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Two black female pilots fly Alaska Airlines plane for the first time in 86 years
It was with style and honour that Tara Wright, the captain of Flight 361 from San Francisco to Portland introduced herself and first officer Mallory Cave to passengers as the first black women to fly a...
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If you are gay, don’t step in these parts of Africa with your partner
This article has been edited and was first published on April 05, 2018. Homosexuality continues to be a taboo subject in Africa and other black communities around the world. Sexual attraction or relationship...
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The enslaved black people of the 1960s who did not know slavery had ended
The Emancipation Proclamation of 1863 which changed the status of over 3.5 million enslaved African Americans in the South from slave to free, did not emancipate some hundreds who were slaves through to...
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All you need to know about Ramadan 2018 as Muslims prepare to fast
Muslims worldwide are marking the start of the month of Ramadan with dawn-to-dusk fasting either on Wednesday, May 16, or Thursday, May 17, based on the sighting of the moon. Ramadan is one of the five...
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These 7 African countries joined U.S. to open ‘bloodstained’ embassy in Jerusalem
The world – except the United States and its allies – is mourning the death of at least 60 Palestinians killed by the Israeli military at the Gaza border on Monday as they demonstrated against...
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Reggae star Capleton makes bail on rape charges after spending weekend in jail
Jamaican reggae star Capleton was granted bail on Monday after spending the weekend in jail following his arrest on Friday for the alleged rape of a hairdresser. The 51-year-old, whose real name is Clifton...
