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\t On Friday, internet and international calls were cut off across the West African nation in anticipation of the election results, according to locals and international observers in the capital, Conakry.
\t This was the third time that Conde matched-up against Diallo. Before the election, observers raised concerns that an electoral dispute could reignite ethnic tensions between Guinea's largest ethnic groups.
THE woman who changed the tide of losses for the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) with an upset in a People's National Party (PNP) stronghold in St Ann North Eastern in 2001, Shahine Robinson, died at her family home in Claremont, St Ann, around midday yesterday, after a long battle with lung cancer.
Prime Minister and JLP Leader Andrew Holness, in paying tribute to his late Cabinet minister, said he has lost a reliable, personal friend, and the JLP and the country have lost a stalwart who was careful to at all times put first the interest of her people.
Former Prime Minister P J Patterson, in his tribute, said: “Robinson was a political opponent — and I daresay a formidable one — but whilst we were on opposite sides of the political divide we certainly were not adversaries.
JLP Chairman Robert Montague said Robinson had a special place in the hearts of the JLP family, not only because of the special person she was, but her victory in St Ann North Eastern in 2001 was a decisive morale booster for the party, which had spent just over 18 years in the political wilderness.
Robinson, a protégé of late former Prime Minister Edward Seaga, became a household name after pulling off the upset in the 2001 by-election in St Ann North Eastern, defeating the PNP's Carol Jackson by 473 votes to become the second Labourite to win the seat in 14 elections since adult suffrage came into effect in 1944.
This is a dish so popular that food delivery service Uber Eats named it as one of Kenya’s favourite healthy meals to get delivered on the app.
In its 2020 Foodcast report, Uber Eats indicated that when it comes to online food orders, this year, an overwhelming majority of Kenyans opted for chicken-based meals, followed by Chinese and Italian cuisine, including pizza.
“Vegetable Dim Sum and spring rolls were among the most popular snacks ordered while the immunity booster smoothies were a fan favourite drink, proving that every meal and beverage was given a healthy overhaul by locals,” said Uber Eats.
There has also been an increase in the demand for online services with orders through other food delivery apps such as Jumia Food.
Similarly, restaurants with a physical presence have come up with food clubs for their patrons, where customers pay a membership fee and are sent meal and cocktail packages for the same.
I am angry because I am tired of seeing Black people in America continually be subject to the same behaviors by those in “positions of power.”
It’s pathetic that in the year 2020 we are still asking for fair treatment in the communities, schools, justice system, and workplace.
I am a professionally trained lobbyist and community organizer that has worked in and around politics and policy for almost 17 years at the local, state and federal levels of government and one thing that I am constantly reminded…I am Black!
So, if you have a police force that continually abuses Black people that tone is set by the Police Chief and you have a Mayor and City Council that are allowing it.
In 2016, Black voter turnout was 59.6% in the Presidential election and lower than that in some local races.
Several civil rights and other advocacy groups are calling on large advertisers to stop Facebook ad campaigns during July because they say the social network isn’t doing enough to curtail racist and violent content on its platform.
“It is clear that Facebook and its CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, are no longer simply negligent, but in fact, complacent in the spread of misinformation, despite the irreversible damage to our democracy.
The groups say that Facebook amplifies White supremacists, allows posts that incite violence and contain political propaganda and misinformation, and doesn’t stop “bad actors using the platform to do harm.”
They want to apply public pressure on Facebook to “stop generating ad revenue from hateful content, provide more support to people who are targets of racism and hate, and to increase safety for private groups on the platform.”
Facebook’s employees recently publicly criticized Zuckerberg for deciding to leave up posts by President Donald Trump that suggested police-brutality protesters in Minneapolis could be shot.
In February 2010, the military of Niger staged a coup and overthrew the government of President Mamadou Tandja, replacing him with a leader of their own choosing, Salou Djibo. A new government, deemed the Supreme Council for the Restoration of Democracy, was also formed. Djibo promised the people of his country a return to civilian rule and elections to choose a new leader, but he has not said when that event will occur. The overthrow of Tandja, a former military man himself, is evidence that many in Niger were deeply unhappy with his recent abolishment of presidential term limits, seeing it as a threat to the countrys young democracy. Tandja had been in office for over 10 years.
In the first round of 2011 presidential elections which saw 51.6% voter turnout, Mahamadou Issoufou of the Niger Party for Democracy and Socialism (PNDS) won 36.2% of the vote while Seyni Oumarou of the National Movement for the Development of Society (MNSD) tallied 23.2%, triggering a runoff, which was held in March. After capturing 58% of the runoff vote, Mahamadou Issoufou assumed the presidential office. He appointed Brigi Rafini as prime minister.
