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Will The Real Model of Black Maleness Please Stand Up? Is It Barack or Curtis (50 Cent)?

• February 28, 2012 • Comments Off

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Winston Bennett: Might As Well Face It, You’re Addicted to Sex

• March 16, 2010 • 3 Comments

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What Donald Trump Didn’t Count On in Georgia May 22, 2022
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The Guardian, UK

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Guinea junta allows former leader Alpha Conde to leave country May 21, 2022
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Mozambique confirms first wild poliovirus case in 30 years May 19, 2022
Case in child in Tete province follows detection of similar strain in Malawi in February, officials sayMozambique has identified its first case of wild polio in three decades following the genetic sequencing of a similar strain of the childhood disease in Malawi earlier this year.Dr Matshidiso Moeti, the World Health Organization’s regional director for Afri […]
Widow of man killed in Libya accuses South Africa of ‘silence’ in hunt for his body May 19, 2022
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‘Huge spike’ in global conflict caused record number of displacements in 2021 May 19, 2022
Those fleeing combat were internally displaced 14.4m times, with biggest toll in sub-Saharan Africa, report revealsConflict and violence forced people from their homes a record number of times last year, a report has found, with sub-Saharan Africa bearing the brunt of mass internal displacement caused by “huge spikes” in fighting.People fleeing violence were […]
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Mexico’s migrant checks on buses and highways ruled racist and illegal May 22, 2022
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