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* ... that ten years after publishing the book Great South African Christians, Horton Davies gave a speech criticizing South African churches and synagogues for their role in apartheid? * ... that ten years after publishing the book ''Great South African Christians'', '''[[Horton Davies]]''' gave a speech criticizing South African churches and synagogues for their role in apartheid?
* ... that scientists tested the age of '''[[Microhodotermes viator|an African termite]]'''{{`s}} inhabited [[heuweltjie|mound]]—and found it to be 34,000 years old?
* ... that on February 3, 1986, [[African Independence Party (Burkina Faso)|African Independence Party]] leaders [[Adama Touré (SONABEL trade unionist)|Adama Touré]] and '''[[Adama Touré (PAI general secretary)|Adama Touré]]''' were released from detention?
* ... that the [[Indianapolis]] African-American community raised $100,000 in just ten days in 1911 to establish the '''[[Senate Avenue YMCA]]'''?
* ... that opera singer Charles Holland spent much of his career in Europe as opportunities in classical music for African Americans were limited? * ... that opera singer '''[[Charles Holland (singer)|Charles Holland]]''' spent much of his career in Europe as opportunities in classical music for African Americans were limited?
* ... that '''[[Dahiru Musdapher]]''', the 12th [[Chief justice of Nigeria|chief justice of Nigeria]], was once a BBC World Service contributor for West Africa and Hausa? |
Recent In the news items |
- 30 July 2024 –
Interpol says more than 200 people have been arrested and over $1.6 billion worth of illegal drugs and precursor chemicals seized as part of a two-month operation against narcotics trafficking across Europe, North America, and Africa. (ABC News) :[[Interpol]] says more than 200 people have been arrested and over $1.6 billion worth of illegal drugs and precursor chemicals seized as part of a two-month operation against narcotics trafficking across [[Europe]], [[North America]], and [[Africa]]. [https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/interpol-anti-narcotics-operation-leads-206-arrests-seizure-112392660 (ABC News)]
- 24 July 2024 – 2024 Nouakchott migrant boat disaster
:Fifteen people are killed and more than 195 others are missing after a boat carrying [[African immigration to Europe|migrants]] capsizes near [[Nouakchott]], [[Mauritania]]. [https://edition.cnn.com/2024/07/24/africa/mauritania-migrants-shipwreck-intl-latam/index.html (CNN)]
- 11 July 2024 –
:At least 4,500 people are [[homelessness|displaced]] by storms in [[Cape Town]], [[South Africa]]. [https://apnews.com/article/south-africa-storms-floods-cape-town-3be223aee333da1fe441730f76cedfb9 (AP)]
- 10 July 2024 –
:Thirteen people, including 12 children, are killed in a [[school bus]] [[traffic collision|crash]] in [[Merafong City Local Municipality|Merafong]], [[Gauteng]], [[South Africa]]. [https://apnews.com/article/south-africa-schoolchildren-killed-car-crash-8d64d0c23447e5063870eba4e7ca597b (AP)]
- 1 July 2024 –
:At least 89 [[African immigration to Europe|migrants]] are killed after their boat, which carried 170 migrants, capsized off the coast of [[Ndiago, Mauritania|Ndiago]], [[Mauritania]]. [https://edition.cnn.com/2024/07/04/europe/mauritania-migrant-boat-sinking-intl-latam/index.html (CNN)]
:[[South African President]] [[Cyril Ramaphosa]] unveils [[Third Cabinet of Cyril Ramaphosa|his cabinet]] made up of seven parties. [https://apnews.com/article/south-africa-coalition-government-explain-aecc75f6a6e79d962c0f92724e1a0b06 (AP)]
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