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Uganda: 50 Percent Residents of Kagadi, Kyenjojo Hungry
A report on the immediate impact of Covid-19 lockdown on rural communities shows there is a significant decline in the wellbeing of the people and more of them are missing
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Tunisia: FM Meets With Ambassador of Iran
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Candles lit in memory of father and son shot dead in Cape Town street
Candles lit up the night in Bonteheuwel, where about 50 people gathered for a memorial on Thursday for a father and son shot and killed while walking from a nearby
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Statue Of Problematic Former Philly Mayor Removed By City After Protesters Attempt To Take It Down Their Damn Selves - Blavity
Zenos Frudakis, the artist who created the sculpture, told the Philadelphia Inquirer that the mayor did the right thing in removing his piece and said he was
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‘Ghetto people have rights too’ - Cockburn Gardens residents protest killing of man by police
Black smoke billowed from cars set on fire and debris blocked the intersection of Waltham Park and Hagley Park roads in Kingston as residents of Cockburn Gardens protested the fatal shooting of 32-year-old Jermaine ‘Shawn‘ Ferguson yesterday
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Somalia: Seven Die After Exhibiting Covid19 Symptoms
seven people have been reported dead in Adado town of Galgaduud due to respiratory
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Uganda: Audit Report Cites Fraud in City Donor-Funded Projects
An internal audit report by Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) has for the second quarter of 2019/2020 cited accountability queries in the ongoing two donor-funded projects on sanitation and climate in
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ATL Federal Reserve President and Jax Partnership Aundra Wallace Zoom In On Nations Economic Recovery – Free Press of Jacksonville
Since February of this year, Covid-19 pandemic has made its way into the homes and businesses of Northeast Florida
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Africa: UN Expert Calls for Global Ban On 'Cruel' Conversion Therapy
Conversion therapy takes place in at least 100 countries, according to the
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Kemar Roach back in business
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – West Indies fast bowler Kemar Roach is happy to be back in the swing of things as he prepares for the proposed tour of England starting next
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Drake Donates $100K To National Bail Out Program Which Helps Free Black Mothers
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Fires blaze and looters rampage during second night of Minneapolis anti-police protests following black man's death
Twenty-four hours later furious orange flames pockmarked the city blocks surrounding the Third Police Precinct where Officer Derek Chauvin was
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Black Man Dies After Minneapolis Officer Puts Knee In His Neck During Arrest
Minneapolis Police Department is under fire after a video goes viral of a black man who loses his life during an
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National ministers to be deployed to Western Cape as Covid-19 peak approaches - report
Plans to deploy national ministers to the Western Cape to assist in the fight against Covid-19 are under way, according to a report in the Sunday
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Italy finally set to decide on Serie A resumption
ROME, (Reuters) – After weeks of wrangling, with several U-turns on the way, Italy is due to decide today if and when its top-flight Serie A soccer league can resume after the coronavirus
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Trump shares letter calling peaceful protesters 'terrorists'
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Joe Jackson's Granddaughter Says She Was Stabbed Seven Times In Racist Attack
Joe Jackson‘s granddaughter Yasmine Jackson said she’s the victim of a racist attack that resulted in her being stabbed seven times, reportedly by a white
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COVID-19 — Even During a Killer Pandemic Trump Tests Positive for Racism ⋆
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “The FBI assesses hate crime incidents against Asian Americans likely will surge across the United States, due to the spread of coronavirus disease … endangering Asian American communities,” read a report compiled by the FBI’s Houston office and sent to local law enforcement across
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Nok Art - The Earliest Sculptural Art in West Africa
Nok art refers to huge human, animal and other figures made out of terracotta pottery, found throughout Nigeria. They represent the earliest sculptural art in West Africa, dated between 500 BC and AD 500; and they co-occur with the earliest evidence of iron smelting in Africa south of the Sahara
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Nigeria: 2020 Budget - Senate Pegs Oil Price Benchmark At $28 Per Barrel
The Senate on Tuesday put the benchmark price for crude oil in the 2020 budget at $28 per
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Michael Jordan And Jordan Brand Will Donate $100 Million To Racial And Social Justice Organizations
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Rwanda: 1 in 9 Rwandans Owns a Business
Though 53 per cent of the businesses are not formally registered, the report's authors pointed out that the growth in business owners and businesses may indicate the attention given to developing the micro, small and medium business
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Eric Reid Rips NFL Teams For Posting Black Squares On Twitter: 'Hypocrisy'
Eric Reid did not let NFL teams get away with posting black squares on Twitter Tuesday in purported solidarity with the fight for racial justice while quarterback and activist Colin Kaepernick remains unsigned in the
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COVID-19's Economic Fallout Is Hitting The Black Community Hard, Too
“Institutional racism and historical discrimination have meant that Black workers have fared worse in the labor market, even in good times,” said Elise Gould, a senior economist at the progressive Economic Policy Institute who co-authored a report this week looking at the devastating toll COVID-19
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Nigerian girl, lover held for faking own kidnap
A 17-year-old girl in southwestern Nigeria who allegedly faked her own kidnap to demand a ransom from her mother has been arrested, police said on
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Man Kills Girlfriend and Her Two Daughters Because She Wanted To Leave Him
According to authorities, Jordan got angry that his one-time girlfriend, 37-year-old Shanta Renee Singleton, was leaving him for another
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Schools reopening: Return of Mpumalanga pupils goes smoothly, despite some setbacks - dept
Grade 7s and 12s in Mpumalanga were welcomed back to school on Monday and, despite a few setbacks, the reopening went smoothly, according to Jasper Zwane, spokesperson for the province’s education
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Musona waiting on Anderlecht
The 29-year-old Zimbabwean international is returning to his parent club, Anderlecht, after his loan stint with KAS Eupen got cut short due to the Jupiler Pro League being called off early amid the COVID-19
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St James man dies after falling from ladder
Thirty-five-year-old Teniel Wilson of Grange Pen, Lilliput in St James died after he fell from a ladder in his community on
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Mozambique: MSF Suspends Medical Support After Healthcare Centre Is Damaged Due To Recent Attacks
Our Doctors Without Borders (MSF) teams have been forced to suspend medical support in Macomia in the northern region of Mozambique following a recent attack on the village that also resulted in the destruction of our healthcare
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