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South Sudan: Building Trust Must Take Precedence in South Sudan Peace Process ... See MoreSee Less
South Sudan: Building Trust Must Take Precedence in South Sudan Peace Process
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Analysis - South Sudan's parties have achieved some milestone agreements recently. This includes a 100-day extension for the formation of a transitional government of national unity, and a roadmap to ...
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Nigeria: SSS Releases Sowore, Pays N100,000 Fine ... See MoreSee Less
Nigeria: SSS Releases Sowore, Pays N100,000 Fine
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The State Security Service (SSS) on Thursday night released Omoyele Sowore, publisher of Sahara Reporters.
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Mali: New App Predicts Water-Related Conflict Up to Year in Advance ... See MoreSee Less
Mali: New App Predicts Water-Related Conflict Up to Year in Advance
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Conflicts over water are likely to flare up in Iraq, Mali and India in the coming year, according to the developers of an app launched on Thursday which aims to help prevent violence by flagging up po...
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Fort Worth’s Police Chief Is Rewarded After Dropping The Ball With Atatiana Jefferson’s Shooting ... See MoreSee Less
Fort Worth’s Police Chief Is Rewarded After Dropping The Ball With Atatiana Jefferson’s Shooting
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Atatiana Jefferson was only 28 years old.
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Top Wedding Sites Will Stop Promoting Slave Plantations | Colorlines ... See MoreSee Less
Top Wedding Sites Will Stop Promoting Slave Plantations | Colorlines
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Color of Change: “If we were talking about concentration camps, it would be weird and disrespectful and egregious for folks to be seeking to have their weddings at these locations.”
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Serena Williams is Building Schools in Jamaica and Various African Nations ... See MoreSee Less
Serena Williams is Building Schools in Jamaica and Various African Nations
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More than just a tennis champion, Serena Williams has always been a champion for a cause. Through the Serena Williams Fund, new schools are being built in Jamaica and in various countries on the
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Ayanna Pressley’s New Bill Aims To Stop Racist School-To-Prison Pipeline ... See MoreSee Less
Ayanna Pressley’s New Bill Aims To Stop Racist School-To-Prison Pipeline
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Ayanna Pressley is advocating some serious change.
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Kenya: Floods Now Becoming More Dangerous Than Terrorism ... See MoreSee Less
Kenya: Floods Now Becoming More Dangerous Than Terrorism
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Opinion - After years when drought threatened Kenya's economic future, and imperilled many communities, the story has changed.
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Mauritania: Dozens Killed As Migrant Boat Sinks Off Mauritania Coast ... See MoreSee Less
Mauritania: Dozens Killed As Migrant Boat Sinks Off Mauritania Coast
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At least 150 people were on board the migrant vessel that departed from Gambia at the end of November. A further 83 who were on board swam to shore.
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Africa: Why Is Homosexuality Still Taboo in Many African Countries? ... See MoreSee Less
Africa: Why Is Homosexuality Still Taboo in Many African Countries?
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Analysis - With Zambia imprisoning two men to 15 years for gay sex and Uganda detaining LGBQ+ activists, the African continent is a difficult place for homosexuals. Why is that?
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Attorney General Says 'Communities' That Don't 'Respect' Cops Could Lose Access to Law Enforcement | Colorlines ... See MoreSee Less
Attorney General Says 'Communities' That Don't 'Respect' Cops Could Lose Access to Law Enforcement | Colorlines
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William Barr, while speaking to an audience filled with police officers, also said cops deserve to be cheered in the streets.
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More Than 21,000 Drug Stores Across the Nation to Offer Free HIV-Prevention Drugs | Colorlines ... See MoreSee Less
More Than 21,000 Drug Stores Across the Nation to Offer Free HIV-Prevention Drugs | Colorlines
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A new government program–Ready, Set, PrEP–will protect 200,000 uninsured and vulnerable Americans.
