‘It wasn’t about the wedding, it was about making the marriage work’

Meteorological agency calls for action to avert mudslide disasters in Freetown

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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News

A total of 3,300 employees in the business process outsourcing (BPO) sector have regained their jobs, which were lost as a result of the impact of the coronavirus

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Housing Authority steers $4.8 million to proposed apartments

The Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh [HACP] board voted, at its monthly meeting, to commit $4.8 million to four developers to help to finance 74 new subsidized

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Source: New Pittsburgh Courier - Powered by Real Times Media

Land occupiers in Joburg vow to return to patch of land where shacks were destroyed

Some of the land is on people's plots, where the fencing has been

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Source: https://www.news24.com

‘The ostrich syndrome must end’

What is apparent, given the situation obtaining on the ground, is that the government has in practice dollarised, but insists the local currency is “the currency of choice”, a far cry from

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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People

Locust swarm destroys crops in Kenya as millions face hunger – Free Press of Jacksonville

A swarm of desert locusts following a poor harvest season has added to fears about a lack of food for millions in Kenya, as the country grapples with the effects of

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Source: Free Press of Jacksonville – Florida’s First Coast Quality Black Weekly

Caroline Esinam Adzogble: the 28-year-old Ghanaian redefining education in Africa

Today, Adzogble is a national asset in the field of

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Source: Face2Face Africa - The Premier Pan-African Voice

Grand Jury Indicts Three Men Accused Of Murdering Ahmaud Arbery

The three men linked to the February shooting death of Ahmaud Arbery have been indicted by a grand jury, Cobb County District Attorney Joyette Holmes announced Wednesday, June

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Source: Celebrities, Music, News, Entertainment, TV Shows & Videos | BET

Biden, Trump Stage Rare Dueling Events in Pandemic Era

LANCASTER, Pa. (AP) — Both President Donald Trump and his Democratic challenger, Joe Biden, are swinging through key battleground states on Thursday, presenting dueling events in a way that hasn’t happened much in the age of coronavirus and that will showcase their contrasting styles in response to

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Source: Black News Channel - Black News Channel

Miner becomes millionaire after finding biggest tanzanite stones

A Tanzanian small-scale miner has become a multi-millionaire after uncovering two of the biggest of the country's precious tanzanite stones ever found and selling them to the

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Source: https://www.news24.com

Justice delays anger Chuck

Despite a measure of success in the timely disposal of some court cases, Justice Minister Delroy Chuck has expressed dissatisfaction with what he termed the “unacceptably long delay in setting trial dates and delivering

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

POV: Changing Racist Hearts: Police brutality

During the 1980s, conflict raged between South Africa’s white minority Afrikaner government and the black majority

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Source: The Orlando Advocate

Vaz shifted... Removed from land portfolio, given water and housing

In a statement Wednesday afternoon, Jamaica House said Prime Minister Andrew Holness has instead assigned him responsibility for the water and housing

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Dlamini-Zuma is 'simply doing her job', says Mabuza

Deputy President David Mabuza has defended under fire Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, saying that, amid a slew of criticism, she is simply doing her

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Source: https://www.news24.com

Nigeria's Covid-19 outbreak could impoverish 5 million people, World Bank says

Nigeria's coronavirus outbreak may push 5 million people into poverty as it triggers the worst recession in the African powerhouse since the 1980s, the World Bank said on

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Source: https://www.news24.com

McDonald's USA Launches Fund for HBCU Students | Dallas Weekly

Powered by the company’s Black Positively Golden movement, McDonald’s is also furthering its investment in the next generation of women leaders in partnership with ESSENCE Girls

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Source: Dallas Weekly

Here are the 2020 most expensive cities in Africa for expats

Mercer has released its 26th annual Cost of Living

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Source: Face2Face Africa - The Premier Pan-African Voice

West Side graduate expresses positivity within NCAA sports | The Crusader Newspaper Group

As a 17-year-old graduating senior from Westinghouse College Prep, Lee was destined to experience prom as well as a formal

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Source: The Crusader Newspaper Group

Chuck E. Cheese Files For Bankruptcy

Chuck E. Cheese – where kids could be kids while parents nursed headaches – is filing for bankruptcy

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Source: Black News Channel - Black News Channel

Homeless ‘Streets Team’ Starts Trash Clean-up in North Richmond

On Tuesday, June 16, the Shields Reid Neighborhood Council, Davis Chapel CME Church and Robert Rogers of Supervisor John Gioia’s office invited a homeless “Streets Team” to begin trash cleanup and organizing of the homeless encampment in North

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Source: Post News Group | PNG-0

Balto’s Northeast Market Reopens Mon June 29 | Afro

Fresh seafood, meats, produce as well as popular specialty dishes now available indoors

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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority

3 men indicted on murder charges in killing of Ahmaud Arbery

Three white men have been indicted on murder charges in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery, a Black man fatally shot while running in a neighborhood near

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Source: Houston Defender Network - Houston's Leading Black Community News & Information Source

8 minutes and 46 seconds: May we never witness this again

Over the past weeks across the nation, united demonstrations have made the message clear: People have had enough of the ongoing struggle for equality and equity, of the battle against systemic injustice, and the fear of being a person of color in

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Source: New Pittsburgh Courier - Powered by Real Times Media

'Bear Our Pain': The Plea For More Black Mental Health Workers

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Source: Stories About Black History

Seven More NBA Players Test Positive For COVID-19

Against the backdrop of the amended 2019- 20 NBA season set to restart at the end of July, it has been reported that seven more players have tested positive for the novel

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Source: Celebrities, Music, News, Entertainment, TV Shows & Videos | BET

President Obama To Deliver Message To LGBTQ+ Community On Stonewall Day

Former President Barack Obama will deliver a special message during the Pride Live Stonewall Day streaming event this Friday (June

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Source: Celebrities, Music, News, Entertainment, TV Shows & Videos | BET

‘Don’t touch our heritage’ - Maroons united to protect their legacy

Leaders of the Maroon communities in Portland and St Mary on Thursday signed a petition, appealing to the authorities to respect the final resting place of their forefathers and the cultural legacy bequeathed to them by stopping all further leases of land within the boundaries of the Blue and John

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Mabuza: To help Eskom, national and provincial debts to councils will be cleared soon

Deputy President David Mabuza told Parliament on Thursday afternoon that the task team dealing with Eskom's financial troubles was making progress in getting to grips with the debt owed to the power utility by municipalities, adding that national and provincial department debts to councils would be

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Source: https://www.news24.com

Police praise stakeholders for drop in number of missing kids

THE police are asserting that the downward trend in the number of children reported missing over the past few years is not the result of a drop in reporting, but rather the efforts of stakeholders across the

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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com

Opinion – College Football Amid a Pandemic is Not Worth the Risk to Young Men’s Lives

That question can’t be ducked as the NCAA allows colleges to begin “voluntary” football practices, and other college teams begin to

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