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  Trump’s Embrace of White South Africans Takes Dark, Unnerving New Turn

  newrepublic.com - Greg Sargent

  First, Trump officials cut off refugee resettlement from all over the world. Then they got those white Afrikaners here in three months. Funny how …

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  Kenya’s silent tragedy: a woman killed every two days, justice nowhere in sight

  RFI - Macharia Anne in Nairobi

  Nairobi – At one of the police stations in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, families are seated on an old wooden bench, awaiting their turn with the officer on duty. Some of them are holding fading photographs of their lost sisters and daughters. They look tired and sad, with some holding back their …

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  Trump Seeks To Send Displaced Palestinians To Africa: Report

  binnews.com - BIN

  President Donald Trump is reportedly looking to resettle Palestinians displaced from Gaza in Africa under his postwar plan. American and Israeli …

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  U.S. to expel South African ambassador

  The Washington Post - Karen DeYoung

  Rubio called Ebrahim Rasool “a race-baiting politician who hates America” and said he is “no longer welcome.” Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Friday declared Ebrahim Rasool, South Africa’s ambassador to the United States, persona non grata, saying “he is no longer welcome in our great …

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  How a brutally repressive African country freely raises money in the U.S.

  The Washington Post - Katharine Houreld

  Eritrea’s embassy has helped raise millions of dollars to promote the interests of the cash-strapped country. Its ruling party is under U.S. sanctions. Three years ago, the United States imposed sanctions against the ruling party of Eritrea, a small and brutally repressive country in the Horn of …

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  Vista's Robert Smith: How to prevent AI from further widening the racial wealth gap

  CNBC - Robert Smith, CEO of Vista Equity Partners

  The rise of artificial intelligence (AI) has been stunning in both its speed and impact. According to data from Goldman Sachs, investment in AI is …