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Wedged between Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Rwanda in east-central Africa, Burundi occupies a high plateau divided by several deep valleys. It is equal in size to
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Minneapolis Police Release Body Camera Footage of Fatal Officer-Involved Shooting in Traffic Stop - African American News Today - EIN Presswire
On Wednesday night, a man was shot dead by a police officer during a traffic stop in the US city of Minneapolis, Minnesota, seven months after the killing of black...
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Hampton Inn employee fired after calling police on Black family at pool
A white Hampton Inn employee has been fired a viral Facebook Live video showed her calling the police on a Black family just for using the hotel’s swimming pool in Williamston, North
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Monument to Mazda: Special editions in SA to celebrate centenary
On show, but not for sale: Mazda creates special edition cars to celebrate 100 years of auto manufacturing.
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Clarence Thomas’ Wife Gleefully Cheered On White Supremacists At The Capitol
Social media users think Justice Thomas should be impeached over his wife's failure to censure herself after continually sharing far-right extremist conspiracy theories on Facebook.
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Prostate Cancer Awareness Month (Week 3)
What is prostate cancer? According to the American Cancer Society (ACS), cancer starts when cells in the body begin to grow out of control. prostate cancer begins when cells in the prostate gland start to grow out of control. The prostate is a gland found only in males. Other than skin
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Activists: Police killings of Latinos lack attention
NEW MEXICO, United States (AP) - Forty-year-old Antonio Valenzuela's death didn't spark widespread protests like George Floyd's. In fact, the police killing of Valenzuela drew little attention outside the American south-western city just north of the US-Mexico border.
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Trump blocked by Twitter and Facebook
Donald Trump has been suspended from Twitter and Facebook after tweeting to supporters who attacked the US Capitol. In a social media message to protesters he said 'I love you' before telling them to go home. He also repeated false claims about election fraud. Twitter said it required the removal
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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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Here's Philly's first Black-owned biotech manufacturer aiming to make drugs more affordable - Face2Face Africa
Black people account for less than 12 percent of the workforce in the pharmaceutical or medicine producing industry, according to theBureau of Labour Statistics. Following the pioneering footstep of renowned Black chemistPercy Lavon Julian, a queer Black woman, has ventured into biopharmaceutical
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Zapu red-flags plot to erase Gukurahundi evidence – NewsDay Zimbabwe
THE opposition Zapu party, whose members were the prime targets of the Gukurahundi massacres of the 1980s, has expressed concern over what it said was systematic erasure of some of the evidence of the brutal killings by President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government. BY SILAS NKALA The assertions came
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Speak On It: Why I'm Afraid Of The Police | BlackDoctor.org - Where Wellness & Culture Connect
Growing up as a Black youth in the inner city there were times when I was pulled over The post Speak On It: Why I'm Afraid Of The Police appeared first on BlackDoctor.org.
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Snapchat Apologizes For Juneteenth Filter Requiring People To Smile To Break Chains
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Blow to Trudeau
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After AG Bill Barr says no evidence of widespread fraud in 2020 election, 9 Texas Republicans decry "shocking lack of action" on allegations | Dallas Weekly
Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. On the same day that U.S. Attorney General William Barr said the Justice Department had found no evidence of widespread fraud in the 2020 election, nine Texas Republicans in Congress signed
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Washington hires Wright as NFL's 1st Black team president - Los Angeles Sentinel
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African Nobel Prize Winners
25 Nobel Laureates have been born in Africa. Of those, 10 have been from South Africa, and another six were born in Egypt. The other countries to have produced a Nobel Laureate are (French) Algeria, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Morocco, and Nigeria. Scroll down for a full list of
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Paving the way for the once-excluded - African American News Today - EIN Presswire
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Donald Trump Now Okay With Microsoft Buying TikTok After Fake Threat To Ban Social Media App
In a blog post, Microsoft further revealed that the two firms are looking at a deal that would see Microsoft purchase the TikTok service in the United States, Australia, Canada, and New Zealand.
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1893 : Charles S. Johnson, sociologist, founder of the National Urban Leagues Opportunity magazine and professor and President of Fisk University, born
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Black History Month at Pearson UK - Voice Online
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Ex-NFL star Dana Stubblefield sentenced to 15 years to life for rape - TheGrio
Former NFL star, Dana Stubblefield, has been sentenced to 15 years to life for raping a prospective babysitter. Stubblefield, who... View Article The post Ex-NFL star Dana Stubblefield sentenced to 15 years to life for rape appeared first on TheGrio.
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Benjamin Banneker: SW-9 Intermediate Boundary Stone
SW 9 Intermediate Boundary Stone, also known as an Intermediate Stone of the District of Columbia, is a surveyors boundary marker stone, along what was once a boundary of Washington, DC, and now marks part of the boundary between City of Falls Church and Arlington County, Virginia (see: History of
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Tanzania: Simiyu to Host National Exhibition Tomorrow
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Under Armour Rewards Steph Curry’s Loyalty By Giving Him His Own Legacy Brand
Announced on Monday (Nov.30), the apparel and footwear brand is blessing long time signature athlete Steph Curry with his own legacy brand called The Curry Brand. The Curry Brand will not only be pushing shoes, it will also be working heavily to bring sports to children in lower-income
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The Golden West Hotel in Portland, Oregon
The Golden West Hotel, located at Northwest Broadway and Everett Streets in Portland, was the first hotel in the city to accommodate African American patrons. For twenty-five years, from 1906 through 1931, it was a social center and a focal point of the black community, a place for African
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