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“The illegal use of military power against Libya and the distortion of all the UN Security Council decisions on Libya ruined the state” – President Vladimir Putin

Russian President, Vladimir Putin has in a lengthy address spoken about NATO’s invasion of Libya and how NATO’s “self-serving” illegal decision of interference ruined the oil-rich African country.

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Adelaide Casely-Hayford: One of the earliest Sierra Leonean Feminists and Girls’ Advocator in Africa

Instantly my eyes were opened to the fact that the education meted out to [African people] had … taught us to despise ourselves … Our immediate need was an education which would instill to us a love of country, pride of race, an enthusiast for the black man’s capabilities and a genuine admiration for Africa’s

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Meet Frances Claudia Wright OBE Known As “West Africa’s Portia” – The First Sierra Leonean Woman To Be Called To The Bar In Great Britain And To Practice Law In Sierra Leone

Little is known about “West Africa’s Portia” and leaving her out of the festivities of Black History Month is gravely unfair. Therefore, The African Dream is shedding light on one of the most illustrious women in West Africa. A woman who thrived in a male-dominated society against all odds. Frances Claudia Wright was a prominent

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Africanus Horton – The Sierra Leonean who has a crater on Mercury named after him, and the “Father of modern African political thought”

Many Sierra Leoneans and black people are unaware of the massive exploits of Africanus Horton. Therefore, in an observatory position of Black History Month, the African Dream is unearthing the valiant and applaudable accounts of our heroes and heroines across the globe. James Beale Horton was a Krio African nationalist writer, a highly revered medical

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New Kru Town Needs Actions, Not Prayers: A Message To Policymakers In Liberia

Following the deadly stampede that led to the deaths of over 29 people and the hospitalization of many more, including pregnant women and children, politicians and key members of Liberia’s decision making bodies have taken to social media and other platforms to send their fervent messages and prayers for the people of New Kru Town

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Top 5 Reasons Why The Birth of Steve Biko Signified A Promulgation of Black Consciousness

Bantu Stephen Biko, commonly known as Steve Biko, is incontestably the pacesetter for black empowerment and vibrancy. Born on the 18th December 1946, within the conclave of his grandmother’s house in Tarkastad, Eastern Cape, the prospect couched in a Xhosa family grew up to be an African nationalist and Apartheid activist. Until his death in

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