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Queen Latifah, Viola Davis And More Demand Hollywood Divest From Police And Invest In Anti-Racist Content

The organization known as BLD PWR, which was founded by “Insecure” actor Kendrick Sampson, released their demands as part of a Hollywood 4 Black Lives campaign, and everyone from Queen Latifah to Viola Davis has signed

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Uganda: Kyagulanyi Seeks Buganda Endorsement

[Monitor] Presidential hopeful Robert Kyagulanyi, alias Bobi Wine, on Wednesday met with the prime minister of Buganda Kingdom, Mr Charles Peter Mayiga, seeking endorsement of the cultural institution.

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Source: allAfrica.com

Zimbabwe: Hundreds of Returnees Flee COVID-19 Quarantine in Malawi and Zimbabwe

Police are looking for hundreds of people who fled quarantine centres in Malawi and Zimbabwe on Thursday as officials in both countries fear that the escapees will spread

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Source: allAfrica.com

Relatives seek proper burials for children of Algerian collaborators | Africanews

"It's here," says the employee, quietly, at the vast Perpignan cemetery in southern

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Source: Africanews | Latest breaking news, daily news and African news from Africa

'Stop being lazy', De Lille tells DA who wants her sacked over Beitbridge border fiasco | News24

The DA has been relentless in their attack on Minister Patricia de Lille, says embattled Public Works and Infrastructure Minister.

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Three weeks after opening, Georgia business owners chart their own course forward | The Atlanta Voice

All eyes were on Georgia three weeks ago as the state became one of the first to allow some businesses to open their doors, welcoming customers back after weeks under a coronavirus

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Source: The Atlanta Voice

More funding for police department, not less, says Birmingham (Ala.) chief

Defunding the police department is a not good idea and could cost lives, said Birmingham Police Department (BPD) Chief Patrick D. Smith in an interview on

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Source: The Birmingham Times

Uganda: Fight Over Mid-Term Access to NSSF Savings Heads to Court

A Bill to have Ugandan savers access 20 per cent of their contributions to the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) to see them through the economic hardships of the Covid-19 pandemic, has ignited heated parliamentary and public debate, and ended in court after opposition from the

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Murderer on Death Row Sworn In as Member of Sri Lanka’s Parliament - L.A. Focus Newspaper

Jayasekara, also known as Chokka Malli, was found guilty by the High Court of Ratnapura on July 31 of murdering activist Sunil Perera, popularly known as Shantha Dodamgoda, ahead of presidential elections in 2015. He was sentenced to death along with two others convicted of the same

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Source: La Focus Newspaper

Georgianna Glose, a Nun and Activist for the Poor, Dies at 73

If you passed Georgianna Glose on the streets of Fort Greene, Brooklyn, you might have known her as that renegade nun, the one who left her convent to live among the poor and then blew a whistle on sexual abuse in the Catholic

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Black Business Owners Have Mixed Feelings About the 'Defund The Police' Campaign

A survey of black business owners shows mixed feelings on defunding the police, a campaign championed by the Black Lives Matter movement that would reduce police budgets and reallocate those funds to improve other areas like education, public health, housing, and youth services, reports The

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Source: Black Enterprise - The Premier Resource for Black Entrepreneurs and Career, Tech, and Money Content for Black People - Black Ent

Uganda: Key Issues Ugandans Expect in Museveni Nation Address

Mr Julius Mukunda, the executive director of the Civil Society Budget Advocacy Group (CSBAG), yesterday said the first thing the President should tell Ugandans is how to revamp the private sector by clearing all domestic arrears worth

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By the end of the 1980s, Benins economy was near collapse. As its oil boom ended, Nigeria expelled 100,000 Beninese migrant workers and closed the border with Benin. Kérékous socialist collectivization of Benins agriculture and the ballooning bureaucracy further damaged the economy. By

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Man 'carrying mom's head in bag' admits to killing her - police | News24

A 25-year-old man is expected to appear in the Molopo Magistrate's Court after police say they found him carrying a bag containing what appeared to be his mother's head.

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Cousin, Ertharin (1957– ) - Birthday

Ertharin Cousin, a diplomat and leading advocate for ending global hunger, was born on May 12, 1957 in Chicago, Illinois to Anne Cousin, who worked in social services, and her husband Julius Cousin, who was a property owner and community development activist.

