Sudan: Cabinet Reshuffle - Six Sudanese Ministers Resign, One Dismissed

Overhaul, Accountability, and Transparency-Democrats Unveil The Justice In Policing Act | Chicago Defender

Following weeks of protest against police brutality and racism, The Justice in Policing Act of 2020 was introduced on Monday by top Democratic lawmakers- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, Black senators Kamala Harris (CA) and Cory Booker (NJ), Representative Jerry

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#FIYAH! — 6.6.20 — ONE-ON-ONE with KEITH ELLISON, MINNESOTA ATTORNEY GENERAL | BlackPressUSA

MINNESOTA — I just want to let everyone know that were going to bring to bear all the resources necessary to achieve justice in this case, said Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison. Ellison spoke at the press conference announcing the decision by Gov. Tim Walz to transfer the investigation and

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Sudan: Govt Has No Cash to Pay Damages for 1998 Embassy Bombings - Analyst

A Sudanese political analyst says Sudan will have a hard time finding the cash to pay the punitive damages imposed by a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in connection with the 1998 bombings of U.S. embassies in Kenya and

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#FIYAH! — LIVESTREAM 7.15.20 3PM ET — CONGRESSWOMAN VAL DEMINGS (D-FL) | BlackPressUSA

#FIYAH! — LIVESTREAM 7.15.20 3PM ET During her 27-year career she served in virtually every department, including serving as Commander of the Special Operations, where she was responsible for some of Orlando’s highest profile tasks, including special events and dignitary protection. In 2007, Val

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THE RUN DOWN - YEEZY for PREEZY | Afro

By AFRO.COM / BE INSPIRED GLOBAL Host Micha Green talks Kanye for president and trending stories in this weeks AFRO American Newspaper. The post THE RUN DOWN - YEEZY for PREEZY appeared first on Afro.

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Ilhan Omar Wants To Build Progressive Power. She’s Starting With This Muslim Candidate. - The New York Beacon

In the final months of the 2020 election cycle, Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) is exercising her influence as a national progressive leader, endorsing Ihssane Leckey, a former Wall Street regulator and an immigrant Muslim woman. Leckey — running on a platform backing the Green

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Federal court denies relaxed ballot requirements for constitutional amendments | The Crusader Newspaper Group

Former governor: Voters should have right to electronically sign petitions during COVID-19 By REBECCA ANZEL Capitol News Illinois ranzel@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD — An Illinois group trying to get a constitutional amendment on the Nov. 3 ballot is not entitled to looser regulations during

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CONGRESSWOMAN JACKSON LEE ENDORSES ROYCE WEST IN U.S. SENATE RACE - Dallas Post Tribune

DALLAS-On Monday, Houston Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee endorsed Texas State Sen. Royce West in the July 14th Democratic Primary Runoff for United States Senate. “Some electoral races are simply too important to not to be involved, and the Texas senatorial race is one of those races,” Jackson

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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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2020; Just Why Is It So Hard for America to Outlaw Lynching?

These statutes were expanded under Reconstruction-era civil rights laws passed in the 1870s — specifically to punish racial attacks against blacks. But they were repeatedly challenged by local and occasionally federal officials as poorly worded, unconstitutional violations of states’ rights. Even

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#Election2020 – Is Defund the Police a massive political mistake? | The Atlanta Voice

On Friday, DC Mayor Muriel Bowser had a massive mural reading Black Lives Matter in block yellow lettering painted on 16th Street near the White House. The next day, activists painted another message in that exact same yellow lettering on the same street. It read: Defund the Police. Amid the

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Announcing Congresswoman Johnson’s 2020 Congressional App Challenge | Afro

Announcing Congresswoman Johnson’s 2020 Congressional App Challenge WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson’s office is excited to announce the Congressional App Challenge (CAC), an app competition for students in middle and high school. The CAC accepts computer programs (or

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Officer named in Breonna Taylor shooting accused of sexual assualt

One of the police officers involved in Breonna Taylor's shooting, has been accused of being a “dirty cop” and two women have come forward to say he sexually assaulted them.

