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Belgium apologizes for kidnapping mixed-race African babies
Belgium officially acknowledges responsibility for segregation policy under which 'metis' children were seized from Congo, part of its brutal 80…
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Takienta tower-houses in Togo
The traditional Takienta tower-houses in Togo are phenomenal and they are a prideful part of their lives.
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Togo changes law to let president Faure Gnassingbe stand for two more terms
All 90 lawmakers present signed the amendment off, surpassing Parliament's required four-fifth approval to make such changes. One other lawmaker…
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Gnassingbé Eyadéma
Gnassingbé Eyadéma (born Étienne Eyadéma, December 26, 1935 – February 5, 2005) was the President of Togo from 1967 until…
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Faure Gnassingbé
Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé Eyadéma (born 6 June 1966) is a Togolese politician who has been the President of Togo since…
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Togo – UjamaaLive Encyclomedia
Togo, officially the Togolese Republic, is a country in West Africa bordered by Ghana to the west, Benin to the…
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How a drive through rural Kentucky led to a forgotten part of black history
Thousands of African Americans, some of them horse racing pioneers, were buried in the cemetery without headstones.
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Court Rules Against Caster Semenya in Landmark Case Against IAAF
South Africa's Caster Semenya has lost her appeal against rules designed to lower naturally high levels of testosterone in some…
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History of Togo’s slave house run by an African king
It is very difficult for many to believe that the slavery was profitable not only for Western slave traders but…
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27 April: Togo Marks Independence Day
On April 27, Togo celebrates the anniversary of its independence from France back in 1960. Independence Day is a public…
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27 April: South Africa Celebrates Freedom Day
The 27th of April marks Freedom Day, an annual celebration of the first 1994 non-racial democratic elections in South Africa.
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Togo
Togo, officially the Togolese Republic, is a country in West Africa bordered by Ghana to the west, Benin to the…
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Where in Game of Thrones are all the black people?
Currently, in its seventh season, the show has flying dragons, frozen zombies, ugly giants, epic battles, great dialogue, valiant and…
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Google opens first African Artificial Intelligence lab in Ghana
A Tanzanian rural farmer hovers with her phone over a wilting cassava plant. She gets a diagnosis of the disease…
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South Africans’ Thuso Mbedu breaks into Hollywood
The cast of the adaptation of Barry Jenkins to the bestselling novel ‘The Underground Railroad’ by Colson Whitehead is beginning…
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