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Tanzania: Border Tension Resurfaces...as Tanzanian Truckers Are Blocked From Crossing Into Kenya
TWO weeks after Tanzanian and Kenyan leaders agreed on modalities for enabling truck drivers cross at border posts, Kenyan authorities have started blocking Tanzanian truckers from crossing Namanga frontier on grounds of lacking valid Covid-19 clearance
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Minneapolis Holds Memorial For George Floyd As Family, Friends Mourn A Life Cut Short
The first of three memorials to pay tribute to a father whose life was cut short by an overzealous police officer was scheduled to take place at 1 p.m. local time (2 p.m. ET) on Thursday at North Central University in
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Black Athletes Outraged That Clemson Cancelled Track; Civil Rights Complaint Filed - The New York Beacon
Clemson University’s decision to discontinue men’s track and field has caused many black athletes to speak out. Russell Dinkins, an activist and former Princeton runner, recently filed a civil rights complaint against Clemson. He shared the impact that “cutting track and field teams have on
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As Trump continues his assault on democracy, Georgia is on Biden's mind
Georgia's Senate vote this week will determine the prospects for Joe Biden's reform agenda.
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Watch Blue Origin's 13th uncrewed flight with New Shepard rocket [video]
Blue Origin's NS-13 mission will fly 12 customer payloads to space on the New Shepard rocket, including a payload for NASA. Watch the live stream here.
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Civil rights groups sue Clayton County sheriff for failure to protect prisoners | Atlanta Daily World
Civil Rights Groups File Federal Lawsuit Against Clayton County Sheriff for Failure to Protect People in Jail from Escalating COVID-19 Outbreak ATLANTA –Last night, the Southern Center for Human Rights, the American Civil Liberties Union, and the ACLU of Georgia filed a lawsuit in federal district
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Police Arrest Peaceful Protester Sitting Alone By Trump Rally Venue
At the request of President Donald Trump’s campaign staff, police in Tulsa, Oklahoma, arrested a single peaceful protester in a black “I Can’t Breathe” T-shirt who was sitting outside the venue where Trump is expected to hold a rally on
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Tanzania: JPM Fulfills His Parliament Inauguration Pledges
PRESIDENT John Magufuli has walked the talk by fulfilling about 20 promises he made while inaugurating the 11th Parliament in 2015, the 'Daily News' can
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Rwanda: New Guidelines Issued for Long-Haul Cargo Transporters
A bilateral meeting between Rwanda and Tanzania agreed to resolve the issue of cross-border truck drivers as part of the move to contain the new coronavirus pandemic, the Ministry of Infrastructure said on
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Florida officer fired after punching Black woman in viral video
A Miami-Dade Police officer has been fired after a video of him punching a Black woman started circulating on social media. The post Florida officer fired after punching Black woman in viral video appeared first on TheGrio.
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Power outage plunges Pakistan into darkness
(CNN) - A breakdown in Pakistan's national power grid plunged the country of 212 million people into darkness on Saturday night, officials said. 'A countrywide blackout has been caused by a sudden plunge in the frequency in the power transmission system,' Pakistan's Power Minister Omar Ayub Khan
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Colorado's Governor Appoints A Special Prosecutor To Look Into Elijah McClain's Death
The death of 23-year-old Elijah McClain after his arrest in Aurora, Colo., last August is receiving renewed scrutiny. Colorado's governor has appointed a special prosecutor to look into the case.
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'That's Some Shady S--t': Joseline Hernandez's Father's Day Post to Balistic Beats Derails After Fans Say She Shaded Stevie J.
The “Love and Hip Hop Atlanta” alumna recently sent a lifetime supply of shade over to her ex and father of her 3-year-old daughter Bonnie Bella, Stevie J. Instead of recognizing him for Father’s Day, she chose to honor her fiancé DJ Balistic Beats as the only father in her
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New Zealand lifts all Covid restrictions, declaring the nation virus-free - The New York Beacon
Media captionI did a little dance: Smiling Ardern confirms New Zealand is free of Covid-19 New Zealand has lifted almost all of its coronavirus restrictions after reporting no active cases in the country. At midnight local time (12:00 GMT), all of New Zealand moved
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Elected officials say NYPD should show 'zero tolerance' to Central Park 'Karen' and launch criminal probe | New York Carib News
Elected officials say NYPD should show ‘zero tolerance’ to Central Park ‘Karen’ and launch criminal probe
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Stoopid: 2 Armed Robbers Stick Up NYC Bodega, Only Score $100
While the streets have proven to us that they will eat right from your plate, a pair of gunmen should have checked the menu prior to pulling off their most recent heist. As spotted on The Daily News two men entered the Westfield Market Place at the corner of 10th Ave. and W. 48th St. in the […]
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Voting: South Dakota Secretary of State
Find Your Polling Place You can find your polling place online by visiting the Voter Information Portal. Your polling place is also listed on your voter acknowledgement notice that you received from the county election official after registering.
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Jesse B. Blayton, Sr., was a pioneer African American radio station entrepreneur.  Blayton founded WERD-AM in Atlanta, Georgia on October 3, 1949 making him the first African American to own and operate a radio station in the United
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No road, no vote - Residents in this Ghanaian electoral area refused to vote at all in the general election - Face2Face Africa
General elections in Ghana took place on December 7 as the West African nation held its eighth uninterrupted polls in 28 years to choose a president and lawmakers. Election officials say results may be known by the middle of the week although there was an earlier promise to declare the winner of
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Rare 'ring of fire' solar eclipse to dim Africa, Asia
Skywatchers along a narrow band from west Africa to the Arabian Peninsula, India and southern China will witness the most dramatic "ring of fire" solar eclipse to shadow the Earth in years on
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S. Africa: protest against Africa's first vaccine trial | Africanews
Protesters gathered outside the University of the Witswatersrand in Johannesburg Wednesday against Africa’s first COVID-19 vaccine
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Curfew extended in Jamaica | New York Carib News
The Andrew Holness led administration extended the islandwide curfew and all other previously announced measures under the Disaster Risk Management Act until Sunday, January 31.
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GECOM Chair opts out of CCJ hearing | New York Carib News
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Jun 29, CMC – The chairperson of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), retired Justice Claudette Singh has said 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
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Report shows victory for ruling coalition in Guyana | New York Carib News
The Chief Elections Officer, Keith Lowenfield presented a report to the chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), retired justice Claudette Singh, showing a victory for the ruling coalition, A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) in the disputed March 2 regional and general election.
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Corruption: The guilty, the complicit
We have spent a lifetime discussing corruption. We have agreed and disagreed on the subject without achieving consensus. We have allowed the topic to divide opinion in spaces seldom open for corruption. We have talked about corruption for years without listening to our conversations. We have talked
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AfCFTA clouded by virus and pace of talks
The African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) was formally launched just over a year ago in a blaze of
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A touching tribute: The meaning behind Kate Middleton’s pearl choker [photos]
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California State Capitol Goes Black … Red and Green to Mark Juneteenth Voice and Viewpoint
Aldon Thomas Stiles California Black Media As California goes, so does the nation. You’ve probably heard that cliché many times before. It certainly rings true for Juneteenth. The state of California started recognizing Juneteenth or Black “Freedom Day,” marking the emancipation of enslaved
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