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Tanzania: Suluhu's First 100 Days Have Been Glorious for Tanzania

[Nation] President Samia Suluhu Hassan of Tanzania is the true embodiment of the quote made by the former First Lady of the US Eleanor Roosevelt: "A woman is like a tea bag. You may never know how strong she is until you put her in hot water."

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Speaker puts out Hosein, Indarsingh - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday

THERE was uproar in the House of Representatives on Friday as Speaker Bridgid Annisette-George put UNC MPs Saddam Hosein and Rudranath Indarsingh out of the House. Annisette-George gave them their marching orders after they openly protested Attorney General Faris Al-Rawi's statement that Opposit

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Namibia: Private Sector Continues to Secure More Oxygen Supply to Covid-19 Hit Patients - Capricorn Group Donates 63 Tonnes of Medical Oxygen

[Namibia Economist] Capricorn Group, through the Capricorn Foundation, in partnership with the NCCI and other private sector companies who formed a coalition, "Business Namibia Covid-19 Response" is working together to secure oxygen supply, construct temporary medical facilities and supplying

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NY Times Targets Target, Capitalism: Breaking ‘Pledge to Black Communities’

… corporations are promising to support Black Americans.” Corkery omitted many other contributing … store like Target in an African American neighborhood gave this area legitimacy … are making promises to support Black Americans, saying their commitment to racial …

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Erriyon Knighton, the 17-Year-Old American Who Broke Usain Bolt’s Junior Record, Makes History Again - The New York Beacon

Seventeen-year-old track and field star Erriyon Knighton has been working hard this month, and it’s officially paying off. Late last month, Knighton broke Usain Bolt’s under-18 200 meters record with a time of 20.11 shortly after going pro — the Jamaican Olympic star held

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Don Cheadle And Longtime Partner Bridgid Coulter Wed After 28 Years

Don Cheadle and Bridgid Coulter are finally married! The couple have been together for 28 years before finally deciding to tie the knot.

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CARICOM Heads to address key development issues at meeting Monday and Tuesday - Barbados Today

Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Heads of Government have the COVID-19 pandemic and the Region’s response high on the agenda for their 42nd Regular Meeting to he held online on July 5-6. The impact of recent natural disasters, including the eruption of La Soufriere volcano in St. Vincent and the

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Developer seeks to make room for local artists

The organization initiated projects specifically for artists and art organizations by using low-income housing tax credits for artist housing. Source

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Checking teenage pregnancies - The Times Group Malawi

At 16 years old, Colleta Mtenje of Mkweta Village in the Area of Traditional Authority Kalembo in Balaka is already a mother of two. She is not married yet as the fathers of her two kids are nowhere to be seen. She explained how the father of her first child run away and dumped her

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Kenya: Concern as Coffee Thieves Hit Factories in Meru, Tharaka Nithi

[Nation] Last Sunday a gang of about 40 men drove into Kieru Coffee Factory, about three kilometres from Nkubu town and loaded 240 bags of grade one coffee onto their lorry.

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Governor Bryan Requests Extension to State of Emergency

The current State of Emergency extension is set to expire on Tuesday, July 6.

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Tunisia: Govt Members Begin Inspection Visits to Vaccination Centres Nationwide

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Government members started Thursday inspection visits to vaccination centres and hospitals across the country to take stock of the COVID-19 vaccination progress.

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Euro 2020 standings, schedule: How to watch on TV, live stream, start time, results: Cze-Den, Ukr-Eng news -The Black Chronicle

Euro 2020 is down to the quarterfinals. The competition kicked off on June 11 with Italy defeating Turkey. Delayed a year by the coronavirus pandemic, the tournament is taking

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Southern Africa: Music in Africa Launches £4m Fund for SADC Creative, Culture Groups

[New Zimbabwe] Music in Africa Foundation in collaboration with Germany's Goethe-Institut has launched a Sound Connects Fund worth £4m aimed at supporting the work of creatives and cultural organisations in the southern African region.

