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Announcement of the death of former President Rawlings pic.twitter.com/7ext0fp4sd

— Nana Akufo-Addo (@NAkufoAddo) November 12, 2020

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Mental health issues, the delay of 'Donda' and late filing all cast shadows over the rapper’s US presidential campaign.

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Government says Pierre Nkurunziza,55, died of heart attack.

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By Bethany Vietmeier Pools, camps and other summer activities for kids have been closed this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, leaving many kids without much to do. Detroit native and Pro Football Hall of Famer Jerome Bettis took notice of this and designed a program with his Bus Stops Here Foundation team to keep Continued

The post Bus Stops to Provide Summer Program for Kids appeared first on The Michigan Chronicle.

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LONDON-BASED indie production company , Wilson Worldwide, whose Managing Director Josh Wilson is championing the...

The post Wilson Worldwide Productions TV Options four 'Windrush Noir' novels appeared first on Voice Online.

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Actress Marsai Martin has landed her own talk show.

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Source: WENN/Avalon / WENN

Rihanna is safe and sound during the global COVID-19 pandemic and is said to be living across the pond while health officials scramble to return things to a level of normalcy.

The singer and businesswoman was slated to face her father, Ronald Fenty, in court over the use of her name and likeness.

In a lawsuit filed in 2019, Rihanna claims that her father used his Fenty Entertainment company to book a $15 million Latin America tour without her knowledge or permission, stating that the act damaged her name and good standing.

Prior to that, Mr. Fenty attempted to trademark the Fenty name for a line of hotels but was also shot down.

Photo: Getty

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\t\t\t\t\t\tRihanna Living In The U.K. During COVID-19 Pandemic, Pushes Back Trial With Dad 

\t\t\t\t\t\twas originally published On The Urban Daily:

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Cooley High, directed by Michael Schultz, is a comedic drama that follows the narrative of high school seniors and best-friends, Leroy “Preach” Jackson (Glynn Turman) and Richard “Cochise” Morris (Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs). Written by Eric Monte, and produced by American International Pictures (AIP), the film, primarily shot in Chicago, Illinois, was a major hit at the box offices, grossing in at $13,000,000 (USD). The light-hearted and entertaining storyline captivated viewers with its portrayal of carefree best-friends, and its exciting soundtrack featuring the smash hit Baby Love by The Supremes, among many other Motown hits.[4]

Set in 1964 Chicago, Preach and Cochise are best friends who are both celebrating the final weeks of their senior year with their classmates at Edwin G. Cooley Vocational High School. After a day of sneaking onto city trains and buses without paying and antagonizing animals at the local zoo, the duo binges on alcohol before heading off to a house party that ends abruptly when Cochise gets into a fight with Damon over a girl.

Having trashed the house during the scuffle, Cochise and Preach leave to go for a joyride with their classmates and bad boys, Stone and Robert – an act that will prove to be ill-fated, as the four are arrested at school the next day. Mr. Mason, the boys history teacher, persuades the police to release Preach and Cochise because of their clean record, but Stone and Robert remain imprisoned due to their being repeat offenders.

When Stone and Robert are released from jail a few days later, the vengeful pair immediately hunt for both Preach and Cochise. Together, they find Cochise on a side street, corner him, and beat him straight to a bloody pulp, leaving him for dead.

Having been notified of the attack on Cochise, Preach frantically searches the streets and finds his best friend’s lifeless body lying face down under an overpass.

Using Cochise’s untimely death as motivation, and after the funeral, Preach runs off to pursue his dream of becoming a renowned Hollywood

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Bonny Pointer, born Patricia Eva Porter, of the Pointer Sisters has passed away. She was 69.

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“…we must ask – on what grounds and by what form of executive fiat does the Chief Elections Officer determine that he should invalidate 1 vote, far less over 115 000 votes when the votes were already certified as valid by officers of the Guyana Elections Commission in the presence of the political parties”, she asked.

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is concerned at reports that the Chief Elections Officer has submitted a Report to the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) which is contrary to the directions given by  the Commission and which does not reflect the results of the recount process as certified by the very staff of the Guyana Elections Commission and witnessed by representatives of the political parties.

The CARICOM Observer Team was of the unshakeable belief that the people of Guyana expressed their will at the ballot box on March 2 and that the results of the recount certified as valid by the staff of GECOM led to an orderly conclusion on which the declaration of the results of the Election would be made.

Therefore, we must ask – on what grounds and by what form of executive fiat does the Chief Elections Officer determine that he should invalidate 1 vote, far less over 115 000 votes when the votes were already certified as valid by officers of the Guyana Elections Commission in the presence of the political parties.

I assure you that the Community remains committed to the people of Guyana and remains resolute that the report of its Observer Mission was very clear in its conclusions as to the will of the Guyanese people as reflected in the recount which they monitored.

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