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Oregon man facing murder charges for killing Black teen over loud music - Face2Face Africa

A White Oregon man is being held without bail on murder charges after he fatally shot a 19-year-old Black man on November 23 during a confrontation over the victim playing loud music, police said. According to KTVL, the incident occurred at the parking lot of the Stratford Inn Hotel where the

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Joe Biden's new economic team, including Janet Yellen, revealed - African American News Today - EIN Presswire

… also named Wally Adeyemo, an African American, as Yellen's deputy … and would be the first African American to chair the group. Biden …

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Africa: China Keen on Building a Moderately Prosperous Society - Minister

[Capital FM] Speech by Song Tao, Minister of the International Department, CPC Central Committee at the China-Africa Online Briefing on the Fifth Plenary Session of the Nineteenth Central Committee of the Communist Party of China

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LL Cool J, Chuck D, Founders Talk Universal Hip Hop Museum in Black Press Livestream

NNPA NEWSWIRE — “I’m just happy to be supportive of this museum, and it’s definitely needed. Our culture needs it,” stated LL Cool J, arguably the greatest hip hop artist of all time who also stars in the hit television show NCIS and runs the Rock the Bells Radio Station on SiriusXM. “The reality

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Africa: NBA Vice President Amadou Gallo On the Growth of Basketball in Africa

[New Times] The launch of the Basketball Africa League (BAL), a continental showpiece that is Africa's first ever professional league was expected to be one of the highlights of 2020, but it was postponed to 2021 due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Gambia: Over 1000 Health Centres, Schools to Get Renewable Energy - Barrow

[The Point] President Adama Barrow has stated that in the interest of all citizens, ample resources have been mobilised for the energy sector to light health facilities and schools.

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Africa Desperate for Debt Relief to Recover From Covid-19

Guest Column - The economic and health costs to Africa of the Covid-19 pandemic are unprecedented by any measure. With the death toll rising above 50,000 and more than two million confirmed infections so far, the continent has many reasons to be worried.

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Virus, fan eagerness may spur sports bet, casino expansion - Black News Channel

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Huge holes in state budgets due to the coronavirus pandemic and the demonstrated eagerness of fans to bet on sports are likely to spur a further expansion of sports betting and online casino gambling, experts said Tuesday. Speaking at the

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Africa: Digitisation Could Transform African Agriculture

[IPS] Mbabane -- Placing an online order for farming inputs saves Velebantfu Dlamini about USD12 in transport fees for a round trip of about 320 kilometres. The 26-year-old vegetable farmer from Nkhungwini in the Shiselweni Region, south of Eswatini, uses a portal to order from the National

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Interim board takes 3 drastic steps to clean up CSA

Cricket South Africa’s interim board has taken three further drastic steps in its bid to restore confidence in the organisation.

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Senate GOP leader says he's revising his COVID relief plan - Black News Channel

By ANDREW TAYLOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Top Senate Republican Mitch McConnell said Tuesday he's revising his scaled-back COVID-19 relief bill with the goal of passing a significant downpayment during the lame-duck session and then revisiting the topic next year. The Kentucky Republican

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GPA Reaches Mega Rail Milestone | The Savannah Tribune

On the heels of achieving its busiest month on record for both container trade and Roll-on/Rolloff cargo, the Georgia Ports Authority has reached a major milestone on its Mason Mega Rail Terminal. Rail cars are now traveling newly installed track linking Garden City Terminal’s Chatham and Mason

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b condoms Honors World AIDS Day with Atlanta-focused 250,000 condom giveaway - DefenderNetwork.com

Through partnerships with local barbershops, beauty salons, and some of Atlanta’s most frequented venues, the only Black condom company is supporting Atlanta’s HIV prevention efforts for World AIDS Day. The b condoms street team is marching through Metro Atlanta to educate and connect Atlantans

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Rwanda: BRD Spearheads Economic Inclusion Among Refugees

[New Times] The Development Bank of Rwanda (BRD) has secured $9 million (over $8.5 billion) from the World Bank to finance entrepreneurial projects initiated by refugees in Rwanda.

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Mural honors the history of Depot Street - WS Chronicle

Mural honors the history of Depot Street The post Mural honors the history of Depot Street appeared first on WS Chronicle.

