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Nigeria: NBET Boss Amobi Violates Code of Conduct Law, Runs Private Business

The Managing Director of Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading Company, Marilyn Amobi, has continued to run and direct her private company in the United Kingdom, in what is clearly a contravention of Nigeria's code of conduct for public officers, PREMIUM TIMES can

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Cameroon: A notorious wildlife trafficker arrested

A notorious wildlife trafficker has been arrested for unlawful possession of ivory tusks in

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Texas has 2,000 virus patients in hospitals for first time | Dallas Weekly

Texas has 2,000 virus patients in hospitals for first time

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Ecuador bets on a return to normal

Ecuador, one of the hardest-hit countries in the region, is starting to reopen after a 40-day country-wide lockdown and transition to social

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Kenya: Break the Silence, Says DCI Director on Rising Violence

The Director of Criminal Investigations (DCI) George Kinoti has waded in to the rising cases of gender-based violence (GBV) during this time the country is battling

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Community rallies around Dorchester bike shop

After weeks of sheltering at home during the COVID-19 pandemic, Noah Hicks was looking forward to reopening Spokehouse, his Uphams Corner bike shop, last

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Beyoncé's Protege's Chloe x Halle Stun In Custom Mini Dresses For YouTube's Virtual Graduation

However, YouTube live-streamed their star-studded graduation “Dear Class of 2020,” filled with heartfelt speeches from The Obama’s, Beyoncé, along with performances by Lizzo, Megan Thee Stallion and Chloe

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Somalia: Leaders Vow to Hold Elections

Three top Somalia leaders--Prime Minister Hassan Ali Kheyre, Somalia's ambassador to the UN Abubakar Dahir Osman and the Speaker of the Senate, Abdi Hashi Abdullahi--have promised that the country will hold its first universal suffrage elections since 1969, despite current challenges suggesting the

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Uganda: 69 in Isolation After Soldier's Wife Tests Positive for Coronavirus

At least 69 people in Magamaga Army Barracks in Jinja District have been quarantined after a wife of a Uganda People's Defence Forces (UPDF) soldier tested positive for

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Rwanda: Genocidal Govt 'Earmarked Over Rwf150 Million for Tutsi Massacre'

The National Commission for the Fight against Genocide (CNLG), on Tuesday, June 9 revealed how the genocidal government approved "strong measures" to accelerate the so-called "auto-defense civile" programme 26 years

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Nigeria: What MKO Abiola Had Hoped to Achieve As President - Son

He has written several novels in English and Arabic, key among which is his book on his father titled: The President Who Never

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Congresswoman Johnson Announces University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Receives Grant Funding

Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson announced that the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center will receive $684,000 in grant funding from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services as part of the Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students

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Kenya: Ensure Scarce Budget Funds Are Well Spent

The National Treasury presents this year's Budget today against uncertain

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Namibia: Teacher Suspended Over Racist Comments

The Walvis Bay-based school distanced itself from the conduct of the assistant teacher, Corien Steenkamp, after it was alerted of the teacher's conduct by a Namibian student in the

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Malawi: 'Doubting Thomases Proved Wrong' - Mutharika to Launch Bullets, Wanderers' Stadia Construction

The construction of stadia for domestic football powerhouses Nyasa Big Bullets and Be Forward Wanderers in Blantyre is expected to start this Thursday June 11 2020 soon after President Peter Mutharika presides over the groundbreaking ceremony, government has

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Congo-Kinshasa: Women Hit As Congo Faces Triple Threat of Coronavirus, Ebola and Measles

As measles, coronavirus and Ebola hit the Democratic Republic of Congo, women face stigma and delayed sexual health treatment

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Nigeria: COVID-19 - Lawmakers Decry Exclusion of Some Airports in Reopening Schedule

Also, three senators representing Akwa Ibom State have requested for the intervention of the Senate to get the federal government to include the Victor Attah International Airport, Uyo, among the airports that would begin the first phase of flight resumption in

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NATIVE SON Founder Emil Wilbekin Launches Virtual Black Gay Leadership Forum

In honor of Pride Month, Emil Wilbekin, an accomplished media professional and former ESSENCE Editor-at-Large, launched a virtual Black Gay Leadership Forum through his organization NATIVE

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Uganda: Food Suppliers Quit Elegu Over COVID-19

Food distributors at the Elegu border post in Amuru District have withdrawn due to the increasing Covid-19

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Rwanda COVID-19 Recovery Cases Reach 300

Rwanda has reported 12 new cases of Covid-19 and three recoveries, bringing the total number of patients who have recovered from the virus to 300 and 463 confirmed

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Algeria: Release of Certain Detainees - President Tebboune Has Promised to Consider Request

Algiers — Minister for Communication, official spokesperson for the Presidency of the Republic Mohand Oussaïd Belaïd on Tuesday confirmed said Tuesday the request of President of the Jil Jadid party Soufiane Djilali on the liberation of some

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Body camera: Dying man pleads 'save me' during Taser arrest | Dallas Weekly

AUSTIN, Texas (AP), July 9, 2020 — A black man died in custody last year after sheriff’s deputies in Texas repeatedly used stun guns on him, despite his pleas that he was sick and couldn’t breathe, according to recently released police video and

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Africa is home to nine of the world’s 10 most neglected crises: ‘Is there some racism here?’

Nine of the world’s 10 most neglected displacement crises are in sub-Saharan Africa, according to an international aid group, the Norwegian Refugee Council

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Nigeria: Govt Inaugurates Dukia Gold Refinery Project

Abuja — The federal government yesterday commissioned the operation of Dukia Gold and Precious Metals Project (DGPMP) that would enable Nigeria to mine her gold reserves properly, trade responsibly and refine

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LA Pride No Longer Hosting Black Lives Matter March After Backlash

Los Angeles Pride is withdrawing from hosting an LGBTQ+Black Lives Matter march following criticism it was working with police for the

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Mayor Johnson's statement on FEMA's denial | Dallas Weekly

Mayor Johnson’s statement on FEMA’s denial

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Kenya: Vulnerable Groups Bear the Brunt of the Pandemic With Little Help

Amid the Covid-19 pandemic, food donation organised by the Rotary clubs of Thika and Thika West, with support from the Bank of Africa, is going

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Sudan: Transfer of Sudan War Crimes Suspect to the Hague 'A Milestone' - ICC Prosecutor Bensouda

The Hague — The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Fatou Bensouda, has hailed the surrender and transfer of former Darfur janjaweed leader Ali Kushayb, indicted by the court for crimes against humanity, as "a milestone in the Darfur, Sudan

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Rwanda: 79 Rwandans to Be Received From Uganda

The group is part of the 130 Rwandans that Uganda government officials promised to set free during a meeting with their Rwandan counterparts last

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Urban League marks 100 years

The Bay State branch of the national economic and civil rights advocacy group acted to counter the challenges, urging the Massachusetts delegation in Congress to support federal anti-lynching laws while firmly pushing open the door of hiring opportunities for black men and women throughout Greater

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