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African-American News
Inside The Country Where You Can Buy A Black Man For $400
buzzfeednews.com - Monica Mark
Slavery is thriving in Libya, where thousands of black Africans hoping to get to Europe instead find themselves bought and sold, forced to work for …
‘Toxic Masculinity Has Deformed and Destroyed Our Men’
The Atlantic - Emily Buder
“Even if I beat her, she was mine. There was nothing she could do about it.”
Bible
Slave Bible From The 1800s Omitted Key Passages That Could Incite Rebellion
NPR - Michel Martin
On display now at the Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C., is a special exhibit centered on a rare Bible from the 1800s that was used by British missionaries to convert and educate slaves. What's about
‘From Nothing to Gangbusters’: A Treatment for Sickle-Cell Disease Proves Effective in Africa
The New York Times - By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr.
A drug that protects children in wealthy countries against painful and sometimes lethal bouts of sickle-cell disease has been proven safe for use in Africa, where the condition is far more common, scientists
How AFRICA is being COLONIZED AGAIN
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News
Second aid worker held by Boko Haram executed as negotiation deadline expires
CNN - By Stephanie Busari and Bukola Adebayo, CNN
Lagos, Nigeria (CNN) — An aid worker who was held hostage by Boko Haram for seven months has been executed after a deadline for negotiations expired, the Nigerian government said. Nigeria's Minister of
The reason American presidents keep visiting the same few African countries
Quartz
Melania Trump has just concluded her trip to Africa, her first major solo international swing as US first lady. In her choice of nations to visit—Ghana, Malawi, Kenya, and Egypt—she followed in the footsteps
Ethiopia’s deadly violence shows the fragility of a nation in democratic transition
Quartz
Ethiopian prime minister Abiy Ahmed’s reformist agenda is facing a major test. In recent days, Addis Ababa has experienced violent unrest that has led to dozens of killings, mass arrests, and even an shutdown.
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Prehistory
Prehistoric Egyptians mummified bodies 1,500 years before the pharaohs
CNN - By Jana Jones, for CNN
(CNN) — Ancient Egypt continues to bring to light one fabulous surprise after another. Last month, my colleagues and I published our analysis of an intact Egyptian prehistoric body, dating from around
The Future of America’s Relationship with Africa - Part 1
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The Fastest-Growing Cities of the Future Will Be in Africa
OZY - David Pilling
Karim Kane is a carpenter, not a speculator. But the plot of land he bought a decade ago is worth nearly 25 times what he paid for it. In 2007, the …
Facebook is racing to build Africa’s internet infrastructure
Engadget - Saqib Shah
It's partnering with global non-profit the Internet Society on the new initiative. Facebook and Google are locked in a race to bring connectivity to the 3.8 billion people worldwide that still can't get
South Africa
Malema’s call for United States of Africa laudable, but…
thisisafrica.me - Blessing Vava
In a recent address, South African opposition politician Julius Malema proposed the integration of Africa into one country to leverage on its …
World News
Why Uganda is the 'world's fittest country'
bbc.co.uk
Uganda is the most physically active nation in the world, according to a recent report by the World Health Organization. The BBC's Patience Atuhaire went to find out why. Jennifer Namulembwa spends an
100K Africans Die From Fake Meds Each Year. Can She Save Them?
OZY - Oluwatosin Adeshokan
Vivian Nwakah was told she wouldn’t survive in Nigeria, and she started to believe it. While her glistening dark skin makes her look just like most …
Solar Panels
Cheap batteries may allow Africa to abandon the grid
Quartz - Michael J. Coren
A startup in Africa is testing a hypothesis. Can cheap solar panels and batteries do for electricity what mobile phones did for communication? Today, mobile phone subscriptions are more common than grid
This Bizarre World Map Is So Crazily Accurate, It Actually Folds Into a Globe
ScienceAlert - FIONA MACDONALD
We all know most maps of the world aren't entirely accurate. For starters, Africa is way bigger than it looks, and Greenland isn't nearly so vast. But …
DP Ruto, Museveni commission Kapchorwa-Suam road
nation.co.ke
In Summary The DP asked the local community to shun consumption of local brews and invest in the education of their children. • Mr Ruto thanked the …
Trust Me, Mr. President, White South Africans Are Doing Just Fine
POLITICO - By EVE FAIRBANKS
White supremacists think farmers here are getting slaughtered. The truth is, life in this country isn’t much different than it was under apartheid. Eve Fairbanks, a writer living in Johannesburg, is writing
News (South Africa)
Thousands pay respects as Aretha Franklin lies in state
sabcnews.com - Busi Magudulela
Fans paid their respects en masse Tuesday to US music icon and “Queen of Soul” Aretha Franklin, whose body lay in a golden casket while dressed in a …
Theresa May arrives in Africa to become world’s biggest investor in continent
metro.co.uk - Richard Hartley-Parkinson
Theresa May has arrived in Cape Town for the start of her three-nation Africa trade mission. The Prime Minister landed in South Africa’s legislative …
Is this African teenager a future coding superstar?
bbc.co.uk - By Ijeoma Ndukwe
Schoolgirl Tomisin Ogunnubi is a teenager with a passion for programming. Three years ago she created My Locator, an app which helps children who are lost. The mobile app, which is available on the Google
Meet The 38 Year-Old Entrepreneur Who Built A $1 Billion Oil Company In Ghana
Forbes - Mfonobong Nsehe
Even in the bloated-budget world of oil exploration, $70 million is a lot of money. And yet that’s how much Kevin Okyere, one of Ghana’s savviest yet understated entrepreneurs, has personally expended
Melania Trump is going to Africa in the fall; President Trump isn't
USA TODAY - Maria Puente
Are first lady Melania Trump's African travel plans another sign she's tacking in a different direction from her husband? Foes of President Trump are quick to read meaning in small shifts. The latest adding
Africa:Africa Abandoning Internet Satellite Status
allafrica.com - By Geoffrey Shimanyula
opinion Africa's Internet life began as an outpost on the world network. Any Internet user in Nairobi calling up, say, a website in Kampala would …
Violent Islamist groups are gaining strength in Africa
The Economist
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria’s main north-eastern city, is at the centre of a series of jihadist campaigns stretching in two broad belts across Africa on …
West Africa
GUEST COLUMN: Nyerere and the vision of a United States of
thecitizen.co.tz - By Peter Kafumu
In Summary Nyerere as one of a frontline pan-African leader; writing about the essence of the formation of the OAU and the unity of the continent, he …
Nigeria has become the poverty capital of the world
Quartz - By Yomi Kazeem
The United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) to end extreme poverty by 2030 is unlikely to be met—no thanks, in large part, to Nigeria. A new report by The World Poverty Clock shows Nigeria overtaken

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