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‘Kill them all, don’t spare anyone’: A massacre in Burkina Faso | Conflict | Al Jazeera

by News Headlines | Oct 25, 2021 | Black News-Africa and Diaspora, Current News Headlines

Listen to this story: Dori, Burkina Faso – Lying concealed atop his bus while watching armed men murder people below, the only thought that brought Abdoulaye Diallo some comfort was the hope that if he died on a Friday, a holy day in Islam, he would go to heaven. “I...

The only country pulling its weight on climate change is The Gambia

by News Headlines | Oct 25, 2021 | Black News-Africa and Diaspora, Current News Headlines

If any country could be absolved of responsibility for the climate change crisis, it’s The Gambia. The Gambia is the smallest country in mainland Africa, wedged within the borders of Senegal along the mouth of the Gambia river with a population of 2.4 million. Its...

‘Worst thing in lifetime’: South Sudan floods affecting 700,000 | Climate Change News | Al Jazeera

by News Headlines | Oct 25, 2021 | Black News-Africa and Diaspora, Current News Headlines

He feels like a man who has drowned. The worst flooding that parts of South Sudan have seen in 60 years now surrounds his home of mud and grass. His field of sorghum, which fed his family, is under water. Surrounding mud dykes have collapsed. Other people have fled....

Gunmen attack Nigeria prison, free dozens of inmates: Official | Prison News | Al Jazeera

by News Headlines | Oct 25, 2021 | Black News-Africa and Diaspora, Current News Headlines

Gunmen have attacked a prison in southwestern Nigeria, freeing dozens of inmates, according to an official. Olanrewaju Anjorin, a spokesman of the Oyo correctional centre in Oyo state, told The Associated Press news agency on Saturday that the gunmen attacked the...

Ethiopia launches fourth air raid this week on Tigray capital | Conflict News | Al Jazeera

by News Headlines | Oct 23, 2021 | Black News-Africa and Diaspora, Current News Headlines

Ethiopia has said it had launched another air raid on Mekelle, the capital of war-battered Tigray, the fourth such bombardment this week in a campaign it says is targeting rebel facilities. The latest attack was aimed at a facility “currently serving TPLF for military...

Sudan transition at ‘critical juncture’ as power struggle deepens | News | Al Jazeera

by News Headlines | Oct 23, 2021 | Black News-Africa and Diaspora, Current News Headlines

Khartoum, Sudan – Pro-civilian leaders in Sudan have called for mass protests on Thursday amid rising tensions between those in charge of steering the country towards elections. The demonstrations have been called in response to a continuing sit-in staged since last...

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Readout of White House Meeting with Black Leaders of Civil Rights Organizations on Police Reform | The White House October 26, 2021
Yesterday, senior officials from the White House and the Department of Justice met with Black leaders of Civil Rights organizations to discuss police This content was originally published here.
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Florence Eshalomi Interview: As A Black MP, Police Told Me Not To Hold Walk-In Surgeries October 26, 2021
In the wake of David Amess’ death, politicians have been in constant conversation about their safety and wellbeing. The murder of a colleague — the second time in five years — has left MPs feeling vulnerable and exposed. But for some, threats and intimidation have been priced in from the very beginning. Not least for […]
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