SADC mission to return to Eswatini after pro-democracy civil groups raise red flags

Newswire : Struggle seen in Belgium over racist historical statues

Jun 15, 2020 (GIN) – Some of the largest anti-racism protests in Europe have taken place in Belgium, the birthplace of King Léopold II, whose brutal rule of Congo from 1885 to 1908 caused an estimated 10 million Congolese deaths through murder, starvation and

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Source: Greene County Democrat | Serving Greene County Like No Other Newspaper

Lessons From Bush v. Gore: Every Vote Counts and Every Vote Must Be Counted

Special To The New Journal and Guide

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Source: The New Journal and Guide

There should be no time wasting in having Lowenfield removed

Today in 2020, the majority of Guyanese are yet again fighting to have democratic principles prevail, albeit this time it is to ensure their votes are not stolen or disregarded by rigging of the

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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper

What lies in store for Raila, Kalonzo, Moi

With the 2018 truce between President Uhuru Kenyatta and rival Mr Raila Odinga providing a strong political foundation, talks to create a broader unity pact with various parties and leaders

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Covid-19: Electoral Court grants IEC permission to postpone by-elections

The Electoral Court has granted the Electoral Commission of SA (IEC) permission to postpone by-elections in the country due to the continuous effects of the

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Source: https://www.news24.com

Donors pledge $1.8 billion for Sudan

Foreign donor nations pledged $1.8 billion at a conference hosted by Germany to help Sudan ease an economic crisis hampering its transition towards democracy after the fall of Omar

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

No studies; we need action –

One of the first things I heard from Senator Tim Scott, the only Black Republican senator, was a plan for a study of 18

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Source: Daytona Times

Defunding won’t reform the police department –

When a 77-year-old Black retired St. Louis Police Department captain David Dorn was shot and killed by Black looters, there was no comparable outrage by Black and White Democratic Party national political

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Source: Florida Courier

Guyana’s political tragedy

This crisis has been in the making for over 50 years – ever since the declaration of independence that came on the heels of the collapse of a multiracial anticolonial movement, the intervention of the joined imperialist forces of the UK and US and the convulsive coastal racial disturbances of the

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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper

Opposition wins historic rerun of Malawi’s presidential vote

The opposition has won Malawi’s historic rerun of the presidential election, the first time a court-overturned vote in Africa has led to the defeat of an incumbent

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Zimbabwe: Chamisa, Khupe Fight Escalates

MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday said it was time for Zimbabweans to act against rights abuses and economic problems bedevelling the

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Source: allAfrica.com

As Numbers Spike, California To Begin “Smart Testing” for COVID-19

By Tanu Henry, California Black Media

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Source: Observer News Group – Group Newspapers of Southern California

Juneteenth: A day of joy and pain - and now national action

In just about any other year, Juneteenth, the holiday celebrating the day in 1865 that all enslaved black people learned they had been freed from bondage, would be marked by African American families across the nation with a cookout, a parade, a community festival, a soulful rendition of “Lift

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UN rights body to probe US over racism against African - Americans

June 19: UN rights body to report on racism after Floyd killing

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Black Lives Matter Founder Finds Hope in Global Protests Over George Floyd’s Murder

(CBM) – For Black Lives Matter co-founder Alicia Garza, the widespread global protests and activism that followed the murder of George Floyd, an unarmed Black man, by Minnesota police have been heartening — and they make her feel hopeful for the

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Source: The Sacramento Observer

Tunisia: Ouestlatia Accident - Ftdes Blames Government

Tunis/Tunisia — The Tunisian Forum for Economic and Social Rights (FTDES) blamed the government for the road accident which occurred Tuesday in

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Source: allAfrica.com

Nearly 500 Small Businesses File Bankruptcy Using Increased Eligibility Limit Since February

Over the past seven years, states and localities have reverted to discriminatory practices that restrict the voting rights of Black, Brown, Native, and Asian American people and have put up unnecessary roadblocks to the

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Voter suppression: The new poll tax

The Black vote is still important – as are the votes of other marginalized people who tend to vote Democratic – and for that reason, “the new poll tax,” voter suppression, is in full

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Source: The Dallas Examiner

Nigeria: Buhari Directs Four Ministers to Develop New Template Against Insecurity

Besides, the president yesterday dispatched security chiefs, led by the National Security Adviser (NSA), Maj. Gen. Babagana Monguno, to Katsina State, rocked by a wave of protests over the insecurity in the state, to find lasting solutions to the deteriorating security challenges bedeviling the

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Source: allAfrica.com

Kenya: LSK Files Suit Against Uhuru's Executive Order

The Law Society of Kenya has filed a case challenging the legality of an Executive order issued by President Uhuru Kenyatta that allegedly sought to place the Judiciary, commissions as well as independent offices under ministries and government

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Source: allAfrica.com

You said you are a listening President, so listen …

Mr President, Sir, we possibly have one of the most transformative and comprehensive Constitutions in the world, but this counts for nothing if its provisions are not

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Source: NewsDay Zimbabwe - Everyday News for Everyday People

Civil Rights Groups ‘Pause’ On Facebook Ads | Afro

Several civil rights and other advocacy groups are calling on large advertisers to stop Facebook ad campaigns during July because they say the social network isn’t doing enough to curtail racist and violent content on its

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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority

Civic Engagement Group Launches Major Campaign to Register the Rising American Electorate in Florida

WASHINGTON, DC – The Voter Participation Center (VPC) and its partner group, the Center for Voter Information (CVI), are mailing 3,061,009 voter registration applications to people in Florida this month as part of their largest-ever campaign to register voters ahead of the historic 2020

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Source: The Orlando Advocate

Disturbing times provide teachable moments

Encourage African American students, who are too often limited by unfair stereotypes about what they can and

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Source: The Florida Star

Ndayishimiye promises to unite Burundians, shun ethnicity

Reconciliation and dialogue were top of Evariste Ndayishimiye’s mind as he took oath of office on June 18, 2020 to be

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Source: The East African

WORLD Channel Continues its Celebration of Pride Month with a Film looking at Young LGBT Asylum Seekers

Over the past seven years, states and localities have reverted to discriminatory practices that restrict the voting rights of Black, Brown, Native, and Asian American people and have put up unnecessary roadblocks to the

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Source: Black News, Politics, Commentary & Culture | BlackPressUSA

Charles Booker Suddenly Has Progressives Excited About Kentucky

But in the last three weeks, progressive state Rep. Charles Booker, the youngest Black state lawmaker elected in Kentucky in nearly a century, has interrupted McGrath’s quiet stroll to the

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Tina Knowles-Lawson, Beyoncé Knowles Carter, Mothers of the Movement Urge Senate to Pass HEROES Act

June 25 marks the 7th anniversary of the Shelby County v. Holder case, in which the U.S. Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and upended decades of

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Malawi: Restore June 14 As Malawi Freedom Day

President Peter Mutharika should restore June 14 as Freedom Day as some Malawians have been sanitising killers and brutal dictators who misruled Malawi for 30 years, a group of veteran freedom fighters has

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Source: allAfrica.com

RAICHURA: Pension inclusion would have reduced Covid livelihood

Why is it that each time we have a crisis in Kenya, the majority of our informal workers are unable to sustain themselves for even a few days without an

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Source: Business Daily

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