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Memphis protesters hurl bricks and rocks at police, injuring 36 officers in outrage over a man's death
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What started as a protest over the death of a Memphis man devolved into chaos after demonstrators threw bricks at police and vandalized squad cars, officials said.
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Police Sued For Millions After Video Shows Hysterical Cop Threatening To Shoot Black Family
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The Arizona family shown in a viral video having their lives threatened by police over a doll that was allegedly stolen from a store plans to sue the department in Phoenix.
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South Sudan: New App Seeks to Reunite 'Lost Children' With Families
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While more than 6,000 children have been reunited with their families, thousands are still living with temporary foster families or in care centres
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Africa: A Ban On Child Labor in Africa Is Not Enough
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Many children in Africa have to work as domestic helps, on plantations or in prostitution to survive. They are robbed of their childhood and guaranteed a life in poverty if they are kept out of school...
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South Sudan: Fighting for Girls' Right to Say No to Child Marriage
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When Poni Helen found out she was pregnant at 16, she was confused and had no idea where the situation would lead. She only had one thing in mind and she was certain of it - she wanted to continue her...
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Ghana, Côte d'Ivoire Cocoa Farmers Hold Out for Higher Price
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Key cocoa producers in Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana have successfully banded together to stop future sales in order to demand higher prices for their raw materials, in an effort to get a fairer share of c...
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Nigeria: Boko Haram Deploys Lots of Women Suicide Bombers. I Found Out Why
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Analysis - Women have participated in political violence consistently over time. In more recent decades the suicide bomber role has become the predominant operational role for women to engage in. This...
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'The Boondocks' Reboot Confirmed | Colorlines
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Creator Aaron McGruder is all set to breathe new life into his cult classic show.
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Cops Change Their Story As Officer Who Pulled Gun On Innocent Mentally Disabled Black Child Keeps His Job
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DJ Hrubes was playing in his grandmother’s yard when a white police officer suddenly pulled up, pointed his weapon at the child and ordered him to get on the ground.
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Opinion: Haiti's Troubles Must Not Be Forgotten
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Haitians are angry about rising costs, austerity measures and corruption. Haiti's democracy needs improvement, argue researchers Athena Kolbe and Robert Muggah.
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Who is Brandon Webber? Everything To Know About The Black Man Killed By U.S. Marshals In Memphis
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There have been protests since the fatal shooting.
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The Storm is Over, But in Southern Africa, Cyclone Idai Continues to Rage for Women and Girls | Inter Press Service
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In late March Cyclone Idai carved a path of devastation across Zimbabwe, Mozambique, and Malawi. It was the deadliest cyclone to hit the region in more than a century.
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Uganda: How an Ancient Fireside Gathering Could Tackle HIV Stigma in Uganda
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Analysis - For 25 years, northern Uganda was devastated by civil war. During this time the area's residents, many of whom belong to the Acholi people, were forced from their homes. They ended up livin...
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Kenyan FGM Survivor's Film Urges Women Not to 'Die in Silence'
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As a 10-year-old in rural Kenya, Beryl Magoko was not surprised when her Kuria community arranged for her to undergo female genital mutilation (FGM), as it was normal for girls.
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Botswana Court Ruling Is a Ray of Hope for LGBT People Across Africa
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Analysis - Botswana's High Court has ruled that private consensual sex between adults of the same sex is no longer criminal. The decision gives hope to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) pe...
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Teach-in: Trans Liberation - Platypus
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ia801402.us.archive.org/20/items/6.4.19TransLiberationTeachIn/6.4.19%20Trans%20Liberation%20Teach... Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: iTunes | RSS A teach-in on trans liber...
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Boom! Elizabeth Lederer, Lead Central Park 5 DA, Resigns From Columbia University
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Just yesterday, the Columbia Black Law Students Association called for her to be removed.
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New York State Prepares to Decriminalize Sex Work | Colorlines
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A new bill aims to protect sex workers, particularly immigrant and trans workers of color.
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On Loving Day, a Call to Decolonize Love [Op-Ed] | Colorlines
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Fifty two years after the Loving v. Virginia decision, the legalization of interracial marriage has not resulted in a more liberating environment for interracial relationships. To move past legalizati...
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STUDY: Being Denied an Abortion is Detrimental to Long-Term Health | Colorlines
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In the first study of its kind, researchers looked at illness in people denied abortions compared to those who were able to obtain the medical procedure.
