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FRENCH CULTURE minister Roselyne Bachelot has stated that the decision to return colonial-era artefacts will...

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Former president Barack Obama is set to release a memoir looking back on his life in the White House, according... View Article

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Concern over alcohol and drugs has always been real. However, the impact of America's policies has not been a reduction in substance abuse, but the subjugation of minorities and people of color.

… helping revive the tradition of Black American string bands — have to do … tell about the railroad, about African-Americans and native populations. All the …

The architect David Adjaye discusses his plans for an institution to house the looted treasures on their to return to Nigeria.

Thrust into full remote learning with the onset of COVID-19 in March, The University of the West Indies (UWI) has cast the crisis as a game-changer that has accelerated the strategic plan to reach 100,000 students in the global online market. In a...

[HRW] Angolan police used live bullets, teargas, and dogs to disperse a peaceful anti-government protest, killing one protester, in the capital, Luanda, on November 11, 2020, Human Rights Watch said today. Police severely beat the well-known activists Nito Alves and Laurinda Goveia, who are both in critical condition, and arbitrarily arrested a third activist, Luaty Beirao.

For just the second time in more than seven decades, a Democrat will carry Arizona in a presidential election, a monumental shift for a state that was once a Republican stronghold. CNN projected on Thursday that President-elect Joe Biden will carry Arizona, defeating President Donald Trump and providing Democrats in Arizona and the universe of allied grassroots organizations in the […]

The city of Cape Coast in Ghana’s Central Region is widely known as the nation’s tourism hub and the ‘Makah’ for African Americans. Every year, hundreds of Black people across the world visit the city and other historic slave sites to learn about the trans-Atlantic slave trade. The region was the hotbed of the slave...

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Anti-Jihadist Operation in Mali

Reports on the death by troops from the French-led Barkhane force military operation of Bah Ag Moussa, described as the military commander of the Al-Qaeda-aligned Group to Support Islam and Muslims (GSIM) in the Malian desert who had been on a United Nations sanctions list and was believed responsible for numerous jihadist terrorist attacks on Malian and international ally forces in the region. Friday’s announcement marks the conclusion to an operation launched Tuesday in a series of anti-jihadist action taken in recent weeks.

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France has thousands of troops in West Africa to help fight jihadist around the area. The ousting of Islamist extremist groups from power in Mali by way of a military operation in 2013 saw a regrouping of jihadist forces in the dessert who have since wreaked terror and havoc in the region.

CARACAS,  (Reuters) - Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodriguez and the head of the South American country’s state oil company, PDVSA, arrived in Russia to “deepen strategic alliances,” Venezuela’s information ministry said yesterday.

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MAL THE Oddity’s musical creations are a rich amalgamation of hip-hop, bedroom pop, indie, and...

The post The sounds of Brooklyn based artist Mal The Oddity are a little different appeared first on Voice Online.

Courier exclusive: Lisa Washington leaving KDKA on Nov. 13 - moving to Scranton's WNEP-TV to become evening news anchor by Rob Taylor Jr. - Courier Staff Writer - 5:15 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 12, 2020 Oftentimes, what you experience early in life sticks with you for a lifetime. As a fifth-grader at Bennettsville Elementary School … Continued

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Former President Barack Obama is expressing his concerns that Republican leadership in Congress seems to be enabling President Donald Trump’s... View Article

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By Laurel Rosenhall, CALMatters California’s status has shifted dramatically with the election of Joe Biden as the next president. The reasons are both political — deep blue California will have more inroads to a White House controlled by Democrats — and personal: For just the second time in American history, a Californian will serve as […]

The post Home State Advantage: What a Vice President Kamala Harris means for California appeared first on Voice and Viewpoint.

[SAnews.gov.za] President Cyril Ramaphosa is determined to see every part of the economy return to full operation as government works towards recovery from the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

BARACK OBAMA will be interviewed by David Olusoga in an exclusive UK broadcast ahead of...

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The United States in the grips of yet another spike in coronavirus cases, but a member of President-elect Joe Biden's incoming coronavirus advisory board says a four-to-six-week shutdown would get things untracked.

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[Algerie Presse Service] Algiers -- Minister of Finance Aymane Benabderrahmane on Wednesday in Algiers that the Government works to diversify the economic development sources through the recourse of non-hydrocarbon revenues. New measures aiming to ensure efficient public expenditures are also planned as part of the finance bill 2021.

Michael R. Blood | Associated Press Election Day is over, but California already is consumed with its next high-profile political contest — the competition to fill Kamala Harris' soon-to-be-vacant U.S. Senate seat. In this race, only one vote matters, because there is only one vote. The selection falls to Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, who is […]

The post California Senate Sweepstakes: Who Gets Kamala Harris' Job? appeared first on Black Voice News.

The stage is set for the ArtsAbility Festival, the Unmute Dance Company's sixth annual showcase for both disabled and able-bodied artists and performers.

Dr Henroy Scarlett of the Jamaica Association of Public Health Inspectors (JAPHI) and The University of the West Indies, Mona campus, is now the president-elect of the International Federation of Environmental Health (IFEH). The JAPHI said the...

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