TYLER ARNOLD A 17-member commission created by the Archdiocese of Baltimore will investigate the roles that bishops, clergy, and other prominent Catholic figures within the archdiocese played in American slavery. The commission, which is still in its early stages, includes academics, archivists, and other researchers who are poring through old documents for information on the […]
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Prince Alemayehu, who was taken to England after his father’s citadel was looted, was buried at Windsor Castle in 19th century JAMIE GRIERSON Buckingham Palace has reportedly declined a request to return the remains of an Ethiopian prince who came to be buried at Windsor Castle in the 19th century. Prince Alemayehu, a claimed descendant […]
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KOFI AYIM Charles III was crowned king of the United Kingdom and 14 other sovereign states of the Commonwealth realms on May 6. More than 18 million viewers in the United Kingdom were estimated to have tuned in to watch the elaborate ceremony for the first time in 70 years. Among the royal regalia in […]
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The coronation of King Charles III has rekindled calls for Britain to return to South Africa the world’s largest diamond — the centerpiece of the scepter he held at Saturday’s May 6 ceremony. The 530-carat First Star of Africa was unearthed in 1905, when South Africa was under British rule, and donated two years later […]
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RHITU CHATTERJEE The world has made headway against the practice of child marriage, but progress has been frustratingly slow, according to a new report by UNICEF.The percentage of women age 20-24 who were married in their childhood fell from 23% to 19% in the past decade. And yet, every year, 12 million girls across the […]
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Essex County College (ECC), Newark, New Jersey, United States of America (USA) played host to African Royalty with all its color, glamor, drumming and dancing on Friday, April 21, 2023, as a renowned King from one of the ancient dynasties of Ghana came calling. It was not, however, all pomp and pageantry as the College’s […]
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AMBAR CASTILLO For many years, there’s been considerable debate about the best age for women to initiate breast cancer screening. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommends that women start getting screenings around age 50, while groups such as the American Cancer Society recommend screenings begin at an earlier age. Now a large new study […]
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Human rights activists have criticized Ethiopia’s continuing recruitment of women for domestic work in Saudi Arabia. ZECHARIAS ZELALEM In early March, Hirut was playing with her toddler at her home in Addis Ababa’s Mekanisa district, when she got a call from an unknown number asking if she wanted to work in the Middle East. It […]
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This makes Lagos’s Morit International School more accessible while also cleaning up the local community GABRIELLA OPARA When a neighbor recommended Morit International School to Ijeoma Obiora three years ago and told her tuition fee was not paid in cash but through plastic bottles, she found it hard to believe. She had never heard of […]
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HANNAH BROCKHAUS Two Vatican departments issued a joint statement Thursday March 30, on the “doctrine of discovery” and the dignity and rights due to indigenous peoples. The statement said the legal concept of the “doctrine of discovery” is “not part of the teaching of the Catholic Church” and historical research shows certain papal documents “written […]
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