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World Bank approves $50 million grant to improve quality of  education in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 30 June 2020: The World Bank Board of Executive Directors yesterday approved a $50 million grant to support the Government of Sierra Leone’s flagship program for Free Quality School Education launched in 2018. According to the World Bank, the Free Education Project will
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
‘National Treasure’ Anthony Hamilton Interviewed at NNPA Virtual Conference
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Hamilton, the first R&B artist to sell an album at Cracker Barrel, joined BlackPressUSA’s #FIYAH! LIVE for a special interview, during the National Newspaper Publishers Association’s (NNPA) 2020 virtual conference.
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Source: Black News, Politics, Commentary & Culture | BlackPressUSA
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Police Murder of George Floyd Sparks Uprisings Across America | BlackPressUSA
NNPA NEWSWIRE — National Newspaper Publishers Association Chair Karen Carter Richards and NNPA President and CEO Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr., and numerous other Black Press of America newspaper publishers have expressed outrage over Floyd's murder and concern about the rampant killings of African
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Source: Black News, Politics, Commentary & Culture | BlackPressUSA
Kansas City Mayor Receives Racist Lynching Tweet After Issuing COVID-19 Mask Mandate | BlackPressUSA
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Lucas’ order requires residents of Kansas City wearing facial coverings in all indoor public spaces and “while performing an activity which will necessarily involve close contact or proximity to co-workers or the public where 6 feet of separation is not feasible.”
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Source: Black News, Politics, Commentary & Culture | BlackPressUSA
Sierra Leone politician highlights silver lining to COVID19 clouds in the ECOWAS region
Abdul Malik Bangura: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 21 July 2020: Sierra Leone female politician - Dr. Sylvia Olayinka Blyden, has spoken about the silver lining to the dark clouds of COVID19 outbreak in the ECOWAS subregion. Blyden was speaking in an exclusive chat with members of the ECOWAS Parliament
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
Sierra Leone Commercial Bank urges customers to use Visa and mobile banking
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 26 June 2020: As the world moves gradually away from use of paper currency to cashless transactions, which carry the convenience of safety and security from theft, management of Sierra Leone Commercial Bank, the country’s largest profitable financial service provider has
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
Congress Moves George Floyd Justice in Policing Act Measure Forward | BlackPressUSA
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “We call it the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, and I call it historic because this is the first time in many years that Congress has taken up a bill dealing with policing and I’m sure it is the first time that Congress has introduced such a bold transformative piece of
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Source: Black News, Politics, Commentary & Culture | BlackPressUSA
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We must overhaul our education systems
Oswald Hanciles (The Guru): Sierra Leone Telegraph: 03 July 2020: The educational systems in Sierra Leone have been monumental failures. It is obvious. The festering poverty of Sierra Leoneans sitting on top  of some of the wealthiest marketable natural resources in the world is a gnawing pointer
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
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55 years of failed promises -  finally the criminal libel law of Sierra Leone is close to repeal
Rodney Michael: Sierra Leone telegraph: 21 July 2020: It was 55 years ago, under the SLPP Government led by Prime Minister Albert Margai, when the Public Order Act of 1965 was introduced in Sierra Leone, with some very strong condemnation of the sections relating to the Criminal Libel Law. Many
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
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Police Have a License to Kill - The New Journal and Guide
The Graham decision in 1989 changed the focus—from the individual citizen to the police officer. The Court interpreted the Fourth Amendment to protect police officers, not black people. Continue reading Police Have a License to Kill at The New Journal and Guide .
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FILM REVIEW — John Lewis: Civil Rights Lion Gets into Good Trouble in Dawn Porter Documentary
NNPA NEWSWIRE — On what would be called Bloody Sunday, Lewis, who at the time was Chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) along with other civil rights lions like Reverend Hosea Williams (SCLC) continued on their march despite then Governor Wallace’s threats and were
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Sierra Leone’s human freedom index performance has dropped under SLPP government
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 29 June 2020: According to the 2019 Global Human Freedom index, Sierra Leone  ranked 132 out of 162 countries, scoring 5.99 dropping 20 places from 2018. Sierra Leone ranked 112 out of 162 nations in 2018   thats 5 places from 2017; and 107 out of [Read More]
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
Speculation grows over date of next election in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 28 June 2020: Speculations are growing across the political divide in Sierra Leone, after a leading pro SLPP government newspaper – Global Times, published a story recently stating that the next general and presidential elections will be held in 2024 – not 2023 as
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
Parliament approves president Bio’s government supplementary budget
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 27 July 2020: Parliament of Sierra Leone last Friday, 24th July 2020 approved the government's 2020 Financial Year Supplementary Budget and Statement of Economic and Financial Policies, tabled by the  Minister of Finance - Mr. Jacob Jusu Saffa. Presrenting his budget to
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
Los Angeles City Mayor Pleads for George Floyd Protests to 'Take a Step Back' due to Violent Acts in L.A. over 300 arrested | BlackPressUSA
LOS ANGELES SENTINEL — Yesterday Mayor Garcetti responded to the devastating news of George Floyd by stating, “…He was far from the first, the end of his life, was another page in the worst chapter of our nation’s history of what it means to be black in America. 244 years into our attempts to
