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NEWS ABOUT: African

African stories: 5 news summaries

Somali Pirates Demand $7M Ransom for UK Couple

Paul and Rachel Chandler went missing a week ago

Oct 30, 09 5:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - The British couple abducted from their yacht at gunpoint are being held for $7 million ransom, a rep for the Somali pirates who kidnapped them said today. Paul and Rachel Chandler went missing a week ago in the Indian Ocean. "NATO operations had a lot of negative impact here,... More »

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Somalia • kidnapping • abduction • Indian Ocean • pirates • yachts • ransom • African • Paul Chandler • Rachel Chandler

analysis

 Not So Fast, UN: 
 Darfur War Isn't Over 


Aug 28, 09 11:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - A top UN official has declared that the "real war" in Darfur is over, but that might come as a surprise to the 3 million or so refugees still living in fear of militia attacks, writes Andrew Meldrum for Global Post. He talks to relief officials who find the... More »

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United Nations • Darfur • genocide • Sudan • African • refugees

Skeleton Hints
at Cleopatra's African Heritage

But experts point
out holes in BBC documentary's claim

Mar 16, 09 3:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - Egyptian queen Cleopatra may have been of African rather than Greek ancestry, new findings suggest. A BBC archaeological documentary claims to have found the tomb of Cleopatra’s sister, Arsinoe, in Ephesus, Turkey. Arsinoe, who, according to legend, was killed on orders from her sister, had skull dimensions consistent with... More »

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archaeology • Egypt • Greece • tomb • African • Cleopatra • ancient Greece

 Blacks Charge
 Harassment in China 

Beijing's African residents targeted as part of pre-Olympic crackdown

Jul 21, 08 10:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - African residents of Beijing say they are facing growing harassment from police ahead of the Olympics, reports the Globe and Mail. Bar owners near the city's Workers Stadium have reportedly been ordered not to serve "black people or Mongolians." The groups have been targeted as part of China's... More »

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China • Beijing • 2008 Beijing Olympics • African • Chinese officials

OPINION

Are Black Immigrants Black?

Debra Dickerson on the divide between 'native' and 'immigrant' blacks

Mar 1, 08 7:31 PM CST
(Newser) - The notion that a black American must be a “descendant of West African slaves brought here to labor for whites against their will” just reinforces the “invisibility that black immigrants face in America,” Debra Dickerson writes in Mother Jones. But she can’t escape it herself,... More »

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education • Barack Obama • African Americans • Ivy League • West Africa • black community • African • Debra Dickerson • West Indies • Malcolm X • Marcus Garvey

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