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Nigeria: Hold Kidnappers of Kankara Schoolboys Accountable, U.S. Urges Nigeria
[Premium Times] Governor Masari says Thursday night that the Kankara students had been freed following negotiations with their abductors.
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Trump Supporter Lil Pump Is Not the Father of That Baby He Claimed
Donald Trump-supporting rapper Lil Pump is not the father. It turns out the guy is not the daddy of the baby he claimed was his.
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Nigeria: The Nigerian Govt Is Burying Its Atrocities By Attacking Free Press
[African Arguments] The press has remained resilient during the #EndSARS protests, but these hostilities have to end for the sake of the country's democracy.
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‘Power Book II: Ghost’ Recap: Monet Has To Put The “Family First” After Cane’s Bonehead Decisions
It's homecoming at Stansfield, and that means families are flooding the campus. Riq sees this as an opportunity to make some serious money, despite feeling left out because of his family situation. Meanwhile, the Tejada family is still having issues thanks to Cane's bad decisions.
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Jamaican man deported from US over double murder freed - Stabroek News
(Jamaica Gleaner) Oral Nelson, a 32-year-old Jamaican who faced a double murder charge shortly after he was deported from the United States of America in August 2019, was freed last week of the charges but says the ordeal has left him traumatised and
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Uganda: Anywhere but Kampala - "I'm Still in NRM but I Cannot Clap for Bad Vices"
[African Arguments] Is the opposition making inroads in Uganda's Eastern region ahead of the 2021 elections? We took the political temperature in three different places.
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Tapiwa Makore’s burial finally set
JAIROS SAUNYAMA The remains of Tapiwa Makore, who was brutally murdered at the age of seven in a suspected ritual killing, has been set for January 9 next year. The family agreed that the remains of the boy, who was murdered in cold blood in September, be interred despite the head still
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Who checks the fact-checkers? | L.A. Focus News
“Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?” is the question posed by the Roman poet Juvenal from his “Satires.” It is literally translated as “Who will guard the guards themselves?” The quote has several variations including, “Who watches the watchers?” and “Who will watch the watchmen?” Our question is “Who
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Ogun family tackles cleric over late Osigweh’s estate - African American News Today - EIN Presswire
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Nigeria: Ekiti APC Chieftain Endorses Fayemi for 2023 Presidency
[Premium Times] There have been rumours that Mr Fayemi was lobbying within the APC to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023.
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NBC's Holt adds empathetic commentaries to news anchor role - Black News Channel
By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — During this brutal news year, Lester Holt has concluded that telling stories isn't enough. The 'NBC Nightly News' anchor frequently ends his broadcasts now with commentaries, an unusual departure for network evening newscasts that have more than
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Work-from-home move taking toll on many
WORK-from-home policies and practices implemented by several Jamaican companies due to the novel coronavirus pandemic have been a convenient option for many employees but there are some on whom the new workplace initiative is taking a toll.A 26-year-old woman said she was excited to learn that she
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Africa: It Will Take 50 Years to Reverse Risks of Gender-Based Violence Unless Progress Is Accelerated
[African Union] In Africa, cases of human rights violations including gender-based violence such as sexual harassment, child marriage, female genital mutilation (FGM), domestic and sexual violence have been on the rise, particularly with the containment measures for COVID-19. This threatens to
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Ralph Nader: The Democratic Party is controlled by smug, entrenched people living in the exclusive top one percent
The Republican and Democratic Parties have been evaluated in many ways but not often by the standard of sheer energy levels. Compare the ferocious drive by Trump, Republican Senators and Representatives, Attorneys General, and Governors in promoting, with baseless allegations and buckets of
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Goodwill Gesture at the Border: Indian Army Sends Home Stranded Sisters from Pakistan – The Wilmington Journal
ISLAMABAD — In a rare goodwill gesture in the tense disputed region of Kashmir, Indian Army officers on Dec. 5 allowed two teenage sisters who had inadvertently crossed the border from the Pakistan-administered side to [...]
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Freed schoolboys welcomed by governor; calls made for more security
KATSINA, Nigeria (AP) - Bleary, barefoot, apparently numbed by a week of captivity, more than 300 Nigerian schoolboys, freed after being kidnapped in an attack on their school, were welcomed by the governor of Katsina state yesterday.Reunions that are more celebratory and emotional likely will come
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Mississippi churches face difficult decisions at Christmas | Federal News Network
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Tanzania: A Year to Forget! Deaths That Shocked Tanzania in 2020
[Citizen] Dar es Salaam -- Demises of the third phase government President Benjamin Mkapa, the Constitutional and Legal Affairs minister Augustine Mahiga, Members of Parliament (MPs) Rashid Akbar, Getrude Rwakatare and Richard Ndassa are the deaths that shocked the nation in 2020.
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BLACK FLORIDA AND COVID-19 – Florida Courier
Health experts are urging African Americans to get inoculated despite the history of mistrust and swirling conspiracy theories. BY DAPHNE TAYLOR FLORIDA COURIER Sandra Lindsay, a Black critical care nurse in New York, was the first person to receive the much-anticipated Pfizer vaccine in that state
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Protectionism is killing Nigeria's poultry industry - Face2Face Africa
Recently, the national president of the Poultry Association of Nigeria (PAN), Ezekiel Ibrahim, announced that the poultry industry might be forced to shut down by January 2021 due to the astronomical rise in the price of poultry feed caused by the rise in the price of maize and soya beans which are
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Uganda: ICC Trust Fund - 'A Good Day Today Is Better Than a Bad Day Tomorrow' (Uganda)
[JusticeInfo.net] Extreme violence in Northern Uganda was the first case taken by the International Criminal Court. The only accused tried in The Hague is yet to be sentenced. But the Trust Fund for Victims has funded a three-year assistance programme in the Gulu region (in Northern Uganda
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Pollard to lead Red Force in Super50 Cup - Stabroek News
Kieron Pollard will lead the Trinidad and Tobago Red Force senior men’s cricket team  in the Regional Super50 Cup which will be played from February 4 to 27 in Antigua and Barbuda. The article Pollard to lead Red Force in Super50 Cup appeared first on Stabroek News.
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Uganda: Namutumba District Chairperson Succumbs to Covid-19
[Monitor] The Namutumba District chairperson, Hajji Saleh Kumbuga, has passed away at Mulago National Referral Hospital where he had been admitted after testing positive for Covid-19.
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SADC must lead efforts in tackling Mozambique's 'terrorist insurgency' - ISS
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Whicker: Canelo Alvarez is too good for whoever’s next, but for Gennady Golovkin’s sake it shouldn’t be him | L.A. Focus News
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Cop shot in Eastern Cape, police in hot pursuit of suspect | News24
Eastern Cape police are on the hunt for a man who allegedly shot a police officer in an apparent burglary at a post office in Gonubie.
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AIC moves to get more young people into farming
Agro Investment Corporation (AIC), the State entity mandated to facilitate investment in agriculture, says it is pushing to increase, by at least five per cent within the next five years, the number of young Jamaicans involved in the sector on its agro parks.According to AIC, of the 370 farmers now
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IOPC Orders Greater Manchester Police to "re-investigate" themselves over allegations of "race" and "excessive force" against 62-year-old Black autistic man - Voice Online
FOR THE last six years, Michael Gilchrist’s 83-year-old mother has been fighting to establish
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Support our high school sports coverage by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribe now. The ESPN high school basketball rankings were released Thursday, rating the top college basketball recruits in the country in the classes for 2021, 2022 and 2023. The rankings weigh the value of a player
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