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Freedom Rider: The Central Park Five and the Limits of Suffering | Black Agenda Report
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Kenyan writer and human rights activist, Margaret Ogola, honored with a Google Doodle
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Google honors the legendary Kenyan novelist, doctor and human rights activist on what would have been her 60th birthday
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College Dropout Candace Owens Gets Owned By Dr. Cornel West Debating Slavery
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Why does Cornel West even go on Fox News for this foolishness?
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Ghana, Cote d'Ivoire to Stop Cocoa Sale... On Open Market From 2020/2021 Season
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Ghana and Cote d'Ivoire plan to suspend the sale of cocoa beans on the open market, beginning the 2020/2021 season until further notice.
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South Sudan: Refugees in Uganda Hope to Return Home
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Uganda hosts Africa’s largest refugee population – one and a quarter million people, with two-thirds having fled conflict in South Sudan. Last year’s peace deal raised hopes for some South Sudan...
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Mali - 'Worse Than Anything We've Seen in Living Memory'
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Analysis - The conflict between the Dogon and Fulani ethnic groups over resources in Mali has been exacerbated by climate change, population growth, an absentee state and Islamism. The result is a rap...
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Britain’s refusal to hand back Chagos Islands has echoes of colonial-era arrogance
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The UK has exercised control over the Chagos islands since 1965 when it separated them from Mauritius.
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Black Law Students Demand Columbia University Remove Elizabeth Lederer, Lead Central Park 5 DA
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Elizabeth Lederer is currently a lecturer at Columbia University and still works for the New York County DA’s office.
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Q&A: Meet the Formerly Incarcerated Dad Who Created an App to Connect Families | Colorlines
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Colorlines talks to Antoine Patton about Photo Patch, the app he created with his daughter after teaching himself to code behind bars.
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LISTEN: Code Switch Dives Into Story Behind the 'Welfare Queen' | Colorlines
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The podcast offers an in-depth look at Linda Taylor, the first woman to be called a “welfare queen,” and the political and policy consequences of the racist stereotype.
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Pinkster Celebration Has Honored African Ancestors in NYC Since Colonial Times | Colorlines
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NYC’s African Burial Ground National Monument will host the “oldest [Black] holiday of the United States.”
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A History Of Racist Policing In America, From Slavery To Jim Crow To Now
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The roots of racism in American policing – first planted centuries ago – have not yet been fully purged.
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Cops Carry Out ‘Death Sentence’ In Shooting Of Young Black Man In Texas, Neighbors Say
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JaQuavion Slaton, the young Black man who police in Texas shot to death over the weekend, was never given a chance to live, according to a new report citing witness accounts of the shooting.
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America’s legal experts believe we’ve got the abortion debate all wrong
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Challenges to restrictive abortion laws call for affirming a woman's right to make her own decisions about her body. Roe v Wade anchors the right to an abortion on the fundamental right to privacy. Bu...
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What actually happens in bias training seminars?
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Sephora became the second major US company to close its stores during business hours for bias and inclusion training.
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Family Of Black Transgender Woman Who Died In Rikers Island Cell Speaks Out
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Layleen Polanco was only 27 years old.
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Africa: Why Semenya Has Herculean Task to Overturn Lower Testosterone Level Decision
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Opinion - On 4th June 2019, the Swiss Federal Tribunal (SFT) temporarily suspended the application of the differences of sex development (DSD) Regulations passed by the International Association of At...
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Trifling Linda Fairstein Defends Her Racism And Destroying The Lives Of Five Black Children In A Vile Op-Ed
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The former prosecutor is standing by her disgusting behavior.
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The Judge Presiding Over Amber Guyger’s Murder Trial Is A Black Woman
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Judge Tammy Kemp recently slammed the attorneys for leaking the 911 call.
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Botswana: High Court Scraps Anti-Gay Laws
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Botswana's High Court has overturned a law criminalizing consensual same-sex relations. Under section 164 of Botswana's Penal Code, same sex relations was an offense that carried a maximum sentence of...
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West Africa: Institute Blames West Africa Terror Spread On Rivalries
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Attacks on villages in three west Africa countries left more than 150 people dead over the weekend, raising suspicions of copy-cat attacks by marauding gangs.
