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13 Apr

(Al Jazeera) Somalia executes al-Shabab journalist

April 13, 2016
By Madina Toure

11 Apr 2016 09:09 GMT | Politics, Africa Somalia has executed a journalist accused of helping members of al-Shabab kill at least fiv...

27 Feb

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(Vox) 3 young Muslim Americans killed in mysterious ‘execution-style’ murders

February 27, 2016
By Madina Toure

Updated by Max Fisher on February 27, 2016, 11:30 a.m. ET @Max_Fisher max@vox.com A broadcast from the local Fort Wayne ...

24 Feb

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(Yahoo! News) Comoros VP wins first round of presidential vote

February 24, 2016
By Madina Toure

Moroni (Comoros) (AFP) - The vice president of the Indian Ocean archipelago of the Comoros, Mohamed Ali Soilihi, won the first round ...

23 Feb

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(Yahoo! News) Crowded field competes for Comoros president

February 23, 2016
By Madina Toure

By Béatrice Debut, Aboubacar M'Changama February 21, 2016 1:32 PM Moroni (Comoros) (AFP) - Voters in the Indian Ocean archipela...

23 Feb

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(LA Times) Why a congresswoman from Los Angeles is talking about Africa

February 23, 2016
By Madina Toure

By Sarah D. Wire Contact Reporter It’s 8 a.m., Congress isn't in session and Washington’s roads are icy, but more than 100 a...

03 Feb

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(The Guardian) Secret aid worker: ‘I was the obscure African girl in a room full of white faces’

February 3, 2016
By Madina Toure

27 January 2016 By Face2Face Africa Staff It was sitting in a conflict resolution lecture – an int...

03 Feb

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(Rising Africa) Uganda Manufactures First Solar-Powered Bus in Africa

February 3, 2016
By Madina Toure

By Admin - Feb 1, 2016 Kiira Motors Corporation is set to launch the first solar-powered bus ‘Kayoola’ in Africa in the co...

03 Feb

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(AFK Insider) Gates Foundation Pays For Contraceptive Delivery By Drone To African Women

February 3, 2016
By Madina Toure

By Dana Sanchez Published: January 29, 2016, 3:26 pm Drones are delivering contraceptives to hard-to-reach Ghanaian village...

03 Feb

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(HuffPost Black Voices) African Women Who Deserve Movies

February 2, 2016
By Madina Toure

01/08/2016 01:59 pm ET By Dwayne Wong (Omowale) Dwayne Wong (Omowale) is an author who has written a number of books on the his...

30 Jan

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(Nature) Error found in study of first ancient African genome

January 30, 2016
By Madina Toure

Finding that much of Africa has Eurasian ancestry was mistaken. Ewen Callaway | 29 January 2016 An ...