Namibia: Obey Rules or Risk Another Lockdown... As More Inmates, Pupils Test Positive

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The Trump Administration has been pointing to a segment of the industry — facilities with low federal ratings for infection control — and to some Democratic governors who required nursing homes to take recovering coronavirus

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Public Safety Agencies Continue to Support Residents’ Right to Peaceful Protest as ILNG Completes Mission | The Crusader Newspaper Group

As the Illinois National Guard completes its mission in support of municipalities across the state, the administration is continuing to work with local governments to protect Illinois residents and safeguard their rights to peacefully

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Source: The Crusader Newspaper Group

Nike Officially Cancels This Year’s “Puerto Rico” Air Force 1s

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Why tax changes may power down green energy investments

Investors in the energy sector enjoy various incentives including a zero rate of import duty and value-added tax (VAT) exemption on renewable energy equipment; exemption from tax on interest paid on loans from foreign sources; exemption from payment of stamp duty in respect of certain

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Source: Business Daily

WATIMA: Unravelling the Budget allocations

Unravelling the Budget allocations

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Source: Business Daily

Uganda: Farming Mistakes to Avoid After COVID-19

Farmers are being warned against venturing into agricultural enterprises after the Coronavirus pandemic because it seems like 'free money' or 'everyone else is doing

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Source: allAfrica.com

Nigeria: Obaseki Parleys Wike, Emmanuel, PDP NWC Over Edo Gov Ticket

Abuja, Port Harcourt, Uyo, Benin City — With his disqualification from the race for the ticket of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the September governorship election in Edo State, Governor Godwin Obaseki, at the weekend, began talks with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to actualise

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Source: allAfrica.com

Uganda: Justice Jb Katutsi On Battling and Reversing Diabetes

It has never been that high since I took a herbal concoction," the 79-year-old asserts, before going into the house to fetch the documents to confirm his history of

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Source: allAfrica.com

Nigeria: Pandemic Has Stalled Real Estate Transactions, Says Ibaru

The Chief Operating Officer of Northcourt, a real estate investment solution company, Mr. Ayo Ibaru, has disclosed that the outbreak of the coronavirus is delaying a lot of real estate

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Source: allAfrica.com

1st Annual Juneteenth Holiday Citywide Caravan Set to Kick Off Black Culture Week

On this day, known as Juneteenth, we reflect on the past and pay homage to the sacrifices our ancestors made for

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Source: Chicago Defender

PNP hunts votes one-on-one - COVID-19 dooms mass meetings; Phillips demands no vote under SOE

People’s National Party (PNP) Campaign Director Phillip Paulwell believes that COVID-19 restrictions will transform political and canvassing strategy in Jamaica as the country prepares for a general election constitutionally due by February

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Somalia: 71 More People Test Positive for Covid19

Somali Health Ministry on Wednesday confirmed 71 new cases of coronavirus, bringing the total tally of infections to

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Source: allAfrica.com

Mozambique: Number of COVID-19 Cases in Mozambique Reaches 553

Maputo — Mozambique has recorded a further 44 cases of the Covid-19 respiratory disease, bringing to 553 the number of cases detected since the start of the

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Source: allAfrica.com

Black Lives Matter Founder Finds Hope in Global Protests Over George Floyd’s Alleged Murder – Arizona Informant Newspaper

For Black Lives Matter co-founder Alicia Garza the global outpouring of protests and activism following the alleged murder of George Floyd while in Minneapolis police custody has been heartening and makes her hopeful for the

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Source: Arizona Informant Newspaper

Gorgeous Photos Reimagine Disney Princesses As 'Black Urban Royalty'

Atlanta-based photography studio CreativeSoul teamed up with hairstylist LaChanda Gatson to create a series of photos of Disney

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Oscars Announce New Diversity Initiative, Ava DuVernay Gets a Seat on the Board of Governors

As individuals and institutions continue to look at how they’ve contributed to systemic racism, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced new diversity standards for the 2021

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Source: Visit Atlanta Black Star For African-American | Black News and Information

To Help Distance Learning Absentees, Educators Go Sleuthing | Afro

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — After a knock on his door, third-grade student Jamie-Lee emerged to see his school principal smiling at him from his

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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority

Uganda's $12b Budget Offers Tax Waivers, Credit Access to SMEs

In a bid to get the Ugandan economy moving again after nearly three months of lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus, the government on June 11 presented a budget offering a host of tax waivers and funding for the business

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Source: allAfrica.com

JAY-Z & Team Roc Call For Charges To Be Dropped Against Peaceful Charleston Protester

A clip featuring protestor Givionne Jordan Jr. being arrested peacefully protesting during a Black Lives Matter demonstration on June 1 in Charleston, South Carolina, has caught JAY-Z and his

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Uganda: COVID-19 - 8 New Cases Confirmed in Uganda, 199 Discharged

The ministry of Health on Saturday said eight more people had tested positive for Covid-19, pushing Uganda's virus cases to

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Source: allAfrica.com

Public Visitation, Service for Dr. Thomas Freeman Scheduled for June 16

Texas Southern University will host a public visitation for Dr. Thomas F. Freeman on Tuesday, June 16, from 10 a.m.-12:45 p.m., with a memorial service to follow, in the Health & Physical Education (H&PE) Arena (3010 Wheeler Avenue, Houston, TX

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Source: Houston Forward Times - Reporting The Truth | Affecting Change | Moving Forward

IDB helps to keep governments in LAC connected

WASHINGTON, DC, United States (CMC) – The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) says it has joined with a number of firms, including Microsoft, to provide governments in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) with immediate digital solutions, helping to ensure the continuity of administrative

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Trump Moved Tulsa Rally Date After Learning About Juneteenth

BRIDGEWATER, N.J. (AP) — President Donald Trump didn’t know the significance to Black Americans of the date and location he chose for his first campaign rally since the coronavirus pandemic more than three months ago, key Republican supporters of the president in Congress said

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Source: Black America Web

Nigeria: CAN Hails Buhari On Appointment of New Appeal Court President

The President of Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Rev. Samson Ayokunle, has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for appointing the new President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Monica

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Source: allAfrica.com

Civil Rights Groups File Lawsuit Demanding Better Conditions in Broward County Jail

While coronavirus does not know boundaries of race, income, or ethnicity, its disproportionate impact on minority communities is unmistakable and points to a deeper crisis of racial disparities in health care that have persisted long before the onset of this

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As MLK asked in 1967, Where Do We Go from Here: Community or Chaos? | The Crusader Newspaper Group

Over the years, this column has reported on racial disparities in homeownership, family wealth, the lack of access to affordable credit, and the pattern of alternative financial services preying upon communities of color by charging triple-digit interest rates on small-dollar

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Source: The Crusader Newspaper Group

Nigeria: Govt - 2020 Budget Review Not Austerity Measures

Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Prince Clem Ikanade Agba, has assured Nigerians that the revision of the 2020 budget by the federal government was not intended to impose austerity measures on

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Source: allAfrica.com

Jordan Peele to Donate $1 Million Across Five Organizations That He Believes Are ‘Essential to the Health and Lives of Black People’

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Swaziland Activist 'Tortured By Police' After Criticising Absolute Monarch King Mwsati

The Swaziland democracy activist arrested and charged with sedition after he criticised King Mswati III, the absolute monarch, said he was tortured by

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Source: allAfrica.com

South Africa: Lockdown - Booze Industry Calls for Urgent Reopening Under Level 3

The alcohol industry has called for the urgent reopening of the manufacturing, distribution and trade of alcohol during Level 3 of the national

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