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On Tuesday (Oct 27) Beenie Man took to social media to share an update amid rumors that he was hospitalized after fainting at his mother’s funeral after footage of the dancehall icon passing out in front of his mother's casket began circulating the web last weekend.
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Africa: FinCEN Files Reporting From Across Africa
[International Consortium of Investigative Journalists] ICIJ partners investigated suspicious transactions linked to prominent politicians, arms companies, the ivory, gold and diamond trades, and more.
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Democratic state Rep. Senfronia Thompson files to run for speaker of the Texas House - DefenderNetwork.com
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Abduction: MDC debates official’s involvement
THE Nelson Chamisa-led MDC Alliance is today expected to seal the fate of a senior party official, Tendai Masotsha, accused of conniving with State security agents in the abduction of a Bulawayo-based journalism student ahead of the July 31 anti-corruption protests. By NQOBANI NDLOVU Masotsha was
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Africa: We Are Causing Climate Change, and Climate Change Is Costing us.
[Ghanaian Times] The good old book, "The Bible," says, in the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth." The 31st verse of the opening account of creation has it that "God saw all that he had made, and it was excellent. And there was evening, and there was morning--the sixth day."
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This Day in History - October 19
Today is the 293rd day of 2020. There are 73 days left in the yearTODAY'S HIGHLIGHT1992: African National Congress President Nelson Mandela acknowledges that prisoners in congress military camps had been tortured during the 1980s and early 1990s. The camps, located in other African countries, had
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With Help From Herb Alpert, Letting the Light In at the Harlem School of the Arts
Dorothy Maynor never sang at the Met, but the school she founded is glowing anew, thanks to the revitalization of its beloved “gathering place.”
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LeBron James to Produce Documentary About 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre
LeBron James plans to bring some new insight into the background of one of the most notorious instances of racial violence in American history. SpringHill […]
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JetBlue announces new service date to Guyana | New York Carib News
JetBlue announced a revised launch timeline for new nonstop service between New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) and Georgetown, Guyana’s Cheddi Jagan International Airport (GEO).
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Media freedom in Sierra Leone – Op-ed
British High Commissioner - Simon Mustard: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 01 November 2020: On 28th October Sierra Leone took a significant step forward in enhancing Human Rights with the repeal of Part V of the Public Order Act of 1965 and enacting the Independent Media Commission Act 2020. It is a day
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India Commissions Its Fourth Anti-Submarine Stealth Warship – The Wilmington Journal
The Indian Navy has commissioned the last of its four home-built anti-submarine warfare (ASW) stealth corvettes, the INS Kavaratti. A stealth corvette is a small warship that employs stealth technology construction techniques to ensure it [...]
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Dayton real estate investment firm sells apartment complex for $47M
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A handful of battleground races in Texas remain unsettled days after Election Day | Dallas Weekly
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This pregnancy app by a Nigerian is the first of its kind for African moms to be - Face2Face Africa
Mumspring, a Nigerian baby and maternity product eCommerce startup, launched recently a pregnancy tracker app, the first app of its kind in the country that is tailored to the specific needs of African moms to be. The app provides reminders on early-stage examinations and connects moms with local
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If Trump Tries to Sue His Way to Election Victory, Here’s What Happens | The Orlando Advocate
It’s easy enough for the Trump campaign to file a lawsuit claiming improprieties, but a lot harder to provide evidence of wrongdoing or a convincing legal argument. Here’s what you need to know as the election lawsuits start to mount. byIan MacDougall, Propublica.org A hearing on Wednesday in an
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#Election2020: Trump campaign seeks hand recount in Georgia, could get it | The Atlanta Voice
Republicans are making more demands of Georgia’s chief elections officer as they seek to overturn Democrat Joe Biden’s 12,000-vote lead in the state’s presidential race. U.S. Rep. Doug Collins, who’s leading President Donald Trump’s recount team in Georgia, and state Republican Party Chairman David
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Days before the presidential election, millennial voters consider the vice-presidential candidates too | New Pittsburgh Courier
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President Bio at long last signs repeal of criminal libel laws
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 28 October 2020: After much dithering and political brinkmanship, president Bio has finally put his signature to the laws passed by parliament many months ago to repeal the country’s notorious laws that criminalised libel, marking the end of a bad law. The criminal libel
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Florida man thinks he hears an intruder, shoots and kills pregnant wife : TheGrio
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South Africa: Fikile Ntshangase Opposed a Mine Extension. Last Night She Was Murdered
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Donald Trump and Joe Biden sparred over Texas' energy industry and global warming during final presidential debate | Dallas Weekly
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Voters left with one drive-thru voting after legal battle prompts clerk to close nine sites - DefenderNetwork.com
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'Please Continue to Pray For Us': Beenie Man Breaks His Silence After Fainting at His Mother’s Funeral
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Caribbean American Democratic New York City Public Advocate Jumaane Williams has called on the city’s Board of Elections to establish more polling sites to accommodate the flood of voters, ahead of the November 3 election.
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