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Emma Theofilus is Namibia’s youngest minister and MP at 23
A 23-year-old Namibian woman, Emma Theofilus has been appointed the country’s youngest minister. The appointment of Theofilus by President Hage Geingob as deputy information and technology minister...
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Last of Oval Four, Constantine Boucher’s conviction overturned after 50 years
Constantine “Omar” Boucher is the final of a group of four black men jailed nearly 50 years on the evidence of a corrupt London police officer to be freed. He was convicted wrongfully of theft...
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Zambian writer Namwali Serpell wins $165,000 Windham-Campbell Prize
Zambian author Namwali Serpell has been awarded one of the world’s most lucrative literary awards – Yale’s Windham Campbell Prizes 2020. Serpell is one of the eight recipients of the...
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Simisola Ajibola; the Nigerian pilot who saved 133 passengers in a crash-landing
Captain Simisola Ajibola was born into a family of aviators. She and her siblings Ademola and Adeoye took after their father, a retired pilot. It was no surprise Ajibola became the hero pilot whose shrewd...
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Black, Latino numbers in NYC elite schools remain low
Uneasy tension is brewing in New York City over the glooming low admission of Black and Latino students in the city’s elite specialized public high schools. Only 11 percent of the students accepted...
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Fmr DR Congo health minister jailed 5 years for stealing Ebola funds
Democratic Republic of Congo’s former health minister Oly Illunga has been sentenced five years. Illunga was sentenced with hard labor alongside his financial advisor for stealing funds meant for...
