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General Motors Pulls Out of Africa, Sells Off South Africa Plant
U.S. auto giant General Motors (GM) announced it is pulling out of the African market and selling off its car manufacturing facility in South Africa. The firm intends to sell its factory in Port Elizabeth...
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Oxfam Report: Nigeria’s Five Richest Billionaires Worth More Than Half the Country Combined
A new Oxfam report has revealed that Nigeria’s five wealthiest individuals, who are worth a combined $29.9 billion own more than half the population of their fellow countrymen. According to the Vanguard,...
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Meet the Lawyer Who Negotiated the Release of 103 Chibok Girls
On May 7th, the Nigerian government announced that it had secured the release of 82 school girls abducted by Islamist terror group Boko Haram in 2014. Eight months earlier, in October, the militants had...
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10-Year-Old African-American Student Bullied By Racist Peers
Ten-year-old Taylor Armbrester of Chelsea Park Elementary School in Shelby County, Alabama, has become one of the latest victims of racial abuse. The fifth grader has reportedly had to deal with racial...
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South Africa Backtracks on Promise To Grant Visa-Free Entry to African Citizens
During its summit in Rwanda last July, the African Union (AU) announced its plans to launch a common passport that would grant all holders visa-free travel to all 54 nations on the continent. However,...
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Wizkid, Davido & 6 More African Artists Nominated for 2017 BET Awards
Nigerian Afro hip-hop superstars Wizkid and Davido are nominees for the 2017 BET Awards. The 2017 list of nominees for the category of “Best International Act Africa” includes the Nigerian...
