Cabinet approves tabling of Electoral Laws Amendment Bill

Trinidad: Rowley tells Cabinet don’t fall asleep at wheel - Stabroek News

The new Dr Keith Rowley Cabinet retains most of the previous familiar faces in frontline portfolios - but with the Education Ministry in the hands of two mothers and the return of former Diego Martin Central MP Dr Amery Browne as Foreign Affairs

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A nationwide election in a worldwide pandemic | New York Carib News

Jamaicans will trek to the polls on Thursday, September 3, 2020, to determine which political party, the ruling Jamaica Labour Party, or the People’s National Party will control state power for the next five years. In the Westminster Parliamentary system, a government has the authority to govern

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New gov’t should be focused on creating stability - Stabroek News

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Africa: Dr. Hamdouk Participates in AU Video-Conference Meeting

[SNA] Khartoum -- The Prime Minister, the Chairman of IGAD current session, Dr. Abdulla Hamdouk participated, Thursday, in the 3th Au video-conference meeting on the impact of COVID-19 on Africa.

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“IMPLICIT BIAS & ANTI RACISM”: The Miami Music Project continues its town hall webinar series designed to raise awareness to achieve racial equity, Thursday, Aug. ...

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News24.com | OPINION | Can the United States learn from South Africa's TRC? - African American News Today - EIN News

… , George Floyd and many more black Americans have highlighted patterns of racism … parallels to the discrimination that Black Americans faced, however, South Africa’s … , access, and generational oppression to black Americans facing government backed racism. In …

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Nothing has changed since I was a toddler, says resident

Constituents in Clarendon Northern have been expressing dissatisfaction with the performance of Horace Dalley as their representative. On two visits to the constituency, residents told The Gleaner that the majority of the communities lacked...

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ED weak, captured – Allies

BY MOSES MATENGA A LEAKED telephone conversation between President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s loyalists suggesting that he was weak and unstrategic in his government appointments, has gone viral on social media platforms. Voices in the audio are believed to be those of Mnangagwa’s key proponent, tycoon

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Can you Save Money by Using Cable TV During Quarantine Time? | PensacolaVoice.com

The year 2020 came out of nowhere with all the challenges and disasters it brought, and the human race was left to its own wits to try and get over it. Seemingly the most impactful of everything that was going on is the coronavirus pandemic. The spread of COVID-19 has Read More

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It’s A Dog’s Life for Animals During Lockdown – The Wilmington Journal

The coronavirus pandemic has been torture for animals in India - they have been abandoned, ill-treated and neglected. Animal activists are stepping in to help. 'People have always abandoned animals with little legal consequence,' said [...]

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Africa: Continent's Covid-19 Death Toll Nears 27,000 Mark

[allAfrica] Cape Town -- As of August 21, the confirmed Covid-19 case total from 55 African countries has reached has reached 1,158,236.

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#Election2020: Obama issues a dire warning about American democracy in stunning rebuke of Trump | The Atlanta Voice

From the Philadelphia ground where the American experiment was born, one former president - in a stunning prime-time address to the nation he once led - warned that his successor was on the cusp of destroying democracy itself. The latest installment of the long duel between Barack Obama and Donald

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Gov. Gavin Newsom Signs CSU Ethnic Studies Bill into Law

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed AB 1460 into law on Monday requiring California State University (CSU) to provide courses in Ethnic studies at each of its 23 campuses beginning with the 2021–22 academic year. Students at the nation’s largest four-year public university system must take a 3-credit course

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Somalia: Two Soldiers Executed in Baidoa for Child Rape

[Dalsan Radio] Authorities in Southwest region of Somalia has executed two soldiers in Baidoa by firing squad on Tuesday for allegedly gang-raping a 9-year-old boy.

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Two South Africa players test positive for COVID-19 - African American News Today - EIN News

Two players of the South African men's cricket team have tested positive for COVID-19.

