Zimbabwe: 20 Years for Raping Step-Niece

Young people form NGO to inspire other youth

MANDEVILLE, Manchester — Aspirar JA, a non-governmental organisation based in Manchester, says since it was formed in January, 300 primary and secondary school students have benefited from its mentorship

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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com

Kenyans Desperate After Mass Shack Evictions

Struggling with hunger, Covid-19 and death threats, the residents of Nairobi's Kariobangi shack settlement are speaking out against state demolitions that left thousands

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Source: allAfrica.com

West Africa: UNHCR Launches U.S.$186 Million Appeal for Sahel Displacement Crisis

The U.N. refugee agency is appealing for $186 million to protect and assist hundreds of thousands of civilians who have been forced to flee from escalating, increasingly brutal attacks from multiple armed groups in the volatile central Sahel

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Source: allAfrica.com

Banned Books by African-American Authors

Go Tell it On the Mountain was James Baldwins debut novel. The semi-autobiographical work is a coming-of-age story and has been used in schools since its publication in

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Source: ThoughtCo

Challenges of accessing justice in Covid-19 times

While elsewhere in the continent whole justice systems were being shut down, the decision to keep the country’s wheels of justice turning was lauded

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Source: Business Daily

Bio rallies support for his state of nation address – has he done enough in two years?

This is what president Bio

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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News

Nigeria: Key Points From Buhari's Democracy Speech

Government is also revamping the cotton, textile and garment sector via a CBN Textile Revival Intervention Fund that would considerably reduce foreign exchange spent on cotton and other textile

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Source: allAfrica.com

Africa: Coronavirus Holds Up a Mirror to Hidden Gaslighting Abuse

It's like living in a gaslight culture, a term coined nearly a century ago to describe a kind of psychological manipulation or abuse of people - particularly of

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Source: allAfrica.com

AMHVoices: Zanu PF shedding crocodile tears

THOSE whom the gods wish to destroy, they first make

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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People

More funding for police department, not less, says Birmingham (Ala.) chief

Defunding the police department is a not good idea and could cost lives, said Birmingham Police Department (BPD) Chief Patrick D. Smith in an interview on

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Source: The Birmingham Times

President Bio’s address – thoughts, words and deeds

Claims that the mining sector is set to attract new investors, with various projects completed or in the throes of completion would also have to await the end of COVID-19 to see the effect of the actions

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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News

Rwanda: Kangondo Assault Case - Military Court Postpones Appeal Hearing

The Military High Court on Thursday, May 21 postponed the hearing of an appeal filed by five Rwanda Defence Force (RDF) soldiers who were remanded last week on charges of assaulting

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Source: allAfrica.com

Pam Grier

American actress Pamela Suzette Grier was born on May 26, 1949, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Her parents were Gwendolyn Sylvia who worked as a nurse, and Clarence Ransom Grier, Jr. who worked as a mechanic in U.S. Air Force. As a result, the family travelled a lot, and Grier lived in several

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Source: Black History Resources

May

26

1949

Burundi: Nkurunziza Could Have Won Gold, but Left Without a Medal

Pierre Nkurunziza had only a few weeks to go as president of Burundi, before handing over power to his recently elected successor, Evariste

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Source: allAfrica.com

OBBO: Nkurunziza could have won gold, but left without a medal

Pierre Nkurunziza had only a few weeks to go as president of Burundi, before handing over power to his recently elected successor, Evariste

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Source: The East African

The Dilemma for the Black Pastor and Racial Reconciliation In The Future.

In these cases of deserved pain caused by racism, before demanding that whites meet us at the table of reconciliation, I believe that healing starts within the

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Source: ThyBlackMan

What About Our Children?

In mid-May 2020, the Center of Disease Control issued a report which states, in

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Source: https://seattlemedium.com

Man confesses to killing a Black Lives Matter activist, Oluwatoyin Salau

Oluwatoyin "Toyin" Salau and Aaron Glee Jr. (Photo: Twitter/Orange County

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Source: theGrio

Mpumalanga cops launch manhunt after 3 girls, including 2-year-old, raped in one week

Mpumalanga police are on the hunt for two men who allegedly raped a two-year-old girl in

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Source: https://www.news24.com

Supreme Court Hears Offender’s Court Costs Issue

A Montgomery County man was sentenced to prison until at least his mid-80s is challenging a trial judge’s decision not to waive his mandatory court costs, after concluding the man has to “take responsibility for his

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Source: African Americans News Monitoring Service & Press Release Distribution - EIN News

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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Source: allAfrica.com

Black Shirts: Klan-like Group Formed During Great Depression to Keep Blacks Unemployed

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Source: Black Then

We need an independent police force to police the police. Periodt.

Historically, Black people have been tortured by police, lied on by police, and killed by them, and still we continue with this laughable system of police

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Source: theGrio

The Combahee River Collective Statement (1977)

Combahee River Collective

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Source: Black Past

Rwanda court sentences ex-mayor to life for role in genocide

Rwanda's High Court on Thursday sentenced a former mayor to life in prison for his role in the country's 1994 genocide, which included leading attacks that resulted in the deaths of around 25 000 ethnic Tutsis in his

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Source: https://www.news24.com

Nigeria Records 717 Rape Cases in Five Months - Official

The police chief called on Nigerians to join in efforts to tackle rape and other sexual violence by ensuring prompt report of cases and working with the police to apprehend the

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Source: allAfrica.com

Cleaver, Eldridge

Cleaver, Eldridge | FactMonster

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Source: Fact Monster - Black History

This Day in History - May 26

1994: US President Bill Clinton renews trade privileges for China, and announces his administration would no longer link China's trade status with its human rights

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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com

A Demonstration Led by NAACP

NAACP led protest demonstrations against the showing of the movie Birth of

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Source: Blackfacts.com

Dec

4

1915

Retired cop handed life sentence for raping granddaughter 18 years ago

A 78-year-old retired police captain was sentenced to life imprisonment in the Sterkspruit Regional Court on Wednesday for raping his then-10-year-old granddaughter more than 18 years

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Source: https://www.news24.com

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