CIBC Continues CARIF Commitment | The Bajan Reporter

Spelman College Students Selected As Presitgous Schwarzman Scholars | Atlanta Daily World

Spelman College recently announced that two students have been selected as Schwarzman Scholars, one of the world’s most prestigious graduate fellowships. As part of the program, the 150-student cohort will spend a year in Beijing, China, earning a fully funded master’s degree in Global Affairs from

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Source: Atlanta Daily World - Powered by Real Times Media

Zim diasporans launch party

BY EVERSON MUSHAVA/MOSES MATENGA A NEW political party formed by Zimbabweans in the diaspora, the Patriotic Zimbabweans (PZ), has proposed a financing strategy to revive the country’s deteriorating road, rail, aviation and health and sanitation infrastructure. The party has developed, as part of

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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People

Usher’s New Look and Cricket Wireless host virtual youth mental health summit

Usher’s New Look and Cricket Wireless to Host Virtual Youth Mental Health Summit Addressing the Effects of COVID-19, Systemic Racism and Social Injustice on Tuesday, June 30

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Source: Atlanta Tribune

MBUGUA: Inequality is a big knee on the necks of Kenya’s poor

Inequality is a big knee on the necks of Kenya’s poor

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Source: Business Daily

Nigeria: Govt Projects N11.9 Trillion Budget, N900 Billion for Subsidy in 2022

[This Day] Abuja -- The federal government is projecting N900 billion for fuel subsidy in an estimated N11.907 trillion budget for 2022.

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Source: allAfrica.com

Kenya: Poultry Farmers Lobby Want Uganda Chicken Meat Import to Kenya Taxed or Banned

Uganda Revenue Authority has in the past two years charged, Kenyan Chicken meat export a 25 percent of taxes - 18 percent of VAT, 1 percent of Railway development levy and 6 percent Withholding

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Source: allAfrica.com

Kenya: Hoteliers Fret Over Low Bookings as Christmas Holidays Beckon

[Nation] Tourism stakeholders are concerned over low bookings ahead of the December festivities, saying most people are afraid that the government will impose restrictions on movement to curb the spread of Covid-19.

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Source: allAfrica.com

California’s Black Lawmakers Call for Converting Protest Momentum into Change

As mass protests continued across the state Tuesday, the California Legislative Black Caucus (CLBC) called for lasting change in race relations — as well as reform in social justice policy — in California and around the

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

Somalia: Local Stakeholder Consultation for Gold Standard Carbon Project Activity 'Efficient and Clean Cooking for Households in Somalia'

[Dalsan Radio] Local Stakeholder Consultation for Gold Standard carbon project activity 'Efficient and Clean Cooking for households in Somalia'

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Source: allAfrica.com

Malawi: Obassanjo Says Africa Must Not Fail Malawi Again in Fresh Elections

- Chakwera (r) with Obasanjo and Mills showing 'Democracy Works' Malawi vice president Saulos Chilima (r) is seen here with Obasanjo and Lesotho's Finance Minister Dr Morketsi Majoro at the Olusegun Obasanjo library in Nigeria

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Source: allAfrica.com

Wenonah High School Works Overtime to Claim Class 1A-5A Flag Championship

By Josh Bean | For the AHSAA TUSCALOOSA – Wenonah High School quarterback Samarian Franklin didn’t find anyone open so she sprinted toward the goal line. She didn’t need to. Franklin’s 1-yard touchdown run on fourth down in overtime lifted the Dragons to an 18-12 victory over Montgomery

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Source: The Birmingham Times

Holness blames PNP for troubles curbing murders in St James

Prime Minister Andrew Holness has blamed the refusal of the Opposition People's National Party (PNP) to support the extension of previous states of emergency (SOEs) for the resurgence of crime in St James. He made the comments this morning as...

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

California State Capitol Goes Black … Red and Green to Mark Juneteenth

The state of California started recognizing Juneteenth or Black “Freedom Day,” marking the emancipation of enslaved African Americans, back in 2003 as an official state

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Source: The Sacramento Observer

Africa: Digitalizing Sub-Saharan Africa - Hopes and Hurdles

In the latest analytical chapter for the Regional Economic Outlook for sub-Saharan Africa,the IMF's African department* examines how digitalization can transform economies and

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Source: allAfrica.com

Nigeria: Lagos Slashes 2020 Budget By 21% to N920.5 Billion

Following the economic damage caused by the COVID-19, Lagos State Executive Council yesterday disclosed plan to revise the state's 2020 budget by 21 per cent, from the N1.168 billion hitherto approved by the State House Assembly to

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Source: allAfrica.com

Namibia: Windhoek Plans to Spend N$5,1b

[Namibian] THE Windhoek city council management committee has come up with a N$5,1 billion budget for the current financial year, almost equivalent to the national budget allocated to the Ministry of Gender Equality, Poverty Eradication and Social Welfare.

