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  Meet Fani Willis, who conquered her former boss to become Fulton County’s first female DA

  Mohammed Awal

  When Fani Willis decided to challenge her former employer, Paul Howard, the longtime Fulton County, Ga., District Attorney she had only one thing in mind – to be of service to humanity. After her...

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  Disheartening! Florida mother shot and killed by ex-boyfriend in front of 10-year-old while in Zoom class

  Mohammed Awal

  A pupil in Florida on Tuesday witnessed the grisly murder of her mother while in an online class. The 10-year-old Warfield Elementary student was participating in a Zoom class with her colleagues when...

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  COVID-19: Things Africa governments are doing to cushion SMEs

  Mohammed Awal

  COVID-19 has unleashed a devastating economic crisis globally. In Africa for instance, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) which are the continent’s entrepreneurial fabric have been hit really...

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  ‘Not acceptable’ – Namibia rejects German genocide reparations offer

  Mohammed Awal

  Namibia has turned down Germany’s offer for reparations for mass killings in its then colony. The 1904 to 1908 genocide in the Southern African country resulted in the deaths of more than 60 000...

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  It’s Kamala Harris! – Biden picks first Black woman as running mate

  Mohammed Awal

  Joe Biden has selected Senator Kamala Harris as his running mate ahead of November’s general election. The 55-year-old California senator is the first Black woman and the first person of  Indian-Jamaican...

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  Mekatilili wa Menza; the Kenyan female freedom fighter remembered for slapping a British colonial administrator

  Mohammed Awal

  Mekatilili wa Menza was a fearless prophetess and warrior who led her people, the Giriama, in rebelling against British imperialism. Born in the 1860s, she is remembered for slapping a British colonial...

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