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Luanda — The Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Environment warned Friday of the rational and sustainable use of natural resources to meet the needs of the current and future
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Ancient mammoths found at Mexican airport site feed archaeologists’ studies
Remnants of at least 60 mammoths and 15 human burials have been discovered in Mexico City during construction of the Felipe Ángeles International Airport on the site of the Santa Lucía military airbase in
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(1857) Abraham Lincoln, “The Dred Scott Decision and Slavery,"
? The Dred Scott Decision handed down by the U.S. Supreme Court on March 6, 1857 was supposed to end the decades-long debate about slavery in the United States.  It did just the opposite, inflaming passions particularly in the North.  In the follow speech, Abraham Lincoln, then a private citizen, p
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Ivory Trade in Africa
Ivory has been desired since antiquity because its relative softness made it easy to carve into intricate decorative items for the very wealthy.  For the past one hundred years, the ivory trade in Africa has been closely regulated, yet the trade continues to
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Bosso supporters fundraise for club
Highlanders supporters have come up with an initiative to raise funds that will be donated to the club for player welfare as the clubs grapples with the COVID-19-induced delay to the start of the
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Somalia: Cabinet Appoints the Director-General and Deputy for the Newly Established Independent National Bureau of Statistics
The Council of Ministers of the Federal Government of Somalia has appointed Sharmarke Farah as the Director-General of the National Bureau of Statistics and Abdirahman Omar Dahir as his
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Playing games to save endangered wildlife
So Gautam Shah, National Geographic explorer and founder of Internet of Elephants, created a new way of conservation — playing games to save
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Jim Crow laws
Jim Crow laws were state and local laws that enforced racial segregation in the Southern United States. Enacted by white Democratic-dominated state legislatures in the late 19th century after the Reconstruction period, these laws continued to be enforced until 1965. They mandated de jure racial
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LETTERS: Climate still biggest challenge of our generation
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Nigeria: If Elected, I Will Lead APC to Victory in 2023 - Chairmanship Aspirant
[Daily Trust] A chairmanship aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kano State, Alhaji Ahmadu Haruna Zago, has said if elected he will lead the party to victory in 2023.
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Koalas headed for 'localised extinction' at planned NSW Shenhua coalmine site
Meeting minutes for the mine’s koala technical working group say there has been a steep drop in koala populations at the mine site in the Liverpool
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Black Indians in the United States
Black Indians are people of mixed African-American and Native American heritage, who have strong ties to Native American culture.[2] Many Indigenous peoples of the Eastern Woodlands, such as the Narragansett, Pequot, Lumbee and Cherokee, have a significant degree of African
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Africa: Climate Change, Biodiversity Loss and Other Global Ills Share Root Causes
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Convention on Biological Diversity, the international treaties charged with solving two of the biggest problems of the 21st century, were both due to hold make-or-break meetings in
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Precedent exists for renegotiation of Exxon deal, gov’t has to act - Stabroek News
Dear Editor, Has the Government inquired with Exxon about improving the financial terms of the Stabroek Block oil contract? The article Precedent exists for renegotiation of Exxon deal, gov’t has to act appeared first on Stabroek News.
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Morris Brown College hires new provost, senior vice president for academic affairs | The Atlanta Voice
Morris Brown College recently announced that it has selected Dr. Anthony B. Johnson as its new provost and senior vice president for academic affairs. The Historically Black College and University (HBCU) found Johnson through a nationwide search conducted by AGB Search, a company that specializes
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Carpha's World Environment Day message: Do more to protect nature - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
THE Caribbean Public Health Agency (Carpha) has called on the public to refrain from exploiting nature and move towards protecting and healing it. The plea was made via a press release in commemoration of World Environment Day, which is observed every year on June 5. The day is set aside to r
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Black COVID-19 Patients Have Died Disproportionately in Hospitals
There is only a global cure that requires global cooperation not seen since the end of World War
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Black-owned bulletproof brand sees 400% spike in sales amid police shootings in U.S. - Face2Face Africa
Gun violence in America is a growing worry for many individuals, especially African Americans who are often victims. Many Black people feel unsafe in their neighborhoods because they do not know if they will be the next George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, or Jacob Blake. Mike Tyree hopes to put
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Tanzania: Fishing Industry Base Firm
THE government has announced that stern measures to control illegal fishing and disputes between farmers and pastoralists have significantly increased the contribution of the sector to the
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South Africa Can Get COVID-19 Under Control If It Blocks the Routes That Enable Transmission
The infectious disease spread between households and communities depends on two factors: first, the way in which the disease is transmitted between people; and second, the dynamics that connect people to each
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Ancient mammoths found at Mexican airport site feed archaeologists’ studies | Afro
Remnants of at least 60 mammoths and 15 human burials have been discovered in Mexico City during construction of the Felipe Ángeles International Airport on the site of the Santa Lucía military airbase in
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Olduvai Gorge - Home of Ancient Humans in Tanzania, Africa
Olduvai Gorge is a 20 kilometer (12.4 mile) long east-west trending narrow valley in the eastern Rift Valley of northern Tanzania. The gorge cuts deep into approximately 140 meters (460 feet) of ancient Pleistocene through Holocene dated sedimentary and volcanic rocks. It was at Olduvai that
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It’s now or never for the MEAC
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Fear Of A Black Planet: White People Becoming Minorities In America Sooner Than Expected, New Census Data Confirms
While it has already been reported that white people were edging toward living in a country in which they would not be the majority, new data shows that may happen a lot sooner than
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Poaching in Africa
There has been poaching in Africa since antiquity. People hunted in areas claimed by other states or reserved for royalty or killed protected animals. Some of the European big game hunters who came to Africa in the 1800s were guilty of poaching and some were actually tried and found guilty by the
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AmaZulu transfer news | Ex-Orlando Pirates winger signs on the dotted line
AmaZulu have announced the acquisition of former Orlando Pirates and SuperSport United winger Thabo Qalinge.
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Menacée de mort, la maire de Romans-sur-Isère a déposé plainte - Haiti24
La maire de Romans-sur-Isère (Drôme), Marie-Hélène Thoraval, a déposé plainte, mercredi 29 novembre, après avoir reçu des menaces par téléphone et sur les réseaux sociaux, a fait savoir, jeudi, l’élue Les Républicains Ces menaces sont intervenues après ses prises de position publiques au lendemain
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DISCOVERY: Hitting the safari trail from the very comfort of my
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Three Students Make History at Northwestern University as the First All-Black MFA Directing Cohort
Assistant directing: Nina Simone: Four Women (Arena Stage), In the Heights (Seattle Rep), Quixote Nuevo (Hartford Stage/Huntington Theatre Company), and The Luckiest People (Actors Theatre of
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Celebrate Love To Love You, Donna Summer | Black Cultural Events
To celebrate what would have been Donna Summer’s 75th birthday on New Year’s Eve, 2023, and as a crowning achievement in a tremendously successful year, the GRAMMY Museum is hosting an intimate conversation with disco and electronic music trailblazer Giorgio Moroder, Donna Summer’s daughter and
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