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Zimbo launches digital communication platform

BY BLESSED MHLANGA ZIMBABWE has firmly put its footprint on the global digital market after a local software engineer developed a versatile virtual learning and communications platform in collaboration with the country’s telecommunications regulator, Postal and Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe

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S'Africa: Unions Threaten Strike Over Inadequate Covid tools | Africanews

South Africas largest union coprising of Education, Health and Allied Workers known as NEHAWU have threatened to go on strike beginning from Monday August 24

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The Latest: Florida has 4,300 new cases, 106 virus deaths - Black News Channel

By The Associated Press undefined TALLAHASSEE, Fla — Florida recorded 4,300 new cases and 106 coronavirus deaths on Saturday. The state is registering an average of 156 coronavirus deaths per day this month, which likely makes COVID-19 the state's No. 1 killer during that period. Cancer and heart

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No Bridge too Far — Remembering Congressman John Lewis and the Fight Still Ahead - North Dallas Gazette

By Ray Curry Secretary-Treasurer, UAW “The vote is precious. It is almost sacred. It is the most powerful non-violent tool we have in a democracy.” — Congressman John Lewis This month marks the 55th anniversary of the passage of the Voting Rights Act (VRA), one of the most powerful pieces of civil

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To narrow racial and economic disparities, Atlanta Fed chief Raphael Bostic is rethinking what the Fed’s mandate means - African American News Today - EIN News

… noted that “job losses of African Americans, Hispanics, and women have been … remains with the assumption that African Americans are inferior until proven otherwise …

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Oakland Activist and Organizer Denise A. Gums, 66

Denise Adele Gums, an innovative organizer and activist around all things related to the African Diaspora, immigrant rights and the rights of indigenous people everywhere, passed away suddenly in Oakland on July 22, 2020. She was 66. Gums was born in Oakland on Oct. 26, 1953, and attended local

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Africa: Futures Destroyed - Covid-19 Unleashes 'Shadow Pandemics' On Africa's Girls

[Thomson Reuters Foundation] Nairobi -- From rape and sexual exploitation to child marriage and early pregnancy, COVID-19 has unleashed a myriad of "shadow pandemics" on girls across Africa, say child rights groups

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Somalia: Gunmen Kill Regional Minister in Jowhar

[Dalsan Radio] Unidentified Gunmen have shot and killed the regional minister for agriculture of Hirshabelle in Jowhar on Monday evening.

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American Black Film Festival’s virtual event kicks off this weekend | The Crusader Newspaper Group

By Elaine Hegwood Bowen, M.S.J The 24th Annual American Black Film Festival (ABFF) will be held online August 21-30 at ABFF.com. “The more than 90 films in this year’s festival are the work of a group of powerful and passionate storytellers who reflect the diversity of voices in our industry,” said

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Uganda: Emotions Run High As Col Besigye Declines 2021 Race

[Monitor] The four-time presidential candidate of the Opposition Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) party, Dr Kizza Besigye, on Wednesday delivered an emotional speech, excusing himself from running in the 2021 presidential election.

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Simmering Disputes Over Statehood Are About Politics And Race — And Always Have : NPR

Perhaps more than any other U.S. state or territory, Hawaii's path to statehood was paved with political obstacles and roadblocks stemming from racism.

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Malegapuru William Makgoba | Black scientists matter - African American News Today - EIN News

The scientific enterprise is in denial about its inherent racism leaving many black scientists intellectually and socially isolated, writes Malegapuru William Makgoba.

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A&J cakes staving off COVID-19 depression - Stabroek News

While it is clear that hundreds of micro and small businesses across the country and seriously up against it insofar as surviving the serious decline in economic activity occasioned by the onslaught of the COVID-19 pandemic, amongst those that the Stabroek Business has engaged, many are

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SA’s 'oldest man', who survived 1918 Spanish Flu, dies at 116 | News24

Fredie Blom South Africa’s oldest man, and unofficially the oldest man in the world, has died.

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Malaria-free travel: Visit one of South Africa's top five safari destinations

With interprovincial travel now open, you can head into the wild for a safari holiday. South Africa has a wealth of incredible national parks and game reserves that you can visit without worrying about malaria.

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