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21 Sep

Humans Spread From Africa in One Wave, DNA Shows (NYT)

September 21, 2016
By Dr. Dennie Beach

By Carl Zimmer (NYT) Did humans flood out of Africa in a single diaspora, or did we trickle from the continent in waves spread out o...

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 ...

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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(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 ...

25 Jan

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(News24) Young SA nuclear physicist hopes to bring new mobile charging technology to SA

January 25, 2016
By Madina Toure

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNCQCLlzxE0 18 November, 01:13 PM We speak to young South African entrepreneur Shalton Mothwa abo...

25 Jan

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(NY Daily News) CARIBBEAT: Longwood Arts Project celebrates Africa, puts culture on display in monthlong Bronx exhibition

January 25, 2016
By Madina Toure

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Sunday, January 24, 2016, 4:00 AM "Bronx: Africa," a multi-disciplinary art exhibition celebrating the expres...

24 Jan

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(The Daily Nation) African Union to push for Africa’s voice in UN

January 24, 2016
By Madina Toure

By Aggrey Mutambo African Union chairman President Mugabe has been strident in his consistent call for the reform of the UN, arg...

18 Jan

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(Yahoo) Zuma’s office admits Africa isn’t biggest continent

January 18, 2016
By Madina Toure

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's presidency issued an embarrassing correction on Monday to rectify an erroneous refere...