Nigeria: COVID-19 Puts Safe Blood Supply At Risk - Govt
The supply of safe blood is at risk due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, has
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Source: allAfrica.com
Pandemic slows down prosecution of graft suspects
Before the Chief Justice David Maraga and the National Council on the Administration of Justice, announced on April 1, the scaling down of court operations, a number of magistrates hearing corruption related cases had gathered speed with some about to conclude testimonies from witness and rule
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Source: Business Daily
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Nigeria: Interview - Why Nigerian Govt Cannot Allow Marketers Fix Petrol Prices - Sylva
The deregulation of the downstream of the petroleum industry presupposes the end of fuel subsidy and return to the era where retail prices of petroleum products are determined through the interplay of market
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Source: allAfrica.com
19-Year-Old Black Lives Matter Activist Oluwatoyin 'Toyin' Salau Found Dead
A social media firestorm started after news circulated that a 19-year-old woman named Oluwatoyin “Toyin” Salau was found dead on Monday
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Quick Look 2020 Toyota RAV4 TRD Off Road
That will all change on Sunday, June 14, when Camille Cosby sits down for an exclusive and interview with the Black Press of America’s Stacy Brown and Philadelphia-based iHeart Radio personality Frankie
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BHERC BRINGS BACK POPULAR INDEPENDENT AFRICAN AMERICAN FILM FESTIVAL IN VIRTUAL FORMAT STREAMING ON BHERC TV
HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA, US, June 15, 2020 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Black Hollywood Education and Resource Center (BHERC) announced the revival of “Doin’ It the Independent Way” a recurring monthly independent showcase featuring short films by African American
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Call to Action: Archiving State-Sanctioned Violence Against Black People
Tony McDade should still be alive
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Sextuplets Who Once Appeared on the Oprah Winfrey Show Just Graduated From High School
Nationwide — The Harris family sextuplets from Alabama, who are known for being the first surviving set of Black sextuplets in the U.S., are once again making international
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How "You" Can Change the Future of Healthcare! | - Where Wellness & Culture Connect
Given the recent increase in attention to the topic of clinical research in the wake of the pandemic, it is important, now more than ever, for people of color to talk to their healthcare providers about the possibility in participating in clinical
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That will all change on Sunday, June 14, when Camille Cosby sits down for an exclusive and interview with the Black Press of America’s Stacy Brown and Philadelphia-based iHeart Radio personality Frankie
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Op-ed Submission: The Impact of COVID-19 in Our Community: Let’s Not Put Our Health at Risk | Afro
New research seems to confirm that, across the nation, the coronavirus has disproportionately impacted black people, with death rates more than twice as high as that for any other
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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority
Meet The Skin Care Brand For Men Of Color
Photo: are still very few Black-owned brands on shelves at major beauty retailers, and few of them, if any, specifically address skin care needs for men of
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Source: Black Women's Lifestyle Guide, Black Love & Beauty Trends - Essence
Will charges be brought in Rayshard Brooks homicide? [VIDEO]
Maybe the grilling was due diligence, maybe the cops were giving Rayshard Brooks an opportunity to get it together, but in the end, one officer’s decision to shoot the 27-year-old husband and father twice in the back as he fled on foot is another law enforcement
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Samantha Ware: 'Glee' Co-Star Lea Michele Threatened To Get Me Fired
Samantha Ware delved deeper into her experience working with Lea Michele on “Glee,” saying it was “very evident” that her co-star disliked her from their first day together on
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Nigeria: Coronavirus - 87 Percent of Nigerian Businesses Say Pandemic "Impacted Them Negatively" - - Report
A whopping 97 per cent of Nigerian businesses recorded losses during the lockdown over Covid-19 while 87 per cent said they have been negatively affected overall by by the pandemic, a nationwide survey has
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Source: allAfrica.com
Joe Biden Takes Firm Stand Against Police Murder of George Floyd
After going out to personally meet with demonstrators in Delaware, presumptive Democratic Presidential Nominee Joe Biden has taken a firm stand against the police killing of George Floyd and the overall plight of African Americans who’ve been targeted, brutalized and killed by law enforcement
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Tamla Horsford's Case To Be Reopened After Significant Outcry
An investigation into Tamla Horsford’s death is being reopened after significant public outcry and a request from her
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Twin Sisters Graduate With Highest Honors, Pay Tribute to Their Mom Who Died Last Year
Philadelphia, PA — Khaliyah and Aaliyah White, twin sisters from Philadelphia, have graduated as the number 1 and 2 students of their class at GAMP High
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Source: http://www.blacknews.com
We Don't Have To Halt Climate Action To Fight Racism
There’s just one problem: This new commitment to Black people often seems to come with an assumption that the fight for climate justice has to
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Source: HuffPost - Breaking News, U.S. and World News | HuffPost-0
COMMENTARY: ENOUGH
The tragic way in which George Floyd was murdered has conjured up so many past and recent memories of Black people that have fallen victim to homegrown, domestic terrorism, at the hands of members of law enforcement or those who just simply despise Black
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Source: Black News, Politics, Commentary & Culture | BlackPressUSA
Seeing This Revolution Through A Wider Lens
Mayor James Butts of Inglewood shared his experience as chief of police and serving in law
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African Americans more likely to know someone who died of coronavirus, surveys show
Eleven percent of African Americans said they were close to someone who has died from the virus or a respiratory illness, more than double the percentage of the overall population, at 5 percent, and nearly three times the percentage of white
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Source: The Hill
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Black Lives Matter Founder Finds Hope in Global Protests Over George Floyd's Alleged Murder
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: Black News, Politics, Commentary & Culture | BlackPressUSA
Africa Records Over 200 000 COVID-19 Cases
South Africa is the most affected, accounting for 25% of the continent's total cases, with the Western Cape and Eastern Cape provinces reporting high number of cases and deaths
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Source: allAfrica.com
NFL Continues Strong Social Justice Initiative with $250 Million Commitment
The National Football League’s social justice initiative has continued to inspire change in underserved communities, including a $250 million commitment to bring awareness, dialogue, and a renewed direction to the conversation of racial and social
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Source: Black News, Politics, Commentary & Culture | BlackPressUSA
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
Ghana coronavirus: 11,964 cases; details of prez's 11th address
Confirmed cases = 11,964
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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
A Second Black Man Found Hanging From A Tree in California
A black man’s body was found hanging from a tree last Wednesday in Poncitlán Square in Palmdale, California, which is located about an hour north of Los
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That will all change on Sunday, June 14, when Camille Cosby sits down for an exclusive and interview with the Black Press of America’s Stacy Brown and Philadelphia-based iHeart Radio personality Frankie
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