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George Zimmerman Sues Trayvon Martin’s Mother In Desperate $100 Million Lawsuit ... See MoreSee Less
George Zimmerman Sues Trayvon Martin’s Mother In Desperate $100 Million Lawsuit
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He cites an upcoming documentary to back his legal actions.
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Do You Know This Woman? Racist Woman In Subway Assault On Black Men Accused Again ... See MoreSee Less
Do You Know This Woman? Racist Woman In Subway Assault On Black Men Accused Again
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Social media is calling for the racist white woman to be arrested.
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Black Women At Higher Risk Of Cancer From Chemical Hair Products, According To New Study ... See MoreSee Less
Black Women At Higher Risk Of Cancer From Chemical Hair Products, According To New Study
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A new study finds a correlation between cancer and chemical hair products.
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GOP Congressman Calls For Ilhan Omar To Be Hanged In Disgusting Letter ... See MoreSee Less
GOP Congressman Calls For Ilhan Omar To Be Hanged In Disgusting Letter
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More calls for violence directed toward Rep. Ilhan Omar.
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Zimbabwe 'Facing Worst Hunger Crisis in a Decade' ... See MoreSee Less
Zimbabwe 'Facing Worst Hunger Crisis in a Decade'
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Zimbabwe is facing its worst hunger crisis in a decade with half of the population – 7.7 million people – food insecure, the World Food Programme (WFP) said on Tuesday.
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Africa: Floods Predicted to Uproot 50 Mln People a Year As Climate Heats Up ... See MoreSee Less
Africa: Floods Predicted to Uproot 50 Mln People a Year As Climate Heats Up
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Population growth, more intense rainfall and melting ice are likely to cause more frequent and severe floods
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Hundreds of New York City Students Protest Segregation at Their School | Colorlines ... See MoreSee Less
Hundreds of New York City Students Protest Segregation at Their School | Colorlines
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Sophomore Sadie Lee: “Racism hides itself behind our progressive facade.”
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Botham Jean’s Brother Pushes For Accountability As Cops Honor Him For Hugging Amber Guyger ... See MoreSee Less
Botham Jean’s Brother Pushes For Accountability As Cops Honor Him For Hugging Amber Guyger
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The teen reflects on his controversial actions.
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International Black Women's Public Policy Institute Activates Boots on the Ground-Bahamas Hurricane Dorian Response ... See MoreSee Less
International Black Women's Public Policy Institute Activates Boots on the Ground-Bahamas Hurricane Dorian Response
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In response to the Bahamas' continued need after Hurricane Dorian, The International Black Women's Public Policy Institute (IBWPPI) has secured volunteers to collect rain boots, used firefighter boots
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Congo-Kinshasa: The Destabilizing Consequences of Fear and Frustration in the DRC ... See MoreSee Less
Congo-Kinshasa: The Destabilizing Consequences of Fear and Frustration in the DRC
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Protests that began last week in and around Beni in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo have continued into this week, claiming several lives. Civilians on the ground, frustrated and frightened b...
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Who Is Bryan Stevenson? ‘Just Mercy’ Movie Stars Michael B. Jordan As Iconic Lawyer ... See MoreSee Less
Who Is Bryan Stevenson? ‘Just Mercy’ Movie Stars Michael B. Jordan As Iconic Lawyer
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The new film comes out Christmas Day.
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Can There Be Unity? Cultural vs. Political Black Nationalism ... See MoreSee Less
Can There Be Unity? Cultural vs. Political Black Nationalism
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In this video we look at some of the conflicting elements of Black Nationalism in the struggle for black liberation and self-determination and why working in...
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Great green wall: Villagers' defence against desert ... See MoreSee Less
Great green wall: Villagers' defence against desert
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Climate change is causing the Sahel Desert to grow, but villagers are planting a vast wall of trees in a bid to save their land. Three years ago, Al Jazeera ...
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Africa Uncensored: The Journalists Exposing Corruption in Kenya | Whose Truth Is It Anyway? ... See MoreSee Less
Africa Uncensored: The Journalists Exposing Corruption in Kenya | Whose Truth Is It Anyway?
