Beijing, China | AFP | US chain McDonald’s has apologised after a sign telling black people they were banned from entering a branch in southern China prompted outrage online, following reports of discriminatory treatment towards Africans in the city. Tensions have flared between police and Africans in the southern metropolis of …
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Beijing, China | AFP | Africans in southern China’s largest city say they have become targets of suspicion and subjected to forced evictions, arbitrary quarantines and mass coronavirus testing as the country steps up its fight against imported infections. China says it has largely curbed its COVID-19 outbreak but a recent …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | African leaders who met recently at the African Union summit in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa were initially set to demand an apology from U.S. President Donald Trump over his alleged reference to their nations as “shithole countries”. Trump denies making the comment. At …
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Jerusalem, Undefined | AFP | Israeli Holocaust survivors are pleading with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to cancel his plan to forcefully expel tens of thousands of African migrants, citing their own experiences as outcasts. “We, who know precisely what it’s like to be refugees, to be homeless and bereft of …
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Kampala, Uganda | STEPHEN WEIZMAN | Tens of thousands of Africans who fled misery at home for safety in Israel are living in limbo, fearing deportation though some have lived in the country for more than a decade. Recognising a rising tide of discontent among Israelis over the migrants’ presence in south …
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⚽️⚽️⚽️ #saintsfc pic.twitter.com/Efl9dABvpC — Southampton FC (@SouthamptonFC) May 1, 2016 Senegalese Sadio Mane spearheaded an African goal rush in the English Premier League at the weekend with his hat-trick inspiring Southampton to a 4-2 triumph over Manchester City. Africans claimed nine of the 27 goals in nine matches, including …
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By Andrew M. Mwenda People who are not willing to fight for their freedom and pay the highest price for it do not deserve to be free The idea that only the international community (read the West) can save Africa has gained hegemonic status. This is expressed in many ways: …
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By Independent Team Statistics show there is no money to be made there A boat carrying as many as 500 immigrants that sunk off the Italian Island of Lampedusa has sparked debate on why Africans appear determined to make such a foolhardy journey to get to Europe. At least 300 …
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By Elamu Denis Ejulu We are seeing and hearing more tales involving deportation of Africans on planes amid screams and resistance News from the Middle East concerning the predicament of over 700 black Africans, most of them of South Sudanese and Eritrean origin, facing the prospect of deportation from Israel …
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