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There is no way that we can avoid the coronavirus storm, but we can limit the damage that it can cause to our lives, said President Cyril Ramaphosa as he once again bans alcohol sales and announces a curfew on Level 3.
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West Indies win the first Test: four talking points - Voice Online
Trial by social media AMONG THE restrictions in place for this Test series amid the... The post West Indies win the first Test: four talking points appeared first on Voice Online.
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Shirley Ann Higuchi: Black Americans helped Asian Americans find their voice - African American News Today - EIN News
Japanese Americans and African Americans shared the common indignity against their new African American neighbors by the the Sansei, watched their African American friends in college fighting the activism of her African American fellow students. Without
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Remembering Della Reese, the 'Touched By an Angel' TV star who started out as a singer at 6 - Face2Face Africa
Born Delloreese Patricia Early on July 6, 1931, in Detroit’s Black Bottom neighborhood to Nellie Mitchelle, a cook, and Richard Thaddeus Early, a steel worker and gambler, Della Reese as she came to be known became a hit with the “Touched By an Angel” series viewers on CBS for nine
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OBIT | Zindzi Mandela, remembered for her 1985 address, dies at 59 | News24
Zindzi Mandela was a pominent figure in South Africa’s post-apartheid democracy where she served as stand-in First Lady of South Africa from 1996 to 1998 until her father remarried.
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Trump pushes state, local leaders to reopen schools in fall - Dallas Post Tribune
By COLLIN BINKLEY President Donald Trump launched an all-out effort pressing state and local officials to reopen schools this fall, arguing that some are keeping schools closed not because of the risks from the coronavirus pandemic but for political reasons. “They think it’s going to be good for
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Ghana coronavirus: 24,518 cases; recoveries pass 20,000 | Africanews
Ghana is West Africa’s most impacted nation behind Nigeria, at a point in May 2020, Ghana led the regional case load. June has started with progressive lifting of more virus
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Covid-19: Are SA’s district hospitals government’s coronavirus blindspot? | News24
SA’s district hospitals are likely the first line of defence when it comes to treating Covid-19 patients, but they are under-resourced and cannot treat critically ill patients.
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Protests Erupt in Detroit Following Fatal Police Shooting of 20-Year-Old Hakim Littleton - Black Enterprise
Police officers arrested eight people during a protest in Detroit Friday night over the police shooting of a 20-year-old black man.
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LEGISLATIVE UPDATE: By Kimberly Daniels State Representative House District 14 | The Florida Star | The Georgia Star
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