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"Our goal is to show Africa as it really is: The good, the bad, the ugly, the potential," says John Allan Namu, an investigative journalist in Nairobi, Kenya...
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Africa AIDS conference: Healthcare leaders meet in Rwanda ... See MoreSee Less
Africa AIDS conference: Healthcare leaders meet in Rwanda
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The biggest AIDS conference in Africa opens today in Rwanda’s capital, Kigali. Officials from both the United Nations and the healthcare sector expected to a...
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Video Shows Racist White Woman Stalking And Assaulting Black Men In NYC Subway ... See MoreSee Less
Video Shows Racist White Woman Stalking And Assaulting Black Men In NYC Subway
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The NYPD reportedly told the victim that the white woman was not a racist.
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Tunisia: The Realities of Being Queer in Tunisia ... See MoreSee Less
Tunisia: The Realities of Being Queer in Tunisia
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Analysis - A group of LGBTQIA+ youths speak about what it's like to fight for their rights in a country where same-sex relations are punished with prison time.
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Liberia: Lawmaker Wants U.S. Intervention ... See MoreSee Less
Liberia: Lawmaker Wants U.S. Intervention
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Nimba County Rep. Samuel Kogar says President George Manneh Weah's travels to the Arab World and Asia for foreign help will not bring much needed solutions to revive Liberia's crumbled economy, sugges...
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Sudan: Rape Continues Unabated in Darfur Under the New Government ... See MoreSee Less
Sudan: Rape Continues Unabated in Darfur Under the New Government
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They had done it before. The area was only minutes walking distance from the Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp in North Darfur state so their parents thought it was safe. Munirah and Selina*, 14...
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Southern Africa: Climate Crisis Causing Hunger for Millions of Africans - Save the Children ... See MoreSee Less
Southern Africa: Climate Crisis Causing Hunger for Millions of Africans - Save the Children
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Millions of people in southern and eastern Africa are facing emergency food insecurity partly caused by climate change, half of them children, according to the charity Save the Children. The region ha...
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Angola: Radio As a Form of Struggle - Scenes From Late Colonial Angola ... See MoreSee Less
Angola: Radio As a Form of Struggle - Scenes From Late Colonial Angola
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Analysis - One August night in 1967 in the village of Mungo in central Angola, the local colonial administrator walked into a bar to buy cigarettes. As he entered, he noticed furtive gestures. The bar...
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Africa: Care for Economic Development, Then Care for Food Nutrition, Food Researcher Tells Africa's Politicians ... See MoreSee Less
Africa: Care for Economic Development, Then Care for Food Nutrition, Food Researcher Tells Africa's Politicians
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More than 2 billion people in the world are suffering from malnutrition. This is the result of diets lacking essential micronutrients such as vitamins, iron and zinc, which are vital for the body to f...
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Woman Calls Police on Black UPS Driver Delivering Packages Because She Felt "Nervous" ... See MoreSee Less
Woman Calls Police on Black UPS Driver Delivering Packages Because She Felt "Nervous"
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A video of a white woman who called the police on Nedrick Peters II, a UPS seasonal worker who is Black, because he apparently made her nervous while he was doing his job delivering packages in a
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School Principal to Use $300K Grant to Recruit More Black Educators ... See MoreSee Less
School Principal to Use $300K Grant to Recruit More Black Educators
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Sharif El-Mekki, the principal at the Mastery Charter School in Philadelphia and founder of The Center for Black Educator Development, has been awarded a $300,000 grant that will be used to help
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Africa: Angola Takes Over Presidency of Security Council ... See MoreSee Less
Africa: Angola Takes Over Presidency of Security Council
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Angola assumes from December 1 the rotating presidency of the African Union (AU) Peace and Security Council (CPS) until March 2020.
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Africa AIDS conference: Healthcare leaders meet in Rwanda ... See MoreSee Less
Africa AIDS conference: Healthcare leaders meet in Rwanda
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The biggest AIDS conference in Africa opens today in Rwanda’s capital, Kigali. Officials from both the United Nations and the healthcare sector expected to a...