See also Encyclopedia: Niger .
U.S. State Dept. Country Notes: Niger
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Indiana has some incredibly restrictive voter laws, and currently we only have one early voting site in all of Indianapolis,” stated Robert Shegog, CEO at the Indianapolis Recorder Newspaper and Indiana Minority Business Magazine. “A few more will open Oct. 24, but significantly more are needed given the size of the city. However, it is very refreshing to see so many people voting early. This has been a trend in Indianapolis for over ten years now, and the numbers keep increasing,” Shegog noted.
Texas State Representative Carl O. Sherman (D-109) was part of a late-night walkout Sunday evening with fellow Democrats on the last night of the Regular 87th Legislative Session
LOS ANGELES — Business owners who don’t speak English as a first language have struggled to obtain federal loans during the coronavirus pandemic.
While the federal government has left many business owners to fend for themselves, nonprofit organizations have stepped in to help guide entrepreneurs through the complexities of accessing loans.
Xiomara Peña is the program director for Small Business Majority, a nonprofit that provides business owners with access to translated documentation, as well as connecting entrepreneurs to reliable local lenders.
Tilly added that many banks are hesitant to approve loans for minority business owners, as such business owners often lack a previous business relationship with the lending institution.
As a result, Peña said those institutions have become critically important in supporting non-native English speaking business owners seeking federal loans.
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It is very plausible that 464,565 Guyanese cast their ballots in 2020.
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SCHOOLYARDS across the Corporate Area yesterday were a stark contrast to previous years when excitement among primary school students would be at fever pitch over their secondary school placement results.
The screams of joy and tears of disappointment customary in other years this time were at a distance due to the impact of the novel coronavirus pandemic which forced the closure of schools islandwide in March, leaving education officials to devise novel ways of attributing grades for the second level of the Primary Exit Profile (PEP) exams and presenting students with those grades and placements.
Only one parent from the group gathered at the school was able to view his child's results at the time when the Observer visited yesterday, and he was busy trying to help the other parents to log into the portal.
She said a number of students had been placed at traditional high schools, including Campion, Wolmer's, Calabar, St George's, Kingston College and Excelsior.
So far we are pleased about the student placements; a number of them have been placed at traditional high schools, others have been placed at other schools in the area such as Clan Carthy, Dunoon and Camperdown,” he told the Observer.
ST. PETERSBURG — The League of Women Voters of St. Petersburg Area (LWVSPA) had to stop doing in-person voter registration and education events in mid-March; their last outing was helping clients at Daystar Life Center on March 11.
Using publicly available data from the Pinellas County Supervisor of Elections and working closely with community partners, LWVSPA developed a multi-part campaign with messaging that urges residents to think about voting by mail as “Your Voting Back-Up Plan.”
The voter turnout data and partner conversations also led to the decision by Grove and leaders of the Voter Services team to focus the campaign on low turnout precincts, particularly on the south side; speaking to female voters who like the tradition of voting in person as a way of engaging with their families and neighbors at their polling place.
Grove said while data shows that women in these precincts vote at higher rates than men, “there was agreement in many of our discussions with community partners that women are the decision-makers and influencers in their families and communities primarily in areas like voting.”
LWVSPA and Community Law Program are also hosting a voter registration event specifically for Returning Citizens this Sunday, June 28, from 12-3 p.m. at the parking lot of Rock of Jesus MB Church, 3940 18th Ave. S.
Pro bono attorneys will be available for those who are not able to register because of sentencing issues.
“To the polls” was presented as the answer this week as members of Keepers of 306, a National Civil Rights Museum (NCRM) initiative that engages civic-minded young leaders moved to answer the question being asked by many: “Where do we go from here?” The no-wavering answer came on Tuesday (June 30) evening during a virtual []
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Last year, farmers lost over 50 000 cattle to drought and expectations are high that more cattle could be lost this year if farmers do not take heed of advice to climate-proof the sector through different measures such as de-stocking, growing fodder crops, hay baling and conserving stover.
Department of Veterinary Services chief director, Dr Josphat Nyika, said on Wednesday that Matabeleland South had seven districts badly affected by poverty deaths, with the province losing over 30 000 cattle.
Dr Nyika urged farmers to de-stock by selling old and non-productive cattle.
Dr Nyika said not all farmers should de-stock as they could buy survival feed, which was specifically prepared for drought conditions.
\"De-worming or dosing is another option that can be used by farmers to protect their livestock,\" said Dr Nyika.
