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Nigerian-born woman elected into Canadian parliament

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Nigerian-born Uzoma Asagwara has been elected into a Canadian legislative assembly as a lawmaker in Manitoba. Asagwara is a psychiatric nurse and community activist. She won the Union Station seat for the NDP in the election on Tuesday. That makes Asagwara the first Black, queer woman in the legislature. She also becomes one of three Black people to have been… Read More
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Ghana launches immunization against polio virus

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Immunization of children under five years against Polio Type-2 has begun in Ghana’s capital, Accra. The exercise follows the detection of a positive case of polio virus in environmental samples in Accra and Chereponi in the Northern Region where a two-year-old girl tested positive to the Type Two polio virus and the detection of the specific polio virus in environmental… Read More
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Kenya: Anger as teenager commits suicide over ‘menstrual shame’

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A school in Kenya has been shut down over the death of a pupil who committed suicide after she was embarrassed by her teacher for staining her uniform during menstruation. The 14 year old school girl hanged herself after she was shamed by her class teacher for having her menses and staining her uniform. According to the mother of the… Read More
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South Sudan political rivals agree on unity government

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Political rivals in South Sudan have now agreed on a unity government months after signing a deal to end the civil war in that country. President Salva Kiir and former rebel leader Riek Machar agreed to form a transitional government on Wednesday. The two leaders held their first face-to-face talks in months in South Sudan’s capital, Juba, according to government… Read More
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Mugabe’s body returns to Zimbabwe from Singapore

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The body of former President of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe has arrived back in Zimbabwe. Mugabe’s body was flown to Zimbabwe in a private flight from Singapore where he died last week. The chartered flight carrying Mr Mugabe’s body landed in Harare around 13:30 GMT. The late Pan-Africanist will be buried on Sunday after a state funeral on Saturday, according to… Read More
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South Africa: Teen stabs colleague to death over cellphone

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A South African teenager and a grade 9 pupil stabbed and killed a grade 10 pupil to death over a cellphone. South African authorities say the two pupils, aged 17 and 14 were fighting over a cellphone at Tokelo Secondary School in Evaton, east of Johannesburg. The 14-year old boy stabbed the 17-year old in the chest leading to his… Read More
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Sierra Leone: President’s bodyguards attack Journalists

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Sierra Leone’s government has said it will be constituting a committee to investigate the alleged attack on three local journalists. The journalists were “beaten” by presidential bodyguards in an attack at a football match. The Sports Writers Association of Sierra Leone said in a statement on Monday that two female TV commentators and another reporter were attacked while covering a… Read More
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Video: Kenyans in shock as two MPs fight in church

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Kenyans have been left in shock after two of their Members of Parliament fought in church on Sunday. The incident took place at a Sunday service at a Catholic Church in the town of Kiharu, in central Murang’a county. Both MPs had addressed the congregation but chaos broke out after an argument ensued between the two lawmakers. Local media reported… Read More
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13 famous quotes credited to Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe

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Zimbabweans have been mourning their former president, Robert Mugabe who died on Friday after a short illness in Singapore. Mugabe was born on 21 February 1924, in what was then Rhodesia. He led Zimbabwe to independence in 1980 and has ruled the country for decades. Mugabe was Zimbabwe’s first post-independence leader but resigned from power after a military takeover in… Read More
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AU lifts suspension on Sudan after transitional government deal

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The African Union (AU) has now lifted its suspension of Sudan’s membership after a transitional government was put in place. The new government brings an end to months of violence and chaos following the toppling of former leader, Omar al-Bashir. The AU suspended Sudan for three months after the military initially refused to hand over power to a civilian regime… Read More
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