By Nadine Matthews, Special to the AFRO Donna Storey’s waist bead journey began as a result of her weight loss journey. The Baltimore native, entrepreneur and author of “Waistbeads and […]
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Ethiopia starts partial power generation from Blue Nile dam
The Associated Press Ethiopia has started generating electricity from the controversial mega-dam that is being built on the Blue Nile. The milestone was reached on the morning of Feb. 20 […]
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West Africa grapples with new wave of military coups
By Sam Mednick and Krista LarsonThe Associated Press It’s a pattern becoming all too common again in West Africa: Mutinous soldiers detain a president, then seize control of the state […]
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Carl Murphy in the Community: Behind the man who made the news
By Micha Green AFRO D.C. and Digital Editor mgreen@afro.com Carl Murphy may have only stood 5 feet and 3 inches, but he was a giant in the community. The longtime […]
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Pope on COVID vaccines says health care a ‘moral obligation’
By NICOLE WINFIELD, Associated Press Pope Francis suggested Monday that getting vaccinated against the coronavirus was a “moral obligation” and denounced how people had been swayed by “baseless information” to […]
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Meghan suit nets 1 pound on privacy, secret copyright sum
By DANICA KIRKA, Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The Duchess of Sussex will receive a nominal 1-pound ($1.35) payment for invasion of privacy plus undisclosed damages for copyright infringement, under […]
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In Africa, rescuing the languages that Western tech ignores
By Matt O’Brien and Chinedu Asadu Associated Press Computers have become amazingly precise at translating spoken words to text messages and scouring huge troves of information for answers to complex […]
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Commentary: Remembering Desmond Mpilo Tutu
By Deborah Bailey Special to the AFRO Of all the many assignments Bishop Desmond Mpilo Tutu was entrusted to handle on this earth – outspoken opponent of the South African […]
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U.N. says 22 million Ethiopians will need food aid in 2022
By The Associated Press An estimated 22 million Ethiopians will require humanitarian assistance in 2022, according to a United Nations report. Ethiopia’s already high humanitarian needs are expected to rise […]
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COVID-19 spike worsens Africa’s severe poverty, hunger woes
By Farai Mutsaka The Associated Press Outside a foreign currency exchange in Zimbabwe’s capital, hordes of people desperate for U.S. dollars are pushed up against each other. “That’s it, keep […]
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Gambia commission recommends ex-dictator Jammeh face trial
By Abdoulie John The Associated Press Gambia’s former dictator, Yahya Jammeh, should face prosecution for murder, torture and sexual violence, according to a new report by a truth, reconciliation and […]
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41 killed in Burkina Faso ambush including volunteer leader
By Arsene Kabore and Sam Mednick The Associated Press Islamic extremists killed 41 people last week in an attack in northern Burkina Faso, including the prominent leader of a volunteer […]