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List of ethnic groups of Africa
The ethnic groups of Africa number in the thousands, each generally having its own language (or dialect of a language) and culture. The ethnolinguistic groups include various Afro-Asiatic, Khoisan, Niger-Congo and Nilo-Saharan
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3
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Sierra Leone gets its first female deputy head of police force
Sierra Leone has appointed its first female Deputy Inspector General of Police
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Africa Asked to Reverse Effects of COVID-019 On Continent
The most efficient way for Africa to reverse the effects of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) and prepare for any future pandemic is to assert its independence in economic, scientific and political terms, Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration Minister, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, has
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Freetown, Sierra Leone (1792- -)
Freetown is the capital, principal port, commercial center, and largest city of Sierra Leone.  The city was founded by British Naval Lieutenant John Clarkson and freed American slaves from Nova Scotia.  Freetown was part of the larger colony of the Sierra Leone which was founded by the Sierra Leone
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Spike Lee Says It's Not 'Easy' Being a Knicks Fan After Owner James Dolan Gave Weak Response on George Floyd's Death
But the New York Knicks didn’t release a statement at first, which was the owner James
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Africa: Women and Children Will Pay For This Pandemic – Unless We Act
Resources to deal with the pandemic are often diverted from women’s health services, with lasting effects on their children, their families, and their
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United States population: 9,638,453
United States population: 9,638,453. Black population: 1,771,656 (18.4 per cent). Mayflower of Liberia sailed from New York City with eighty-six Blacks. Ship arrived in Sierra Leone, March 9.
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6
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Yesterday in court – Dr. Blyden lectures Attorney General on the laws of Sierra Leone
It was a sight to behold at the Freetown magistrate court No.1 yesterday, when popular Sierra Leone female presidential aspirant and leading Journalist Dr. Sylvia Olayinka Blyden, lectured the country’s  Minister of Justice and Attorney General Dr. Priscilla Schwartz (Photo above), on key aspects
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
Angola: Constitutional Court Organic Draft-Law Ready for Parliament
Luanda — The draft law on the Organic Structure of the Constitutional Court (TC) is to be submitted to the National Assembly (parliament), after having been favourably assessed, last Wednesday, by the Angolan Government, in a Cabinet Council
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Paul Cuffee
Not to be confused with the Reverend Paul Cuffee (1754-1812), who is honored on the liturgical Calendar of the Episcopal Church
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7
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South Sudan rebel leader and VP tests positive for COVID-19: office
South Sudan’s first vice president, and former rebel leader Riek Machar, has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, his office said
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Coronavirus in Africa: 119,454 cases; 3,592 deaths; 48,607 recoveries
There are now more than over 100,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus across the continent, with a number of African countries imposing a range of prevention and containment measures against the spread of the
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Frazer, Jendayi E. (1961- )
Ambassador Jendayi E. Frazer is currently on the faculty at Carnegie Mellon University in Pennsylvania.  She has been there since 2009 as the university’s Distinguished Public service Professor in the Heinz College School of Public Policy and Management.  Frazer is also the Director of Center for
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Mutinous Troops in Freetown overthrow government
Mutinous troops in Freetown, Sierra Leone, overthrow the government of president Joseph Momoh.
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1992
Coronavirus in Africa: 66,319 cases; 2,344 deaths; 23,143 recoveries
There are now more than over 60,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus across the continent, with a number of African countries imposing a range of prevention and containment measures against the spread of the
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Twenty-nine thousand people in Sierra Leone receive Covid-19 emergency cash transfers
Following the declaration of State of Public Health  emergency by the Government of Sierra Leone to prevent the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic, the National Commission for Social Action (NaCSA) has been on the frontline; providing not only cash transfers, social services and Personal Protective
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Has coronavirus reshaped democratic rights?
There are already signs that some governments are using the crisis to grant themselves more expansive powers than warranted by the health crisis, with insufficient oversight mechanisms, and using their expanded authority to crack down on opposition and tighten their grip on
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Olaudah Equiano
Olaudah Equiano , (born c. 1745, Essaka [in present-day Nigeria]?—died March 31, 1797, London, England), self-proclaimed West African sold into slavery and later freed. His autobiography, The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano; or, Gustavus Vassa, the African, Written by
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Mar
31
1797
Gullah
The Gullah are the descendants of enslaved Africans from various people who lived in the Lowcountry regions of the U.S. states of Georgia and South Carolina, in the area of both the coastal plain and the Sea Islands. They developed a creole ethnicity and language that is distinctive among African
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Frank Kobina Parkes
Frank Kobina Parkes , in full Francis Ernest Kobina Parkes (born 1932, Korle Bu, Gold Coast [now Ghana]—died May 23, 2004, Accra, Ghana), Ghanaian journalist, broadcaster, and poet whose style and great confidence in the future of Africa owe much to the Senegalese poet David
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Angola: Female MPs Redouble Action Against Drugs in Angola
Luanda — Female MPs assigned to the National Movement for the Prevention and Fight against the Use of Drugs expressed last Wednesday, in Luanda, the commitment to redoubling their work in the fight to reduce the incidence of such ill in Angola, which affects hundreds of
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Source: allAfrica.com
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Black Activists Confront Affirmative Action Opponents on Zoom Call
If voters approve ACA 5 in November, it will bring Affirmative Action back to the state of
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Video Shows Cops Brutalize Black Business Owner Who Called 911 Over Robbery
According to Decatur Police Chief Nate Allen, cops came to investigate the situation and Penn was armed, and they thought he might’ve been the
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Coronavirus in Africa: 103,875 cases; 3,184 deaths; 41,576 recoveries
There are now more than over 100,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus across the continent, with a number of African countries imposing a range of prevention and containment measures against the spread of the
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Sierra Leone: Opposition Activist Dr. Sylvia Blyden Argues Against Her Detention in Court Hearing
Dr. Sylvia Blyden Lectures Dr. Priscilla Schwartz on the Law in Sierra Leone
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Should Sierra Leoneans be pawns on the SLPP-APC political chessboard? – A Rejoinder
We are taking ourselves back to the prehistoric or tribal war days, while other African countries are progressing steadily towards their development
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Sierra Leone doctors issue strike ultimatum amid Covid-19
Just two days after low level Covid-19 responders went on strike, medical doctors in Sierra Leone have issued a strike notice over non-payment of allowances and
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Republic Day
Republic Day in Sierra Leone.
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19
1989
Moruca man is 11th COVID-19 fatality
As Guyana registered its 11th death from COVID-19 yesterday, six more residents of the Palms Geriatric Home have tested positive  and patients have begun occupying the still under-construction sanatorium at the Ocean View Hotel after a shocking incident on Saturday at the Diamond isolation facility
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Angola: COVID-19 - Angola With Two More Positive Cases
Luanda — Angola registered, last Wednesday, two more positive cases of covid-19, bringing to 73 the number of people infected with the
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