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Announcement of the death of former President Rawlings pic.twitter.com/7ext0fp4sd

— Nana Akufo-Addo (@NAkufoAddo) November 12, 2020

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Michael R. Blood | Associated Press Election Day is over, but California already is consumed with its next high-profile political contest — the competition to fill Kamala Harris' soon-to-be-vacant U.S. Senate seat. In this race, only one vote matters, because there is only one vote. The selection falls to Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, who is […]

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By Sean Yoes AFRO Senior Reporter syoes@afro.com Hundreds of thousands, maybe millions of Americans were literally dancing in the streets after Joe Biden was declared President-Elect of the United States on Nov. 7, and many of those people were Black. Honestly, I believe the fountains of elation spilling onto the streets of the nation (most […]

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Western Bureau: DR Marcia Johnson-Campbell, St James’ medical officer of health, has said the community of Cornwall Courts, which was recently placed under a special area curfew in response to a spike in COVID-19 cases, is currently experiencing a...

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