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$147k raised for jobless mom who donated her $100 lottery winnings to a wounded police officer
When cash-strapped single mom, Shetara Sims, decided to donate her $100 lottery winnings to a police officer shot in the line of duty at the behest of her daughter she didn’t blink. Sims was rendered...
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Meet Lesley Ncube; the 26-year-old South African student who launched his own smartphone
Twenty-six-year-old South African student, Lesley Ncube, has launched his own smartphone. Ncube who says he fell in love with technology at the age of 14 began developing his Shumi smartphone in 2014....
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Family of homeless Black man shot 22 times by police settles lawsuit for $3.5m
The family of Wayne Arnold Jones, a homeless black man who was shot 22 times by police, has agreed to settle an excessive force lawsuit it brought against a West Virginia city. Jones was walking on Martinsburg...
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Meet the trio vying to become first African WTO boss
The World Trade Organization (WTO) is the only global international entity dealing with the rules of trade between nations. At its heart are the WTO agreements, negotiated and signed by the bulk of the...
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Louisiana deputy shot 14-year-old unarmed black boy, then hid it for more than three months
Tre’mall McGee, a 14-year-old black boy was shot by a Louisiana deputy as he lay on the ground submitting to officers, but the incident went unreported for more than three months, but for a question...
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These African leaders are the most conversational on Twitter in 2020
The world has changed considerably beyond recognition over the past four months with the coronavirus pandemic transforming without warning our lives completely. The fear of the spread of the virus, which...