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Kanye West takes anti-vaccine, anti-abortion stance in US presidential bid - The New York Beacon

Kanye West has given more details about the policy platform he will adopt in his bid to become US president in November, declaring himself anti-abortion, sceptical about a Covid-19 vaccine and keen to return “fear and love of God” to education. In an interview with

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LIVESTREAM — 6.3.2020 1PM ET — #SaveLocalJournalism #9_ NOW GO AND TELL THAT!_ | BlackPressUSA

The NNPA's Stacy Brown interviews 4 iconic Black Press Publishers: Nab'a Muhammad of The Final Call; Dr. R.B. Holmes, Jr. of Capital Outlook Newspaper; Trennie Williams of Silver Star News; and Karl Rodney of the NY Carib News. The publishers will engage in a lively conversation that covers a wide

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Trump Signs Executive Order to Protect Monuments - Black News Channel

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE and ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press/ BNC Contributor WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump signed an executive order Friday to protect monuments, memorials and statues facing new scrutiny amid fresh debate over the nations racist beginnings. Trump had promised to take action

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#FIYAH — 6.5.20 12pm ET — ONE ON ONE WITH KAREEM ABDUL JABBAR | BlackPressUSA

"Democracy doesn't work for us," says Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (@kaj33) of Black Americans. "We are last hired, first fired. We have a different set of expectations from the criminal justice system. So many ways of American life discriminate against Black Americans." Kareem will share his thoughts on

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Phillips to put councillors on alert

Opposition People's National Party President Dr Peter Phillips will address councillors and caretakers today, as speculation arises that an election is near.Dr Phillips will deliver the main address at the Mico University College after the councillors and caretakers meet in a closed-door

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Open letter to President Julius Maada Bio about official report on the massacre of prisoners

Concerned Sierra Leoneans: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 12 July 2020: In our press release dated 4th May 2020, we accentuated our horror and concern over the brutal intervention of heavily armed State House Presidential guards who opened fire on unarmed prisoners and prison guards with assault

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Rev. Marvin Hunter to host Town Hall Forum on the 1967 Kerner Report Focusing on The Causes of Racism Then And Now | The Crusader Newspaper Group

What did America learn from the Kerner Report's study of the civil disorder from the 60s Rev. Marvin Gaye Hunter, pastor of the Grace Memorial Church, 1457 So. Kenneth Avenue in Chicago, is hosting and chairing a panel and town hall discussion 4 p.m., Wednesday, July 15th, streaming live from his

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Fisher, Ada M. (1947- )

Dr. Ada M. Fisher is a retired physician and a recurrent Republican candidate for office. Fisher was born on October 21, 1947 in Durham, North Carolina, the daughter of Rev. Miles Mark Fisher, a son of a former slave and his Seminole Indian wife. Rev. Fisher was also a Republican, as well as his

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WEST: Military Must Not Be Used Against Peaceful Protestors, Condemns Trump’s Grandstanding

DALLASState Sen. Royce West (D-Dallas), candidate for U.S. Senate in the July 14 Democratic Primary Runoff, issued the following Statement on Tuesday: The American military must not be used against peaceful protestors, period. President Trump’s call that peaceful protestors be handled with force is

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Sudan: Protest in North Darfur Against Violence in Camps for Displaced

Kabkabiya — People in Kabkabiya locality in North Darfur organised a march to the locality offices yesterday to protest against the continued violence, assassinations, rapes, and beatings in the camps for the

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Zimbabwe: Chamisa, Khupe Fight Escalates

MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday said it was time for Zimbabweans to act against rights abuses and economic problems bedevelling the

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Sudan: North Darfur Herders and Farmers Discuss Cooperation

Kutum / El Waha — The forum to discuss the relations between farmers and herdsmen in the localities El Waha and Kutum in North Darfur stressed the need to reduce frictions between the two

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Baltimore City Comptroller: Henry Upsets Pratt | Afro

By Sean Yoes AFRO Baltimore Editor syoes@afro.com Baltimore City Comptroller Joan Pratt has held the office as the City’s independent fiscal executive since 1994. But, this week her run as Comptroller has come to an end. Pratt has been defeated in her bid for a seventh term by Baltimore City

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COMMENTARY: Obama's Popularity Continues to Rise Amid Trump's Rhetoric | BlackPressUSA

NNPA NEWSWIRE — "The inepter Trump becomes; the more people will forget what they didn't like about Obama. And for those of us who loved Obama, seeing Trump mess up ten times a day really drives our appreciation for 44 home even further," New York resident Alicia Butler stated.

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West Africa: UNHCR Launches U.S.$186 Million Appeal for Sahel Displacement Crisis

The U.N. refugee agency is appealing for $186 million to protect and assist hundreds of thousands of civilians who have been forced to flee from escalating, increasingly brutal attacks from multiple armed groups in the volatile central Sahel

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Newswire : Trump says hell deploy military to states if they dont stop violent protests

By Alana Wise, NPR Escalating his rhetoric during a period of roiling national crises, President Trump on Monday threatened to deploy the U.S. military to cities or states that dont take necessary actions to halt violent protests, saying the armed forces will quickly solve the problem for

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Ben Carson Suggests Systemic Racism Isnt Real Anymore

Ben Carson offered CNN some outrageous commentary about systemic racism that might even make Candace Owens blush. (Emphasis on "might.")

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