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                                        Jake Paul searching for other fighters to replace Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis after civil suit
The high-profile boxing match between Jake Paul and Gervonta “Tank” Davis may not see the light of day after the latter was slapped with a civil lawsuit by his ex-girlfriend. Per Sports Illustrated, Davis’ current legal woes have prompted Paul’s representatives to table an offer to fellow boxer Ryan Garcia to rather fight him. The…
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                                Jake Paul searching for other fighters to replace Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis after civil suit
The high-profile boxing match between Jake Paul and Gervonta “Tank” Davis may not...
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                                Mother of ‘Fresh Prince of Bel Air’ child actor Floyd Roger Myers Jr. shares his cause of death
Floyd Roger Myers Jr., a former child actor who briefly appeared in The Fresh Prince of Bel...
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                                2025 Tanzania election: Samia Hassan declared winner with 97% of votes
Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan has secured a landslide re-election victory, claiming...
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                                Meet the Nigerian founder who left Mercedes-Benz to build affordable cars for Africans
African entrepreneurs are refusing to be left out in the automotive industry. After years of...
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                                Former NFL player gets 12 years in prison after wife caught him sexually assaulting 12-year-old girl
Former NCAA and NFL football player Justin Crawford has been sentenced to 12 years in prison...
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                                Serena Williams reveals she was accused of winning matches with ‘witchcraft’ and ‘black magic’
Serena Williams is undoubtedly a tennis legend, but she recently revealed that a former opponent,...
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                                Trump signals possible Pentagon move against Nigeria over alleged Christian persecution
U.S. President Donald Trump has ordered the Pentagon to prepare plans for possible military...
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                                South Africa blasts Trump’s refugee policy favoring white Afrikaners
South Africa’s government has criticized the United States’ decision to prioritize...
 
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                                        When opinions become facts
What started as an internet slap fight on Facebook ended by demonstrating a not-so-new American...
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                                        From Suit to Jute Sack — Any Lessons?
Two prominent Ghanaian ministers — pillars of their political camps, dressed often in...
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                                        Juneteenth: Time for a new view on the freeing of the last slaves in Texas
As we join Juneteenth celebrations throughout the country this week, marking the day in Texas...
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                                        America: No Longer the Shining City on the Hill
Imagine for a moment that the immigrants coming to America are leaving their countries not...
 
Culture
Ancient Egyptian gods have gathered in New York in Met Museum’s first Egypt show in over a decade
“Divine Egypt,” a major exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, is now open, offering a comprehensive look at Ancient Egypt’s principal deities. The exhibition delves into how these gods and their imagery were encountered within temples, shrines, and tombs. It also highlights the methods by which people animated the gods for…
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                                        This woman’s new video game allows you to take back African artifacts from Western museums
A new South African video game lets players reclaim looted African artifacts from Western museums...
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                                        Scotland: Kingdom of Kubala led by Ghanaian says it can never be destroyed, sets up new camp after eviction
Scottish Borders Council has begun legal action to evict a self-styled “African tribe”...
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                                        Social media erupts after Jamaica high school bans baby hair edges
St. Andrew High School for Girls (SAHS), one of Jamaica’s most prestigious secondary...
 
History
The ‘dirty work’ of the civil rights movement revealed
“Don’t get mad — get smart,” Andrew Young’s father, Andrew Sr., once told him, growing up in New Orleans in the midst of racial tensions. Young would learn not to flare up in anger amid the discrimination but to stay calm and in control of his feelings. “If you lose your temper, you lose the…
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                                        Jesse L. Douglas: Remembering MLK’s close aide whose demise in 2021 has now been confirmed
Rev. Jesse L. Douglas, a close aide to Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., passed away in 2021...
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                                        Solid in her own right, Coco Gauff’s grandmom was first Black student to attend an all-white school in Delray
At the same age that tennis star Coco Gauff turned pro, her maternal grandmother Yvonne Lee...
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                                        When Lionel Richie’s parents stopped him from marching with Martin Luther King Jr.
Growing up in the segregated South in the 1950s and 1960s, Lionel Richie longed to be part...
 
Women
Remembering Harvard’s Marcyliena Morgan, the genius who pioneered study of hip-hop as high art
Dr. Marcyliena Morgan, the founding director of Harvard’s Hiphop Archive & Research Institute, which now bears her name, died September 28 of complications from Alzheimer’s disease. The linguistic anthropologist was 75. Henry Louis Gates Jr., the director of Harvard’s Hutchins Center for African & African American Research, which houses the hiphop archive, once called Morgan…
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                                        Rosa Parks statue is now the first monument of a Black woman at Alabama State Capitol
Statues of civil rights activist Rosa Parks and disability rights activist Helen Keller were...
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                                        Michelle Obama reveals why she avoided wearing braids in the White House
Michelle Obama conspicuously avoided wearing braids during her husband’s tenure as president...
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                                        Jasmine Crockett thinks Trump is ‘obsessing’ over her because a Black woman ‘hurt’ him
Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, shared what she thought could be the reason behind President...
 
Business
How Namibia made record $750 million one-day debt repayment
Namibia has settled its $750 million eurobond, marking the largest single-day debt maturity in the history of the country, according to Bloomberg. “We have paid,” central bank Governor Johannes !Gawaxab said in the capital, Windhoek, on Wednesday. Finance Minister Ericah Shafudah said the debt repayment will enhance “our creditworthiness and positions us favorably to potential…
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                                        Meet the Nigerian founder who left Mercedes-Benz to build affordable cars for Africans
African entrepreneurs are refusing to be left out in the automotive industry. After years of...
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                                        Meet Ghana’s Eric Agyemang, whose VC firm in Canada raised $10M to support immigrant founders
Venture capital firm Maple Bridge Ventures has closed $10.2 million CAD in the first round...
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                                        Angel Reese trademarks her own name – here’s what that means
Chicago Sky’s Angel Reese has trademarked her name as part of efforts to build her brand....
 
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