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The Latest: With lockdown exception, French visit cemeteries - Black News Channel

By The Associated Press PARIS — French families took advantage Sunday of an exception to national virus lockdown measures to gather at cemeteries to mark All Saints' Day and honor lost loved ones. France's government has shut down all nonessential businesses and ordered people to stay indoors for

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Source: Black News Channel - Black News Channel

Equatorial Guinea: GITGE Doubles Down On Price and Capacity During Covid-19 - Will Roll-Out More FTTH Based On Pilot Results

[Balancing Act] London -- Spanish-speaking Equatorial Guinea is one of the most under-reported telecoms markets in Sub-Saharan Africa. To right the balance a little this week we're running a translation of an interview in CIO Magazine with Dr Oscar Ondo Ngomo Nchama, D-G of the public sector telco

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Source: allAfrica.com

An 80-Foot Long Mural Celebrating Black Excellence Is Unveiled in Lincoln Heights - African American News Today - EIN News

A project of The Heights Movement, “Black Excellence in Zone 15" — located at Serenity Park at 1201 Steffen Ave. — is a timeline of the village with renderings of famous residents including The Isley Brothers, Nikki Giovanni and William DeHart Hubbard

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Source: CityBeat Cincinnati

Kentucky Restaurant Owner Says Black Lives Matter is Using Mafia Tactics

A Kentucky restaurant owner has accused local Black Lives Matter activists of mafia tactics after demanding downtown business owners hire Black employees

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Source: Black Enterprise - The Premier Resource for Black Entrepreneurs and Career, Tech, and Money Content for Black People - Black Ent

The Language of Symbols in Africa

Symbols are visual keys that have meaning to people with a common heritage around a given symbol. The Gospel of Saint Philip states that 'truth did not come into the world naked, but it came in types and images. One will not receive the truth in any other way.' Important iconic symbols arose in

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Brazil

In Jan. 2003, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, a former trade union leader and factory worker widely known by the name Lula, became Brazils first working-class president. As leader of Brazils only Socialist party, the Workers Party, Lula pledged to increase social services and improve the lot of the

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Source: Fact Monster - Black History

Electeds struggle with police funding

On Friday, Gov. Charlie Baker joined state Rep. Russell Holmes in a show of support for legislation that would require certification for police in Massachusetts, a measure widely seen as bringing accountability to law

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Source: The Bay State Banner

As virus rages, US economy struggles to sustain a recovery - Black News Channel

By Paul Wiseman AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Home sales are booming. Stocks are setting record highs. Industrial production is clambering out of the ditch it fell into early this year. And yet the U.S. economy is nowhere close to regaining the health it achieved, with low

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Is the AME Church Caught Up on the Messenger and Missing the Message?

Is the AME Church Caught Up on the Messenger and Missing the Message? By Adrienne Fikes, 2ndEpiscopal District Ida B. Wells’s account of an 1894 [...]

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Source: The Christian Recorder

Washington, Craig Anthony (1941 - )

Craig Anthony Washington, former Congressman from Houston, Texas, was born in Longview, Gregg County, Texas on October 12, 1941 to Roy and Azalia Washington. He attended Prairie View A & M University in Texas and received his B.A. in 1966. In 1969 he graduated from the Thurgood Marshall School

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The census doesn't count Arab Americans. That leaves some Texans feeling invisible. - African American News Today - EIN Presswire

The u.S. Census does not include an option for people to identify as Middle Eastern or North African American, leaving Texas Arabs to be undercounted and underrepresented.

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James Brown Top 20 Career Highlights

When James Brown passed away on December 25, 2006 at the age of 73 from congestive heart failure resulting from complications of pneumonia, elaborate public memorial services were held at The Apollo Theater in New York City and the James Brown Arena in Augusta, Georgia. They were officiated by his

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PepsiCo, Inc., The PepsiCo Foundation Launch $7 Million Initiative to Help Communities of Color Amid COVID-19

In response, PepsiCo, Inc. and The PepsiCo Foundation have pledged $7 million to help communities of color devastated by the crisis, partnering with the National Urban League and UnidosUS to help fund their relief

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Mayor Garcetti Announces Major Steps to Promote Racial Equity in Los Angeles

Prepares City to implement affirmative action, names L.A.’s first-ever Chief Equity Officer, and signs an executive directive to study and advance racial justice and inclusion in every City department

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South Africa: Life Healthcare Group in E Cape Under Fire for Alleged Staff Mistreatment, 'Denying Access' to MPs

Chairperson of the national health oversight committee Dr Sbongiseni Dhlomo and Health MEC Sindiswa Gomba said in a statement this week that they were barred entry to Life St Mary's Hospital in Mthatha where they visited to investigate the

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