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Halle Berry on lack of Black actress winners at Oscars: 1 is not enough

Credit to Twitter Halle Berry By Anadolu Agency When Halle Berry won the Academy Award for Best Actress in 2002, it was a milestone in movie history. She became the first woman of color to win the Oscar for her role as widowed waitress, Leticia Musgrove, in the 2001 film, Monster’s Ball. “This moment is

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Nigerian oil production and storage vessel explodes

Firemen try to extinguish a fire at the scene of an explosion after fuel tankers caught fire in flames at a commercial truck garage in Apapa district in Nigeria’s commercial capital of Lagos\ file. REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye By Reuters An oil production and storage vessel exploded off the coast of Nigeria early on Wednesday with 10

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Somalia hopes of becoming a member of the African Union Security Council

A Photograph appear on the Internet Somalia’s ambassador to Ethiopia, Abdullahi Ahmed Jama said he was very hopeful that Somalia would be elected a member of the African Union Security Council. Speaking to state media on the sidelines of the African Union summit in Addis Ababa, the Ambassador said the Somali government had requested to

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Qatar rules out normalising relations with Israel, Syria

Qatari foreign minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani, is pictured at the presidential palace in Baabda, Lebanon February 9, 2021. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir/File Photo By Middle East Monitor Qatari Foreign Minister, Muhammad Bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, has ruled out the prospect of his country normalising relations with Israel or Syria. In an interview with Axios news

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Tourists in UAE shrug off Houthi missile attacks

A general view of Jumeirah Beach Residence (JBR) in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, February 2, 2022. REUTERS/Abdel Hadi Ramahi By Reuters Tourists who flock to the United Arab Emirates in search of winter sun appear undeterred by recent missile attacks on the Gulf State by Yemen’s Houthi group that have prompted travel warnings from the

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Guinea-Bissau president: Failed coup may have been linked to drug trade

Guinea-Bissau’s President Umaro Sissoco Embalo speaks during the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland, Britain, November 2, 2021. Adrian Dennis/Pool via REUTERS By Reuters Guinea-Bissau’s President Umaro Sissoco Embalo survived an attempted coup on Tuesday but said many members of the security forces had been killed repelling an attack on democracy that may

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Somali Informant Roble meets Mohammed bin Zayed

A Photograph appear on the Internet The government of the United Arab Emirates has officially welcomed Somali Informant Mohamed Hussein Roble. Mohammed Bin Zayed is believed to be the most powerful person in the UAE, and is said to be the country’s indirect leader. The meeting between Roble and Sheikh Mohamed focused is. Somali Times

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Somali Informant Roble meets with UAE Al Maktoum family

A Photograph appear on the Internet Somali Informant Mohamed Hussein Roble met with UAE Mohamed bin Rashid Al Maktoum to Inform as usual Roble informing Somalia government lead by decent President Mohamed Abdullah Farmajo. Sources say Roble sharing sensitive information with UAE exchange millions of dollars. Somali Times reported Roble left for the United Arab

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Is Africa Gradually Returning to Military Rule-One Country After the Other?

By African Exponent The resurgence of military rule in Africa has extensively occupied the African political space over the past decade. Coups coupled with unconstitutional subversions of constitutionally elected governments have been the order of the day. From the period 2020-present, coups and coup attempts in Chad, Burkina Faso, Mali, Sudan and Guinea have been

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UK’s Johnson cannot answer party questions because of police, minister says

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson listens after making a statement on Sue Gray’s report regarding the alleged Downing Street parties during COVID-19 lockdown, in the House of Commons in London, Britain, January 31, 2022. UK Parliament/UK Parliament/Jessica Taylor/Handout via REUTERS Reuters By Guy Faulconbridge British Prime Minister Boris Johnson cannot answer specific questions over lockdown

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