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By Gwendolyn J. BrantleySpecial to Texas Metro News It was an opportunity to salute educators as the African American Education Archives and History Program inducted and enshrined nine outstanding educators at the 2023 Bobbie L. Lang Hall of Fame Luncheon and Induction Ceremony, held recently. This year’s honorees were Alene Baker, Dr. Lew Blackburn, S. […]
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Abiy's government and the regional one run by the Tigray People's Liberation Front each consider the other illegitimate.
\t There was no immediate word from the three AU envoys, former Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, former Mozambique President Joaquim Chissano and former South African President Kgalema Motlanthe. AU spokeswoman Ebba Kalondo did not say whether they can meet with TPLF leaders, something Abiy's office has rejected.
\"``Not possible,'' senior Ethiopian official Redwan Hussein said in a message to the AP. ``\"Above all, TPLF leadership is still at large.'' He called reports that the TPLF had appointed an envoy to discuss an immediate cease-fire with the international community ``masquerading.''
\t Fighting reportedly remained well outside the Tigray capital of Mekele, a densely populated city of a half-million people who have been warned by the Ethiopian government that they will be shown ``no mercy'' if they don't distance themselves from the region's leaders.
\t Tigray has been almost entirely cut off from the outside world since Nov. 4, when Abiy announced a military offensive in response to a TPLF attack on a federal army base.
That makes it difficult to verify claims about the fighting, but humanitarians have said at least hundreds of people have been killed.
\t The fighting threatens to destabilize Ethiopia, which has been described as the linchpin of the strategic Horn of Africa.
\t With transport links cut, food and other supplies are running out in Tigray, home to 6 million people, and the United Nations has asked for immediate and unimpeded access for aid.
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… the university are Black or African American. According to fall 2019 data … students, 21.9 percent of African American students and 34.3 percent …
Madagascar has affirmed its decision not to participate in the Covax global initiative for the access to Covid-19 vaccine once they have been approved and licensed.
The government spokesperson confirmed the island will resort to its traditions concoction that its own scientist discovered earlier this year to stem out the virus.
He further said that they were waiting to see the effectiveness of the vaccine first in the countries that will first use it.
The tonic, based on the plant Artemisia annua which has anti-malarial properties, was not proven by the World Health Organization but had put it on sale to several African countries.
Vaccines in Madagascar have never been popular among the general population. The island in 2018 was among the last four countries in the world registering polio cases from its stance on vaccines.
Nanette Alexander-Thomas, MD is the Medical Director of Ambulatory Care at Brookdale University Medical Center (BUMC) where she supervises the clinical care of a bustling ambulatory program with over 150,000 visits/year, as well as Occupational Health Services.
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The University of California Berkeley is naming its newest residence hall in honor of David Blackwell. Dr. Blackwell, an accomplished statistician, was the first African American to be grant tenured at the university. He joined the mathematics department at Berkeley in 1954 and stayed on the faculty there until retiring in 1988. Dr. Blackwell died […]
[Monitor] Livingstone Okello-Okello, the former Chwa County MP, now spends his free time sitting under a tree shade at his home in Ntinda, Kampala, receiving calls from his home in Kitgum District over this issue or that.
The white Oregon man charged in the slaying of Aidan Ellison claims he shot the 19-year-old Black teen in the chest in self-defense after Ellison punched
Reports have emerged that the majority of the matric student who potentially benefitted from the leak were 'top achievers'.
Black university and college graduates who struggle to find internship opportunities, mentors, or employment in major corporate companies across Canada will now receive support through an initiative launched last month by two entrepreneurs – Wayne...
… L. Fudge of Ohio, an African-American Democrat from Ohio.
“Mr. Clyburn … Kamala Harris’ Senate seat”: “Prominent African Americans officials would like California Gov …
[Nation] Learning is yet to resume in three primary schools in Garbatulla, Isiolo County, due to insecurity, which has already claimed three lives in the past one month.
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Afterward, then-Dallas Police Chief David Brown called the decision sound. Before the robot attacked, Johnson had shot five officers dead, wounded nine others and hit two civilians, and negotiations had stalled. Sending the machine was safer than sending in human officers, Brown said.
… of 3,000 quilts by African American artists is amazing. That’s …
Shown is Vice President-elect Kamala Harris; former Atlanta First Lady Valerie Richardson Jackson; democratic activist Stacey Abrams by Chuck Richardson There is something magical about a fearless, intelligent, incorruptible black woman. A woman willing to [...]