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These Black Moms Gave Birth Early. They Don't Want Their Experiences To Be Normal - African American News Today - EIN Presswire

Like many Black women, Shantay Davies-Balch and Sabrina Beavers delivered their babies earlier than they'd hoped. The two friends came to StoryCorps

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Outrage over Olympian Gwen Berry’s protest of anthem, flag only proves her point

This year, Team USA is stacked with incredible talent, including a growing list of Black athletes who will have the opportunity to compete for the gold medal. Many political figures have stepped into the ‘dialogue ring’ to criticize some of their choices to use their platforms to peacefully

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First Enslaved African Arrives in U.S Well Before 1619 | Post News Group

Esteban was born in West Africa and sold into slavery in a Portuguese town on Morocco’s Atlantic coast. The post First Enslaved African Arrives in U.S Well Before 1619 first appeared on Post News Group.

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South Africa: Thousands of Lives At Risk If South Africa Goes Ahead With Local Govt Elections, Says Medical Specialist

[Daily Maverick] On 21 June 2021, Dr Fareed Abdullah made a submission to the Moseneke inquiry into whether the October local government elections would be free and fair. He submitted that 'elections be postponed to a time in the future when there is a demonstrable decrease of severe

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Georgia Democrats Back AG Garland’s Lawsuit On Voting Laws, Say They Are Being Purged Over Race | Atlanta Daily World

Fired African American election officials in Georgia have backed U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland’s move to sue the state over new voting laws Democrats have compared to Jim Crow. Democratic elections board members told Zenger that they were fired as soon as Gov. Brian

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Liberia: Cummings Foundation Commits U.S.$150,000 to Coronavirus Fight

[New Dawn] The Cummings Africa Foundation has committed US$150,000, as its initial contribution to the ongoing fight against the resurgence of the coronavirus in Liberia.

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MoH: 9 dead, 124 new covid19 cases - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday

SOME nine more people were reported on Friday to have died of covid19, while 124 more people were infected (from Monday to Thursday), the Ministry of Health update said. The death toll since last year March now stands at 866 people. Some 6,733 people are now infected. In all some 33,153 peop

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Kenya: Teams Shift Their Focus to League Title Race, Cup Final

[Nation] With Tusker having sealed the ticket to the 2021/22 Caf Champions League competition, focus now shifts to the Football Kenya Federation Premier League (FKF-PL) title race where the brewers face a stiff competition.

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Young promises all will be ready for borders reopening - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday

Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister Stuart Young has given a commitment that all systems will ready and in place for the reopening of borders in two weeks. The borders will reopen from July 17 only to nationals and vaccinated non-nationals. Young spoke to the media at Piarco Interna

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Niger: More Than Two Million in Niger Face Humanitarian Crisis, UN Agency Says

[VOA] Geneva -- The U.N. Children's Fund is urging the international community to pay more attention to Niger, where more than 2 million people are malnourished and living in dire conditions.

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DHS Medicaid Division Launches MedicaidNow Messaging System

The MedicaidNow instant messaging system provides real-time alerts and messages and seeks to improve the overall delivery of Medicaid services.

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This Saturday Is National CROWN Day, Watch the Livestream of the Inaugural CROWN Awards at 7p.m. on EBONY • EBONY

This Saturday, July 3rd, marks National CROWN Day-the anniversary of the signing of the CROWN Act in 2019—legislation which declares race-based hair discrimination illegal—in an effort to 'Create a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair'. Since passing in California, 13 states and 29

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Uganda: Covid-19 - Mixed Reactions As Vulnerable Groups Await Cash

[Monitor] A plan by the government to extend relief cash handouts to selected vulnerable Ugandans hit by the second Covid-19 induced lockdown has elicited mixed reactions from targeted beneficiaries and local leaders across the country.

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Real Times Media Takes Home Top Honors at 2021 NNPA Messenger Awards | Atlanta Daily World

The 2021 NNPA (National Newspaper Publishers Association) Messenger Awards recently presented Real Times Media with multiple high honors. The Messenger Awards, formerly known as the Merit Awards, celebrate African American publishers for outstanding journalistic merit. It pays tribute to A. Phillip

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Bill Cosby’s Sexual Assault Conviction Overturned | Post News Group

Cosby served two years of a three-to-10-year sentence at a state prison near his home in Philadelphia. The post Bill Cosby’s Sexual Assault Conviction Overturned first appeared on Post News Group.

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COVID-19: Gauteng hospitals overwhelmed as people die in car parks

With the Covid-19 third wave battering Gauteng, hospitals in the province are filling up quickly with people now reportedly dying in their cars outside.

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