Zimbabwe health minister arrested over coronavirus supplies scandal
Zimbabwe's health minister Obadiah Moyo was arrested on Friday for alleged corruption related to the supply of medical materials to combat the coronavirus pandemic, the anti-graft agency
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Source: https://www.news24.com
Arkansas Baptist College [Little Rock] (1884-- )
Arkansas Baptist College (ABC) is a private four-year institution in Little Rock, Arkansas.  The college was founded as the Ministers Institute in August 1884 at the Annual Convention of the Colored Baptists of the State of Arkansas.  It opened three months later at the Mount Zion Baptist Church in
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Source: Black Past
Obama emerges as central figure in 2020 presidential race
In recent days, Trump and his allies have aggressively pushed conspiracy theories about Obama designed to fire up the president’s conservative base, taint Biden by association and distract from the glut of grim health and economic news from the coronavirus
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Yet another governor impeached. What will the Senate do this
An 11-member committee set up to hear the impeachment charges against Anne Waiguru, the governor of Kirinyaga County, has up to Friday to either clear her or submit a report recommending her removal from
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Source: The East African
Angola: Government Departments Mergers Help Save Millions
Luanda — Angolan State hopes to save one billion kwanzas a year with the merger of government departments that started two months
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Source: allAfrica.com
(1901) William Hannibal Thomas on the American Negro
Nineteenth Century black conservative William Hannibal Thomas was a Civil War veteran, Reconstruction era South Carolina politician, and U.S. counsel to Portuguese Southwest Africa (Angola).  He is most famous however as the author of the 1901 book, The American Negro: What He Was, What He Is, and
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Source: Black Past
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Gospel music
Gospel (genre) redirects here. For the literary genre, see
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Jesse Jackson
Jesse Jackson is an American civil rights activist and minister. He was born as Jesse Louis Burns on October 8, 1941 to a 16 year high school student named Helen Burns out of wedlock. Jesse’s biological father was their 33 year old neighbor named Noah Louis Robinson who was married to someone
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Minister To Liberia
Atty. William T. Francis named minister to Liberia.
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McKinney, Samuel Berry (1926- )
Born on December 28, 1926 to Reverend Wade Hampton McKinney and Ruth Berry McKinney in Flint, Michigan, Samuel Berry McKinney would become a Baptist minister, author, and civil rights advocate in Seattle, Washington. He served as pastor of Mount Zion Baptist Church, one of the largest and oldest
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Source: Black Past
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Mauritania
Mauritania became an independent nation on Nov. 28, 1960, and was admitted to the United Nations in 1961 over the strenuous opposition of Morocco, which claimed the territory. In the late 1960s, the government sought to make Arab culture dominant. Racial and ethnic tension between
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Source: Fact Monster - Black History
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Sudan
Sudan, in northeast Africa, measures about one-fourth the size of the United States. Its neighbors are Chad and the Central African Republic on the west, Egypt and Libya on the north, Ethiopia and Eritrea on the east, and South Sudan, Kenya, Uganda, and Democratic Republic of the Congo on the
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Source: Fact Monster - Black History
Kenya: Purge in Jubilee is Justified, CCM Chief Ruto Now Says
Chama Cha Mashinani (CCM) party leader Isaac Ruto has described the Jubilee purge in the Senate and National Assembly leadership as a normal party disciplinary
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Source: allAfrica.com
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Somalia: Puntland Minister Succumbs to COVID-19
Puntland regional state minister for Environment and agriculture Ismail Gamadiid has died in a hospital in
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Source: allAfrica.com
First Baptist Church, Capitol Hill, Nashville, Tennessee (1835- )
First Baptist Church, Capitol Hill lays claim to the designation as the oldest continuously operating African American church in Tennessee because it traces its origin back to First Baptist Colored Mission which first met to hold prayer services in 1835.  Up to that point Nashville’s black
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Source: Black Past
Covid-19: Gauteng, Eastern Cape each edge closer to 10 000 mark, as cases hit 65 736
As of 13 June, Gauteng has 9 897 confirmed cases of Covid-19, while the Eastern Cape has 9 250
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Source: https://www.news24.com
AU, Madagascar to test herbal Covid-19 remedy
The African Union (AU) will test the controversial herbal remedy for Covid-19 from
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Mpumalanga records first Covid-19 death as toll rises to 998
Mpumalanga has recorded its first Covid-19 death as current cases neared 50 000 and deaths creep closer to the 1 000
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Source: https://www.news24.com
Dr. Sylvia Blyden appears in court today
One thing that is very clear about Dr. Blyden is that she speaks things as they
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Ship worker loses baby - Uncertainty over whether distressed pregnant woman from Adventure needed help earlier
As there was celebration that 1,044 Jamaican nationals were being landed at the historic Falmouth Port in Trelawny after being stranded for two months at sea, tragedy was unfolding as a 10-week pregnant woman who was a worker on the Adventure of the Seas cruise ship lost her
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Kenya: Public Has Until 5pm Give Views on School Reopening Date
Kenyans have until five o'clock today to give their views to the National Covid-19 Education Response Committee that will advise Education Cabinet Secretary George Magoha on whether schools should reopen on June 4 or the date be
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Source: allAfrica.com
Rwanda: After Kabuga's Arrest in Paris, How Many Rwanda Genocide Suspects Remain?
The arrest of Félicien Kabuga, one of the alleged financiers of the Rwandan genocide, has been welcomed by victims and survivors organisations that have pushed for justice for the 800,000 Tutsi and moderate Hutus who were killed in
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Source: allAfrica.com
Covid-19: Why the Western Cape has an 18 000-test backlog
The Western Cape has an 18 000-test backlog for Covid-19, said Premier Alan Winde on
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Johannesburg mayor goes into self-isolation after staffer tests positive for Covid-19
Johannesburg mayor Geoff Makhubo has gone into self-isolation after a staffer in his office tested positive for Covid-19 on
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Source: https://www.news24.com
Nigeria coronavirus: 16,085 cases, resident docs strike
Total confirmed cases = 16,085
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State has constitutional mandate to protect citizens
THE Supreme law of the Republic of Zimbabwe, namely the Constitution, places squarely on the shoulders of the government the obligation to defend and protect the rights of citizens from harm and
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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People
Zimbabwe: Chamisa Appoints Mahere Spokesperson in MDC Mini Reshuffle
Mahere, who replaces Daniel Molokele, is among 16 other strategic appointments made as part of the opposition chief's attempts to sharpen the MDC Alliance's National Standing Committee which is responsible for the day-to-day running of the
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Source: allAfrica.com
Embracing the new normal of COVID-19 | The Mississippi Link
Now is the time for community-wide education and training programs that promote practices each of us must adopt to slow the spread of coronavirus infections, hospitalizations and related
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Source: The Mississippi Link
Uganda: Justice Kavuma Bounces Back From Retirement, Appointed Aviation Board Chair
President Museveni has appointed former deputy Chief Justice Steven Kavuma as the new board chairman of the Uganda Civil Aviation Authority
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Source: allAfrica.com
Mt. Olive Baptist Church, Albuquerque, New Mexico (1899- )
Arriving in Albuquerque, New Mexico Territory, in 1898, Mrs. Tabytha Watson began the organization of a Baptist church with prayer meetings which included her two children, in her home. By the following year the church was named Mt. Olive Baptist and members raised $135 to purchase a lot at 510
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Source: Black Past
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