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Apartheid in South Africa: Raw Documentary Footage (1957 Film)
(History, Conflicts and International)
Apartheid was a system of legal racial segregation enforced by the National Party government of South Africa between 1948 and 1993, under which the rights of the majority 'non-white' inhabitants of... ...
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Soul Train' Creator Don Cornelius Dies At 75
(EACN Entertainment & Media/Music)
by Dan Charnas With Soul Train, which made its debut on one Chicago TV station in 1970 and spread quickly to dozens of American markets, Cornelius created the first black-owned nationally syndicated TV ...
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Evergreen - The best of Soul Train
(EACN Entertainment & Media/Music)
... One's live appearance on Soul Train, the hippest trip in America. The combination of the performer and that show keeps up an enervating pace that electrifies the teenagers. It ...
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Don Cornelius, 'Soul Train' Creator, Dies from Gunshot Wound
(Positive Africa/African America)
... as a local program and aired nationally from 1971 to 2006. It introduced television audiences to such legendary artists as Aretha Franklin, Marvin Gaye and Barry White and brought the best R&B, soul ...
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Nigeria Egypt & S.Africa Leading in African Solar Panel Production
(Positive Africa/Africans In Science)
By John Ofikhenua Nigeria has joined Egypt and South Africa as the third African nation to produce its solar panels for electricity purposes locally. The Science and Technology Minister, Professor Ita ...
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Special Report on Malaysia Part II
(Editorial Desk /EuroAfrica-Magazine Editorial)
... British rule on 31st August 1957. Singapore was formally part of Malaya/Malaysia, until 1965, when it chose to be an independent nation. Malaysia's second Prime Minister was Tunku Abdul Razaq (the father ...
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The Ikemba Nnewi - Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, Biafran Leader is dead: Our Magazine Pays Tribute
(Editorial Desk /EAC Special Suppliment)
... the then ruling National party of Nigeria. Ojukwu who celebrated his 78th birthday early in the month was an active member of APGA until his death. Odumegwu-Ojukwu was married to Miss Intercontinental ...
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Introduction to Malaysia
(Positive Africa/African Asia)
... the Malaysians is Malay, otherwise popularly known as "Bahasa Melayu" or Bahasa Malaysia". It is both the official and national language of the country, i.e. Malaysia's lingua franca. But English is generally ...
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Best Tips For Western Reporters of African Countries
(Editorial Desk /Media Bias & Ignorance)
... Now, instead of soldiers use warriors, and for General, or field marshal use warlord, instead of nations use tribes, in place of doctor just write witch-doctor, and for statesmen just reduce them to chiefs ...
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Where is Africa Going Wrong? - Ideas, Not Money, Alleviate Poverty
(Technology and Science/ Internet)
... and leveraged to export knowledge and ideas. Africa’s primary strategy for poverty alleviation is to gain debt relief, foreign assistance, and investments from western nations. Poverty alleviation means ...
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2012: - Electric Motorsport in South Africa
(Technology and Science/High Tech)
The future of international motorsport is on its way to South Africa - 2012 sees the birth of 100% electric motor racing with the official launch of the Formulec World Series. The Formulec Electric ...
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We remember Enoch Sontonga
(Positive Africa/Historical Facts )
... national anthem of a democratic South Africa.Enoch Mankayi Sontonga, a teacher and lay preacher from the Eastern Cape, died in obscurity 106 years ago today, aged just 33. But he left an indelible legacy. ...
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They Are Selling Queen Mother Idia Mask & We all Remain Quiet!
(Positive Africa/African Europe)
... The United Nations, UNESCO, several international conferences and ICOM have urged holders of the Benin bronzes to return some to Nigeria but nobody seems to pay any attention to the pleas of the world ...
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Shell Accused Over Misleading Figures On Nigeria Oil Spills
(News and Reports/Environment)
Amnesty International and Friends of the Earth International today filed an official complaint against oil giant Shell for breaches of basic standards for responsible business set out by the Organisation ...
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Shell Accused Over Misleading Figures On Nigeria Oil Spills
(News and Reports/News-Africa)
Amnesty International and Friends of the Earth International today filed an official complaint against oil giant Shell for breaches of basic standards for responsible business set out by the Organisation ...
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Referendum in Sudan: This is no news
(News and Reports/News-Africa)
... is not what will be the referendum's outcome, but what comes after. International headlines are reporting from the Southern capital Juba, showing excited crowds waving banners that promote secession. ...
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Medical Tourism und Globalisation - US Perspective
(News and Reports/Health News)
Medical tourism is choosing to travel outside your local area for medical services. International medical services are “any coordinated out-of-country medical service” that requires a patient to travel ...
