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On Friday, a group of youth armed with placards and claiming to be family members of the deceased, Charles Isanga told journalists that they had forgiven the embattled
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South Africa: Go Well Goldberg, You Put Up a Brave Fight Against Oppression
Lionel Bernstein, Denis Goldberg, Arthur Goldreich, Bob Hepple, Harold Wolpe and his brother-in-law James Kantor were
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Cameroon: COVID-19, Separatist Fighting, Overshadows National Day
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DNA Test Confirms Rick Ross Is The Father Of Ex’s Kids
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Cameroon's Unity Day Celebrations Canceled As COVID-19 Masks Internal Tensions
The coronavirus pandemic and lockdown forced Cameroonian President Paul Biya to cancel the government's planned feasts and parades to celebrate Cameroon's annual Unity
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'Selma' director Ava DuVernay among three Freedom Award recipients
The slave narratives of Frederick Douglass, the “I Have a Dream” speech of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the “Black Lives Matter” meme of today’s protesters all testify to the power of words in the struggle for social justice in
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Urban League of Louisiana During COVID-19: We Don’t Pause, We PIVOT!
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Ghana: Facebook Oversight Board to Promote Rights of Users - Afia Asantewaa Asare-Kyei
The establishment of an Oversight Board to make rulings about content moderation on Facebook and Instagram indicates the company's determination to promote the rights of users and freedom of expression, Afia Asantewaa Asare-Kyei, a human rights lawyer and Programme Manager at the Open Society
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Church Outbreak: A look at what’s next in WV’s effort to control COVID-19 in the state’s African American population
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Chicago Defender and Michigan Chronicle host 'For the Love of House Music Celebration' this Saturday
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With just a set of impressive eyelashes, her “newest lip color concoction Covid red,” and a pair of hoop earrings, the 52-year-old has fans doing a double take and laughing all at the same
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