Another delay to kick-off time for Kaizer Chiefs' CAF clash

Africa: Coronavirus Vaccine - What We Know So Far - a Comprehensive Guide By Academic Experts

[The Conversation Africa] Since the early days of the pandemic, attention has focused on producing a vaccine for COVID-19. With one, it's hoped it will be able to suppress the virus without relying purely on economically challenging control measures. Without one, the world will probably have to

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Source: allAfrica.com

Trump Promises "Platinum Plan" for Black Americans | BlackPressUSA

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Trump’s proposals for Black America include prosecuting Antifa and the the Ku Klux Klan, making Juneteenth a holiday on the federal level proposals focused on Black wealth. Trump’s proposal related to improving Black economic standing included an investment of $500 billion in Black

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World Bank and development partners sign agreement to support Sierra Leone education Sector

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 5 October 2020: President Julius Maada Bio today launched the Free Education Project, intended to support the government’s flagship human capital initiative - the Free Quality School Education Program. The World Bank, the European Union (EU), the United Kingdom Foreign

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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News

As Clinical Trials Halt, U.S. COVID Cases Surge

NNPA NEWSWIRE — The difficulty in producing a vaccine for the deadly virus comes as a new wave of COVID-19 infection has begun. Data provided by Johns Hopkins University in Maryland revealed that the U.S. surpassed 51,000 new daily cases on Oct. 13, marking the first time in over two months that

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Illicit financial flows costing Africa $89 billion annually - UN

UNCTAD say the scale and scope of illicit capital flight is equivalent to 3.7% of Africa’s GDP.

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Source: South African News | Online News | The South African

Africa: Baakhet - Women Entrepreneur Incubator Project to Kick Off in Days

[SNA] Khartoum -- Caretaker Supervisor of the National Secretariat of New Partnership for African Development (NEPAD) and African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) Abu Bakr Ibrahim Baakhet has reviewed NEPAD projects in Sudan in the field of forests, agriculture and Women Entrepreneur Incubator project.

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Source: allAfrica.com

EXCLUSIVE OP-ED: My Plan to Lift Every Voice in Black America | BlackPressUSA

NNPA NEWSWIRE — President Trump wants to paper over the living wound of racism. He’s issued Executive Orders and established a new national commission designed to whitewash our history—and deny the daily reality of being Black in America. He actively appeals to white supremacists and fans the

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Uganda: Govt Should Cater for Training of Young Pilots - Uppa

[Monitor] The Uganda Professional Pilots' Association (UPPA) has asked the government to give more funds to aviation schools.

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Source: allAfrica.com

African Experts Speak Out On Problematic Covid-19 Measures That Compromise Data Privacy and Protection

[IFEX] African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX)

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Africa: Despite Slow Decline in Covid-19 Cases, Global Health Body Notes Rise in Weekly Infections

[WHO] Although the Region had seen a slow but continuous decline in newly-reported cases since mid-July, there were 11% more cases reported in the last 7 days compared to the prior week, reaching a total of over 1,200,000 cases. The current figures in the region represent 1% of confirmed COVID-19

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Source: allAfrica.com

What’s On Miles’ Mind: “WHITE”

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Africa: Sexual Orientation Should Not Curtail Women's Freedom to Embrace Sport

Opinion - Today I stand in solidarity with trans women across the world who were gravely disappointed by news that they will not be permitted to play elite women's rugby.

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Clemmons Family Farm Launches Multicultural Online Curriculum - African American News Today - EIN Presswire

… landmark on the Vermont African American Heritage Trail. In … all intended to amplify African American and African diaspora history … ;s National Museum of African American History & Culture, … that today implements African American and African diaspora arts …

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Source: Seven Days | Vermont's Independent Voice

US embassy in Freetown warns of security alert for Freetown and Makeni

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 4 October 2020: The U.S. embassy in Freetown, Sierra Leone today published a security alert advising its staff and American citizens to avoid the central districts of Freetown the country’s capital, and Makeni in the north – hometown of the former president Ernest Bai

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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News

Kenya Competes Fairly on Solutions to Fight Covid-19

[CIO] At the just-concluded virtual ATU Africa Innovation Challenge 2020, Kenya has ranked top three, coming after Egypt's Mai Nagy, that emerged the overall winner.

