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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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Black Lives Matter protests against systemic racism and police brutality – Op-ed
As senior African leaders in the United Nations, the last few weeks of protests at the killing of George Floyd in the hands of police, have left us all outraged at the injustice of racism that continues to be pervasive in our host country and across the
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Thousands bid farewell to former Burundi president at state funeral
Thousands of Burundians clad in white gathered on Friday in the capital Gitega to say a final goodbye to former president Pierre Nkurunziza at a state funeral after his sudden death earlier this
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Ashe, Arthur (1943-1993)
Arthur Robert Ashe Jr., legendary tennis player,human rights activist, and educator, was born on July 10, 1943, in Richmond,Virginia, to Arthur Sr. and Mattie Cunningham Ashe.  At the age of four, he began playing tennis atBrook Field, a black-only park where his father worked as
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Africa: Russian Arms Exports to Africa - Moscow's Long-Term Strategy
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Uganda: Malaba Border Finally Reopens
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WATCH | ‘We are people as well’ - Cape Town refugees want to be heard on World Refugee Day
The UN has described it as a day that offers a chance to raise awareness of the plight of refugees around the world and of the efforts to protect their human
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Nigeria: SERAP Drags Buhari, National Assembly to UN Over Cuts in Health, UBE Budgets
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an urgent appeal to three UN special rapporteurs urging them to use their "mandates to urgently request the Nigerian government and the leadership of the National Assembly to immediately reverse the unlawful, disproportionate and
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What is Juneteenth? Holiday marking Emancipation Proclamation takes on extra importance in 2020
On June 19, Americans around the country will celebrate Juneteenth, a holiday commemorating the Emancipation Proclamation in the
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Iowa Entrepreneur Says He’s Been Evicted from Business Space After White Landlord Saw Clip of Him Protesting
Jeremiah Johnson, owner of Stylent Brands, claims his landlord broke his lease at a space near Des Moines, Iowa, after he saw him at a protest while watching the
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Africa: Human Rights Council Holds an Urgent Debate On Current Racially Inspired Human Rights Violations, Systemic Racism, Police Brutality and Violence Against Peaceful Protests
Speakers Urge the Council to Establish an International Commission of Inquiry to Investigate Systemic Racism in Law Enforcement in the United States
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Burundi to vote in tense poll amid virus outbreak
While Ethiopia decided to delay its election this year due to the pandemic, Burundi has pushed forward with the vote at all costs, with heaving crowds of thousands attending political rallies, with only buckets of water and soap available as a nod to the
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Voting begins in Burundi's general elections [Morning Call]
Voters in Burundi today Wednesday May 20 go out to choose the country’s new president, members of parliament and local officials in a key general election, tempered by the challenge of the coronavirus
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South Africa: S. Africans Protest Police Brutality Against Poor Under Lockdown
The police watchdog is investigating at least 10 deaths at the hand of law enforcement under a coronavirus lockdown
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(1995) William Jefferson Clinton, “the Job of Ending Discrimination in This Counrt is Not Over”
In July 1995, President Bill Clinton delivered a major speech at the White House  in defense of Affirmative Action programs across the nation at a time when many critics were calling for their repeal.  He argued that such programs were still needed in a talk he officially titled, The Job of Ending
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Japan, New Zealand march to mourn Floyd, seek change
Tokyo (AP) – Holding handmade signs that read “Black Lives Matter,” hundreds of people marched peacefully in Tokyo on Sunday, highlighting the outrage over the death of George Floyd even in a country often perceived as homogeneous and untouched by racial
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Ethiopia: Security Forces 'Must Face Justice for Horrific Human Rights Violations' - New Report
At least 10,000 people were arbitrarily arrested and detained last year as part of the government's crackdown on armed attacks and violence in Oromia Region
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Tanzania: How JPM Performance Lured Opposition
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Ethiopia probing critical human rights report - after rejection
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'His hands are dripping with blood' - calls to cancel FW de Klerk talk in US on racism, rule of law
In the midst of anti-racism protests sparked by the death of George Floyd, the American Bar Association has drawn fierce criticism over its announcement that former president FW de Klerk will speak about "rule of law, constitutional democracy, minority rights, social change, racism and global
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Regional court dismisses case against Dar’s new parties law
The East African Court of Justice (EACJ) has declined to halt enforcement of disputed provisions of the Tanzania Political Parties (Amendment) Act, 2019, as petitioned by leaders of opposition
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Carrington, Walter Charles (1930 - )
Walter Charles Carrington served as the United States Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Senegal from 1980 to 1981, and to Nigeria from 1993 to 1997. He married Arese Ukpoma, a Nigerian physician, and has lived in three Nigerian cities since the late
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Smith, Charles Z. (1927-2016)
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Kenya’s bruising campaign to capture the United Nations Security Council seat has exposed fractures within the African Union, as Djibouti and its supporters fought to the very end in defiance of the continental body’s endorsement of Nairobi’s sole
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