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  Outrage as LA sheriff deputies detain three Black teens who had been attacked at gunpoint

  Mohammed Awal

  The Los Angeles County Sherriff’s office is under fire after a video posted to social media showed deputies detaining three black teenagers. The trio went from being victims of armed robbery to the...

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  Meet Agbontaen-Eghafona, the Nigerian professor advising Pope Francis on social sciences

  Mohammed Awal

  Nigerian professor Kokunre Adetokunbo Agbontaen-Eghafona has been named as an Ordinary Member of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences. She was appointed a member of the prestigious Academy alongside...

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  Sentenced for life for selling $30 worth of marijuana, military veteran Derek Harris to be freed

  Mohammed Awal

  Derek Harris, a military veteran serving a life sentence for selling $30 worth of marijuana is set to be released after he was re-sentenced from life without parole to nine years. Harris on October 2,...

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  Meet Bernice Dapaah; the Ghanaian woman building bikes from bamboo

  Mohammed Awal

  Bernice Dapaah loves the idea of reusing bamboo to promote sustainable cycling. As one of the World Economic Forum’s Young Global Leaders, Dapaah launched the Ghana Bamboo Bikes Initiative, a social...

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  Prison inmate begs for his life, says ‘I can’t breathe’ 29 times as officers restrain him before he dies

  Mohammed Awal

  A black man who called out “I can’t breathe” before dying at the Forsyth County Detention Center in Winston-Salem, North Carolina was killed as a result of brain injury that was caused...

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  Meet Bashir Isa Dodo, the Nigerian-born computer genius uncovering new method for diagnosing damage to human eye

  Mohammed Awal

  Bashir Isa Dodo is a Nigerian-born computer genius. A doctoral degree candidate at Brunel University London, Dodo was adjudged the winner of the University’s Dean Prize for Impact and Innovation...

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