Ghana Independence – Turns 64 Today. Viva Ghana! Viva Kwama Nkrumah!
Published on 6th March 2021 on the Black Star News Ghana became an independent country from British Colonial rule on March 6th, 1957. The country was led to …
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Ida B. Wells- Barnett: Journalist, Educator, Civil Rights Leader
Published on 9th March 2021 on the Black Star News Ida B. Wells-Barnett is best known for bringing international light on the lynching of African Americans in 1890s through …
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Curtis Flowers, wrongfully incarcerated for 23 years, will get maximum compensation, judge says
Written by Lici Beveridge Published on 3rd March 2021 Lici Beveridge from the Mississippi Clarion Ledger reports that Curtis Flowers, who was wrongfully imprisoned for 23 years, will …
George Floyd killing: more jurors picked in Derek Chauvin trial before new pause
Written by Associated Press of the Guardian Newspaper and Jada Butler Published on 10th March 2021 Currently potential jurors are being considered in the trial of Derek Chauvin, an …
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Golden Globes Have Four Black Winners
Written by Ron Wynn Published on 4th March 2021 Having recently being criticised for having no black members in the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA), four of the winners …
Mohamed Bazoum wins Niger’s presidential runoff
Published on 24th of February 2021 Former Interior minister Mohamed Bazoum, the candidate of Niger’s ruling PNDS party, has won the presidential elections with 55.75 percent of the second-round …
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7,000 flee western Ethiopia fighting: UN
Published on 23rd of February 2021 Around 7,000 people have fled rapidly-escalating communal violence in western Ethiopia, seeking safety in neighbouring Sudan, the United Nations said on Tuesday. The region …
Lagos State Commissioner for Education, Folasade Adefisayo to grace IA – Foundation 2021 Charity
Published on the African Voice Online on 22nd of February 2021 The annual charity event by the UK based IA – Foundation, with the aim to raise funds to help …
Dr. Ngozi from the classroom to the boardroom via the bedroom
Written by Professor Chris Imafidon Published on 19th of February 2021 This week’s final confirmation of Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as the world’s trade ‘Czar’ or Director-General of the World Trade …
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