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Today is the sixth day of 2021. There are 359 days left in the year,TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT1942: The Pan American Airways Pacific Clipper arrives in New York after making the first round-the-world trip by a commercial aeroplane.�OTHER EVENTS
\t On Friday, internet and international calls were cut off across the West African nation in anticipation of the election results, according to locals and international observers in the capital, Conakry.
\t This was the third time that Conde matched-up against Diallo. Before the election, observers raised concerns that an electoral dispute could reignite ethnic tensions between Guinea's largest ethnic groups.
With their Unfinished Business Initiative, the brand is providing immediate relief and long-term support to minority-owned businesses that were hit hard by the global crisis.
For the recovery initiative, they have partnered with community organizations One Hundred Black Men, the Asian American Business Development Center and the Hispanic Federation to ensure support is distributed directly at the community-level among those who need it the most.
“COVID-19 has had a devastating effect on the nation’s small business community, and in many cases Unfinished Business will provide much needed support and assistance.
The Founding Chapter of One Hundred Black Men applauds Hennessy for recognizing that small businesses are the soul of America,” Michael J. Garner, president of the founding chapter of One Hundred Black Men of New York, said in a press release.
As part of Unfinished Business, Hennessy will offset the impact of COVID-19 on the hospitality industry with a pledge of $750,000 to an organization in support of bartenders and hospitality workers.
One of Sierra Leone’s most outstanding female pharmacists and entrepreneurs in Sierra Leone, Dr. Manal Ghazzawi, is the latest and proud recipient of one of the world’s prestigious awards, bestowed on her by Women in Africa Entrepreneur (WIA54) initiative.
Dr. Manal Ghazzawi is a specialist pharmacist and a public health specialist.
In an exclusive interview with Dr. Manal Ghazzawi, she intimated how she woke up one beautiful morning, dreaming of herself becoming the winner for Sierra Leone, among women in Africa Entrepreneurs (WIA54).
She congratulated Tutu Bundu and Muriel for being finalists in Sierra Leone as well as all the 53 women in Africa that won, and wished good luck to all the best prospective finalists in Sierra Leone for WIA2021.
Under the leadership of Aude de Thuin, a serial entrepreneur committed to the cause of women for 20 years worldwide, and Hafsat Abiola – its President, Women In Africa has become the first platform dedicated to the economic development and support of leading and high potential African women.
Elders and political leaders from the Rift Valley are mounting pressure on President Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy William Ruto to sit down and talk over the thorny issues in Jubilee Party, saying this will ease the rising tension.
Members of the Kalenjin Council of Elders said the escalating cold war between the President and his deputy, which has seen allies of the DP removed from their plum leadership positions in the Senate, is not good for the country at a time when the coronavirus pandemic is ravaging the world.
\"This country is at war with Covid-19, locusts and floods hence political games should be put aside but it is very unfortunate that it is taking place when people are suffering,\" Myoot Council of Elders Chairman Emeritus John Seii, who is also a member of the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) task force, said.
They had earlier hinted that Mt Kenya residents should not be forced to vote for Mr Ruto in 2022 in order to succeed President Kenyatta even as some allies of the DP insist that the promise ought to be respected.
Speaking separately at an Eldoret hotel Wednesday, a section of North Rift MCAs called on the President and his deputy to put aside their differences and work together during this pandemic and put in place a Covid-19 recovery plan.
Due to COVID-19, an unprecedented number of Detroit residents have been without work for months, further exasperating households already in desperate need of human services and family support programs.
Matrix Human Services, through a $25,000 grant awarded from United Way of Southeastern Michigan, is available to help Detroit residents who apply and qualify.
WHERE and HOW to APPLY: Please contact Cynthia Elmore-LeJeune, Manager of Financial Empowerment Services for Matrix Human Services at 313-526-4000 Ext. 1411 or email Human Services provides direct housing support to those living in Detroit that are in danger of eviction and becoming homeless.
Matrix also offers optional services such as tax prep assistance, home buying classes to encourage first-time homeownership and other essential needs to assist during this pandemic.
Please a complete of programs and services.
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis has appointed the state’s attorney general to reopen the investigation into the death of Elijah McClain, a 23-year-old Black man from Aurora, Col., who died last summer after police placed him in a chokehold.
But McClain’s mother Sheila pointed her finger directly at the officers who arrested him as being responsible for his death.
After a February 2020 police force review board inquiry, it was determined that officers had a lawful reason to engage McClain and that use of force \"was within policy and consistent with training,\" the Colorado Sentinel reported.
In addition, Young’s office has received more than 10,000 calls and 2,000 emails, asking for the three officers linked to McClain’s death to be removed from the Aurora Police Department, CBS Denver reports.
McClain’s family attorney Mari Newman blasted Aurora Police and joined others in their calls for the officers to be held accountable.
The Indian government have agreed to the IPL's request to stage the tournament outside of its home country for the third time.