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Africa: 10 Facts On Growing Legal Access to Abortion Worldwide
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26 countries ban abortion outright, even where a woman's life is at risk. These countries are home to 90 million women of reproductive age
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Africa: More Countries Need to Give Peaceful Protest the Chance It Deserves
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Analysis - The right of peaceful protest is enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted by the United Nations in December 1948. Today, this right is recognised in the constitutions...
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Black Cop Who Shot a White Woman Sentenced to 12 1/2 Years in Prison
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White police officers who fatally shoot African Americans usually get away with it without any charges. But Mohamed Noor, a former Minneapolis police officer who is Black, has been sentenced to 12 and...
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Libya's Migrants and Refugees With Tuberculosis 'Left to Die' in Detention Centres
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Migrants and refugees suffering from tuberculosis are being left "effectively to die" in a Libyan detention centre south of Tripoli, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said on Friday, citing reports t...
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South Africa: Draft Traditional Laws Reimpose Colonial Logic
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Analysis - Draft laws currently before the president closely resemble previous versions of colonial and apartheid laws that locked African people into “tribal” reserves, under the authority of des...
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Mali: Nearly 100 Die in Attack On Dogon Village
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About 100 Malians have been killed in an overnight attack on an ethnic Dogon village, officials say. Fighting between Dogon hunters and Fulani herders has intensified in recent months.
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‘Disgusting’ Cop Forces Mom To Rape Her Own Baby Under Threat Of Arrest For Parking Ticket
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One Louisiana police officer is being described as “disgusting to the badge” by one police chief after he forced a mother to commit a sick, sexual act on her own infant child.
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Woman Who Filmed Cops Aiming Military Guns At Unarmed Black Man Shares Emotional Story of Police Trauma
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A video went viral showing throngs of police officers in Hawthorne, California, aiming military weapons at an unarmed Black man who had already surrendered for whatever he was suspected of.
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Detroit Police Charge 18-Year-Old with Murdering 2 Gay Men, 1 Transgender Woman
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Meanwhile, in Detroit, police charged 18-year-old Devon Robinson with the murder of two gay men and a transgender woman. The triple murder is believed to be a hate crime and took place last month, cla...
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North Carolina Transgender Woman Chanel Scurlock Fatally Shot
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Meanwhile, reports emerged Friday of the murder of 23-year-old Chanel Scurlock, a black transgender woman in North Carolina. She was fatally shot last Wednesday, and her body was discovered by police ...
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2 Reported Deaths as Haitian Protesters Call for Resignation of President Moïse
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In Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince, police reported two people were shot dead as thousands took to the streets across the country Sunday in an ongoing push for President Jovenel Moïse to resign over...
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Rev. William Barber: Racist Gerrymandering Created a GOP Stronghold in the South. We Must Fight Back
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Longtime civil rights leader Rev. Dr. William Barber joins us to respond to his conviction Thursday for trespassing during a 2017 protest against gerrymandering and attacks on healthcare at the North ...
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Africa: How Powerful Mining Corporations Flagrantly Plunder the Global South Without Consequence
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Opinion - The process of corporate plunder in the global mining industry is severely aggravating social and economic inequalities across the planet.
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Liberia: Analysis of the Planned June 7 Protest in Liberia - a Look At Power Struggle in Liberia and the Elements of Fear
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Analysis - This article looks at the planned June 7 protest in Liberia by major opposition parties under the banner of "Council of Patriots". The paper reviews the issues surrounding the protest and a...
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Sudan Prepared for General Strike Today
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Preparations are complete for a general strike and comprehensive campaign of civil disobedience, called by the opposition Alliance for Freedom and Change (AFC), to begin across Sudan today.
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Zimbabwe: Vision 2030 Movement to Shoot Anti-Sanctions Documentary
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Youths under the Vision 2030 Movement banner are working on a feature film that will document the effects of restrictive economic measures imposed on Zimbabwe by the United States of America and Europ...
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Africa: Five Myths About the Informal Economy That Need Debunking
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Analysis - On July 1, 2019, Australians will be able to call a new "black economy hotline" to report any businesses "dodging their responsibilities" as taxpayers. It's part of a larger government init...
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Ghana: Livelihoods and Culture Under Threat in Ghana's Historic Port of Jamestown
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Analysis - Plans are afoot to replace the historic Ghanaian fishing port of Jamestown with a Chinese-backed mechanised factory.
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Baltimore Brothers Set Free After 24 Years in Prison for Wrongful Murder Conviction
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Two brothers, Kenneth JR McPherson and Eric Simmons, are finally walking free after spending 24 years in prison for a crime they never committed. They were recently exonerated after finding out that t...
