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White and Black farmers still bear the scars of Zimbabwe’s land grabs | Poverty and Development News
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White and Black farmers still bear the scars of Zimbabwe’s land grabs | Poverty and Development News

Harare, Zimbabwe – Guy Watson-Smith felt hurt and betrayed when his 5,000-hectare (12,355-acre) farm in Beatrice, in Zimbabwe’s Mashonaland East province, was violently...

Reverse reparations: Zimbabwe’s perfect trap, South Africa’s looming danger | Debt
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Reverse reparations: Zimbabwe’s perfect trap, South Africa’s looming danger | Debt

On February 7, the White House cut aid to South Africa, citing a nonexistent threat to white farmers from government land expropriation. To...

Commonwealth should lead the discussion on slavery reparations | Slavery
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Commonwealth should lead the discussion on slavery reparations | Slavery

As a new secretary-general assumes leadership of the Commonwealth, it seems de rigueur in some circles to dismiss the organisation as a relic...

From beats to ballots: What political rap lyrics tell us | Music
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From beats to ballots: What political rap lyrics tell us | Music

What role has hip-hop played in activism? From the 1980s, hip-hop has essentially enabled marginalised voices to break through to the mainstream. The...

Trump orders removal of ‘improper ideology’ from top US museums | Donald Trump News
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Trump orders removal of ‘improper ideology’ from top US museums | Donald Trump News

Trump’s new executive order targets what he describes as the spread of a “divisive, race-centered ideology” at museums. United States President Donald Trump...

From South Africa to the US, white victimhood knows no borders | Donald Trump
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From South Africa to the US, white victimhood knows no borders | Donald Trump

On March 3, Tucker Carlson, an American political commentator popular among MAGA conservatives and the global far right, held an odd and disturbing...

US man convicted in hate crime murder of Palestinian American boy | Islamophobia News
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US man convicted in hate crime murder of Palestinian American boy | Islamophobia News

Joseph Czuba faces life in prison for the murder of 6-year-old Wadee Alfayoumi days after Israel’s war on Gaza began. A jury in...

Colonising Africa: What happened at the Berlin Conference of 1884-1885? | History News
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Colonising Africa: What happened at the Berlin Conference of 1884-1885? | History News

It was the late 19th century and European nations were beginning to look at the African continent as a more permanent resource base...

Are white Afrikaners at risk in South Africa? Not really, most say | Race Issues News
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Are white Afrikaners at risk in South Africa? Not really, most say | Race Issues News

Johannesburg and Pretoria, South Africa – On a rainy Saturday in South Africa’s capital Pretoria, several hundred white Afrikaners gathered outside the embassy...