At the confluence of Arab and black Africa, Darfur has known low-level violence for centuries.
The group also said it was fighting to reclaim "the lost dignity of Muslims of black Africa" and the creation of an Islamic caliphate from Niger to Cameroon and northern Nigeria.
There was widespread speculation before the conclave that the Roman Catholic Church was about to elect its first black pope from Africa.
That gave Okoya food for thought and after some initial research, he decided to launch the Queens of Africa black dolls, each one representing different tribes in the continent.
And this is even more important and has a greater significance when we remember that the U.S. and Brazil are the two countries that has the largest black population outside Africa.
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In Botswana and Zambia, the black Rhino is believed now to be extinct and, across a wide band of Africa, both black and white rhinos are now almost too rare to be counted.
About 70% of unskilled rural black women in South Africa are unemployed, according to one estimate.
What is certain is that domestic service is by far the largest source of employment for black women in South Africa, and there are few other options.
After spending 27 years in prison, on his release Mandela pursued a policy of reconciliation between black and white in South Africa.
Will South Africa's black languages suffer the fate of the six languages brought by the country's first Indian settlers 150 years ago?
In the mid-1960s, he developed a new African dance music influenced by places both in and outside Africa, including black America and the Middle East.
W. de Klerk on handing over power to the elected leader of South Africa's black majority, yet you find no fault in King Hussein's minority rule in Jordan.
Native to Africa, the black rhinoceros is classified as a critically endangered species, according to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora.
Ralepelle, a 24-year-old hooker who has won 18 caps, was the first black player to captain South Africa when he led them out against a World XV in Leicester in 2006.
At the United Nations Global Youth Leadership Summit, which took place in New York in October of last year, Da Gama invited black celebrities to come to Africa to be the face of malaria.
After leaving prison in 1990 following more than 27 years in jail, he led the African National Congress party to a landslide victory in 1994 - the first time South Africa's black majority was allowed to vote.
Last year Hugues Lagrange, a sociologist, reported that black youths with origins in Africa's Sahel (eg from Mali and Mauritania) were more likely to be involved in crime than those from other parts of Africa, including the Maghreb.
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Named after South Africa's first black nurse, under apartheid it used to be the blacks-only hospital.
Land reform is a popular issue among the poorer, mainly black section of society in South Africa.
The 94-year-old, who was South Africa's first black president, was discharged from the hospital on April 6.
The 94-year-old, who was South Africa's first black president, was admitted to the hospital on March 27.
In 1994, South Africa's Ciskei black homeland collapsed when Brigadier Oupa Gqozo resigned after a police revolt.
All this is not for a movie star or entertainer but for South Africa's first black billionaire.
Mr Mandela became South Africa's first black president in the 1990s and is seen by many as father of the nation.
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He served as South Africa's first black president from 1994 to 1999.
After decades of the deliberate crushing of black initiative under apartheid, South Africa is right to borrow the logic from 1960s America.
It's clear that the pressures of being the South Africa's first black female winemaker have been replaced by an obsession with her craft.
He served as South Africa's first black president from 1994 to 1999 and is regarded by many as the father of the nation.
Mr Mandela served as South Africa's first black president from 1994 to 1999 and is regarded by many as the father of the nation.
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