New Military base for protection of Ghana’s oil resources
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View ArticleAfrican Union: African free trade zone takes effect
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View ArticleThe Fourth of July during the era of slavery and the year slavery ended in...
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View ArticleNigeria will sign the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement
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View ArticleGentrification study released by Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia on...
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View ArticleJay-Z is not the first regarding talks of African American ownership in the NFL
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View ArticleBrazil: In 2018 blacks became 50.3% of Brazil’s public higher education students
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View ArticleA look back at how Atlanta became the “Black Mecca” and the “Hollywood of the...
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