Personality
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Anti-Apartheid playwright, Athol Fugard dies at 92
South African playwright, Athol Fugard whose work exposed the brutal realities of apartheid and gave voice to the oppressed, has…
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Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio gets two leadership awards
His Excellency Dr. Julius Maada Bio has been honoured with two prestigious continental awards in recognition of his transformative leadership…
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Centenary celebrations of WO1 Joseph Hammond launched
The Joseph Ashitey Hammond Foundation in collaboration with the Ghana Armed Forces, has officially launched the Centenary Celebrations of Warrant…
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Djibouti’s Mahmoud Ali Youssouf elected as AU Commission Chair
Djibouti’s long-serving foreign minister, H.E. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf has been elected as the new Chairperson of the African Union Commission…
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Barbados leader Mia Mottley asks Africa and the Caribbean to unite
In her February 15 address to the African Union (AU) this year, Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley called for a united…
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Three historic Black civil rights activists born on Valentine’s Day
For many people, 14th February is a day to buy lots of chocolate, send a card to a loved one,…
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Marcus Garvey issued posthumous pardon after 101 years
Jamaican-born Black nationalist and pan-Africanist, Marcus Mosiah Garvey has been issued a posthumous pardon more than 101 years after his…
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Pompigne-Mognard listed in 100 Most Influential Africans 2024
Franco-Gabonese Nicolas Pompigne-Mognard, founder and chairman of APO Group, a premier award-winning Pan-African communications consultancy, has been named among the…
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Andrée Blouin, Africa’s little-known independence heroine
In the 1950s and 60s, the late Andrée Blouin, threw herself into the fight for a free Africa, mobilising the…
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Victor B. Lawrence and John O. Dabiri receive US national medals
Ghanaian-American engineer, Victor B. Lawrence, and Nigerian-American aeronautics engineer, John Oluseun Dabiri have received the United States ‘National Medal of Technology and Innovation’…
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