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Medical Tourism und Globalisation - US Perspective
(Technology and Science/Innovation)
Medical tourism is choosing to travel outside your local area for medical services. International medical services are “any coordinated out-of-country medical service” that requires a patient to travel ...
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A Russian Record: First African Politician Elected to Office
(Positive Africa/African Europe)
... just a short distance from the Zavidovo National Park, where Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and President Dmitry Medvedev take nature retreats. Denis Voronin, a 33-year-old engineer in Novozavidovo, said ...
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FIFA World Cup & Positive Africa: Exploring the Other Africa You Never See On TV
(Positive Africa/The Unreported Africa)
... struggling for a better survival through self-initiative rather than frowning faces, resignation and constant grumbling. I think of a private sector working hard to find African solutions to African problems. ...
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Biopolicy for Genetically Modified African Foods
(Technology and Science/Green Technology)
... aspects of the introduction of the crops have been wantonly ignored and still remain unaddressed to date. These compounded by the fact that most of these multinational companies fighting for the promotion ...
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Gaddafi Calls for a Division of Nigeria
(News and Reports/News-Africa)
... Libyan leader suggested on Tuesday that Nigeria, Africa's most populous country, can resolve its perennial violence only by separating into Christians and Muslims nations, a report by state- run Jana news ...
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Skin – The story of mixed 'outcast' Sandra Laing
(Editorial Desk /Social Injustice & Discrimination)
... bi-racial author Rebecca Walker wrote about laing's story. " Laing's story is similar to that of many who straddle racial designations that have more to do with social engineering than with actual differences ...
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The African Eye to The Universe
(Positive Africa/Africans In Science)
... on the moon. Inaugurated by South African President Thabo Mbeki in November 2005, SALT is one of the leading instruments of its kind, enabling local and international scientists to see distant stars, ...
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Kofi A. Annan of Ghana - Ambassador of Change
(News and Reports/People & Society)
KOFI A. ANNAN of Ghana , the seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations, served from 1997 to 2006 and was the first to emerge from the ranks of United Nations staff. One of Mr. Annan's main priorities ...
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Train times, satnavs, Sims
(Technology and Science/Smartphones)
Satellite navigation programs and the National Rail Enquiries service were among the most popular applications, or apps, downloaded on to iPhones and iPods in the UK this year. Unveiling the year's ...
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Afghan Conflict Will Be Reviewed
(News and Reports/Diaspora/World)
... will significantly change the direction of a conflict that has steadily deteriorated over the past seven years. Instead, Obama's national security team expects that the new deployments, which will nearly ...
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Glaciers melting so fast at the North Pole
(News and Reports/Environment)
... enormous quantities of ice could disappear until 2005 when I went to Iceland and shot a story for The New Yorker magazine. This led to a 2006 National Geographic magazine assignment to document changing ...
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Stargate Atlantis science fiction
(EACN Entertainment & Media/Multi-Media Communication)
... Ones ( "The Ancient"). With the developments in New Order, initial episode of the eighth season of Stargate SG-1, Stargate Command sends an international team to investigate the post. Dr. Jackson discovers ...
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Honda's ASIMO robot
(Technology and Science/High Tech)
... with natural materials like lettuce seed, rice, carnations and strawflower. The float was joined by the Prairie View A&M University Marching Band, a past participant in the Honda Battle of the Bands ...
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Professor Kelly Chibale, Zambian Scientist Leads African Drug Discovery Research
(Positive Africa/Africans In Science)
... property,” he says. “Nothing was patented.” Over the past decade, Chibale has worked to change that culture, mainly through collaborations with pharmaceutical firms, non-profit groups and international ...
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African Scientists find Gene That Causes Hereditary Heart Disease.
(Positive Africa/Africans In Science)
Researchers from South Africa’s Stellenbosch University, working with international colleagues in a study spanning more than 30 years, have identified the rogue or defective gene that causes a type of ...
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Super Antibodies Against HIV Discovered in African Countries
(Positive Africa/Africans In Science)
... in this week’s edition of Science, the findings are the result of a worldwide effort launched by the US-based International Aids Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) in 2006 to find new antibodies that neutralize ...
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Privacy Statement
(EAC-Nework/Legal /Terms)
... about them and what may happen to that information. The following discloses our information gathering and dissemination practices for all our websites. Overview As part of the normal operation of ...
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Ardipithecus Ramidus - New Earliest Hominid Discovered In Afar Rift - Ethiopia.
(Social, Arts, History & Culture/Ethnicity, Africa and History)
... that at the time it was a wooded environment. Fossils of 29 species of birds and 20 species of small mammals were found at the site. • Geologist Giday WoldeGabriel of Los Alamos National Laboratory was ...