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Ebola outbreak: Security concerns limit progress ... See MoreSee Less
Ebola outbreak: Security concerns limit progress
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The World Health Organization (WHO) has raised concerns over worsening violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. It says the fighting in the ...
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Why Are Cory Booker And Kamala Harris Polling So Poorly With Black Voters? ... See MoreSee Less
Why Are Cory Booker And Kamala Harris Polling So Poorly With Black Voters?
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Polling shows that Cory Booker and Kamala Harris, the only two viable Black candidates running for president, have very low support among Black voters. Why?
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Zimbabwe: UN Fears for Zimbabwe Children As Situation Worsens ... See MoreSee Less
Zimbabwe: UN Fears for Zimbabwe Children As Situation Worsens
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The United Nations (UN) says the deplorable socio-economic conditions in Zimbabwe continue to pose a danger to children who have turned to social ills for survival.
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Zimbabwe: Lobola Payment No Justification for Wife Abuse - Padare Men's Forum ... See MoreSee Less
Zimbabwe: Lobola Payment No Justification for Wife Abuse - Padare Men's Forum
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A gender activist has called on some Zimbabwean men to stop using lobola payment as justification to abuse their wives.
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Care for Economic Development, Then Care for Food Nutrition, Food Researcher Tells Africa’s Politicians | Inter Press Service ... See MoreSee Less
Care for Economic Development, Then Care for Food Nutrition, Food Researcher Tells Africa’s Politicians | Inter Press Service
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Inter Press Service (IPS) journalist Busani Bafana sat down with Busi Maziya-Dixon, a Senior Food and Nutrition Scientist at the International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA) ahead of the 10...
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Africa’s Civil Society Calls for Action as COP25 Kicks off in Madrid | Inter Press Service ... See MoreSee Less
Africa’s Civil Society Calls for Action as COP25 Kicks off in Madrid | Inter Press Service
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In Africa, climate change has caused drought, change in distribution of rainfall, the drying-up of rivers. Intense flooding causes landslides and in Kenya, residents of West Pokot County are currently...
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East Africa: Somaliland Is On a Rocky Political Path ... See MoreSee Less
East Africa: Somaliland Is On a Rocky Political Path
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The relative stability Somaliland has seen for years is now at risk of coming undone. What ought to have been the first parliamentary elections in this autonomous region of Somalia since 2005 have bee...
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Nigeria: How Nigerian Police Jail Innocent Citizens ... See MoreSee Less
Nigeria: How Nigerian Police Jail Innocent Citizens
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Seated on his bed one sunny morning in October, Dolapo Samson laid out his plans for that Saturday - help serve drinks at a friend's party, and then return home to finish his sewing, a vocation he emb...
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Ethiopia PM Abiy Fanning Instability in Somalia, S. Sudan - UN Reports ... See MoreSee Less
Ethiopia PM Abiy Fanning Instability in Somalia, S. Sudan - UN Reports
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Just months after winning the Nobel Peace Prize, Ethiopia's reformist Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed is fighting accusations of is interfering with the affairs of neighbouring countries.
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Rwanda: Green City Project to Offer Free Houses to Destitute Residents ... See MoreSee Less
Rwanda: Green City Project to Offer Free Houses to Destitute Residents
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At least 10 per cent of housing units to be constructed in a model green city in Kinyinya sector of Gasabo district will be offered to destitute residents from 1st and 2nd Ubudehe categories, accordin...
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NFL Player Richard Sherman Donates $27K To Eliminate Student Lunch Debt ... See MoreSee Less
NFL Player Richard Sherman Donates $27K To Eliminate Student Lunch Debt
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NFL player Richard Sherman has donated $27,000 to eliminate student lunch debt.
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Bobi Wine: The people of Uganda will rise up if Museveni rigs vote | Talk to Al Jazeera ... See MoreSee Less
Bobi Wine: The people of Uganda will rise up if Museveni rigs vote | Talk to Al Jazeera
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Robert Kyagulanyi - a pop star-turned-politician who is known by the stage name Bobi Wine - is recognised as the new face of Uganda's opposition. But his ris...
