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Ethiopian-Israeli Women crowned Miss Israel, hopes to alter negative Israel and Ethiopian relations

Ethiopian Jews have historically faced racism in Israel, with thousands taking to the streets in January of last year to protest the treatment of Ethiopian immigrants in the country. Now, the country is confronted by a beautiful contradiction of this … read more »

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Ethiopian-born Miss Israel to dine with Obama

Yityish Aynaw, first Ethiopian-born to win pageant invited to dine at Peres’s house; cites as hero Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Miss Israel Yityish Aynaw Photo: Marc Israel Sellem/The Jerusalem Post Newly crowned Miss Israel Yityish Aynaw was invited by … read more »

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Nigeria: Is Pastor Tunde Bakare A Man of God?

Here is what Pastor Tunde Bakare said on January 20, 2013. “I am of the firm belief and conviction that there will be no election in 2015. I am of the firm belief that this house of cards will collapse before … read more »

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The Long Arc of History Bends Towards Justice

Rwanda National Congress (RNC) condemns Kagame’s regine for sentencing Victoire Ingabire to eight years in jail. Today, the High Court in Kigali, Rwanda, sentenced Madame Victoire Ingabire, the President of FDU-inkingi, to eight years in jail on flimsy grounds of … read more »

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Apartheid petty and grand, old and new is evil

Ayanda Kota ‘Like the formation of the Black Consciousness Movement did in the 1970s, we need to unite in our own space, define our own struggle and politics, and shake the barricades of neo-liberalism.’ The Unemployed People’s Movement (UPM) was … read more »

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