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Former President Barack Obama Visits Africa to Help Sister Open Sports Center and Honor Nelson Mandela

July 23, 2018 Staff 0

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — While visiting Kenya, former U.S. President Barack Obama praised Kenya’s president and opposition leader for working together but said this East African country must do more to end corruption. On his […]

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Winnie Mandela, South African Anti-apartheid Crusader, Dies at 81

April 2, 2018 Staff 0

By Hilary Clarke, Robyn Curnow and David McKenzie (CNN) (CNN) — Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, the South African anti-apartheid campaigner and former wife of the late President Nelson Mandela, has died at the age of 81. The […]

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Former South African President to be Prosecuted on Corruption Charges

March 19, 2018 Staff 0

By Eleni Giokos, CNN Former South African President Jacob Zuma will be charged with 16 counts of corruption, money laundering and racketeering, the country’s national prosecuting authority recently announced. The charges relate to 783 questionable […]

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Black Woman is the New Face of the Canadian $10 Bill

March 19, 2018 Staff 0

Canada — More than 70 years ago, Viola Desmond stood up for civil rights in Canada when she refused to leave a whites-only section of a theater. Last week, she was honored as the first […]

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South Africa’s National Anthem is Voted the World’s Best

January 5, 2018 Staff 0

By Frederick H. Lowe Celebrating the “Star-Spangled Banner,” the U.S. National Anthem, has divided the country with fewer people watching  NFL games because of protests by some black players who kneel on one knee during […]

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Prince Harry’s Engagement Opens the Discussion to Britain’s First Black Queen

December 18, 2017 Staff 0

Meghan Markle’s scheduled Spring 2018 wedding to Prince Harry, fifth in line for the British Throne, will make her the first black person to marry into the House of Windsor, which was founded in 1910, […]

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Activist, 10, Makes Appeal to Trump on Behalf of Haitian Immigrants

November 28, 2017 Staff 0

by Jared Mcallister (NY Daily News) The Trump administration’s plans to finally terminate Temporary Protected Status designation for Haiti rocked advocates, organizations— and the close to 60,000 men women and children who face deportation and […]

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Zimbabwe’s Mugabe Resigns, Ending Four Decades of Rule

November 21, 2017 Staff 0

HARARE, Nov 21 (Reuters) – Robert Mugabe resigned as Zimbabwe’s president on Tuesday a week after the army and his former political allies moved against him, ending four decades of rule by a man who […]

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When You Can’t Go at Home, Go Abroad: Rihanna Meets With French President Macron to Talk Education

August 1, 2017 Staff 0

by Phil Helsel (NBC) Pop star Rihanna has been putting in some “work” on global education efforts, and a recent meeting with France’s president appears to have paid off. President Emmanuel Macron said on Twitter […]

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President Trump Hosts Chibok Schoolgirls at the White House

July 11, 2017 Staff 0

On the night of April 14, 2014, Boko Haram terrorists attacked the Government Girls Secondary School in Chibok, Nigeria. They broke in disguised as guards, and forced the girls to leave the school and come […]

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