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Namibia Gets Its First Female Leader: Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah
Namibia has elected its first female President, with Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah declared the winner of last week's disputed elections. Ms Nandi-Ndaitwah, the current Vice President of the Southern African country.
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How Native Americans Secured Their Voting Rights In US Elections
Native Americans encountered several challenges, much like African Americans and other marginalised groups who struggled for voting rights.
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How African-Americans Fought For The Right To Vote In US Presidential Elections
In the aftermath of the Civil War, with the abolition of slavery formalised by the 13th Amendment in 1865, approximately 4 million freed Black Americans were eager to secure their place as full citizens, including the critical right to vote.
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Kamala Harris Has A Better Chance Of Retaining White House Than Biden: Poll
Vice President Kamala Harris, who is of Indian and African heritage, has a better chance of retaining the White House in the November presidential polls than her boss President Joe Biden has, according to a latest CNN poll.
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South Africa Government Formed After Tough Coalition Deal With Opposition
South African president Cyril Ramaphosa announced his new government on Sunday with the opposition receiving 12 out of 32 portfolios following tough coalition negotiations after the ruling ANC lost its outright parliamentary majority.
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Adhir Ranjan's "We Have Negrito" Quip Lands Congress In More Trouble
Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury's "we have Proto Australoids... Mongoloid... Negrito (in India)" comment triggered a fresh row Thursday, a day after Sam Pitroda's "South Indians look like Africans" remark stirred up controversy.
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"Will Gladly Become Modern Day Nelson Mandela": Trump Amid Ongoing Trials
Republican White House hopeful Donald Trump on Saturday compared himself to South African anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela, sparking quick and virulent criticism from President Joe Biden's campaign team.
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Military Coup In Africa's Gabon, President Put Under House Arrest
Rebel officers in the oil-rich central African state of Gabon announced on Wednesday they had seized power following disputed elections in which President Ali Bongo Ondimba, in power since 2009, had been declared victor.
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Outrage Over South African Politician Julius Malema's Racist Comments
South Africa's Julius Malema used a decades old song that dates back to the struggle against apartheid.
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As Gujarat Votes, A Special Booth For India's "Mini-African Village"
As Gujarat votes for the first phase of the assembly elections today, a special tribal booth has been set up for the first time in Jambur, a 'mini African village' in the state.
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World's Longest-Serving President Seeks Re-Election After 43-Year Rule
Equatorial Guinea votes on Sunday in a general election in which President Teodoro Obiang Nguema, the world's longest-standing president, is expected to extend his 43-year rule at the helm of the tiny oil-producing West African nation.
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New York Elects Black Ex-Cop Eric Adams As Next Mayor
Ex-policeman Eric Adams was elected New York City's next mayor on Tuesday and will become just the second African American to lead the United States's largest city.
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Facebook Removes French, Russian Accounts Active in Africa Over Covert Disinformation Campaign
Individuals linked to Russia and the French military used fake Facebook and Instagram accounts to wage a covert disinformation campaign in the Central African Republic ahead of elections there this month, Facebook announced this week.
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Kamala Harris To Deliver Her Vice-Presidential Acceptance Speech Today
Indian-origin Senator Kamala Harris will deliver her acceptance speech on Wednesday as the Democratic vice-presidential candidate to become the first-ever American of Indian and African descent to be nominated by a major party for the top post.
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Kamala Harris Once Asked Chennai Aunt To Break Coconuts For Luck: Report
Senator Kamala Harris, the first-ever American of Indian and African descent to be the vice presidential candidate of a major political party, had at one point asked her aunt in India to break coconuts for good luck at a Hindu temple when she was in the fray for California attorney general election in 2010, according to a media report.
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Namibia Gets Its First Female Leader: Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah
Namibia has elected its first female President, with Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah declared the winner of last week's disputed elections. Ms Nandi-Ndaitwah, the current Vice President of the Southern African country.
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How Native Americans Secured Their Voting Rights In US Elections
Native Americans encountered several challenges, much like African Americans and other marginalised groups who struggled for voting rights.
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How African-Americans Fought For The Right To Vote In US Presidential Elections
In the aftermath of the Civil War, with the abolition of slavery formalised by the 13th Amendment in 1865, approximately 4 million freed Black Americans were eager to secure their place as full citizens, including the critical right to vote.
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Kamala Harris Has A Better Chance Of Retaining White House Than Biden: Poll
Vice President Kamala Harris, who is of Indian and African heritage, has a better chance of retaining the White House in the November presidential polls than her boss President Joe Biden has, according to a latest CNN poll.
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South Africa Government Formed After Tough Coalition Deal With Opposition
South African president Cyril Ramaphosa announced his new government on Sunday with the opposition receiving 12 out of 32 portfolios following tough coalition negotiations after the ruling ANC lost its outright parliamentary majority.
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Adhir Ranjan's "We Have Negrito" Quip Lands Congress In More Trouble
Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury's "we have Proto Australoids... Mongoloid... Negrito (in India)" comment triggered a fresh row Thursday, a day after Sam Pitroda's "South Indians look like Africans" remark stirred up controversy.
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"Will Gladly Become Modern Day Nelson Mandela": Trump Amid Ongoing Trials
Republican White House hopeful Donald Trump on Saturday compared himself to South African anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela, sparking quick and virulent criticism from President Joe Biden's campaign team.
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Military Coup In Africa's Gabon, President Put Under House Arrest
Rebel officers in the oil-rich central African state of Gabon announced on Wednesday they had seized power following disputed elections in which President Ali Bongo Ondimba, in power since 2009, had been declared victor.
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Outrage Over South African Politician Julius Malema's Racist Comments
South Africa's Julius Malema used a decades old song that dates back to the struggle against apartheid.
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As Gujarat Votes, A Special Booth For India's "Mini-African Village"
As Gujarat votes for the first phase of the assembly elections today, a special tribal booth has been set up for the first time in Jambur, a 'mini African village' in the state.
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World's Longest-Serving President Seeks Re-Election After 43-Year Rule
Equatorial Guinea votes on Sunday in a general election in which President Teodoro Obiang Nguema, the world's longest-standing president, is expected to extend his 43-year rule at the helm of the tiny oil-producing West African nation.
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New York Elects Black Ex-Cop Eric Adams As Next Mayor
Ex-policeman Eric Adams was elected New York City's next mayor on Tuesday and will become just the second African American to lead the United States's largest city.
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Facebook Removes French, Russian Accounts Active in Africa Over Covert Disinformation Campaign
Individuals linked to Russia and the French military used fake Facebook and Instagram accounts to wage a covert disinformation campaign in the Central African Republic ahead of elections there this month, Facebook announced this week.
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Kamala Harris To Deliver Her Vice-Presidential Acceptance Speech Today
Indian-origin Senator Kamala Harris will deliver her acceptance speech on Wednesday as the Democratic vice-presidential candidate to become the first-ever American of Indian and African descent to be nominated by a major party for the top post.
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Kamala Harris Once Asked Chennai Aunt To Break Coconuts For Luck: Report
Senator Kamala Harris, the first-ever American of Indian and African descent to be the vice presidential candidate of a major political party, had at one point asked her aunt in India to break coconuts for good luck at a Hindu temple when she was in the fray for California attorney general election in 2010, according to a media report.
