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Tunisia: Kebili-COVID-19 - New Case of Domestic Infection in El Golaa

Tunis/Tunisia — A new case of domestic infection with COVID-19 has been registered in the locality of El Golâa, Northern Douz, Kebili governorate), said communication officer and head of health programmes at the local health directorate in Kebili, Ali

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Nigeria's Crypto Crackdown Causes Confusion

[DW] Nigeria -- the world's second-largest Bitcoin market after the United States -- has banned the trading of cryptocurrencies. It's triggered anger among Nigerians who see cryptos as a safe haven in a battered economy.

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A Juneteenth like none other

George Floyd’s murder and Trump in Tulsa indelibly marked this celebration

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Source: MN Spokesman Recorder

(2014) Rita Bender, "Thoughts for the People of Mt. Zion United Methodist Church"

On June 15, 2014, as part of the commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of the Mississippi Freedom Summer, Rita Bender returned to Mt. Zion United Methodist Church in Longdale, Mississippi to give an address commemorating the church’s role in the Mississippi Civil Rights Movement. In January

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Old Mutual is being used to externalise capital, says Zimbabwe's ruling party | Fin24

Zimbabwe's ruling party says Old Mutual should be delisted from the ZSE and be listed on a separate stock exchange that is yet to be established.

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Texans begin voting Monday in runoff elections. Officials are doing what they can to make it safe.

Poll workers will begin greeting voters from behind face masks and shields as early voting begins in primary runoffs that will look and operate differently from any Texas election in the past 100

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Source: Houston Defender Network - Houston's Leading Black Community News & Information Source

Crippling cement shortage in St Elizabeth, Manchester

MANDEVILLE, Manchester - Cement retailers in Manchester and St Elizabeth are struggling to meet demand because of what they say is a sharp dip in supply by the east Kingston-based Caribbean Cement Company. Several hardware stores in Manchester and St Elizabeth said yesterday they had no cement in

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Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick denied early release from prison

According to reports, former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick will not be granted an early release from

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Dr Kandeh Yumkella visits Bombali’s covid19 Emergency Operations Center

Last Friday, Kandeh Kolleh Yumkella MP and leader of the NGC party in parliament, paid what many described as a very timely visit to The Bombali Covid19 Emergency Operations Center (EOC) in

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Rally Held In Garden City In Support of Aundrey Stewart After Being Spit On | The Savannah Tribune

According to a Garden City police report, on last Monday, June 22, 2020 Aundrey Stewart was turning his car around in the driveway that belonged to Dmitri Bogatyrev. After a few words exchanged between the two, Mr. Bogatyrev was videod spitting in Mr. Stewart’s face. The video shows the two men

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(2004) Al Sharpton, “Speech Before the 2004 Democratic National Convention"

In 2004 Rev. Al Sharpton of New York City, campaigned for the Democratic nomination for President. Sharpton saw himself as the successor to Rev. Jesse Jackson who campaigned for the Presidency on behalf of the impoverished and oppressed. Although he did not garner as much support as Jackson did

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'Fake and false': EFF calls off SMG BMW protests as row over racist ad is resolved | News24

The Western Cape EFF says it has called off protests against SMG BMW branches over a job advert favouring a white candidate, after accepting it was not the company's fault.

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Zimbabwe: Prison Officers, Inmates Exposed to Covid-19 - Chin'ono

[New Zimbabwe] INCARCERATED journalist Hopewell Chin'ono has said he is worried that fellow inmates and prison officers are being exposed to the deadly Covid-19 pandemic at the Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison.

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Kenya: MPs Question Bid to Allocate Nairobi Sh27.9 Billion

Mr Yattani in a May 14, letter to National Assembly Clerk Michael Sialai, proposed that the Sh1.77 trillion budget allocated to the national government in the next financial year be amended so that NMS draws its financing from the Presidency

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Rwanda: Could SC Kiyovu End Their League Title Jinx Next Season?