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South Africa: Scientists Discover 18 New Species
(Positive Africa/Africans In Science)
... nearby. Furthering scientific research Earthwatch is a multinational environmental organisation with a focus on scientific expeditions and research. In addition to over 150 permanent staff, the organisation ...
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Uranium - The New Gold In Namibia
(Positive Africa/The Unreported Africa)
... President Dmitry Medvedev will visit the nation this week to revive cooperation in uranium mining and energy production.Uranium is used to produce nuclear fuel, which is a carbon-neutral source of electrical ...
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First Amoured Vehicle Constructed By Nigerians
(Positive Africa/The Unreported Africa)
... to Johnson Obasa, the local production of the armoured car would help in upgrading the nation's security status. "It will promote up to 50% security in the country, it is something to protect the armoured ...
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Ushahidi - Africans Develop first Cell-Phone News Gathering Tool
(Positive Africa/The Unreported Africa)
... the recognition it deserves in the international media, and it says to me that we are on to something.” - Ory, Ushahidi co-founders. Ushahidi has been used in Kenya, Democratic Republic of Congo and South ...
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North African Solar Energy to Power Europe
(Positive Africa/The Unreported Africa)
... of the International Parliamentary Forum on Renewable Energies, dismissed Desertec as “another superfluous giant generator.” Scheer called instead for support for smaller sun and wind-driven power plants. ...
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Ethiopia: Dr. Gebisa Ejeta Wins The 2009 World Food Prize
(Positive Africa/The Unreported Africa)
... night to attend school during the week and then back home on Friday, he rapidly ascended through eight grades and passed the national exam qualifying him to enter high school. Ejeta’s high academic standing ...
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Pro. Henry Louis Gates Arrested For Breaking into his Own House, Claims Ethnic Discrimination
(Editorial Desk /Social Injustice & Discrimination)
Henry Louis Gates, Jr., the Harvard professor, author, friend to Oprah, and chronicler and excavator of African American culture, was arrested for disorderly conduct Thursday at his home in Cambridge, ...
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Discrimination in Europe (Part Two)
(Editorial Desk /Social Injustice & Discrimination)
... In the first part, we tackled the definitions of race, racism, and xenophobia. We then moved on to some real samples of racial discrimination in the UK. In this part, racial discrimination in other European ...
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Ethnic Discrimination in Europe (Part One)
(Editorial Desk /Social Injustice & Discrimination)
By Papa Cheikh Jimbira-Sakho Writer and Journalist Since the beginning of this 21st century, Europe has become seriously confronted with expanding racial discrimination and xenophobia following massive ...
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A Landmark Study Shows How Our Ancestors Migrated From Africa Thousands of Years Ago
(Social, Arts, History & Culture/Ethnicity, Africa and History)
... knows today about humankind's ancient migration stories. The Genographic Project is a five-year research partnership led by National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence Dr. Spencer Wells. Dr. Wells ...
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EU report: Ethnic Discrimination Against Minorities Widespread in Europe
(Editorial Desk /Social Injustice & Discrimination)
The largest survey to date of ethnic minorities living in Europe has found that the majority experience racism and discrimination on a day-to-day basis, with Roma and Africans feeling especially vulnerable. ...
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About us
(EAC-Nework/EACN TEAM)
... Afrocentric media organization from Europe serving a world-wide audience via its two bilingual portals (International Page - in English) and (Local Page - in German): EAC offers its international ...
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Top African Scientists - Daniel Williams
(Positive Africa/Historical Facts )
... Latimer, Jan Matzeliger, Granville Woods, Fred Jones, Otis Boykin and others. Their names and contributions are so important to science and humanity but long years of institutionalised discrimination ...
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Martin Luther King, US 1963 "I have a Dream" Prophecy Comes True in 2008
(Positive Africa/African America)
... in America from the Mid-1950s until his death by assassination in 1968. King promoted non-violent means to achieve civil-rights reform and was awarded the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts. King's ...
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Americans Overcome "The Colour-Divide":
(Positive Africa/African America)
... historic inauguration will complete a stunning ascent to the pinnacle of US and global politics from national obscurity just four years ago and close an eight-year era of turbulence under President George ...
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Our Correspondent Reports from China
(Positive Africa/African Asia)
... of national tests that literally gauge a student’s ability to memorize lessons. These national tests go back to the early Confucius schools, where civil servants were trained on their ability to memorize ...
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News-Africa
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West Africa Cameroon Cameroon Tribune - Yaounde in French The Ghana Star, Ghana Review International, News in Ghana, The Ghanaian Chronicle Daily Graphic NewsRunner The Guardian Newspapers, Newswatch ...
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Social Injustice & Discrimination
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