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Most Americans Want Police Reform But Don't Back 'Defund The Police'

A near-universal majority of Americans support at least some changes to policing in the United States following the death of George Floyd in the custody of Minneapolis police, a new HuffPost/YouGov poll

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Black Lives Matter Founder Finds Hope in Global Protests Over George Floyd’s Alleged Murder – Arizona Informant Newspaper

For Black Lives Matter co-founder Alicia Garza the global outpouring of protests and activism following the alleged murder of George Floyd while in Minneapolis police custody has been heartening and makes her hopeful for the

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Source: Arizona Informant Newspaper

Africa: Update COVID-19 13 June 2020

13 June 2020 -- Thirty-one (31) new COVID-19 cases were identified out of 2043 samples tested

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Source: allAfrica.com

Income loss, abuse risk worry parents on schools closure

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Source: Business Daily

'You Good?': Bodycam Footage Shows APD Officer Rally Around Cop Who Shot Rayshard Brooks; Victim's Family Speaks Out

A body camera recorded an unidentified officer asking the officer who shot Rayshard Brooks if he was OK after the

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Source: Visit Atlanta Black Star For African-American | Black News and Information

THE WAY WE LIVE NOW: Hong Kong police squash dissent in display of China’s muscle | Afro

You can’t use Telegram in mainland China, but the messaging app allows Hong Kong users to mask their phone numbers so police can’t find

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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority

Judge Orders Seattle To Stop Using Tear Gas During Protests

SEATTLE (AP) — A U.S. judge on Friday ordered Seattle police to temporarily stop using tear gas, pepper spray and flash-bang devices to break up largely peaceful protests, a victory for groups who say authorities have overreacted to recent demonstrations over police brutality and racial injustice

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Uganda: Counting the Costs of Lockdown Rights Abuses

Since the government announced first a partial and subsequently a total lockdown to enforce the sets of measures under the Public Health Act of 1935, security personnel have used excessive force to commit gross human rights

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Source: allAfrica.com

Minnesota Senate GOP To Block Most Policing Overhaul Plans

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Key Republican lawmakers in Minnesota said Friday that they’ll block most of the ambitious changes Democrats want to make to policing in the state where George Floyd died and that they plan to approve only a limited set of police accountability

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Source: Black News Channel - Black News Channel

Somalia: COVID-19 Cases Reach 2,500

Somali has registered 2,500 coronavirus cases, the country's Ministry of Health said on

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Source: allAfrica.com

South Sudan: Rwanda Tests Peacekeepers in South Sudan

Rwanda's second coronavirus victim, Enid Mbabazi, was a peacekeeper with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan

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Source: allAfrica.com

NBA Gives Teams, Players More Detailed Schedule For Restart

The NBA gave teams a more definitive timetable for the restart to the pandemic-interrupted season Friday, including required coronavirus testing that is set to begin this month and mandatory individual workouts in early July before training

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Source: Black News Channel - Black News Channel

Africa: Tracing the History of Pandemics

Most people on the globe are very frightened of the Covid-19 pandemic which has swept across the

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Source: allAfrica.com

Zimbabwe: President Leads Nation in Prayer

At a time when the world is adapting to a new normal birthed by the deadly coronavirus contagion, a virus that has no known cure, President Mnangagwa will today lead the nation in prayer and fasting as the country seeks divine answers to a disease that has turned lives upside down and wrecked

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Source: allAfrica.com

Alicia Keys & John Legend To Take Part In Verzuz Celebration On Juneteenth

Source: Kevin Winter / Getty

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Source: Black America Web

Breaking Down the 2020 Agenda Lead by the California Legislative Black Caucus

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Congo-Kinshasa: Top Congolese Opposition Member Dies of COVID-19

Also Sunday, Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo said the country's health minister has the

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Source: allAfrica.com

Zimbabwean farmers get tech savvy to stay in business | Afro

HARARE, Zimbabwe—Quickfresh co-founder Rumbidzai Mbambo makes daily runs supplying fresh produce to her growing list of

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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority-0

Bill Banning Police From Using Deadly “Sleeper Hold” Introduced in California Assembly

Last week, reacting to the violent death of George Floyd, an unarmed African American man in Minnesota, California Assemblymember Mike A. Gipson (D-Carson) introduced a new

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Source: Black Voice News | The Voice of the Black Community in California

Nigeria: Jabi Lake Mall Sealed for Hosting Naira Marley Concert

The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has sealed Jabi Lake Mall for violating the ban on public

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Source: allAfrica.com

Louisville Bans ‘No-Knocks’ After Breonna Taylor’s Death

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Louisville, Kentucky, has banned the use of controversial “no-knock” warrants and named the new ordinance for Breonna Taylor, who was fatally shot by officers who burst into her

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Source: Black America Web

Jussie Smollett Asks Chicago Police For Transparency In His Case In The Wake Of George Floyd

Source: Nuccio DiNuzzo / Getty

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Kenya coronavirus: 3,727 cases; burial rules relaxed, first family uninfected

Confirmed cases = 3,727

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Source: Africanews | Latest breaking news, daily news and African news from Africa

Nigeria: COVID-19 - Nigeria Records 403 New Cases, Total Now 16,085

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 403 confirmed new coronavirus cases in the country on

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Source: allAfrica.com

Uganda: Farming Mistakes to Avoid After COVID-19

Farmers are being warned against venturing into agricultural enterprises after the Coronavirus pandemic because it seems like 'free money' or 'everyone else is doing

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Source: allAfrica.com

Coronavirus in Africa: 242,969 cases; 6,524 deaths; 110,735 recoveries

There are now more than over 220,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus across the continent, with a number of African countries imposing a range of prevention and containment measures against the spread of the

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Source: Africanews | Latest breaking news, daily news and African news from Africa

Kenya: Tuju, Elachi Clash Over House Leadership Changes

The row over changes in the Jubilee Party leadership at Nairobi County Assembly has escalated with Speaker Beatrice Elachi taking the fight to the party Secretary-General Raphael

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Source: allAfrica.com

Zimbabwe: MDC's Saruwaka Showers Praise On Zanu-PF Minister, Blasts 'Captured' Civil Servants

MDC Alliance legislator for Mutasa Central, Trevor Saruwaka has accused some government officials of being 'captured' after they tried to block him from accessing 15 tonnes of rice on behalf of vulnerable communities in his

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Source: allAfrica.com

Tanzania: Why Tanzania's Dengue Spike May Have Gone Unnoticed

Dar es Salaam — The dengue viruses (DENVs) which thrive in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes that are highly prevalent in Tanzania and other parts of the world are continually spreading and causing dengue fever, yet many cases of the disease may have gone unnoticed in the country as attention was turned to

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Source: allAfrica.com

Raymond Santana And Deelishis Get Married In Beautiful Georgia Wedding

Santana, one of the exonerated men from the "Central Park Five," shared photos and video from their special day on

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Source: Celebrities, Music, News, Entertainment, TV Shows & Videos | BET

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