SC KIYOVU may have last won the league title 27 years ago but they are showing early intent to be a serious contender for next season as the hunger for success at the club continues to

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Miles College Builds More Partnerships with Global Brands

The Birmingham Times It’s been a banner past four weeks for Miles College. On Monday, the school announced it will become a community center for Coding and Creativity as part of Apple’s Community Education Initiative and Tennessee State University’s HBCU C2 initiative designed to bring coding and

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Source: The Birmingham Times

Holding one’s breath for an expeditious, transparent and credible recount of the votes (Part IV)

Given the problems associated with the original declaration of the results for Region 4, and its outright rejection by all the local and international observers as well as the political parties contesting the elections (except APNU+AFC) as having lacked transparency and credibility, a recount was

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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper

Western Sahara to reignite Africa's longest ongoing war of independence against Morocco - Face2Face Africa

Western Sahara's independence movement, Polisario Front, has declared a 29-year ceasefire with Morocco over with focus reverting to armed hostilities between the movement and the Moroccan government. On Saturday, Ibrahim Ghali said a decree he had signed prompts Polisario to take up arms against

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BREAKING: Attorney General Keith Ellison Brings Charges Against All 4 Officers in Floyd Case | - Where Wellness & Culture Connect

Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison said that he will elevate charges against the former Minneapolis police officer who knelt on George Floyd’s neck while adding charges of aiding and abetting murder against the other three officers at the scene, according to CNN and other

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George Floyd remembered at powerful memorial service in Minneapolis

One of the most powerful moments during the memorial service Thursday for George Floyd occurred near the end of the ceremony as attendees stood in silence for 8 minutes and 46 seconds, the amount of time that former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin kneeled on

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Emeka Igwe, the attorney who worked tirelessly for no fee to get Elmer Daniels freed after 39 yrs

When African-American Elmer Daniels gave a talk at a forum about his brutal life sentence and wrongful incarceration over alleged rape of a 15-year-old girl, Attorney Emeka Igwe was in the

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Source: Face2Face Africa - The Premier Pan-African Voice

Westerners flock beaches

WESTERN BUREAU: It would appear that the Government’s decision to reopen beaches on Sunday could not have come sooner for hundreds of residents across western Jamaica as they turned out in droves for fun and frolic in Trelawny, St James, Hanover,...

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

A Juneteenth like none other

While Juneteenth has always been celebrated in Black communities, this year's festivities had a different feel. Source

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Source: MN Spokesman Recorder

Ghana: GFA Congratulates Justice Amadu Tanko

The Ghana Football Association (GFA) on behalf of the entire football fraternity, has congratulated the newly-appointed Justice of the Supreme Court (JSC) Issifu Omoro Amadu

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Wilma Rudolph

Wilma Rudolph was an African American Olympic Athlete who competed in the Olympic Games of 1956 and 1960. She was also the first American Woman to win three gold medals in track and field events during a single Olympic

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J. C. Lewis Healthcare Partners With Tremont Temple Missionary Baptist Church for COVID 19 Testing | The Savannah Tribune

Last Friday, Tremont Temple Missionary Baptist Church teamed up with J. C. Lewis Healthcare to provide COVID-19 testing to church members as well as neighborhood residents. Testing time was from 9am-noon in the church parking lot. Almost 100 individuals were tested. This partnership was in response

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Source: The Savannah Tribune

Mind you children, not my business, Trinidad woman told cop - Stabroek News

(Trinidad Express) A WOMAN who cursed a police officer, suggesting he mind his children and not her business, faced a magistrate charged with using obscene language and resisting arrest. The article Mind you children, not my business, Trinidad woman told cop appeared first on Stabroek News.

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Kenya: Mathare United Fault Govt's Stimulus Package

Kenyan Premier League side Mathare United has faulted the Ministry of Sports' financial aid to sportsmen, whose source of livelihood has been hampered due to

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Doomsday cult leader from Haiti gets 64 years in deaths of US girls

TELLURIDE, Colorado (AP) — A woman who considered herself the spiritual leader of a doomsday cult in Colorado has been sentenced to 64 years in prison for her role in the deaths of two children who were banished to a car without food or water because the girls were thought to have been

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Letitia Wright Says She’s Not Thinking About Filming ‘Black Panther 2’ Right Now

Many comic book fans have even preferred that Marvel incorporate a new Black Panther from their upcoming Multiverse into their MCU mix and let the memory of Boseman's King of Wakanda be as is

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