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Eighteen workers killed in Niger mine collapse | Africanews

Hundreds gathered on Monday at a goldmine where 18 people died after a collapse in Niger's Dan Issa township.

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Bluefield State College is one of the firsthistorically black colleges (HCBUs) to become a predominantly whiteinstitution. The college was opened in1895 as the Bluefield Colored Institute after the expansion of the Morrill Actin 1890 to provide funding for African American colleges from the sale

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Accra, Ghana (ca. 1500- )

Accra is the political and economic capital of modern Ghana on the Gold Coast. Between 1500 and 1578, a fortress operated by the Portuguese stood at the site of modern Accra. This fort provided the Europeans with an outlet for trade, particularly in slaves, with the Ga people, themselves recent

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Cameroon: South West - COVID-19 Testing Centres Now Available

Alim Hayatou, Secretary of State in the Ministry of Public Health in charge of Epidemics and Pandemics inspected the facilities last

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Ethiopian-Somali War Over the Ogaden Region (1977–1978)

In 1977 Ethiopia and Somalia engaged in a brief territory conflict over the Ogaden region situated between and claimed by both nations. This conflict however held significance greater than most territorial disputes because Ethiopia was backed by the Soviet Union and Somalia was supported by the

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Associated Press reported that more than one

Associated Press reported that more than one thousand Blacks had been arrested in sit-in demonstrations.

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1960

Field Order No. 15

Gen. William T. Sherman issued his Field Order No. 15 setting aside the islands from Charleston, south, the abandoned rice fields along the river for thirty miles back from the sea, and the country bordering the St. Johns River, Florida, for exclusive settlement by Blacks. The order provided that

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Michael Jordan's Daughter Reveals What's Surprising About Watching 'The Last Dance'

Michael Jordan’s daughter Jasmine recently revealed what has surprised her about her father as she watches “The Last Dance,” ESPN’s hit docuseries about the basketball

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Outspoken Libyan princess Alia Al Senussi supports ‘New Saudi’ art scene

Princess Alia Al Senussi speaks to Inspire Middle East

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Burundi: WHO Seeking Further Details On Staff Expulsion From Burundi

The World Health Organization (WHO) was on Thursday seeking to clarify why authorities in Burundi have expelled its top official in the country and three other staff members, the UN agency's Regional Director for Africa told journalists during a press briefing on

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Da Costa, Mathieu (17th Century?)

Mathieu Da Costa, a free black seaman, is believed to be the first person of African ancestry to reach Canada and he is the first recorded black man to visit the region of Port Royal in Nova Scotia. Although little is known of his background before he reached Canada, Da Costa is said to have had

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NDEGWA: What Africa must do to bridge digital divide

What Africa must do to bridge digital divide

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Djibouti City, Republic of Djibouti (1888- )

Djibouti City is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Djibouti. Its contemporary population is estimated at 624,000, which is about 70% of the population of the entire nation. Located on the Horn of Africa, Djibouti was an important trade center for both the Arabian Peninsula and

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Jun

27

1977

Harold Washington

For the professor of Hebrew Bible, see Harold

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Angola: Lunda Sul Governor Encourages Farmers to Increase Production

Saurimo — The governor of eastern Lunda Sul province Daniel Neto Wednesday encouraged farmers in the region to increase production in order to increase incomes and guarantee the subsistence of families, as well as the diversification of the economy, through

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Ruto allies in Kakamega caution Uhuru

Allies of Deputy President William Ruto in Kakamega County have cautioned President Uhuru Kenyatta "not to be misled" to sideline his Deputy William Ruto and scuttle his presidential bid in

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Earl Christian Campbell is a professional American football player who played for the Houston Oilers and the New Orleans Saints. He was born on March 29, 1955 in Tyler, Texas. He was the sixth of eleven children in his family. Their father died when he was very young. He began playing football at

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1991

Nouakchott, Mauritania (1659- )

Nouakchott, meaning “place of the winds” in the Hassaniya language, became the capital of Mauritania in 1960. In 2006 it had an estimated population of 708,000 people. It is located on the Atlantic Ocean but is on the edge of the Sahara Desert area of North and West Africa. Scarce

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Burundi sacks WHO officials ahead of May 20 polls

Burundi is kicking out the World Health Organization’s top official in the country just days before the presidential election and after the WHO raised concerns about crowded political

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Congo-Kinshasa: DRC - Congolese Reporter Charged With Violating COVID-19 Restrictions

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on the authorities in Kasaï-Oriental province, in the southeast of the Democratic Republic of Congo, to drop all charges against Faustin Mbiya, a radio journalist who was held arbitrarily for three days for violating Covid-19 lockdown

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UN prosecutor hails arrest of Rwanda genocide suspect

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Southern Africa: COVID-19 - SADC Puts in Place Rules On Resumption of Classes

Luanda — Member States of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) that want to resume classes should adopt minimum and basic prevention requirements, including the provision of hygiene, water and sanitation facilities, due to

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Verrett, Shirley (1931-2010)

Shirley Verrett was a distinguished mezzo-soprano and soprano opera singer. Born in New Orleans on May 31, 1931, one of five children to strict Seventh Day Adventists, her father was a successful building contractor. She came from a musical family, her mother often sang in the house and her father

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On October 2, 1800, Nat Turner was born in the Tidewater region of Virginia. He

On October 2, 1800, Nat Turner was born in the Tidewater region of Virginia. He became an anti-slavery revolutioniary and an insurrectionist (rebel).

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1800

Throughout the 1990s the international community tried to establish democracy in Haiti. The countrys first elected chief executive, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, a leftist Roman Catholic priest who seemed to promise a new era in Haiti, took office in Feb. 1991. The military, however, took control in

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Europe delicately prepares for life after virus lockdown

People across Europe are preparing in different ways for life after lockdown as strict stay away measures continue to be relaxed across the continent, one of the most impacted by

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Torrence Boone is Managing Director, Agency Business Development – Americas at Google. In this role, Boone is responsible for driving Google’s strategy and relationships with marketing and advertising agencies across the Americas. In this capacity, he leads a team that partners with diverse agency

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Woods, Eldrick “Tiger” (1975- )

Eldrick “Tiger” Woods was born on December 30, 1975 in Cypress, California to parents Earl and Kultida Woods. Woods was given the nickname Tiger after a Vietnamese soldier and friend of his father’s. He grew up watching his father play golf and at the age of two, he was putting with

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Dec

30

1975

First fugitive slave law enacted by Congress

In 1793, Congress passed the first Fugitive Slave Law to implement the provisions in the Constitution. It stated that to reclaim an escaped slave a master needed only to go before a magistrate and provide oral or written proof of ownership. The magistrate would then issue an order for the arrest of

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1793

West Africa: Germany Debates Troop Deployment to Africa's Sahel

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