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Each year, Columbia University's Business School and School of International and Public Affairs come together for the annual Africa Economic Forum (AEF). This year marks the university's 18th conference scheduled for Friday, April 22nd and Saturday, April 23rd. The event takes place at the new Manhattanville campus and will be the first AEF in-person conference after a 3-year virtual format due to the pandemic.

Nigerian youths and their supporters have been peacefully protesting in Nigeria for about two weeks and Nigerians in America have joined in.

Tyrese Devon Haspil, the former personal assistant to the CEO of Gokada, Fahim Saleh, has been arrested and charged with second-degree murder.

In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has virtually hit all industries, the American music icon, rapper, songwriter and entrepreneur, Sean John Combs (P.Diddy), is doing everything he can to support healthcare workers in underserved communities around the world--including Africa.

Over the past few months, the world has been brought to its knees. COVID-19 has proved that racial equality is achievable. The virus doesn't indulge in supremacy or racism – it has no respect for social status, educational exposure, or religious belief, it is attacking us all.