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West Africans Constitute 40% of 70 Million Global Refugees

The Secretary General of ECOWAS Parliament, Mr John Azumah, has said that 40 per cent of the total 70 million refugees in the world are drawn from the 16 West African nations with Boko Haram insurgency displacing 1.2 million...

Top 10 Most Expensive Divorce Settlements in History, 2019

This is an updated list of the most expensive divorce settlements history. 10. Mel Gibson and Robyn Moore Divorce Year: 2006 Settlement: $425 million The nearly half-a-million-dollar settlement between actor Mel Gibson and Robyn Moore remains the largest Hollywood divorce payout in history. The...

Christians are the Most Persecuted Religious Group in the World, Study Reveals

One third of the world suffers from religious persecution, and Christians as the most persecuted of religious groups, are at risk of disappearing, new study reveals. One third of the world suffers from religious persecution, and Christians as the most...

California Bans Discrimination Against Afro, Dreadlocks, Cornrows and Other Natural Hairstyles

California on Wednesday became the first US state to ban racial discrimination based on hairstyle, passing a law to ensure afros and dreadlocks can be worn at all schools and offices. The law is primarily aimed at protecting the rights...

King Tut Sculpture Sold at British Auction House for £4.7m Despite Egypt’s Protest

A 3,000-year-old sculpture of Tutankhamun was yesterday auctioned off by UK-based Christie's auction house for nearly $6 million, despite Cairo calling on the UK government to stop the sale. Egypt claimed the relic was illegally taken from the country. UK-based...

50 American Tourists Visit Benin in a Bid to Trace their Origin

Fifty African American tourists, who are in Benin City, Edo State capital, to trace their ancestral roots, have visited the Palace of the Omo N’Oba N’Edo Uku Akpolokpolo, the Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II. While welcoming the tourists, Oba...

Frozen Body of Stowaway Falls 3,500ft From Kenya Airways Plane in London

The city of London woke up on Sunday to an unusually frightening scene after reports of a suspected stowaway on board a Kenya Airways plane headed to London fell into a residential garden. The man, who is reported to have...

No Compensation for African WWII Veterans Who Were Paid Less than White Peers, UK Concludes

Black African veterans who fought for Britain in the second world war and were paid much less than their white counterparts would not be getting compensation from the British government.. UK Defense Minister Tobias Ellwood, in a private letter...

5 Amazing Things You Didn’t Know Your Brain Can Do

Thanks to years of studying the insides of people every chance we get, we have a pretty good grasp on the functions of almost all of our body parts. The brain , however, seems to get more mysterious the...

United Nations Releases Report on Progress of Women Around the World

While women’s rights have advanced over the decades, gender inequalities and other fundamental human rights violations within families persist, according to a flagship study released from the UN’s gender empowerment agency. UN Women’s new report, released on Tuesday, “Progress of...

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Remembering the 1985 Mamelodi Massacre in Apartheid South Africa

On November 21, 1985, the township of Mamelodi, near Pretoria, became the scene of one of the darkest episodes...
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