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DR Congo anger grows over deadly unrest ... See MoreSee Less
DR Congo anger grows over deadly unrest
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All 28 people killed in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo this week have finally been buried. The funerals in the village of Oicha were initially postpone...
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Nigeria's Existence Threatened By Religious, Tribal, Ethnic Tensions - Osinbajo ... See MoreSee Less
Nigeria's Existence Threatened By Religious, Tribal, Ethnic Tensions - Osinbajo
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Vice President Yemi Osinbajo yesterday lamented that Nigeria's existence was being threatened by religious and tribal tensions.
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Hola, Madrid! African Development Bank takes the continent’s climate agenda to COP25 in Spain | Inter Press Service ... See MoreSee Less
Hola, Madrid! African Development Bank takes the continent’s climate agenda to COP25 in Spain | Inter Press Service
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The Bank is playing a leading role in guiding progress on climate change on the continent. The Bank has doubled its total climate change commitment to $25 billion between 2020 and 2025.
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Somalia: Over 500,000 People So Far Affected By Floods ... See MoreSee Less
Somalia: Over 500,000 People So Far Affected By Floods
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Flooding in Somalia has affected 574,000 people, displacing 370,000 of them, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said Friday.
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Central African Republic: First Person | How Delays and Disbelief Let Down Sex Abuse Victims in Central African Republic ... See MoreSee Less
Central African Republic: First Person | How Delays and Disbelief Let Down Sex Abuse Victims in Central African Republic
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'The UN cannot effectively fight sexual abuse if it doesn't take the victim's side. When the life of a person is at stake, the UN should be the prosecutor, not the judge.'
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Gabrielle Union Fired From ‘America’s Got Talent’ After Calling Out Racism And Toxic Work Culture ... See MoreSee Less
Gabrielle Union Fired From ‘America’s Got Talent’ After Calling Out Racism And Toxic Work Culture
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Gabrielle Union fired from NBC’s “America’s Got Talent” after bringing attention to racism and toxicity on set.
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Cornel West: There is 'a neo-fascist in the White House' | UpFront ... See MoreSee Less
Cornel West: There is 'a neo-fascist in the White House' | UpFront
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This month it emerged White House senior adviser Stephen Miller promoted white nationalist literature and racist propaganda to conservative news website Brei...
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Zimbabwe: Malnutrition Induced Child Deaths On the Rise in Zim - UN ... See MoreSee Less
Zimbabwe: Malnutrition Induced Child Deaths On the Rise in Zim - UN
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United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur, Hilal Elver has raised alarm on the plight of women and children who are bearing the brunt of the Zimbabwean crisis.
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Somalia: Govt Hailed for Ratifying Document on Protecting Displaced People ... See MoreSee Less
Somalia: Govt Hailed for Ratifying Document on Protecting Displaced People
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The U.N. refugee agency (UNHCR) has commended Somalia for signing a convention to protect internally displaced people (IDPs) in Africa. Somalia's announcement on Nov 26 makes it the 30th African cou...
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Ethiopia: 'Banana On Steroids' - Life Saver for Warming World ... See MoreSee Less
Ethiopia: 'Banana On Steroids' - Life Saver for Warming World
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The "wonder crop" is a staple for 20 million people in the Ethiopian Highlands who turn it into bread and porridge, construction materials, packaging, cattle feed and medicine
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South Africa: The Grim News About Why Our Children Need Sex Education ... See MoreSee Less
South Africa: The Grim News About Why Our Children Need Sex Education
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Opinion - Parents opposing sex education, I appeal to you: think about what you're doing.
