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(NYT) Simon & Schuster Creates Imprint for Muslim-Themed Children’s Books
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Madina Toure
By ALEXANDRA ALTER FEB. 24, 2016
As a young Pakistani-American Muslim girl growing up in Connecticut, Zareen Jaffery used to devou...
24
Feb
(Yahoo! News) Comoros VP wins first round of presidential vote
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Moroni (Comoros) (AFP) - The vice president of the Indian Ocean archipelago of the Comoros, Mohamed Ali Soilihi, won the first round of...
23
Feb
(Go Woman Africa) Sierra Leone: Women refused entry to government buildings for showing their bare arms
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I went to the Immigration Head Office in Freetown, Sierra Leone on a Monday to submit a passport application for my son. On this day I ...
23
Feb
(BuzzFeed) Meet The Women Behind Nigeria’s Most Subversive Novellas
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By Kate Bubacz, Senior Photo Editor, News and Monica Mark, BuzzFeed News World Correspondent
Posted on Feb. 17, 2016, at 3:43 p.m.
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Feb
(Yahoo! News) Crowded field competes for Comoros president
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By Béatrice Debut, Aboubacar M'Changama
February 21, 2016 1:32 PM
Moroni (Comoros) (AFP) - Voters in the Indian Ocean archipelago o...
23
Feb
(LA Times) Why a congresswoman from Los Angeles is talking about Africa
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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 ambas...
03
Feb
(The Guardian) Secret aid worker: ‘I was the obscure African girl in a room full of white faces’
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27 January 2016
By Face2Face Africa Staff
It was sitting in a conflict resolution lecture – an inter...
03
Feb
(Rising Africa) Uganda Manufactures First Solar-Powered Bus in Africa
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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
(AFK Insider) Gates Foundation Pays For Contraceptive Delivery By Drone To African Women
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By Dana Sanchez
Published: January 29, 2016, 3:26 pm
Drones are delivering contraceptives to hard-to-reach Ghanaian villages in...
03
Feb
(NYT) Obama, in Mosque Visit, Denounces Anti-Muslim Bias
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By GARDINER HARRIS FEB. 3, 2016
WASHINGTON — President Obama reached out to Muslims in the United States on Wednesday in ...