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South Africa: Black African Foreign Owned Shops Looted in Soweto

Black African foreign-owned shops were targeted in Soweto Wednesday evening as some residents went on a looting spree. A night of violence and intimidation erupted in Soweto, Johannesburg on Wednesday night, as dozens of local residents turned on the black...

Ebola Virus is no Longer Incurable, Congo trial Reports Over 90 Percent Success

The ongoing Ebola epidemic in Central Africa is the second worst outbreak of the virus in human history. First appearing in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 2018, the virus has proved difficult to contain due to continuing...

South African Musician “Lira” Becomes the First African to have a Barbie Doll Made in her Image

South African musician and businesswoman Lerato “Lira” Molapo has coined the term “African Barbie” by becoming the first African to have a Barbie doll made in her image. The ‘Lira doll’ is part of Barbie’s 60th-anniversary campaign to inspire more...

South Africans Named Among Top Alcohol Drinkers Globally – WHO

Data released recently by the World Health Organization shows that South African consumers of alcohol are some of the heaviest drinkers in the world, despite relatively high levels of abstinence in the population. The WHO’s most recent data tracked levels...

West African Slavery Lives on, 400 Years After Transatlantic Trade Began

Blessing was only six years old when her mother arranged for her to become an unpaid housemaid for a family in the Nigerian city of Abuja, on the promise they would put her through school. In her home town in...

Nigerian Appointed First African Member Of World Trade Board

Dr Adesegun Akin-Olugbade, an international legal and finance expert, has been appointed as a member of the World Trade Board. Akin-Olugbade, an international counsel at ǼLEX Law Firm, joins 20 other global trade and finance leaders on the board as...

Hollywood Actor Samuel L. Jackson Traces Root to Gabon

American actor and film producer Samuel L. Jackson has traced his ancestry through Finding Your Roots, an American docu-series that uses traditional genealogical research and genetics to discover the family history of celebrities. The Hollywood veteran found discovered his roots...

Confusion Reigns as Chinese Donation of ‘Friendship’ to Kenya’s parliament Vanishes

Kenyan authorities are investigating an incident where a container delivering a donation to its Parliament from the Chinese government arrived empty in Nairobi on Tuesday. The donation of “friendship”, which contained computers and projectors as well as other assorted items,...

Rwanda Shuts Border with DR Congo over Ebola Scare

Rwanda has closed its border with the Democratic Republic of Congo after a third case of the deadly virus was confirmed in the border city of Goma. A Rwandan government source revealed on Thursday morning that immigration officials at the...

On This Day in 1834, Britain Officially Outlawed Slavery

Exactly 185 years ago (August 1) today in Britain, an act of Parliament came into force abolishing slavery in most British colonies, freeing more than 800,000 enslaved Africans in the Caribbean and South Africa as well as a small number...

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Rev. Daniel Worth: The Pastor Sentenced to One Year in Jail for Speaking Out Against American Slavery

In the slaveholding South, even words could be treated as weapons. Preaching against slavery or distributing antislavery literature was...
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