by News Headlines | Sep 27, 2022 | Black History (Through Reconstruction), Black New-US, Black News-Africa and Diaspora, Current News Headlines
In 1757, Quobna Ottobah Cugoano, also known as Ottobah Cugoano, was born on what was once known as the Gold Coast, which is now modern day Ghana. When he was only thirteen, Ottobah was kidnapped outside his village and sold to Europeans, thus becoming...
by News Headlines | Sep 26, 2022 | Black News-Africa and Diaspora, Current News Headlines
In Ghana where English is the official language for education and commerce, four in five people speak Twi either as a first or second language. Different variations have extended its usage to other west African towns in Benin and Côte d’Ivoire, bringing the estimated...
by News Headlines | Sep 26, 2022 | Black News-Africa and Diaspora, Current News Headlines
Health authorities in Uganda have confirmed the death of three more Ebola patients in the country, days after declaring an outbreak of a strain of the disease in a central district. In a statement released on Friday, the health ministry said the total deaths...
by News Headlines | Sep 24, 2022 | Black News-Africa and Diaspora, Current News Headlines
Uganda has confirmed seven cases of Ebola, as authorities try to track down 43 contacts of known Ebola patients – two days after the East African country announced an outbreak of the contagious disease. The cases confirmed on Thursday include a 24-year-old man who...
by News Headlines | Sep 24, 2022 | Black News-Africa and Diaspora, Current News Headlines
A community health volunteer informs community members about various methods of family planning. Photo Credit: UNFPA KenyaBy Stephanie Musho and Ritah Anindo ObonyoNAIROBI, Sep 22 2022 (IPS) Fatuma is a 24 year old girl from Korogocho, an informal settlement in...
by News Headlines | Sep 24, 2022 | Black News-Africa and Diaspora, Current News Headlines
At the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York on Sept. 20, the African Union (AU) piled more pressure on the US, EU, and UK to lift all sanctions against Zimbabwe. AU chairman—Senegal’s president Macky Sall—said the “harsh measures...
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