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Tina Knowles Lawson, Beyoncé launch Houston campaign to fight COVID-19

– Philanthropist, entrepreneur and fashion designer, Tina Knowles Lawson, has created the #IDIDMYPART campaign to encourage residents in her beloved home city of Houston to get tested in wake of the COVID-19

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Annan, Kofi A. (1938-- )

Kofi Atta Annan, born on 8 April 1938 in Kumasi, Ghana, served as the seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN) between 1997 and 2007. As a young man, Annan finished his undergraduate studies in economics at Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota in 1961. He then completed his

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Angola: Cacuaco Administration Hands Out Free Meals

Luanda — Over 12,000 disadvantaged residents of Cacuaco municipality, in Luanda, benefit from free meals supplied by the local administration, within the fight against Covid-19

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Source: allAfrica.com

South Africa: With Enough Support, People Can Grow Their Own Food

The Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted how impoverished people and the working class suffer when food prices rise and jobs disappear, prompting a renewed interest in working the

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Source: allAfrica.com

Hundreds of Black Women Responding to Home Business Opportunity in the Travel Industry

Nationwide — A new movement has been launched that is targeting African American female entrepreneurs who want to work from home in the travel and lifestyle

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Cameroon: COVID-19 Brings Out Government's Ugly Side

The message of national solidarity around the Covid-19 pandemic seems to have been lost in

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Source: allAfrica.com

Nigeria's COVID-19 Cases Exceed 5,000

Nigeria, on Thursday, recorded 193 new cases of COVID-19 as the number of infected people exceeded

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Alternate Care Site Opens at Convention Center | Afro

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to plague the area without flattening of the curve, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser was pleased to showcase the alternative care site to support the nation’s capital’s battle against the novel coronavirus at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in

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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority

Prominent coronavirus deaths: Somali ambassador to Egypt dies in Kuwait

From top politicians – former presidents, prime ministers and lawmakers, to entertainment icons and top sportsmen, the virus has left in its wake prominent casualties who could hardly get the send-off they would have been accorded in “normal

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

Design Entrepreneur's 'Pandemic Pivot' Leads to 250% Increase in Sales

As an entrepreneur, Dionna Dorsey is more than a little familiar with riding out a rough patch of slower

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Source: Black Enterprise - The Premier Resource for Black Entrepreneurs and Career, Tech, and Money Content for Black People - Black Ent

Oakland African American Chamber of Commerce sets up relief program to help businesses of color

OAKLAND, Calif. (KRON) – The Oakland Chamber of Commerce has set up what they call a resiliency relief program to help its members who have been hurt by the coronavirus

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Source: African Americans News Monitoring Service & Press Release Distribution - EIN News

Tanzania: Why Tanzania Won't Close Borders

Amid the ongoing global battle against the novel virus, some countries have opted to close borders and enforce lockdown measures to impede the

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Source: allAfrica.com

Africa: Powering Health Across Africa Through COVID-19 and a Changing Climate

Many health facilities across sub-Saharan Africa use diesel backup generators or do without power during

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'Just give me cigarettes': South African survivor of 1918 flu 'soldiers on'

Most people his age have passed on but 116 year-old Fredie Blom of South African is still going

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

Nigeria: Congregational Prayers Remain Suspended - Bauchi Govt

Bauchi — Bauchi State Government has declared that the order for the suspension of Jumaat prayer and Sunday services remains

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Local skincare company now making COVID-19 hand sanitizer

As sanitizing products continue to remain scarce nationwide due to the coronavirus pandemic, a local skincare company is doing its part to minimize the virus’ spread by shifting its production from bath and body products to hand

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Mauritius: COVID-19 - Mauritius Embarks On First Phase of Easing Its Lockdown Protocol

This present day marks two important chapters in Mauritius' history, with the implementation of the first phase in easing the lockdown introduced on 20 March 2020 due to the spread of COVID-19, with some sectors resuming their business activities, and the introduction of the COVID-19 (Miscellaneous

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Chef Kwame Onwuachi's Ultimate Quarantine Food & Drink Pairing

James Beard award-winning chef Kwame Onwuachi is spending his time in quarantine cooking up some of his go-to comfort foods and helping us all create a perfect food and cocktail pairing while we’re

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Dr. Julie Butler, Vet Who Cared for Harlem and Its Pets, Dies at 62

Not too long after she earned a doctorate from Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine, where she was the only African-American graduate in her class, Dr. Julie R. Butler took over the 145th Street Animal Hospital, for many years the only full-service vet clinic in

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6 Ways to Beat Stress and Get Better Sleep

Sleep is important for your growth, for your vision, for your sex life — for everything you’re trying to do in life, sleep plays an important role of resetting your body and getting your body and mind ready for the days

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Source: BlackDoctor | Health News On Fitness, Nutrition & Weight Loss - BlackDoctor

Africa CDC Head Rebukes Burundi for Expelling WHO

Africa's top official leading the continental fight against the Covid-19 pandemic has rebuked the Burundi government for kicking out the World Health Organisation's top official in the country after the WHO raised concerns about the danger of crowded election rallies spreading the deadly

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Source: allAfrica.com

South Africa: Quarantine Everyone, Says Limpopo Health MEC After 13 Mineworkers Test Positive for COVID-19

The Limpopo government is at loggerheads with mining houses over quarantining workers as the sector emerges as the main source of the Covid-19 pandemic in the

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Source: allAfrica.com

Africa coronavirus: DRC's returnees from Europe, Zim lockdown extended

Major African stats: May 16 at 7:30

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Tanzania: Kenya Shuts Borders With Tanzania, Somalia Over COVID-19

Kenya has shut its borders with Somalia and Tanzania as the country strives to stem further spread of the

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Source: allAfrica.com

Trump demands ‘these votes must not count’ after California opens poll site in heavily Black area

President Donald Trump demanded that votes from a new voting location in a Los Angeles suburb with a large black population “must not count” as he lashed out at California for its attempts to make it easier Americans to

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African start-ups funding at risk in 2020 [Morning Call]

Nearly all sectors or industries are affected badly by the impact of this pandemic and the jobs and livelihoods of millions if not billions of peoples are considered to be at grave risk according to reports from several finance

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

Zambia shuts border with Tanzania over virus spread fears

May 10: Closure of border with Tanzania

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L.A. County Launches ‘WiFi Finder’ to Reduce Digital Divide During COVID-19.

Los Angeles County Director of Public Health Barbara Ferrer shared the latest statistics of positive cases and death

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Kenya: Boost for Local Farmers as Food Security Platform Ujuzikilimo Partners With Venture Capital Firm

Nairobi — Local small scale farmers are set will benefit for Sh18million worth of technical support as part of a social-economic recovery initiative by an agricultural technology solutions

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Source: allAfrica.com

Africa: France's Pasteur Institute on Front Lines of Africa's COVID Response

In Africa, where the institute is present in nearly a dozen countries, the Pasteur Institute's Dakar facility plans to roll out potentially game-changing rapid testing kits, and has earned African Union designation as a coronavirus reference

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