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Cameroon: Neonatal Obstetric Care - 20 Health Districts to Respond to Covid-19

[Cameroon Tribune] Mobile clinics will be set up to provide integrated services to hard-to-reach communities.

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Morgues and hospitals overflow

MICHIGAN, United States (AP) - Nearly 37,000 Americans died of COVID-19 in November, the most in any month since the dark early days of the pandemic, engulfing families in grief, filling obituary pages of small-town newspapers and testing the capacity of morgues, funeral homes and hospitals.

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Ethiopia: Abiy urges refugees to return as hunt continues for TPLF chief | Africanews

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said Monday the Tigray region's dissident leaders had fled west of the regional capital after weeks of fighting but indicated federal forces were monitoring them closely and would attack them

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Residents divided on whether Uchence Wilson should return to hometown

RESIDENTS in the hometown of convicted gang leader Uchence 'Terrence' Wilson, where he lived and operated three businesses, are divided on whether they want him to return to the community.

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Latest Covid-19 numbers: 2 295 new cases bring SA's total to 792 299, with 21 644 deaths | News24

South Africa has recorded 109 more Covid-19-related deaths, bringing the death toll to 21 644.

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What Boeing Has To Do To Woo Back Terrified Consumers | The Florida Star | The Georgia Star

Two years after a pair of deadly crashes, the Federal Aviation Administration has finally cleared the Boeing 737 MAX for a return to the skies. That's good news for Boeing's business, but it's unclear who will want the plane: Airlines already face tough times in a pandemic environment, and

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Cosby’s Sex Assault Conviction Goes Before High-Level Court

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Pennsylvania's highest court questioned Tuesday whether Bill Cosby's alleged history of intoxicating and sexually assaulting young women amounted to a signature crime pattern, given studies that show as many as half of all sexual assaults involve drugs or

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Boycott of East Atlanta Exxon Convenience Store Approaches 45 Days [video] | Atlanta Daily World

Boycott of Atlanta Exxon Convenience Store Approaches 45 Days It all began with a viral video that caught the owner of a Flat Shoals Road Exxon Gas and Convenience store, American Food Mart, making vile and disparaging remarks including racial slurs to patrons, many of whom are women and live in

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2020 Goldman Environmental Prize: Ghanaian and Bahamian activists among winners - Voice Online

GHANAIAN ANTI-COAL activist Chibeze Ezekiel and Bahamian environmental activist Kristal Ambrose are among the six... The post 2020 Goldman Environmental Prize: Ghanaian and Bahamian activists among winners appeared first on Voice Online.

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Africa: Part Two | Nuclear Energy in Africa

[New Frame] The second in this three-part series looks at how power purchase agreements raise the cost of electricity for consumers and act as major sources of inflationary pressure in economies.

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Focus on Youth Issues At Hungry Club Forum | The Savannah Tribune

The Hungry Club Forum of Savannah, Inc. (HCFS) will hold a youth issues public forum entitled “What Lasting Gifts Can We Give to the Youth of Our Community?,” on Saturday, December 5, 2020 at 9:30 AM at www.facebook.com/ hungryclubforumofsavannah. While youth considerations permeate discussions

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Knowledge Is Power: What Black People Need To Know About HIV/AIDS Right Now

In recognition of World AIDS day on December 1, arm yourself with these important tips on preventing, managing and supporting those with HIV/AIDS

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Zimbabwe: Youth Urge World Leaders to Adopt Climate Treaty

[263Chat] At least 300 youths drawn from 140 countries, including from Africa, have penned an open letter calling on world leaders to implement a set of realistic, progressive, youth-centered climate policies.

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Holness: SOE legal challenges hamper crime-fighting

WESTERN BUREAU: PRIME MINISTER Andrew Holness has said that the absence of states of public emergency (SOEs) is making it more difficult to create a safe and secure Jamaica. In January 2018, the Holness administration declared a SOE in St James,...

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Biden names liberal econ team as pandemic threatens workers - Black News Channel

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — With unemployment still high and the pandemic threatening yet another economic slump, President-elect Joe Biden is assembling a team of liberal advisers who have long focused on the nation's workers and government

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