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West Africa: Our Lives in Niger Republic – Nigerians Fleeing Bandits
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Many locals from some villages in Sabon Birni Local Government Area of Sokoto State that were attacked by bandits had to flee the country to neighbouring Niger Republic to escape further attacks. Hund...
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Sudan - 4 Dead After Civil Disobedience Campaign Begins
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The opposition has called on people across Sudan to join a civil disobedience campaign to force transition of power. Monday marks a week since forces loyal to the ruling military council killed more t...
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Sudan: Militiamen in Sudan Raped Men and Women, Says Eyewitness
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Demonstrators in Sudan have been demanding a transition to a civilian government. An eyewitness reports on sexual atrocities committed during the dispersal of a sit-in outside the army's headquarters ...
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Bushwick Bill Of The Geto Boys Dies At 52
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The rapper was battling cancer.
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Cleveland Jail In ‘Crisis’ Mode As New Video Shows Guards Beating Mentally Ill Inmate
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The release of a new video further solidified a disturbing trend that shows clear inhumane treatment towards inmates by guards in Cleveland’s jail.
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Cameroon: Secessionist Fighting Tops List of World's Forgotten Crises
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Seven of the 10 most neglected crises in the world are in Africa, according to the charity organisation Norwegian Refugee Council's latest annual report on world crises.
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Africa: Vicious Circle - Why Africa Is Trapped in Sea of Human Crises
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Opinion - A humanitarian crisis is sweeping across Africa as wars, popular uprisings, separatist movements, drought, natural disasters and diseases displace people, raising serious questions on the pr...
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Africa Battles High Rates of Suicide and Depression
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Many African countries are struggling with high suicide rates for which there is no simple explanation. However, one thing is evident: There is a lack of professional help and comprehensive research i...
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Africa: Attitudes to Gender and Sexual Diversity - Changing Global Trends
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Analysis - Changes in geopolitical forces are sweeping rapidly across the world, affecting the lives of many, for better and for worse. In much the same way, attitudes towards gender and sexual divers...
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Sudan: Protesters Call for Civil Disobedience
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Protest leaders in Sudan are urging people to participate in acts of civil disobedience to put pressure on the military after the deadly disruption of their recent sit-in.
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NYPD Apologizes for Stonewall Raid, 50 Years Later | Colorlines
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Activists say nothing has changed in the way the police interact with LGBTQ+ people of color.
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Africa - Cursed By Aid
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Analysis - Sub-Saharan Africa has a comfortable prominence among the world's most aid-dependent countries. Even the phrase "aid-dependent" is annoying. But perhaps over the years African leaders have ...
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Zimbabwe: The Ugly Side That Rwanda Must Address
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Opinion - A conversation with a Rwandese refugee about their home country will give a true picture on the extent of fear they face irrespective of them being in some of the peaceful countries, includi...
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Malawi: Protesters Clash with Police as Election Results Challenged
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Malawi police used tear gas Thursday to disperse supporters of the opposition Malawi Congress Party protesting President Peter Mutharika's re-election.
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In Sudan, the African Union reminds us it still has a key role in tackling the continent’s crises
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Sudan was suspended by the AU and threatened with more punitive measures against individuals in the military
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Liberia has blocked social media as protesters demand the return of missing millions
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Activists say the shutdown is "an affront" to freedom of expression and assembly.
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Mothers in the US Are Dying: What Are We Doing to Save Them? | Inter Press Service
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WASHINGTON DC, Jun 7 2019 (IPS) - The maternal mortality rate in the United States is the highest of any developed country – and the rate is rising. The US is currently the most dangerous place to g...
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Sudan: Violations, Rapes By Militiamen Documented Despite Internet Shut-Down
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Witnesses have continued to post video footage on social media of violence by members of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), Sudan's main militia, in Khartoum and other cities in the early hours of Monday...
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South Africa: Young Women in Soweto Say Healthy Living Is Hard. Here's Why
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Analysis - Data from South Africa has shown that over two thirds of young women are overweight and obese. This predisposes them to non-communicable diseases such as diabetes and hypertension. Most wom...
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America's Challenge: Moving Toward Racial Healing and Transformation
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By Gail C. Christopher Nationwide -- Months after Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam came under fire for the racist images on his yearbook page from Eastern Virginia Medical School in 1984, he remains in off...
