As South Africa celebrated Human Rights Day on March 21, U.S. President Donald Trump’s claims that white South Africans had ...

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Richard Allen, born into slavery near Smyrna, rose to found the AME Church and promote rights for African Americans.

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Bishop Sithembele Anton Sipuka of the Catholic Diocese of Mthatha in South Africa has decried prevalent human rights abuses in the country despite many years of celebrating Human Rights Day. The ...

The Duke of Sussex has quit as patron of a charity in Africa he set up in honour of his mother, Diana, Princess of Wales, ...

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