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Source: allAfrica.com

Digital skills development tops agenda as ICT Ministers in Africa commemorate African Telecoms/ICT Day

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 7 December 2021: A section of African ICT Ministers has resolved to end unemployment and expand entrepreneurship in the knowledge and traditional sectors of the continent, by developing the digital skills in Africa. This resolve was arrived at during a virtual Ministerial

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Source: SIERRA LEONE TELEGRAPH – Sierra Leone News

Ethiopia: Justice Movement Advocating GERD to Be Launched in USA, Canada Soon

[ENA] Addis Ababa -- Justice for Humanity (JFH), a non-governmental organization headquartered in USA, announced that it is launching a solidarity movement that advocates the just use of Nile River and support for the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD).

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Source: allAfrica.com

Africa: Coronavirus - Countries 'Arbitrarily' Postponing Elections - Jonathan, Madeleine Albright, Other Leaders

The leaders, 27 of them, said in an open letter that some countries were using health emergency laws to arbitrarily postpone

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Source: allAfrica.com

Africa: The End of World Bank's "Doing Business Report" - a Landmark Victory for People & Planet

[IPS] SAN Francisco, Usa -- The September 16, 2021 announcement from the World Bank that it had discontinued publication of the Doing Business Report (DBR) marked a major victory for people and planet.

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Source: allAfrica.com

UN report: Increased warming closing in on agreed upon limit - Black News Channel

By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer The world is getting closer to passing a temperature limit set by global leaders five years ago and may exceed it in the next decade or so, according to a new United Nations report. In the next five years, the world has nearly a 1-in-4 chance of experiencing

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Source: Black News Channel - Black News Channel

NYC mayor seeks $1 billion police cut amid protests | New York Carib News

NYC mayor seeks $1 billion police cut amid protests

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Source: The New York Carib News

Egypt: Madbouli Inaugurates 1st Edition of Egypt - LCF

[Egypt Online] Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouli said that Egypt-ICF is held under extraordinary circumstances faced by the development efforts around the world in light of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

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Source: allAfrica.com

#Woke The Oklahoma Eagle Editorial: Rethinking Police Departments Sweeps Nation | The Oklahoma Eagle

City government and congress did little to combat violent police actions because they would appear to be weak on crime and would certainly lose their next

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Source: The Oklahoma Eagle

Kenya signs key agreements at climate conference

World leaders signed the Glasgow leaders declaration on forest and land use.

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Source: https://www.standardmedia.co.ke

Islandwide emergency with zero urgency - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday

Paolo Kernahan After sharing the story of my armed robbery online, it became immediately clear that I am not special. Countless victims came forward on my Facebook post sharing accounts of their ordeals. So I'm just another prey item in a dystopian Caribbean gangster's paradise - one in w

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Source: Home - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday

Retired Department Director At Georgia State Is Dead at Age 66 news -The Black Chronicle

ATLANTA-Lovell O. Lemons, 66, a native of Oklahoma City, Okla., who was director of the Department of Community Service at Georgia State University at the end of his 34-year career,… The post Retired Department Director At Georgia State Is Dead at Age 66 appeared first on The Black Chronicle.

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Source: The Black Chronicle

Burundi: What Next After the Death of Burundi's Nkurunziza?

It caught many by surprise when it was announced this week that Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza had passed

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Source: allAfrica.com

WATCH: Prime Minister Pierre Urges World Leaders To Act Now On Climate Impacts

Prime Minister Philip J. Pierre has urged global leaders gathered at the COP26 World Leaders Summit in Glasgow to act now to deal with climate impacts. World leaders agreed in 2015 to work towards keeping global warming to 'well below two and preferably 1.5 degrees Celsius', a target that

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Source: St. Lucia Times News Online - Breaking News & Daily News

NYC mayor seeks $1 billion police cut amid protests | New York Carib News

Hundreds of demonstrators have been camped out in City Hall Park and demanding police defunding following weeks of protests over the death of George Floyd and other Black Americans killed by law enforcement.

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Source: The New York Carib News

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