Tanzania keeps mum on KQ flights

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Kenya: KQ Resumes Local Flights After 3-Month COVID-19 Break

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Transport Cabinet Secretary James Macharia says the resumption of local flights will revive the tourism sector and rescue the country's economy from collapsing due to coronavirus effects.

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Source: allAfrica.com

Mike Henry will no longer voice Cleveland on 'Family Guy' | The Atlanta Voice

Mike Henry has stepped down from playing the character Cleveland on “Family Guy,” the latest in a slew of White actors abdicating roles voicing animated characters of

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Source: The Atlanta Voice

Supreme Court Says Fast-Tracking Deportations Okay

In a blockbuster decision, the United States Supreme Court ruled last Thursday that the government can fast-track deportations of asylum seekers without first allowing them to have their cases heard in

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Source: The Orlando Advocate

Trinidad: Griffith willing to meet with husband of pregnant woman killed in protest

(Trinidad Guardian) Commissioner of Police Gary Griffith has said he is willing to meet with Darren Joseph, the husband of Ornella Greaves despite Joseph’s statements towards him on live

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Jehovah's Witnesses

Jehovahs Witnesses, Christian group originating in the United States at the end of the 19th cent., organized by Charles Taze Russell , whose doctrine centers on the Second Coming of Christ. The Witnesses believe that the event has already commenced they also believe the battle of Armageddon is

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Williams named as BCPS superintendent

Dr. Angela Williams, a 29-year veteran with the Burke County Public Schools System, has been selected by the board of education as the new superintendent. The decision was announced June 17, following interviews with five candidates. She will succeed Rudy Falana, who is retiring from the

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Burundi

Burundi bəro͞on´dē [key], officially Republic of Burundi, republic (2005 est. pop. 6,371,000), 10,747 sq mi (27,834 sq km), E central Africa. It borders on Rwanda in the north, on Tanzania in the east, on Lake Tanganyika in the southwest, and on Congo (Kinshasa) in the west. Bujumbura is the

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Tanzania: African Court Orders Tanzania to Allow Challenges to Presidential Results

[Citizen] Dar es Salaam -- The African rights court on Wednesday ordered Tanzania to amend a section of its constitution which bars any court from probing the election of a president after a winner is officially announced.

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Source: allAfrica.com

Some JLP supporters in North East St Catherine against outside candidate

Some Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) supporters in North East St Catherine say they will reject any outside candidate selected by the party hierarchy to replace Leslie Campbell, who is not seeking

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

COVID-19: Governor Abbott issues executive order to contain spread

AUSTIN – Governor Greg Abbott today issued an executive order limiting certain businesses and services as part of the state’s effort to contain the spread of

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CFU suspends U14 boys Challenge Series - Stabroek News

With the Covid-19 pandemic showing no signs of abating, the Caribbean Football Union (CFU), the region’s local governing body and a subsidiary of CONCACAF, has opted to suspend the 2020 boys U14 Challenge Series scheduled for August until further

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First fugitive slave law enacted by Congress

In 1793, Congress passed the first Fugitive Slave Law to implement the provisions in the Constitution. It stated that to reclaim an escaped slave a master needed only to go before a magistrate and provide oral or written proof of ownership. The magistrate would then issue an order for the arrest of

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Feb

12

1793

The Dred Scott decision.

On March 6, 1857, the Dred Scott decision of the Supreme Court denied Blacks U.S. citizenship and denied the power of Congress to restrict slavery in any federal territory.

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6

1857

Corona deaths rise to 148 after three months of lockdown

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Source: Business Daily

Rock, John S. (1825-1866)

John S. Rock was born to free black parents in Salem, New Jersey in 1825. He attended public schools in New Jersey until he was 19 and then worked as a teacher between 1844 and 1848. During this period Rock began his medical studies with two white doctors. Although he was initially denied

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Source: Black Past

Dec

3

1866

Spingarn Award: Ken B. Clark

Kenneth B. Clark, psychologist and educator, awarded Spingarn Medal for pioneering studies that influenced the Supreme Court decision on school desegregation.

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Source: Blackfacts.com

Dec

15

1961

ICJ hearing set for today on jurisdiction in Guyana-Venezuela border controversy

For three hours this morning, a legal team from Guyana will attempt to convince the International Court of Justice (ICJ) that it has the jurisdiction to decide that the 1899 Arbitral Award between Guyana and Venezuela is

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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper

EAC facing cash crisis after delay in 2021 budget

The EAC Council of Ministers, the body mandated with budgetary preparations and presentation, is yet to present its 2020/21 budget proposals to the East African Legislative Assembly (Eala) budget committee with only days to go to the June 30th deadline, The EastAfrican has

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Source: The East African

Guyana elections boss opts out of CCJ hearing

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, (CMC) — Chair of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Claudette Singh says she will not “actively participate” in the appeal filed by the two senior members of the main Opposition People's Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) in relation to a Court of Appeal ruling regarding the

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

Senegal final year students resume classes amid virus control protocols

Senegalese final year students have resumed classes under strict instructions as the country battles

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Source: Africanews | Latest breaking news, daily news and African news from Africa

Lockdowns may be implemented at local level, Mkhize warns

Health minister Zweli Mkhize

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Source: TechCentral

Hotels, buses eyes dividends of reopening from corona lockdown

Nairobi accounts for 21.7 percent of the country’s output, and influences economic activities in neighbouring counties of Kiambu, Machakos and Kajiado and even beyond.

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Source: Business Daily

After Years of Student Protests, Princeton Strikes the Name of Segregationist President Woodrow Wilson From Its Buildings

Princeton announced Saturday that it was striking the name of former U.S. President Woodrow Wilson from its public and international affairs school as well as a residential building, citing his “racist thinking and policies” during his time in office, as well as his tenure as president of the famed

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Source: The New York Beacon - Arming Black Millennials With Information

How to enter Canada as a common law partner of a citizen

I understand that I can re-enter Canada as a common law partner of a Canadian citizen during the COVID-19

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

Justice Clarence Thomas says Roe decision doesn't have 'shred' of constitutional support | The Atlanta Voice

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas said the landmark Roe v. Wade case that paved the way for legalized abortion in the US is “without a shred of support” from the

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Source: The Atlanta Voice

Facebook’s New Feature Will Warn That Annoying Person On Your Timeline They’re Sharing Old News

The social network announced in a blog post that it is rolling out a much-needed new feature that will inform people if a news article they’re about to share is over 90 days

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Source: The Urban Daily

Boseman, Benjamin Anthony (1840-1881)

Benjamin A. Boseman, physician, politician, and postmaster, was free born in New York in 1840 to Benjamin A. and Annaretta Boseman. He was the oldest of five children, two girls and three boys. Boseman grew up in Troy, New York where his father served as a steward on the steamboat Empire in the

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Source: Black Past

Feb

23

1881

Morehouse Cancels Fall Sports Due to Ongoing Pandemic

Morehouse – the famed, historically Black college in Atlanta – recently announced that it is canceling its fall sports, including its 2020 football season, due to the ongoing COVID-19

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Source: Delivering News You Can Use

Walmart to stop sales of 'All Lives Matter' merchandise

Wal-Mart store (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty

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