By Megan Sayles, AFRO Business Writer,Report for America Corps Member, msayle@safro.com Founded in 2003 by Dr. Rick Kittles and Gina Paige, African Ancestry is the largest database of African maternal […]
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Members of UN General Assembly call attention to Africa and HBCUs
By DaQuan Lawrence, Politics Reporter, Howard University The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) recently held the first in-person session since the COVID-19 pandemic began. Officials arrived on Sept. 13 at […]
Posted inSports
Debutant Amos Kipruto of Kenya wins London Marathon
By The Associated Press Debutant Amos Kipruto won the men’s race at the London Marathon on Oct. 2, with Yalemzerf Yehualaw triumphing in the women’s. Kipruto, a world bronze medallist […]
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Former cop attacks Thai day care center, kills at least 36
By TASSANEE VEJPONGSA and DAVID RISING, Associated Press UTHAI SAWAN, Thailand (AP) — A former police officer facing a drug charge burst into a day care center Thursday in Thailand, […]
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Guinea sets trial date 13 years after 2009 stadium massacre
By Boubacar Diallo, The Associated Press Guinea will try the alleged perpetrators of a 2009 stadium massacre that killed at least 157 people and left dozens of women raped, the […]
Posted inArts & Culture
The ‘Woman King’ makes revolutionary debut
By Stephane Dunn, Ph.D., and Beverly Guy-Sheftal Ph.D., Chicago Defender Back in a 1974 review of the Bond-like Cleopatra Jones movie starring Tamara Dobson, Feminist and former Ms. Magazine editor […]
Posted inBaltimore News
Maryland Fleet Week brings ships from around the globe and Black service members to Baltimore
By AFRO Staff Fleet Week took place from Sept. 7 to Sept. 13 in the Baltimore Inner Harbor, bringing Black service members, U.S. Navy and Coast Guard ships, elected officials […]
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Queen Elizabeth II, UK’s longest-serving monarch, dead at 96
By DANICA KIRKA, JILL LAWLESS and SYLVIA HUI, Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s longest-reigning monarch and a symbol of stability across much of a turbulent century, […]
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Gunmen storm hotel in Somali capital, leave 20 dead
By Omar Faruk, The Associated Press Islamic militants have stormed a hotel in Somalia’s capital, engaging in an hours-long exchange of fire with the security forces that left at least […]
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UK museum agrees to return looted Benin Bronzes to Nigeria
By Danica Kirka, The Associated Press A London museum agreed Aug. 7 to return a collection of Benin Bronzes looted in the late 19th century from what is now Nigeria […]
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Fauci to step down in December
By Stacy M. Brown Dr. Anthony Fauci, who quickly became the face — and, for many, the voice of reason — of the federal government’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, […]
Posted inBUSINESS
Kidsplosion Nation helps youth discover and develop their natural gifts and abilities
By Megan Sayles, AFRO Business Writer, Report for America Corps Member, msayles@afro.com When Carlena Evans was a young girl, she would often ask God what she was supposed to do […]