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Source: allAfrica.com

Africa: AU to Raise Usd 300mln for Covid-19 Response

[Reporter] The African Union Commission (AUC), in collaboration with various institutions and prominent individuals, is set to raise USD 300 million, nearly half the USD 647 million needed to ease the social, economic and humanitarian impacts of COVID-19 in all African countries.

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Source: allAfrica.com

Africa: EU Member States Show Mixed Reactions to New Migration Pact!

[The Point] The new package of the European Union Commission on Migration and Asylum has not been as welcomed and applauded as the Commission might have excepted.

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Source: allAfrica.com

Wealth gap costs over last two decades: $2.7 trillion in Black income, $16 trillion to U.S. economy | BlackPressUSA

NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Yet even today, with all those credentials and as one of the leading executives on Wall Street,” wrote Raymond J. McGuire, Citi’s Vice Chairman and Chair of its Global Banking and Capital Markets, “I am still seen first as a six-foot-four, two-hundred-pound Black man wherever I go

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Source: Black News, Politics, Commentary & Culture | BlackPressUSA

Waking Up To “Crusade For Christ” - The New Journal and Guide

By Leonard E. Colvin

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Africa: Between a Rock and a Hard Place

[Africa In Fact] The African Union's ambitious plans to revitalise the Sahel region face daunting challenges, including financial fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic

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Source: allAfrica.com

Cote d'Ivoire: Ivory Coast's Simone Gbagbo - 'France Ejected Gbagbo From Power'

[DW] Former Ivorian First Lady Simone Gbagbo tells DW who she thinks is behind events in her country, including the ouster of ex-President Laurent Gbagbo. She calls President Ouattara's run for a third term unconstitutional.

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Source: allAfrica.com

Kenyatta Says Won't Allow U.S. to Launch Drone Strikes From Kenya

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- President Uhuru Kenyatta has said his government will not allow the United States of America to launch drone strikes from Kenya in the war against terrorism because it is not necessary.

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Fork-tongued Trump shouldn’t be the only reason Oscar Brown, Jr.’s music makes headlines

… intentional—an actor, director, filmmaker, African American historian, and the founder of … about how we should teach Black American history, including the underbelly of … note, Brown dipped heavily into Black American folklore, toasts, and use of …

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Cameroon: 1st October Fever - Buea Busy but Vigilant

[Cameroon Tribune] Residents and authorities are working hands in glove to ensure a peaceful weekend ahead of school resumption come Monday.

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Source: allAfrica.com

Kaizer Chiefs: Mphahlele set for permanent positional switch

In what was a rare start, Kaizer Chiefs defender Ramahlwe Mphahlele was played out of position in Gavin Hunt's first match in charge.

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Source: South African News | Online News | The South African

Africa: Refugee Women in Africa Say Domestic Violence Rose During Pandemic

[Thomson Reuters Foundation] Nairobi -- With families unable to earn due to coronavirus, many girls were made to sell sex for food or forced into marriage to ease the household burden

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Source: allAfrica.com

Africa: Donors Must Double Investments to Stamp Out Hunger

Press Release - New research by FAO, ZEF, IFPRI, IISD and Cornell University models the costs for achieving 2030 food security goals

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Long controversial, ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’ didn’t become our national anthem for a century - African American News Today - EIN Presswire

During the Andrew Jackson administration, Francis Scott Key served as the district attorney for Washington, D.C., where he spent much of his time shoring up enslavers’ power. He strictly enforced slave laws and prosecuted abolitionists who passed out pamphlets mocking his jurisdiction as the “land

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TTM blocking Kaizer Chiefs target Nange's exit - reports

Nange faces stiff opposition in his quest to be released and even if he succeeds there is no guarantee that Kaizer Chiefs will be able to sign him.

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Source: South African News | Online News | The South African

Africa: Intentional Mis-Education of Africa

[New Dawn] The arrow of time is always delving deeper in us, constantly forcing us forward, and in any story, time only flows when the story is told. The arm of time is always ticking to the beat of change, and change is as constant as time.We should move along with time, and not be swept along by

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