Skywatchers to be treated to a 5 planet parade on Father’s Day as Saturn, Neptune, Jupiter, Uranus and Mercury align

Skywatchers to be treated to a 5 planet parade on Father’s Day as Saturn, Neptune, Jupiter, Uranus and Mercury align

Saturn, Jupiter and Mercury should be visible to the naked eye but the use of binoculars would make it a lot easier to look at Uranus and Neptune, as they are further away. One of the keys to recognising these celestial bodies is that Mercury will be the last one to appear, about an hour before sunrise.

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Clinging on guns: How children in a Chicago Black neighbourhood help swap guns for global citizenship  

Clinging on guns: How children in a Chicago Black neighbourhood help swap guns for global citizenship  

The Black blood drawn in these Northern non-Jim Crow states gave a region pretending not to be complicit in Southern white supremacy a bad look. So instead of continuing to use the Southern style of physical violence to put blacks in their place, government, and private real estate stakeholders used policy and private practices to sully black mobility. The North Lawndale community served as a case study for these actions. 

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South Sudan unveils plans to start exporting refined petroleum to East Africa Community from August

South Sudan unveils plans to start exporting refined petroleum to East Africa Community from August

Exporting refined petroleum to EAC would be milestone for South Sudan, who despite having the third-largest oil reserves in sub-Saharan Africa, has suffered from limited refining capacity to date and imports the majority of its local refined oil demand.

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Al Qaeda-affiliated ADF insurgents attack school western Uganda and kill 41 students, abduct others

Al Qaeda-affiliated ADF insurgents attack school western Uganda and kill 41 students, abduct others

The ADF has ties with the Islamic State group. In March, at least 19 people were killed in Congo by suspected ADF militants. Ugandan authorities for years have vowed to track down ADF militants “at home and abroad.”

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