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Ghana: Gay Sex Is Banned - So Ghanaians Dance Against Homophobia ... See MoreSee Less
Ghana: Gay Sex Is Banned - So Ghanaians Dance Against Homophobia
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Musicians are normalising different sexual expressions in their videos in hopes of seeing change on the ground in the West African country, where same-sex relations are illegal
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South Africa: The Traditional Khoisan Leadership Bill - President Signs Away Rural People's Rights ... See MoreSee Less
South Africa: The Traditional Khoisan Leadership Bill - President Signs Away Rural People's Rights
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Analysis - On Thursday, Parliament announced that President Cyril Ramaphosa had signed the Traditional Khoisan Leadership Bill on 20 November 2019, thereby robbing millions of people living in rural a...
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Nigeria's Progress Slow in Fight Against Gender-Based Violence ... See MoreSee Less
Nigeria's Progress Slow in Fight Against Gender-Based Violence
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Nigerian authorities this week launched the first nationwide register of sex offenders and held a procession in Abuja to raise awareness of and work to prevent violence against women. While they welco...
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South Africa: Death-Defying S. African Lauded for Defence of Land and Women ... See MoreSee Less
South Africa: Death-Defying S. African Lauded for Defence of Land and Women
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Land is a hot topic in South Africa, where President Ramaphosa last year launched a process to change the constitution to redistribute land and address inequality
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The Importance Of Historically Black Colleges And Universities ... See MoreSee Less
The Importance Of Historically Black Colleges And Universities
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“HBCUs have always been the vehicles for liberty and equality in the journey toward black liberation within America.”
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Amnesty: Egypt using 'sinister' secretive agency to crush dissent ... See MoreSee Less
Amnesty: Egypt using 'sinister' secretive agency to crush dissent
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A new report from Amnesty International has accused Egypt of misusing counterterrorism laws to detain peaceful protesters and journalists. The rights group s...
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Guinea-Bissau: Investigations into political killings stalled ... See MoreSee Less
Guinea-Bissau: Investigations into political killings stalled
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Preliminary election results are set to be released later on Wednesday in Ginea-Bissau, after polls people hope will turn the page on years of crisis and tur...
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Kenya mudslides: Tens of thousands displaced in floods ... See MoreSee Less
Kenya mudslides: Tens of thousands displaced in floods
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In Kenya severe flooding has displaced nearly 120,000 people after landslides engulfed homes. Relief teams have been slow to reach the area of West Pokot wit...
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Zimbabwe Facing Man-Made Starvation, Says UN Expert ... See MoreSee Less
Zimbabwe Facing Man-Made Starvation, Says UN Expert
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Man-made starvation is "slowly making its way into Zimbabwe" and most households in the country are unable to obtain enough food to meet their basic needs, Hilal Elver, Special Rapporteur on the right...
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Zimbabwe: 'Police Needs to Stop Violence Against Women' ... See MoreSee Less
Zimbabwe: 'Police Needs to Stop Violence Against Women'
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Zimbabwe has seen an unprecedented increase in the levels of violence against women by the police especially during the sporadic demonstrations and city council's unending running battles with vendors...
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South Africa: Rubber Bullets Are High Risk When Used At Close Range ... See MoreSee Less
South Africa: Rubber Bullets Are High Risk When Used At Close Range
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Analysis - Andries Tatane died in April 2011 when the South African Police Service (SAPS) shot him at close range with rubber bullets during a protest in Ficksburg in the Free State. In 2017, 11-year-...
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Africa: Battling HIV and Aids Through a Community-Led Approach ... See MoreSee Less
Africa: Battling HIV and Aids Through a Community-Led Approach
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Guest Column - Over the past 30 years, we have witnessed incredible strides to halt the spread of HIV, offering a future to those with the virus through advancements in treatment and care. However, it...
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Racists ‘Spit On’ High School Athletes After They Take A Knee ... See MoreSee Less
Racists ‘Spit On’ High School Athletes After They Take A Knee
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Grown crowd members also reportedly spew the N-word and other racists chants.
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Cameroon: Court is 'Morally and Legally Obliged' to Free Journalist, RSF Says ... See MoreSee Less
Cameroon: Court is 'Morally and Legally Obliged' to Free Journalist, RSF Says
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Press Release - As Yaoundé's Special Criminal Court prepares to issue a ruling tomorrow on a request for the release of Amadou Vamoulké, the former head of Cameroon's state radio and TV broadcaster ...
