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Uganda: Journalists Targeted As Government Revokes Foreign Press Passes Before Elections
[RFI] In a move a little over a month before the presidential election, Uganda has revoked the media accreditations of all foreign journalists, including those already registered to cover the 14 January polls, according to the government-run Media Council of Uganda on Thursday.
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Atlanta Hawks become first sports team to secure financing from Black-owned banks | The Atlanta Voice
Thursday morning, the Atlanta Hawks announced that it has agreed to refinance the construction loan for the Emory Sports Medicine Complex with a syndicate of Black-owned banks. The $35 million loan marks the first time a professional sports franchise has had a significant loan underwritten
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VIDEO: Jamaican medic named Britain’s second most influential black person
Jamaican Professor Kevin Fenton has been named on the Powerlist 2021 as the second most influential black person in Britain for his role in the fight against the novel coronavirus. The annual Powerlist honours the most powerful people of African,...
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Uganda: Mao Pledges to Give More Powers to Parliament
[Monitor] Mr Norbert Mao has pledged to transfer presidential powers to Parliament if he is elected to the country's top office come January 14, 2021.
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Supporters of Ghanaian President Akufo-Addo Celebrate His Re-election | Africanews
Many are Happy About President Nana Afuko-Addo Re-election
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NCCC to discuss COVID-19 preventative measures, says Cele
The National Coronavirus Command Council (NCCC) presides over the country’s managing of the COVID-19 pandemic and also determines the lockdown levels
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Tuskegee Airmen throws support to Biden's Defense nominee
The Tuskegee Airmen have come out in support of Gen. Lloyd Austin, President-elect Joe Biden's nominee to serve as the... View Article The post Tuskegee Airmen letter throws support to Biden's Defense nominee Gen. Lloyd Austin appeared first on TheGrio.
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Pennsylvania Mail-in Ballot Case Won’t Hand Trump a Win, Says Lawyer Petitioning Supreme Court – The Wilmington Journal
The Supreme Court of the United States on Tuesday declined a request for an injunction that would have pressed pause on Pennsylvania’s effort to deliver the state’s 20 Electoral College votes to former Vice President [...]
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Will the Black community get shut out from COVID vaccination? - North Dallas Gazette
By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Senior National Correspondent The first wave of coronavirus vaccines should reach the public this week, with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommending that all adults receive the vaccination in 2021. While the CDC said there should be enough doses for
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On This Day: What happened on 10 December?
We look back on this day in history and remember the people and events that shaped the world we live in today. Every day is worth remembering.
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Women’s Hall of Fame Honors Aretha Franklin, Morrison, Lacks
SENECA FALLS, N.Y. (AP) — “Queen of Soul” Aretha Franklin and Nobel laureate and “Beloved” author Toni Morrison will be inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame Thursday as part of a posthumous class of Black honorees that also includes Henrietta Lacks, whose cells were widely used in
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Biden picks Retired Army General Lloyd Austin as Defense Secretary | Africanews
U.S President-elect Joe Biden's on Wednesday officially announced Lloyd Austin as his pick for Defense Secretary.  It is the third time an African-American Retired Army General will lead the Pentagon if confirmed to the role in the
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Malawi Paramount Chiefs Asks Govt No to Extradite Bushiri to South Africa
[Nyasa Times] Two senior chiefs have asked Malawi government not to extradite Prophet Shepherd Bushiri to South Africa.
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Uganda: Shs2.5 Trillion War Claims Still North, Teso's Top Issue
[Monitor] Claimants seeking compensation for loss of their cattle and property during the insurgencies in Lango, Teso and Acholi have been promised Shs150b before the end of the 2020/2021 financial year.
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Pennsylvania Election Lawsuit Left for Dead after Supreme Court Ruling Is Alive, Lawyers Say – Free Press of Jacksonville
Efforts to overturn November’s election results in Pennsylvania are not dead, say the attorneys who continued working after the U.S. Supreme Court issued a one-sentence ruling that was widely seen as the case’s last breath. [...]
