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Alliance For Education Helps Secure $1.86 Million To Support SPS Black Male Achievement - The Seattle Medium

Seattle Public Schools’ Department of African American Male Achievement (AAMA) recently received the generous financial support of Seattle’s Philanthropic community to help the department fulfill its mission to ensure Seattle Public Schools has the culture, conditions, competencies, and community

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Angola: COVID-19 - Infringing Airlines Risk Getting Licences Cancelled

Luanda — Air transport companies and travel agencies who operate passenger flights in contempt of the state of emergency rules announced by Angolan Government will be fined or get their licence impounded, the Transport Ministry

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Opinion: Lawmakers Can Get Thousands Back To Work By Greenlighting Stalled Projects | Afro

Move these projects forward and get Americans back to work By Bette Grande With more than 40 million Americans out of a job due to the coronavirus pandemic, states are scrambling to help the unemployed and laying plans to reopen the economy. Many of the proposed measures could take time to bring

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Central Africa: Angola Chairs ECCAS Commission

Luanda — The Council of Ministers of the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) approved Thursday, by consensus, the candidate of Angola for the position of president of the organ's Commission, Gilberto Veríssimo, as part of the ongoing reform

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Angola: President Accredits Ambassadors of Portugal and Egypt

Luanda — Angolan head of state joao Loureço accredited Tuesday the new ambassadors of Portugal and

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Angolan Pupils in Namibia Shut Out

Isack Hamatwi, education director in the Ohangwena region told The Namibian yesterday the situation is worrisome as some of these pupils are in their final school years and commute between Angola and Namibia every day to attend

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Zambia denies accusations President Edgar Lungu bankrolled Rwandan rebels | News24

Zambia's government has rejected claims that President Edgar Lungu had bankrolled a Rwandan rebel leader accused of orchestrating deadly attacks in his country's border regions.

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Angola: New State of Emergency in Force

Luanda — A new 15-day state of emergency period going until May 25 has taken effect as from 00:00 am on Monday, as part of the measures put in place to contain the expansion of the covid-19 pandemic in the

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Angola: Religious Leaders Ready to Assist Luanda Government

Luanda — Leaders of various religious denominations in the province of Luanda Thursday showed willing to work with the governor, Joana Lina to improve the living conditions of the people and raise awareness of families for the prevention of the covid-19

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Suriname gets new president, faces economic crisis

WAGENINGEN, Netherlands (AP) - Suriname's newly elected Parliament chose a former police chief as the country's president on Monday to replace Desiree 'Desi' Bouterse, who faces a murder conviction at home and a drug smuggling sentence abroad.Chandrikapersad Santokhi, better known as 'Chan', will

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Luanda, Angola (1576- )

Luanda was founded by Portuguese explorer Paolo Dias de Novaes as St. Paul of Luanda in 1576. It became the capital of a Portuguese colony in 1586 and became the capital of independent Angola when the former Portuguese colony gained its independence in 1975. Luanda is also the largest city in

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Leslie targets idle lands - New minister wants to unlock wealth for thousands with unregistered lots

Bemoaning that there are too many idle lands in the country, the new minister with responsibility for land, Leslie Campbell, says the Government will be moving to have titles issued for some 360,000 unregistered parcels, the majority of which are...

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Rwanda: Mending Rwanda, Uganda Ties Requires Political Will, Says Biruta

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dr Vincent Biruta, has said that it will take political will to restore relations between Uganda and

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Doctor Urges Guarding Eyes From COVID-19 With Glasses Or Shields - The New Journal and Guide

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Parties get green light July 21

Several subsectors in the entertainment industry are to reopen in another week’s time. Sports bars can reopen as early as July 21, but operators must first get approval from the local authorities as well as a certificate of safety. Nightclubs will...

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Angola: Expo Dubai Postponed to October 2021

Luanda — The Universal Exhibition (Expo), whose opening was scheduled for October 20, 2020, was adjourned to the same month in 2021, announced on Tuesday the country's Inter-ministerial Commission for Expo

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ANC squabbles in North West continue, 4 members turn to courts | News24

In the middle of a global pandemic, the ANC finds itself being dragged to the courts over squabbles centred around long-warring factions in the North West.

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Teh Council of New Netherlands passes a resolutionthat opens slave trade to Br

Teh Council of New Netherlands passes a resolution that opens slave trade to Brazil and Angola.

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ADUDANS: Covid-19 a chance for united focus on health priorities

Covid-19 has exposed gaps in Kenya’s health services that require urgent fixing.

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Birthday backlash! - McLean under fire in CMU probe

Strenuous attempts by Dr Grace McLean to justify the spending of more than $400,000 in 2018 to stage a surprise birthday party for Fritz Pinnock, the former president of the Caribbean Maritime University (CMU), were rejected on Tuesday by the hard-...

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CBS, NAACP reach multi-year agreement to develop content : TheGrio

LOS ANGELES (AP) — CBS Television and the NAACP have reached an agreement to develop content that tells stories of... View Article The post CBS, NAACP reach multi-year agreement to develop content appeared first on TheGrio.

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NOT FAIR!

The Jamaica Union of Tertiary Students (JUTS) says it has received complaints from more than 500 university students that placement agencies have charged them cancellation fees of up to US$600 after the annual Overseas Work and Travel Programme ground to a halt because of the novel coronavirus

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Trump’s dismal dismissal of police killings of Black people | New Pittsburgh Courier

When asked in an interview July 14 why Black Americans are “still dying at the hands of law enforcement in this country,” President Donald Trump responded: “So are white people. So are white people. What a terrible question to ask. So are white people,” Trump told CBS News senior investigative

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Angola: President Convenes Civil Society to Discuss COVID-19 Impact

Luanda — Angolan head of State João Lourenço convened a meeting with civil society Friday to address the impact of covid-19 on the country's economy and the lives of

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Granger now says will accept any GECOM Chair’s declaration ` made in keeping with laws’ - Stabroek News

As the 2020 Elections drag on, de facto President David Granger appears to be slowly shifting the goalpost of what exactly it would take for him to concede. The article Granger now says will accept any GECOM Chair’s declaration ` made in keeping with laws’ appeared first on Stabroek News.

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Southern Africa: SADC Meets to Assesses COVID-19 Impact

Luanda — Southern African Development Community (SADC) Council of Ministers will meet this Wednesday via video conference to assess the impact of the covid-19 in the

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John Lewis: Civil Rights Lion Gets into Good Trouble in Dawn Porter Documentary

By Nsenga K. Burton, NNPA Newswire Culture and Entertainment Editor As long as I have breath in my body, I...

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Angola's independence

Angola proclaimed independent.

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Angola: COVID-19 - Angola Reports Eight Symptomatic Infections

Luanda — Of the 60 positive cases of covid-19 registered in Angola, eight have begun to present a new clinical condition in recent days, announced Friday here, the Secretary of State for Public Health, Franco

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DNC launches digital ad campaign hitting Trump's COVID-19 response | The Atlanta Voice

In the midst of scathing ads from many Super PACs all aimed at President Trump, the Democratic National Committee has launched their series of attack ads on the President, ahead of his visit to Atlanta this morning. President is expected to announce changes that would speed up big road projects

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