Negative COVID result no longer needed for recovery, says Tufton

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

Ancestral worship is not just entertainment

Our strong adherence, as a nation, to rituals and their display at national events and holidays, such as the Chinese display at the Independence gala; the Heroes Day commemoration with ancestral rites: Kumina, Revivalist, and Pocomanian music and dance; the bicentennial commemoration and the

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

South Sudan: Improving Access to COVID-19 Treatment in South Sudan

To provide supportive treatment for severe and critical COVID-19 patients, the World Health Organization (WHO), working with the World Food Programme (WFP) and the International Medical Corps (IMC) has supported the Ministry of Health to upgrade and equip the Dr John Garang Infectious Diseases Unit

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Source: allAfrica.com

Nigeria: Coronavirus - Nigeria Impounds British Aircraft

The Nigerian government has impounded an aircraft owned by a United Kingdom company for operating commercial flights into Nigeria as the country battles

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Source: allAfrica.com

Sierra Leone registers the highest covid-19 death rate in the mano river region

The first case of COVID-19 was reported in Sierra Leone on 31 March 2020, and the source of the outbreak has been linked to a wet market in Wuhan (Hubei

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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News

Topics in Mental Health: Physical Abuse and African American Oppression

Adverse childhood experiences (ACE) are defined as multiple risks factors such as child abuse, neglect, parental substance abuse and maternal depression experienced prior to an individual turning eighteen years

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Source: The Madison Times Weekly Newspaper

Nigeria: Oil Licensing Round - CSOs Want Beneficial Owners of Bidding Firms Published

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Source: allAfrica.com

Patel backs down, unbans unfettered e-commerce

Ebrahim Patel

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Source: TechCentral

Mental health treatment still stigmatized by some

Blacks are 20% more likely to experience serious mental health problems than the general

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Source: MN Spokesman Recorder

Uganda: Total-Tullow Oil Sales Deal Awaits Cabinet Approval

Last month's French oil giant Total E&P acquisition of Anglo-Irish Tullow assets awaits Cabinet approval before it can be endorsed by government, the Ministry of Energy has

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Source: allAfrica.com

The return of American major team sports?

(ThyBlackMan.com) When COVID-19 cases throughout the country shut down major sports leagues like the NBA and the NHL and canceled NCAA Basketball Tournaments and the 2020 Summer Olympics in March of 2020, sports fans were reminded of how serious the coronavirus

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Source: ThyBlackMan

Frank Mrvan is our choice for Congress | The Crusader Newspaper Group

The Gary Crusader endorses Frank Mrvan for Congress to represent the First Congressional

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Source: The Crusader Newspaper Group

Noted East Point-based, Atlanta-born Pastor James Adam “Jimmy” Wilborn Jr., Succumbs

Good-natured likeable minister and pastor James Adam “Jimmy” Wilborn, Jr. would often be good-naturedly teased about his birth date of February 29, 1948 with having been “leap year

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Source: Headlines - The Atlanta Inquirer

Mayor, Council Discuss COVID Relief

SACRAMENTO – Three weeks ago, the City of Sacramento was awarded an $89 million federal stimulus check to address community needs triggered by the shutdown from the COVID-19

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Source: The Sacramento Observer

An Open Letter to Church Leaders: ⋆

It was necessary that the people of Israel do a series of particular things in a particular way, sacrifice a lamb, eat it hurriedly with loins girded, each in their own

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Source: The Toledo Journal

Systemic racism exist even during a pandemic

Moreover, the majority of essential workers seems to be minorities working in the food service and delivery fields, warehouse workers, health care aides in nursing homes and assisted living centers, etc. many of the which didn’t necessarily choose to work, but had to work in order to take care of

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Source: The Dallas Examiner

JUST DO IT –

After prompting from area residents, politicians – particularly Volusia County Council Member Barbara Girtman – and organizations, free coronavirus testing is now available in Midtown, located in the heart of Daytona Beach’s Black

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Source: Daytona Times

Mississippi Legislative Black Caucus submits $457 million plan for CARES Act funds and creation of $100 million endowment for Mississippi’s HBCUs | The Mississippi Link

Mississippi Legislative Black Caucus is asking for $457 million from Coronavirus monies and $100 million endowment for HBCUs – Alcorn, Jackson State, Mississippi Valley State, Tougaloo, Rust, Coahoma and Utica Branch of

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Source: The Mississippi Link

Anthony Fauci vs. Donald Trump – Who’s Right?.

“If states reopen their economies too soon, there is a real risk that you may trigger an outbreak that you may not be able to control,” said

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Source: ThyBlackMan

State agents, political operatives inseparable in St Mary COVID-19 relief - Mayne says Bull Bay, Corn Piece quarantine lessons learnt; Alexis says first six days of lockdown illegal

Government agencies, non-profit organisations and political operatives were inseparable in communities under COVID-19 lockdown last Thursday as The Sunday Gleaner toured the area, but South East St Mary Member of Parliament Dr Norman Dunn has insisted that his bee-like presence was purely

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Zimbabwe: Relief in Maphisa As Electricity Is Restored After 10-Month Blackout

This was after the Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA) had reported the theft of 42 spans (seven kilometres) of copper cables, plunging residents into nearly a year of total

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Source: allAfrica.com

Angola: COVID-19 - Genexpert Reduces Diagnostic Time

Luanda — The use of the Genexpert method in the testing of covid-19 will reduce the time of diagnosis from 72 to 24 hours, considered Saturday in Luanda, the specialist in biochemistry and molecular biology, Euclides

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Source: allAfrica.com

Urban League of Louisiana During COVID-19: We Don’t Pause, We PIVOT!

ULLA’s 2020 Census Campaign strategy quickly adjusted canvassing and face-to-face events, pivoting to virtual

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Source: New Orleans Data News Weekly – The People’s Paper

Black Lawmakers in Virginia Urge Northam to Reconsider Friday Reopening

The Virginia Legislative Black Caucus has asked Gov. Ralph Northam to refrain from reopening most of the state on Friday amid the coronavirus pandemic, saying that such a premature move would make Black and brown Virginians "guinea pigs for our

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Source: The Washington Informer

Tighter restrictions for travellers when borders reopen

AS JAMAICA makes preparatory steps to reopen the tourism sector and, by extension, the country’s borders, more stringent measures are proposed to contain the spread of the COVID-19

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

The need for a national Black coronavirus task force –

Need for task force There are spotty scientific and educational research and statistics concerning racial demographics across the country and limited conversations with discussions about the state of Black America during this age of the coronavirus

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Source: Daytona Times

Fetter Health Care Network Partners with Berkeley & Dorchester Counties to open COVID-19 mobile testing sites

Dorchester County and Fetter Health Care Network (FHCN), a Federally Qualified Health Center, have partnered to offer mobile COVID-19 screening and

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Source: The Charleston Chronicle

Tanzania: COVID-19 - Cross Border Spread On Spotlight As Kenya Closes Tanzania, Somali Borders

Dar es Salaam — Efforts by individual countries in the East Africa region to tackle the spread of the novel coronavirus across borders yesterday saw Kenya ban the movement of pedestrians and passenger s in and out of the

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Source: allAfrica.com

Magufuli sacks health deputy minister

Tanzania’s President John Pombe Magufuli has appointed Dr Godwin Mollel as the new deputy minister for Health after sacking Dr Faustine

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Source: The East African

Death and destruction as floods rain havoc across EA

Already, Lake Victoria, which is shared by Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda, has hit the highest water levels in over 50 years, at 13.45 metres, causing widespread flooding in many

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Source: The East African

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