Diaspora
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Capri, Hollywood International Film Festival Honors “Io Capitano”: About African Migrants, with Humanitarian Award
- By the Editor
- . 9 October 2023
Italian director Matteo Garrone’s film “Io Capitano” (Me Captain) has been chosen as Italy’s entry for this year’s best international
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Don’t mention the war: Organisation investigating human rights abuses in Ethiopia shut down
- By the Editor
- . 7 October 2023
The human rights community got a sharp lesson this week in what escalating geopolitical competition means for Africa: no atrocity,
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Caine Prize 2023: Senegalese married couple win African writing award
- By the Editor
- . 4 October 2023
The award for a short story by an African writer published in English had a record-breaking 297 entries from 28
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Field of dreams: An aspiring MLB catcher’s journey from Africa to American ballparks
- By the Editor
- . 4 October 2023
As the baseball playoffs begin, let’s update the inspiring tale of Dennis Kasumba, an 18-year-old catcher from Uganda who dreams
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OktobaFest East Africa kicks off in Kisumu city with a bang
- By the Editor
- . 4 October 2023
OktobaFEast Africa kicked off with a bang in Kisumu over the weekend, taking the lakeside city by storm. OktobaFest: A
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The 1st American cowboys may have been enslaved Africans, DNA evidence suggests
- By the Editor
- . 29 September 2023
Enslaved Africans may have been some of the first cowboys in the Americas. Some of the first cowboys in the
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Afro Nation Announces Headliners for Nigerian Debut Dec 2023
- By the Editor
- . 28 September 2023
Afro Nation, the world’s largest Afrobeats festival, has unveiled its first headliners and more for its highly anticipated debut in
Earthquake of 3.5 magnitude shakes NE Trinidad
- By the Editor
- . 25 September 2023
An earthquake of 3.5 magnitude and at a depth of 35.1 kilometres gave the north-eastern part of Trinidad a shake
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Pope decries indifference toward migrants, as he prays for the dead in the French port of Marseille
- By the Editor
- . 24 September 2023
MARSEILLE, France (AP) — Pope Francis blasted the “fanaticism of indifference” that greets migrants seeking a better life in Europe,