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Central African Republic minister claims Boris Becker is 'not our diplomat', hours before embassy confirms ...

The Independent 19 Jun 2018

Boris Becker has been given more time to prove his diplomatic immunity from bankruptcy after Central African Republic officials both confirmed and rejected the claim....

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RPL celebrating African-American Music Appreciation Month

Rockford Register Star 19 Jun 2018

ROCKFORD — Rockford Public Library is celebrating African-American Music Appreciation Month through June 30 with an exhibit at Hart Interim Library, 214 N. Church St.The exhibit is in Meeting Room 1 and features streaming videos; a curation of CDs and DVDs; and large display posters that highlight artists from jazz, rhythm and blues, hip hop, funk and rock ‘n’ roll music genres.Free. For information. 815-987-6610 ... ....

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Conference On West African Security Opens In Accra

Modern Ghana 19 Jun 2018

A conference on West African Security and Armoured Vehicle, opened on Monday in Accra to deliberate on improving homeland security resilience in the sub-region. The meeting, which brought together National security and intelligence experts from th ... ....

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'We need African coaches for our football to move ahead' - Cisse

Irish Independent 19 Jun 2018

No African team have progressed further than the international team he captained to the quarter-finals in 2002 and, upon arriving here yesterday for the match against Poland, the former Birmingham City and Portsmouth defender highlighted a specific shortcoming. "I am certain that one day an African country will win the World Cup," he said ... I represent a new generation that would like to have its place in African and world football....

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Spin rivals in South African squad

The News International 19 Jun 2018

JOHANNESBURG ... “Conditions in England are likely to be very different from those in Sri Lanka ... All-rounder Chris Morris was not available because of injury.The same squad will do duty for a one-off Twenty20 International at the end of the tour.South African squad ... First Test, Galle.Jul 20-24. Second Test, Colombo.Jul 29. First ODI, Dambulla.Aug 1. Second ODI, Dambulla.Aug 5 ... T20 international, Colombo. ....

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South Africans back Semenya's court challenge against IAAF

Eye Witness News 19 Jun 2018

Caster Semenya is challenging the IAAF's testosterone rule change on the basis that it violates the athletics body's own constitution, as well as the Olympic charter and athletes’ human rights ... ....

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Qld senator slams 'fake' Muslim refugees

This is Money 19 Jun 2018

Queensland senator Fraser Anning has lashed out at "fake" Muslim refugees, arguing white South Africans instead need to be urgently allowed in to Australia to avoid "black radical" genocide ... "We need, as a matter of urgency, to let white South African refugees come here before black radicals and South African communists finish their plans of genocide."....

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World Cup's only Black coach says there should be more

The Philadelphia Tribune 19 Jun 2018

“In European countries, in major clubs, you see lots of African players. Now we need African coaches for our continent to go ahead,” Senegal’s Aliou Cisse said through a translator on Monday, a day ahead of his nation’s World Cup opener against Poland ... “I have the certainty that one day an African team, an African country, will win the World Cup,” Cisse said....

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World Cup's only black coach: There should be more

Willoughby News-Herald 19 Jun 2018

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Unstable Africa, divided Europe to see more migrant vessels headed to Mediterranean

People Daily 19 Jun 2018

European countries are scrambling to fix the ongoing migrant crisis in the North African border region ... This black market business is fueled by political instability and unrest throughout the African continent. Today, at least 1 million sub-Saharan Africans are living in Libya as slaves or hostages, according to a report for the UN’s High Commissioner for Refugees ... It is a manifestation of political chaos created far from African soil....

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City where many slaves entered US to apologize for slavery

Times Union 19 Jun 2018

It will happen less than a mile (1.5 kilometers) from the old wharf where slave ships unloaded — soon to be the site of a $75 million African-American history museum ... A centerpiece of that effort is the International African American Museum ... The museum will tell the story of African-Americans in the U.S....

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FIFA World Cup 2018: Senegal Channel Metsu Spirit of 2002 Before Poland Show

Yahoo Daily News 19 Jun 2018

Yet as the only African coach in this year's competition, he is determined to stamp his own generation's mark on world football ... "I represent a new generation which wants to find its place in African football and world football," he added ... No African team has bettered Senegal's 2002 achievement, Cameroon, in 1990, and Ghana in 2010 also reached the quarters, but Cisse said he was sure that one would one day win the World Cup....

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FIFA World Cup 2018: Football universal sport, colour debate disturbs me, says Cisse

The Times of India 19 Jun 2018

When this was pointed out during the pre-match press conference at the Moscow Spartak Stadium ahead of Senegal's opening match against Poland, and Cisse was asked whether any prejudice exists against African coaches being employed by African teams because he is the sole representative in Russia, the smile vanished from his face for a few seconds ... I represent a new generation of African coaches....

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