Africa
Mother and Son Sets to Marry
A 40-year-old mother is set to marry her own son. The woman and her son claim to be in love with each other. And now they want to take their [Read more]
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Nigerian Senators Are Paid More Than Some African Presidents
Since there has been no denial from the National Assembly as to their scandalous wages, kept from the public consumption, their intended imbedding pensions for life for its principal officers [Read more]
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PRESS RELEASE : Morocco Hosts The First World Summit of Local and Regional Leaders to Be Held in Africa
PRESS RELEASE Rabat, Morocco, July 8th 2013 The 4th World Congress of United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) will take place in Rabat, Morocco, from 1st to 4th of October 2013 under the theme: [Read more]
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Two Kenyan Men Agree to Marry One Woman: Kenyans Shocked All Over the World
Marriage on a rota: Sylvester Mwendwa is one of the men getting married. He will take it in turns to live with his ‘wife’ Two Kenyan men have signed an [Read more]
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South Africa’s Phumzile Mlambo Ngcuka sworn-in as new UN Women Executive Director
The swearing of former South Africa’s Deputy President Phumzile Mlambo Ngcuka as the new executive director of United Nations Entity for Gender and Women’s Empowerment (UN Women) was presided by [Read more]
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Do You Know this Woman? Do you Know that She is Africa’s Richest Woman?
Last December, Isabel dos Santos commemorated her tenth wedding anniversary to Congolese businessman Sindika Dokolo with a party. Subtlety wasn’t on the menu. She jetted in dozens of friends and [Read more]
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Nobel Peace Prize Winner Bishop Tutu Chooses Hell Over Homophobic God; Says Gay Struggle Like Blacks’ In Racist S. Africa
He won the Nobel Peace Prize and is considered a hero in the fight to end apartheid, and he would not worship a homophobic god. South African archbishop emeritus, Desmond Tutu, [Read more]
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UN Resolution Reaffirms Support For NEPAD, Calls For Developed Countries To Fulfill Commitments
The New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) is doing a great job, as far as achieving development goals, strengthening governance institutions and creating an environment conducive to involving the private [Read more]
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IMBIZO Host Committee-NY Honors Nelson Mandela
The observance at the New York State Building in Harlem in conjunction with New York State Senator Bill Perkin’s office “Honoring the Life & Legacy of Tata Nelson Mandela” is [Read more]
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Black Is Beautiful: Models Who Bleach Their Skin Banned From Dakar Fashion Week
Adama Ndiaye is the founder of Senegal’s Dakar Fashion Week. She has recently put a ban on certain models in her fashion show. Why? Because they are doing something that [Read more]
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Ghana to Honor Nana Rita Marley During Nation’s Emancipation Day Celebration
HONORARY CITZENSHIP GRANTED FOR PHILANTHROPIC EFFORTS AND SOCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS Los Angeles, CA (July 29, 2013) – In August of 2013, on Ghana’s Emancipation Day, the country will recognize an icon [Read more]
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South Africa, 95 years of “critical but stable”
Over the past month our collective focus in South Africa has turned to the health of Nelson Mandela with much speculation turning to what the future of the country will [Read more]
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South African Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka appointed as new UN Women Executive Director
Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, a veteran feminist activist and politician was appointed Wednesday by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon as the new executive director of UN Entity for Gender Equality and Empowerment of [Read more]
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Ladysmith Black Mambazo headlines Celebrate Brooklyn! African Music Performances
Joseph Shabala and his South African multiple Grammy Award winning choral group, Ladysmith Black Mambazo that first gained worldwide prominence from their collaboration with Paul Simon on his 1986 Graceland [Read more]
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How Former Guinean Dictator Lansana Conte Sold Guinea’s $50 Billion Wealth for $0
Benny Steinmetz acquired half of the iron deposit underneath the Simandou mountains in Guinea in 2008. Simandou is one of the richest concessions in all of mining. It is said to [Read more]