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Black immigrant rally in NYC raises awareness about racial, religious and language inequities
NEW YORK (AP) — Black immigrants turned out in the hundreds on Tuesday across from New York City Hall during a hearing about racial inequities in the city's shelter and immigrant support systems. Over 1,500 immigrants, mostly from Guinea, assembled in City Hall Park, after it...
African Development Bank chief criticizes opaque loans tied to Africa's natural resources
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — The head of the African Development Bank is calling for an end to loans given in exchange for the continent's rich supplies of oil or critical minerals used in smartphones and electric car batteries. “They are just bad, first and foremost, because you...
West Africa bloc lifts coup sanctions on Niger in a new push for dialogue to resolve tensions
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — West Africa’s regional bloc known as ECOWAS said Saturday that it is lifting travel and economic sanctions imposed on Niger that were aimed at reversing last year's coup in the country in a new push for dialogue as it also renewed calls on three junta-led nations to...
Guinea's military dissolves the government without explanation, saying a new one will be appointed
CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) — Military leaders in Guinea have dissolved the government without explanation, saying they will appoint a new one, the president's secretary general said. Gen. Amara Camara, in a video address on Monday night, added that daily business would continue as usual...
14 migrants arrested in repatriation center in unrest spurred by death of young African migrant
MILAN (AP) — Authorities in Rome have arrested 14 migrants from nine countries for alleged involvement in unrest in a repatriation center following the death of a migrant from the African nation of Guinea, police said Monday. After the body was discovered Sunday morning, migrants...
