakes Up’ To Its Bloody Colonial Past | Afro
Inside the palatial walls of Belgium’s Africa Museum stand statues of Leopold II – each one a monument to the king whose rule killed as many as 10 million
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A Hanover man accused of abducting, robbing and raping a woman has been charged by the
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Congo-Kinshasa: How 'Ebola Business' Threatens Aid Operations in Congo
In its investigation, TNH obtained information drawn from leaked WHO documents that suggests how some health workers and civil servants profited from response funds; and how, in the rush to scale up a response in an active conflict zone, the WHO paid millions of dollars in inflated per diems to
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Judge Shoots Down Kodak Black’s Appeal Of 46 Month Sentence
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Gender-based violence: MPs question Parliament's role
In a debate on gender-based violence, some MPs questioned Parliament's role in fighting the
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Jamaica: Pastor faces rape, fraud charges
(Jamaica Observer) A St Catherine pastor has been charged with three counts of rape and obtaining money by false pretence, as a result of investigations into his actions, which allegedly span several years, the police said
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Challenges of accessing justice in Covid-19 times
While elsewhere in the continent whole justice systems were being shut down, the decision to keep the country’s wheels of justice turning was lauded
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Russell Simmons in Hot Water Following HBO Sexual Assault Documentary | L.A. Focus Newspaper
Russell Simmons finds himself in hot water yet again following the premiere of HBO Max documentary, “On the Record,” in which multiple women accuse him of
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30th March 1965: American civil rights campaigner Martin Luther King (1929 – 1968) and his wife Coretta Scott King lead a black voting rights march from Selma, Alabama, to the state capital in
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18 deaths, more than 200 violent crimes in Gauteng linked to alcohol
The resumption of the sale of alcohol has seen Gauteng recording 18 deaths since June
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This Day in History — June 16
1977: Soviet Communist Party General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev is named president, becoming the first person to hold both posts
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Amnesty accuses Ethiopia of extrajudicial killings
The rights group said in a report that victims were accused of being supporters of the Oromo Liberation Army, the breakaway armed wing of the Oromo Liberation Front, which the government had previously declared a terrorist movement but which has been unbanned by Prime Minister Abiy
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Congo-Kinshasa: Brutal Killings in Ituri Could Be Crimes Against Humanity - UN
Brutal killings, rape and other crimes allegedly carried out by the ethnic Lendu community in Ituri province, northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo may constitute crimes against humanity and war crimes, according to the United
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Burundi: Nkurunziza Could Have Won Gold, but Left Without a Medal
Pierre Nkurunziza had only a few weeks to go as president of Burundi, before handing over power to his recently elected successor, Evariste
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Rwanda jails ex-politician for genocide role
A Rwandan court on Thursday handed a life sentence to a former politician found guilty of orchestrating the killing of tens of thousands of people during the 1994 genocide, a court spokesman
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White people kneeling and praying for forgiveness in George Floyd's hometown is alright but we risk being hoodwinked
There have been videos of police killings involving unarmed blacks spanning males, females and even children but the brutal snuffing of life out of Floyd over an alleged counterfeit $20 bill ignited anger in the American people of various ethnic backgrounds not seen since the brutal
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