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Alabama Cop Who Killed Unarmed Black Man Convicted of Manslaughter ... See MoreSee Less
Alabama Cop Who Killed Unarmed Black Man Convicted of Manslaughter
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Aaron Cody Smith, a white police officer from Alabama who shot and killed Greg Gunn, a 58-year old unarmed Black man in 2016, has finally been convicted of manslaughter.
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Why It’s So Hard To Visit Mothers In Prison, Especially During The Holidays ... See MoreSee Less
Why It’s So Hard To Visit Mothers In Prison, Especially During The Holidays
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Distance has made visiting mothers in prison more difficult, particularly around the holidays.
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Are UN troops failing the Congolese? I Inside Story ... See MoreSee Less
Are UN troops failing the Congolese? I Inside Story
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Democratic Republic of Congo has suffered from war, rebel attacks, and deadly diseases for decades But the situation is deteriorating even further. More and ...
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West Africa: How the Sahel Has Slipped Into a New Post-Jihadist Era ... See MoreSee Less
West Africa: How the Sahel Has Slipped Into a New Post-Jihadist Era
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Analysis - Bakary Sambe, Université Gaston Berger
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Mozambique: Opinion - Gentrification and Involuntary Displacement - the Nightmare for Africa's Urban Poor ... See MoreSee Less
Mozambique: Opinion - Gentrification and Involuntary Displacement - the Nightmare for Africa's Urban Poor
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Opinion - Growing socio-economic segregation in housing and urban space is leading to harmful disparities in African cities
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Alabama Nonprofit Empowers Women To Escape Domestic Violence ... See MoreSee Less
Alabama Nonprofit Empowers Women To Escape Domestic Violence
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The Alabama nonprofit Women of Refined Gold is empowering women to escape domestic violence.
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Africa Has All Ingredients for a New Era of Success ... See MoreSee Less
Africa Has All Ingredients for a New Era of Success
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Analysis - African countries need to monetize their natural resources and use the resulting revenue to build much-needed infrastructure and diversify economies
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Sudan: UN Humanitarian Chief - 'More Humanitarian Support for Sudan Needed' ... See MoreSee Less
Sudan: UN Humanitarian Chief - 'More Humanitarian Support for Sudan Needed'
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UN humanitarian chief Mark Lowcock called on the international community on Sunday to act faster to scale up humanitarian support to Sudan. The humanitarian situation is deteriorating for millions of ...
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BET Docuseries "Copwatch America" Investigates Police Killing of Unarmed Black Teen, Veltavious Griggs ... See MoreSee Less
BET Docuseries "Copwatch America" Investigates Police Killing of Unarmed Black Teen, Veltavious Griggs
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In the latest episode of Copwatch America on BET, Attorney Gerald A. Griggs investigates the case of 19-year-old Veltavious Griggs who was shot and killed by Union City Police Officer Jerome Turner.
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Cultural Nationalism and Operational Unity: Karenga, Black Nationalism, and Conflicting Ideologies
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This video explores the various often conflicting elements of Black Nationalism in the struggle for black liberation and self-determination, and specifically...
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West Africa: Fighting Piracy in the Gulf of Guinea Needs a Radical Rethink ... See MoreSee Less
West Africa: Fighting Piracy in the Gulf of Guinea Needs a Radical Rethink
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Analysis - The Bonita had been anchored off Benin for several days, waiting for a berth in the port of Cotonou. On November 2, 2019 the crew had a traumatic awakening. Armed men boarded the vessel and...
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Gambia: Why Return From Europe Is Causing Problems for the Gambia ... See MoreSee Less
Gambia: Why Return From Europe Is Causing Problems for the Gambia
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Analysis - Roughly 38,500 Gambians left the country through 'irregular' means between 2013 and 2017. Today, almost every family has ties abroad. The influx of immigrants to Europe and elsewhere was ca...