THE 2021 national budget due to be presented this afternoon presents one of the toughest challenges for Finance minister, Mthuli Ncube. BY TAURAI MANGUDHLA/TATIRA ZWINOIRA He is expected to roll out strategies that will help the economy recover, without hurting it through high taxes and tough policies. For instance, the mining industry waits anxiously for major tax reforms in respect of foreign currency taxes and retention thresholds. The mining industry has for a while been battling government for timeous gold and chrome payments as well as a review of foreign currency retention thresholds. Players prefer to keep their entire earnings in foreign currency and utilise their funds as they wish instead of having to queue for allocations at the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) auction. Last month RBZ governor, John Mangudya hinted at key tax reforms in respect of foreign currency retention and liquidation of free funds, coupled with maintaining the foreign currency auction system as part of measures to uphold monetary policy stability in the country. Mangudya said there were deliberations to increase the time exporters can keep their 70% forex portion before liquidation from the current 60 days. This was said after his presentation at the launch of the State of the Mining Industry of Zimbabwe report by the Chamber of Mines of Zimbabwe. Although he did not specify how much time was being considered, the move is expected to allow miners and other exporters to utilise their foreign currency earnings and relieve pressure on the auction system. Furthermore, he said, discussions were also underway for 70% of the miners’ receipts to be taxed in foreign currency and 30% in local currency in line with foreign currency retention thresholds given that 30% of their forex is liquidated on the interbank. He also said there was need for policy consistency and predictability to sustain the sector. The central bank chief said some of the measures could be incorporated in the 2021 National Budget. Economic and mining expert Albert Makochekanwa said Zimbabwe risked missing its National Development Strategy targets if key reforms necessary to drive growth in the extractive sector are not implemented. Makochekanwa, who is a university professor, said the problems in the sector were known and had been raised before. The problems facing Zimbabwe include a depreciating currency, high inflation, unemployment, huge a housing backlog, water shortages, wage erosion, low consumer spending, company closures and food insecurity. Last week, government ministries and departments submitted total requests for the 2021 National Budget amounting to $1,1 trillion to tackle these challenges. Economist, Tony Hawkins asked: “How can the government achieve its expected growth targets? If you look at the numbers and the real situation we are living with, there is a gap.” He said when looking at the 2020 National Budget, the government did not account for rising inflation which was an indication they would miss their targets. “We cannot believe any of the numbers th
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Rafer Johnson, who won the decathlon at the 1960 Rome Olympics and helped subdue Robert F. Kennedy’s assassin in 1968, died Wednesday. He was 86. He died at his home in the Sherman Oaks section of Los Angeles, according to family friend Michael Roth. No cause of death was announced. Johnson […]
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 7 December 2020: Sierra Leone’s most widely read online newspaper - the Sierra Leone Telegraph, has been nominated to receive the 2020 National Entertainment Award in Sierra Leone, in recognition of its outstanding contribution to bringing the news to the people of Sierra Leone. The Sierra Leone Telegraph is now in its…
[Cameroon Tribune] The health facility was handed over to the population as well as gifts to rural women and youths of the locality on Saturday, November 21, 2020.
The DNA of a Black Woman By Chuck Richardson (TriceEdneyWire.com) - There is something magical about a fearless, intelligent, incorruptible black woman. A woman willing to sacrifice and face any obstacle she must for a greater cause than herself. Black women have been, and continue to be, the crucible of fortitude. Harriet Tubman, Ida B. … Continued
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VICE-CHANCELLOR of Women’s University in Africa, Hope Sadza, yesterday capped the country’s first four deaf social workers who graduated with diplomas. The four social workers are Shalom Muzavazi, Tendai Dondofema, Theodora Gasva and Palmer Zengezi. BY PRIMROSE HAISA 'It was a huge mile stone for them to reach their destiny because they needed an interpreter and a note taker for them to understand since face to face lectures were suspended because of COVID-19 pandemic which forced the university to transition to digital platforms as well as working from home,” Tinotenda Chikunya, a Deaf Zimbabwe Trust officer, said at the ceremony. “It is difficult to provide quality education to the deaf in Zimbabwe because most of the schools do not provide sign language hence most of them drop out.” Sadza capped 1 464 graduands, 1 274 females and 190 men. The university has continued to experience growth in student numbers during the past years.
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Walmart is investing $5 million to helo increase the number of Black graduates in the fields of engineering, business, and other professional disciplines.
[New Times] The Government is set to kick off the exercise of placing citizens in their respective Ubudehe categories on Friday, December 4, The New Times has learned.
The recent press release by UWI Vice-Chancellor Professor Hilary Beckles that the Guyana government is planning to pursue tertiary online education courses at the University of the West Indies (UWI) Open Campus for 20,000 Guyanese is quite consistent with the PPPC’s manifesto promise to create the skillset needed to propel the country’s human resource development strategy.
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Sierra Leone Telegraph: 26 November 2020: Last Monday, President Dr Julius Maada Bio presented a cheque of over Le 9 billion in Segbwema, Kailahun District, Eastern Sierra Leone to the Skills Development Fund, which would initially benefit over 1,660 ypoung people in his political heartlands of Kenema and Kailahun districts. Paramount Chief of Njaluahun Chiefdom,…
