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Shooting of Tamir Rice
The shooting of Tamir Rice, a 12-year-old African-American boy (June 25, 2002 – November 23, 2014), occurred on November 22, 2014, in Cleveland, Ohio. Two police officers, 26-year-old Timothy Loehmann and 46-year-old Frank Garmback, responded after receiving a police dispatch call of a male black
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LETTERS: Holding virtual meetings during pandemic
Comparatively, other countries have proceeded to extend the period within which companies may hold their annual general meetings, with others allowing hybrid AGMs where some shareholders participate in person, even as others exercise their rights
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Driver charged with causing cyclist’s death, fleeing scene after Fort Canje accident
A Berbice man was yesterday faced with four charges after he fatally struck a New Amsterdam woman along the Fort Canje Public Road on Saturday
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Rwanda: Lawyers Protest Refusal By Ugandan Court to Recognise Rwanda Law Practice Diploma
The Ugandan high court recently ruled that a person who obtains a post graduate diploma in legal practice from Rwanda is not eligible to enroll as an advocate in Uganda, sparking criticism from the Rwanda Law
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LSK cancels senior counsel honour for Kalonzo, Karua
The drastic decision by the new LSK council comes almost a year after the Committee on Senior Counsel chaired by Supreme Court judge Justice Mohamed Ibrahim completed the process of identifying the
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Korean football club fills empty stadium with sex dolls
Livening up sport without fans is a challenge for competitions returning after the coronavirus, and organisers have tried several ways to make empty stadiums more
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Assa Nyakundi wins first round in murder case
The court noted that whereas it could have wished to grant the application by the DPP to discontinue the current proceedings, “the spirit of the law generally, and the Constitution in particular, must be upheld not only for the sanctity of the judicial system but also for the interest of the public
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The Baptist War (1831-1832)
The Baptist War, also known as the Christmas Rebellion, was an eleven-day rebellion that mobilized as many as sixty thousand of Jamaica’s three hundred thousand slaves in 1831–1832. It was considered the largest slave rebellion in the British Caribbean. The name Christmas Rebellion came from the
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Tanzania: AG Faults Queries On Mwambe's MP Status
State lawyers, comprising Principal State Attorneys Vicent Tango, George Mandepo and Alecia Mbuya as well as State Attorney Erign Rumisha, told the High Court panel comprising Judges Issa Maige, Stephen Magoiga and Seif Kulita that the petition is unmaintainable in
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Crowne wins defamation case against fellow law professor
In a judgment handed down in the High Court in Trinidad and Tobago last Monday, Professor Julie McFarlane was ordered to pay Dr Emir Crowne TT$450,000 (J$9.68 million) at the end of a defamation suit filed in his home
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Woman Charged With Murder After Illegal Plastic Surgery Procedure Kills Her Patient
Kenner, LA — Keshawn Bruce, a 31-year old woman from Louisiana, has been arrested and charged with manslaughter four years after Juliet Capps, who was then 42-years old, died of complications allegedly caused by the illegal butt injection that Bruce
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Uhuru Kenyatta
Uhuru Kenyatta , in full Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta (born October 26, 1961, Nairobi, Kenya), Kenyan businessman and politician who held several government posts before being elected president of Kenya in
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Sam Langford: History’s Forgotten Boxer
Sports historian Clay Moyle describes Canadian-born Sam Langford as one of the most successful and yet little known boxers of the 20th Century.  In the excerpt below, drawn from his recently publisher book titled Sam Langford: Boxing’s Greatest Uncrowned Champion, Moyle makes his case for that
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Marvin Gaye
Marvin Pentz Gaye Jr. was a legendary singer and recording artist who came to be known as the “Prince of Soul”. Gaye was born on April 2, 1939 in Washington, D.C. He was raised by his father “Reverend Marvin Gay Sr.” who was a very strict guardian. Gaye was musically
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Zimbabwe: Business Sector Studies High Court Ruling
The business sector has said it is still looking into the implications of the recent High Court ruling, which declared unconstitutional a Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) exchange control directive 'mutating' money held in foreign currency accounts into Zimbabwe dollar-denominated
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Wanted NA murder suspect caught at Mahdia
One day after the police issued a wanted bulletin for Donald Sheriff for questioning in relation to the murder of New Amsterdam, Berbice resident Keron Nicholson, he was arrested in
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Uganda: High Court Rules Police Halting Bobi Wine Concerts Illegal
Robert Kyagulanyi, a member of Uganda’s National Assembly popularly known as Bobi Wine says he is not excited about a court ruling that declared police orders to halt his concerts in the country
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C&G’s is the place for good old school eating
The MSR has checked in with some of the businesses we’ve previously profiled in our Black Business Spotlight series to find out how they’re doing, and what services they’re currently offering Below we followed up with C&G’s owner Greg
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Zimbabwe: Former Zesa Boss Acquitted for Abuse of Office
Former ZESA Holdings Group Chief Executive Josh Chifamba has been acquitted at the High Court in an appeal where he was challenging his conviction of abusing powers as a public
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(1987) Thurgood Marshall, “A Colorblind Society Remains an Aspiration”
On August 15, 1987 U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall spoke to a gathering of federal judges.  Reflecting on his two decades on the Court and particularly on recent affirmative action rulings by the High Court, Justice Marshall reminded his audience that the United States had not yet
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Kenya: LSK Waives Practising Certificate Fees in Wake of Virus Disruptions
"In order to assist members mitigate the effects of Covid-19 pandemic, the Council of the LSK has waived back fees for Advocates applying for practising certificates for 2020 2020 under section 25 (1) (a) of the advocates Act, Cap 16," he
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Pugh, Mary E. (1959- )
Mary E. Pugh, founder of Pugh Capital Management, a successful investment firm in Seattle, was the first black woman and youngest person to be named Senior Vice President at Washington Mutual Savings Bank. Born to a Boeing engineer father and real estate agent mother, Pugh’s family lived
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List of African-American U.S. state firsts
African Americans are a demographic minority in the United States. African-Americans initial achievements in various fields historically establish a foothold, providing a precedent for more widespread cultural change. The shorthand phrase for this is breaking the color
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State Supreme Court Delivers Key Ruling for Black Jurors in Capital Cases
Never before in North Carolina judicial history have trial judges taken accusations of racial discrimination against Black jurors seriously, if a White prosecutor had a Black juror struck from a prospective jury primarily on the basis of race through preemptory challenge – which is illegal – the
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Jacob Zuma
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5 Rappers Who Have Actually Killed People
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Williams, Franklin Hall (1917-1990)
Longtime civil rights organizer and later U.S. Ambassador, Franklin Hall Williams was born on October 22, 1917, in Flushing, New York. His mother died in 1919. Williams was raised by his maternal grandparents. He graduated from Lincoln University in Chester County, Pennsylvania in 1941. After
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Nigeria: Can a Court of Appeal Justice Exercise the Powers of a High Court Judge?
The point we are making, most respectfully, is that, once the statute confers a judicial function on a person, and in this case, section 396(7) of ACJA on a newly appointed justice of the Court of Appeal for a function that will be performed at the High Court, that judicial officer is for that
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