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Kenya: 182 Arrested While Applying for Legal Status in U.S. ... See MoreSee Less
Kenya: 182 Arrested While Applying for Legal Status in U.S.
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At least 182 undocumented Kenyans living in the US were among thousands of immigrants arrested while applying for legal status to avoid deportation and become eligible for work permits.
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Africa: Nigerians Top List of African Students Studying in U.S. in 2019 ... See MoreSee Less
Africa: Nigerians Top List of African Students Studying in U.S. in 2019
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New data released by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs shows that about 13,423 Nigerian students are currently studying in the US in the 2018/2019 academic sess...
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Senegal: France Returns El Hadj Omar Tall's Sword to Senegal ... See MoreSee Less
Senegal: France Returns El Hadj Omar Tall's Sword to Senegal
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France has returned to Senegal a sword which belonged to a 19th Century Islamic, and anti-colonial leader Omar Saidou Tall.
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Boys & Girls Club Of Harlem To Celebrate 40 Years Of Empowering Underprivileged Youth ... See MoreSee Less
Boys & Girls Club Of Harlem To Celebrate 40 Years Of Empowering Underprivileged Youth
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As the Boys & Girls Club of Harlem gears up to celebrate its 40th anniversary, it’s focused on pushing its efforts to empower youth through enrichment programs forward.
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Blind Black Oxford University Student Manhandled By White Men And Then Suspended ... See MoreSee Less
Blind Black Oxford University Student Manhandled By White Men And Then Suspended
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Ebenezer Azamati, 25, has been suspended after he was the one who was attacked.
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How Patrick Harris Found Healing In The Classroom ... See MoreSee Less
How Patrick Harris Found Healing In The Classroom
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On a late Thursday afternoon, 5th grade teacher Patrick Harris closes out his day planning lessons for the coming week and helping his students find their friends throughout the building. Rather th...
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Sudan: Attacks May Be Crimes Against Humanity - HRW ... See MoreSee Less
Sudan: Attacks May Be Crimes Against Humanity - HRW
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A prominent human rights groups said Monday that fatal attacks on protesters in Sudan in June of this year may amount to crimes against humanity.
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How is rapper 'Speech' helping inmates change their tune? ... See MoreSee Less
How is rapper 'Speech' helping inmates change their tune?
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Music and recidivism is at the heart of the new documentary “16 Bars” which chronicles the lives of four inmates at the Richmond City Jail in the US state of...
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Africa: Sahel Women's Project Shows Encouraging Results in West, Central Regions ... See MoreSee Less
Africa: Sahel Women's Project Shows Encouraging Results in West, Central Regions
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After five years of implementation, the Women's Empowerment and Demographic Dividend in the Sahel program is producing satisfactory results. Authorities of the beneficiary countries Benin, Burkina Fa...
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Arizona Police Officer Violently Attacks Black Teen With No Arms or Legs ... See MoreSee Less
Arizona Police Officer Violently Attacks Black Teen With No Arms or Legs
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A disturbing video of a Pima County police officer violently attacking 15-year old Immanuel Oloya, who has no arms or legs, has recently surfaced online and sparked outrage. Oloya and his friend, who
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Student Uncovers Racist Chat Group Among Teachers at an Alabama High School ... See MoreSee Less
Student Uncovers Racist Chat Group Among Teachers at an Alabama High School
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Parents and students from a high school in Alabama are furious after a racist chat group of teachers was discovered by a student.
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Botswana: HIV Patients Relieved as Legal Battle Over Medicine Ends ... See MoreSee Less
Botswana: HIV Patients Relieved as Legal Battle Over Medicine Ends
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There was a collective sigh of relief for more than 350,000 HIV-positive patients in Botswana, after the southern African country's Court of Appeal ruled in favor of the government in a legal tussle o...
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Benin: Activist Brings Health Kits to Haiti's Poor ... See MoreSee Less
Benin: Activist Brings Health Kits to Haiti's Poor
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French Beninese writer and activist Kemi Seba is in Haiti this weekend on a humanitarian mission.
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