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COMMENTARY: The American Economic System Works Just Fine—for White People | BlackPressUSA
NNPA NEWSWIRE — As President of the Texas Black Expo (TBE), my primary interest is the economic part of the system—the creation and growth of Black-owned business enterprises. You’d think that such an effort would be greeted with universal approval from everybody, regardless of ethnicity. What
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Palo Conteh treason verdict  I salute the Jury – Op ed
Cornelius Deveaux: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 4 July 2020: Certainly, right thinking Sierra Leoneans and by extension the wider citizenry, will be appalled by a post on the official Facebook page of the SLPP government Ministry of Information and Communications, intending to purport that Sierra
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
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IN MEMORIAM: Legendary Civil Rights Icon C.T. Vivian Dies at 95 | BlackPressUSA
NNPA NEWSWIRE — "Some thoughts on the Reverend C.T. Vivian, a pioneer who pulled America closer to our founding ideals and a friend I will miss greatly," Former President Barack Obama wrote in a statement. "We've lost a founder of modern America, a pioneer who shrunk the gap between reality and our
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Trump Administration Withholding $14 Billion in Critical Coronavirus Funding | BlackPressUSA
NNPA NEWSWIRE — In a letter Democratic Sen. Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Sen. Patty Murray (D-Washington) sent this week to Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, the senators reveal that the Trump administration has "still failed" to distribute more than $8 billion out of $25
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Source: Black News, Politics, Commentary & Culture | BlackPressUSA
LIVESTREAM: NNPA Partners with #Donate1Post to Help Black-Owned Businesses During COVID-19 | BlackPressUSA
NNPA NEWSWIRE — To combat the resulting uncertainty and help ensure that Black-owned businesses can sustain themselves and survive the pandemic, a team of influencers and public figures have joined together under the hashtag #Donate1post. The National Newspaper Publishers Association has agreed to
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Minnesota's Black Newspapers Speak Out Amidst Uprising in Wake of Police Murder of George Floyd | BlackPressUSA
NNPA NEWSWIRE — "The National Guard has been called out, and you see those vehicles that you saw when they raided Iraq and Afghanistan. People are upset and outraged, and folks are still protesting, and some folks take advantage of the protest," stated Mel Reeves, editor of the Minnesota
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Source: Black News, Politics, Commentary & Culture | BlackPressUSA
With 150, 000 Dead and Polls in Free Fall, Trump Seeks a Culture War
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Trump’s poll numbers indicate he will have an uphill battle defeating Joe Biden. In 2016, Hillary Clinton lost the electoral college but won the popular vote over Trump by 2.8 million votes. Trump’s poll numbers in vital battleground states are in freefall and he continues to
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#FIYAH! LIVESTREAM — U.S. Surgeon General: ‘The Debate is Over — We All Should Be Wearing Face Coverings to Prevent Spread of COVID-19’
#FIYAH! LIVESTREAM — “The best science we have available right now tells us the debate is over we all should be wearing a face-covering to prevent the spread of COVID-19,” Dr. Adams told NNPA President and CEO, Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr., during the interview streamed over BlackPressUSA’s Facebook
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Sierra Leone parliament debates new laws to replace seditious libel law
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 17 July 2020: There is at long last, a ray of hope in Sierra Leone for journalists as members of parliament yesterday debated the repeal of Part 5 of the Public Order Act of 1965 (Act No.46 of 1965) which has been used by politicians of varying [Read More]
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
Sierra Leone Parliament has got rid of the country's criminal libel laws
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 24 July 2020: Yesterday, Thursday 23 July 2020  was a momentous day for journalism in Sierra Leone, as the country’s Parliamentarians unanimously voted to repeal the draconian laws that criminalise libel, as enshrined in Part 5 of the Public Order Act of 1965 (Act No. 46 of
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
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Kandeh Yumkella calls for energy access to be prioritised
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 20 July 2020: Last Saturday, Dr Kandeh Yumkella, a member of parliament for Kambia district, joined participants at a virtual conference including representatives from international organizations, public and private sectors, and civil society to discuss the devastating
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
UK announces £1.57 Billion investment for Arts and Entertainment Industry – where is Sierra Leone?
Alhaji K. Tarawally: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 7 July 2020: Britain’s globally renowned arts, culture and heritage industries will receive a world-leading £1.57 billion rescue package to help weather the impact of coronavirus, the UK government announced yesterday. Thousands of companies across
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
WATCH: Rep. Ocasio-Cortez: “Trump Records Could Reveal Numerous Financial Crimes”
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “I think opening the door and allowing the New York prosecutor’s office to access Trump’s taxes is a huge step. From day one of his campaign, Trump was the first to break from that tradition (of unveiling his financial records),” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) said during the
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President Bio sacks mines minister as export revenue drops by almost 50% in two years
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 28 July 2020: President Julius Maada Bio of Sierra Leone has sacked his mining minister - Foday Rado Yokie, after two years of failing to improve the performance of the ministry in helping to revive the country’s exports revenue. Despite the government’s review of all
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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News
LIVESTREAM #FIYAH — 6.8.20 7PM — THE MUSIC OF LENORA • D.B. BANTINO • NOVA BLESSED | BlackPressUSA
The Black Press Celebrates New Music From New Artists. In his 2016 proclamation, Obama noted that African-American music and musicians have helped the country to dance, to express our faith through song, to march against injustice, and to defend our countrys enduring promise of freedom and
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