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Biden-Harris team appoints more African Americans to influential positions | New Pittsburgh Courier
Monday, Nov. 30, was a big day for African Americans and national politics. President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris announced members of its initial senior leadership team who will lead their Presidential Inaugural Committee. The committee is tasked with organizing
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Exclusive to the San Diego Voice & Viewpoint: Local Advocacy Group Requests Open Superintendent Search in Sweetwater - Voice and Viewpoint
Katrina Hasan Hamilton, Co-Chair of Black Minds Matter Advocacy Group of San Diego, a group of African-American parents, community members and educators, penned a letter to Councilmember Shirley Weber this week. The letter expressed the group's 'grave concern' regarding 'actions of Sweetwater Union
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Kenya, Uganda Picked for Flavoured Drug for Children Living With HIV
[East African] Kenya and Uganda are among six African countries set to receive new generic strawberry-flavoured tablets for treating children living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in the first half of 2021.
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Football: Senegal top year-end Africa rankings for fourth straight time | Africanews
Senegal has been crowned FIFA’s African top team of the year for the fourth time in a row in the latest world rankings released on Thursday by football's world governing body
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Pennsylvania Mail-in Ballot Case Won’t Hand Trump a Win, Says Lawyer Petitioning Supreme Court – Free Press of Jacksonville
The Supreme Court of the United States on Tuesday declined a request for an injunction that would have pressed pause on Pennsylvania’s effort to deliver the state’s 20 Electoral College votes to former Vice President [...]
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Source: Free Press of Jacksonville – Florida’s First Coast Quality Black Weekly
South Africa declares second COVID wave as cases spike | Africanews
South Africa declared a second wave of coronavirus as the number of cases
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Ghana's President Akufo-Addo reelected to a second term - Face2Face Africa
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo of Ghana will have a second four-year term after the country's electoral commissioner declared on Wednesday that the 76-year-old had won the December 7 presidential polls. The president beat the challenge from 11 other presidential candidates among whom
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Morehouse School Of Medicine, CommonSpirit Health On A Mission To Increase Representation Of Black Doctors
Morehouse School of Medicine and CommonSpirit Health are on a mission to increase the representation of Black doctors.
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Black Women Rashida Jones Becomes the First Black Female President Of MSNBC – Free Press of Jacksonville
By Victor Omondi - Rashida Jones has been named the next president of MSNBC. He succeeds Phil Griffin, who will be stepping down after having served as the president of the Cable News Network for 25 [...]
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Stacey Abrams Rejects Trump Comparisons Over Refusal to Concede
Voting rights advocate Stacey Abrams rejected comparisons that she and President Trump are "two sides of the same coin" when it comes to their refusal to concede.
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Somalia: International Partners Agree to Support Security Transition
[Shabelle] Somalia and the international partners have resolved to continue supporting security transition involving Mogadishu taking over lead responsibility for the country's security from African Union peacekeeping forces.
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South Africa: Proposed Cannabis Law Has Serious Shortcomings and Must Go Back to the Drawing Board
[Daily Maverick] South Africa could be a global leader in the cannabis sector. The plant has major potential for job creation and medicinal, spiritual and cultural uses. But the Cannabis for Private Purposes Bill is woefully lacking in proper research.
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Daily reported deaths from Covid-19 top 3,000 for the first time | The Atlanta Voice
The United States for the first time reported more than 3,000 Covid-19 deaths on Wednesday, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University. So far on Wednesday, 3,049 have been reported, according to Johns Hopkins. The numbers are not complete for the day. The United States is averaging
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US antitrust siege of tech widens with lawsuits vs Facebook - Black News Channel
By MARCY GORDON and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The giant tech companies whose services are woven into the fabric of social life are now the targets of a widening assault by government competition enforcers. Regulators filed landmark antitrust lawsuits Wednesday against
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Gov. Whitmer Signs New Executive Order in the Fight Against the Coronavirus | News | The Michigan Chronicle
Governor Gretchen Whitmer and Michigan Department of Health and Human Services Chief Medical Executive Dr. Joneigh Khaldun held a press conference to update Michiganders on the COVID-19 crisis and control the spread with the introduction of a new executive order. Today, Gov. Whitmer signed
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