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Rwanda: France and Rwanda - Re-Examining France's Role in the Genocide
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Analysis - A French commission of experts is taking a fresh look at France's role in the Rwandan genocide twenty five years ago. To come up with a fair assessment of the mutual recriminations will be ...
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AfricanAncestry.com to Host Historic Ancestral Reveal at Ghana's 'Door of No Return' to Mark the 400-Year Anniversary of Africans to America
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Ancestry Pioneer Joins NAACP's Jamestown to Jamestown Delegation and Ghana's The Year of Return 2019 Washington, DC -- Nearly four hundred years ago the first enslaved Africans were sold to America, l...
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NYPD Trial For Eric Garner’s Killing Ends With No Resolution In Sight
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There was no telling when, or if, the trial’s verdict, let alone any punishment for Daniel Pantaleo, would be announced nearly five years after the NYPD chokehold death of Eric Garner.
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LISTEN: San Quentin State Prison Podcast 'Ear Hustle' Returns for New Season | Colorlines
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Season four introduces listeners to a new host and a segment about learning the ropes in the prison.
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The 1619 anniversary of Africans in the United States is significant but not the whole story
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The reason 1619 matters is because it marks the genesis of a black English-speaking community in the United States.
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New Database Shows Thousands Of Cops Publicly Post Racist and Pro-Violent Views To Facebook
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The Plain View Project is a searchable database that shows countless social media posts made by thousands of police officers around the country.
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'Solitary' Film to Tell Story of Angola 3's Albert Woodfox | Colorlines
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Mahershala Ali will executive produce, and perhaps star, in biopic of the Black man who spent 43 years in solitary confinement for a crime he says he didn’t commit.
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Flint Update: Prosecutors Examine Phone And Hard Drive of Former Governor Rick Snyder | Colorlines
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A search warrant was executed to delve into data stored on devices used by Snyder and 66 other government officials.
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West Africa: Libya Frees Dozens of Sub-Saharan Refugees, Migrants
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Some 3,000 asylum seekers and migrants remain trapped in government detention centers in Tripoli, close to the fighting where their lives are at risk.
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Ghana: A Sweet Deal? Study Shows Higher Cocoa Prices Could End Child Labour in Ghana
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Ghana could end child labour on cocoa farms by increasing the prices it pays impoverished farmers by about 50%, a U.S. study said on Wednesday, as global efforts to end child labour stall.
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Sudan: Dozens Die As Military Cancels Deal With Protesters
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The military council said it will not uphold an agreement with the opposition after it rejected a plan for quicker elections. Demonstrators called the deaths of 60 people a "bloody massacre."
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“We’re Left to Defend Ourselves on the Margins”: 8 Black Trans Women Have Been Murdered This Year
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The body of 26-year-old Chynal Lindsey was recovered Saturday from a lake in Northeast Dallas. Police said they are investigating her death as a homicide. Chynal is the third transgender black woman k...
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Sierra Leone in Political Tensions
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A court in Sierra Leone has sparked a deep political crisis after annulling the election of leading opposition lawmakers.
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Liberia: June 7 Protest Will Converge On Capitol Hill
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GoL, CoP agree on security, protocol
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Africa: World Environment Day
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Press Release - Geneva - Ahead of World Environment Day on 5 June, an independent UN expert has urged States to beat air pollution to fulfill their human rights obligations.
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Mobilisation Needed for Climate-Related Disasters | Inter Press Service
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In 2011 Somalia also experienced severe drought and many were forced to leave their homes and make the long journey to an aid camp in the Somali capital Mogadishu. Credit: Abdurrahman Warsameh/IPS
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Joe Biden Has Reportedly Lied For Decades About Marching In The Civil Rights Movement
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A new report claims that former Vice President Joe Biden has repeatedly and knowingly lied about his involvement in the civil rights movement.
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Third Black Transgender Woman Found Killed In Dallas Within Eight Months
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Chynal Lindsey’s body was found Saturday afternoon.
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Central Park 5 Investigator Linda Fairstein Tried To Colonize Ava DuVernay’s Script
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Linda Fairstein was literally trying to control Ava DuVernay, who clearly wasn’t having it.
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Cameroon: Government Denies Separatists Blew Up Lone Refinery
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Cameroon has increased troops around its lone oil refinery, after a weekend explosion caused a shutdown of the facility. But the government denies separatist fighters were responsible and says there w...
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