Three young opposition activists in Zimbabwe who said they had been abducted and sexually assaulted faced charges on Friday of lying about their treatment as the government claims their allegations are part of a plot to destabilise the country.
Their case has become the latest flashpoint in Zimbabwe, with a group of United Nations experts this week speaking out against a “reported pattern of disappearances and torture” by government agents in the southern African nation.
The women already faced charges of contravening Zimbabwe’s coronavirus lockdown.
Magistrate Bianca Makwande said she will rule on the bail application on Monday, meaning the women will spend the weekend in remand prison.
The women alleged their abductors took them from a police station in May after they were arrested for organising an anti-government protest.
Charles Parker, Jr., also known as Bird or Yardbird was an extraordinaire American alto saxophonist, composer, bandleader, and a lyric artist.
Parker played in their band during the late 1930s.
Parker recorded his first solos as a member of Jay McShann’s band, with whom he toured the eastern United States in 1940 to 1942.
He formed a friendship with trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie, which led Parker to develop new music in avant-garde jam sessions in New York’s Harlem.
Parker became addicted to drugs for several years.
After 33-year-old Satchell was asked by the manager to leave the club following an argument over food, the manager asked Miami Gardens Police Officer Jordy Yanes Martel to issue a trespassing warning.
A video, taken by a passenger in Satchell’s car, not only captured the encounter, but also proves Martel made false statements in his written account of the incident.
Martel claimed Satchell closed the car window on his hand, and kicked and punched him in the lip while resisting arrest.
“As a result of Martel’s actions, Ms. Satchell suffered abrasions to her stomach from the Tasers, bruises and abrasions on her arms and bruises on her legs,” Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernández Rundle said.
“By filing these criminal charges today against former Miami Gardens officer Jordy Yanes Martel, we are saying that these actions are just plain wrong.”
Prices of basic goods gallop every week as the value of the Zimbabwean dollar continues to tumble, pushing official annual inflation to 785.6% in April.
A loaf of bread went up 36% last month and last week a 10kg sack of cornmeal jumped 30%.
Mnangagwa, who took power in 2017 following a military coup pledging to revive the moribund economy, now blames the economic malaise on unnamed \"political detractors\".
The Zimbabwean authorities have in recent weeks targeted opposition activists and lawyers in what is seen as a tactic to strike fear into the population.
University of Zimbabwe's political scientist Eldred Masunungure said the situation \"points to volatility in the country, a comprehensively volatile situation both politically and in the economy where it's very visible as it affects the livelihoods of the vast majority of the people\".
WITH NEWS that at least five persons in their community contracted COVID-19, senior residents of Tivoli Gardens who are among the most vulnerable to the highly contagious disease are getting tested, sanitising and staying home.
Since Wednesday, the South East Regional Health Authority (SERHA) has been in the west Kingston area conducting surveillance work following the recent confirmation of the cases.
The Gleaner has learnt that the infected persons are contacts of a confirmed case who recently returned from the United States.
The elderly residents who spoke to The Gleaner said that health officials have removed the person suspected to have travelled from New York to the area, who had the virus.
The South East Regional Health Authority (SERHA) representatives, up to 4 p.m. yesterday, were in the community conducting surveillance work and doing testing.
After four years away from the NFL and going from a quarterback to a freedom fighter along the way, Colin Kaepernick now has the interest of more than one National Football League team, according to NFL Network.
Still, this is the most that’s been said about the 32-year-old Kaepernick playing in the NFL again since the league set up a tryout for him last year and invited teams to watch.
An NFL Network reporter said that he spoke with one head coach of the league who is “absolutely” interested in Kaepernick.
The teams interested in Kaepernick haven’t been revealed, but earlier this month Los Angeles Chargers head coach Anthony Lynn said Kaepernick fits his team’s system perfectly.
Earlier this month, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell also spoke about Kaepernick and said that he encourages an NFL team to sign him.
It seems Joseline Hernandez may be firing shots at her longtime foe and former “Love and Hip Hop Atlanta” cast mate Mimi Faust.
Hernandez, 33, seemed amazed by the woman’s bold actions and wrote in her caption, “Now you know when the girls dance holding on to the fence or the shower rod either way they want in 😂 only on #joselinescabaretsauditions #joselinescabaret #getmoney.”
Hernandez and Faust’s beef started in 2012 after Faust learned that she and Hernandez were both in a romantic relationship with Faust’s then-boyfriend Stevie J.
In a March interview with VH1, Faust reflected on the love triangle and admitted that it still bothered her, considering that she didn’t know the “Hitman” producer was cheating on her with Hernandez.
Hernandez and Faust each share a daughter with Stevie.
Today is the 316th day of 2020. There are 50 days left in the year.TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT2011: Veteran journalist Mortimer 'Tino' Geddes dies.�OTHER EVENTS1500: France's King Louis XII and Ferdinand of Aragon secretly sign the Treaty of Granada for conquest and partition of Naples.
