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A series of block parties last weekend in DeLand, a city in Volusia County, drew large crowds resulted in clashes between law enforcement and
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Angola: COVID-19 - Hoji-Ya-Henda District to Face Health Fence
Luanda — With the increase of local transmission cases of covid-19 from 16 to 18 in the latest 24 hours, the Multisectoral Commission is working to put under sanitary fence the district of Hoyi-Ya-Henda in the municipality of Cazenga, assured last Sunday the Minister of Health, Sílvia
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Coronavirus Update: Attendees At Florida Block Party Claim Racial Bias And Over-Policing
The block party advertised on social media drew a crowd of 3,000 mostly Black people on Saturday as the state reopened businesses and public
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History of African Americans in the Canadian Football League
African Americans have played prominent roles in the Canadian Football League (CFL) and its precursors since 1946. In many cases black Americans have been able to pursue professional football opportunities in the CFL that were for one reason or another unavailable in the United States. Especially
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It's lockdown No. 3 for England, at least six weeks at home - Black News Channel
By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — England is entering a third national lockdown that will last at least six weeks, as authorities struggle to stem a surge in COVID-19 infections that threatens to overwhelm hospitals around the U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced a tough new
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Seychelles: Small Business Owners in Seychelles Share Mixed Reactions to Government Credit Line
Small business owners in Seychelles are having mixed reactions to a credit line facility put in place by the Central Bank to help micro, small and medium enterprises impacted by
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Ghana: Report Evidence of Rigging to Police - NIA to NDC
The National Identification Authority (NIA) has asked the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to report the state agency to the police if the party has any evidence to back its election rigging allegations made against the Authority on Thursday, 14 May
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Kenyan doctors go on strike protesting inadequate benefits, PPE | News24
Kenyan doctors working in government hospitals began a countrywide strike on Monday over inadequate insurance benefits and lack of protective equipment while treating Covid-19 patients, their union said.
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Poor People's Campaign
Martin Luther King, Jr. announced plans for Poor Peoples Campaign in Washington. He said he would lead a massive civil disobedience campaign in the capital to pressure the government to provide jobs and income for all Americans. He told a press conference that an army of poor white, poor Blacks and
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4
1968
Ashes instead of soap: Inside Zimbabwe’s COVID-19 fight
COVID-19 has worsened the underlying structural and perennial problem of water shortages in Matabeleland North, South and Bulawayo provinces, said Dumisani Nkomo, chief executive officer for Habakkuk Trust, a nonprofit
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Luanda, Angola (1576- )
Luanda was founded by Portuguese explorer Paolo Dias de Novaes as St. Paul of Luanda in 1576. It became the capital of a Portuguese colony in 1586 and became the capital of independent Angola when the former Portuguese colony gained its independence in 1975.  Luanda is also the largest city in
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Zimbabwe: GBV Cases Increase By 200 Percent Due to Covid-19 Lockdown - UN
[New Zimbabwe] Cases of gender-based violence (GBV) rose sharply in Zimbabwe in 2020 during the Covid-19 lockdown with the national GBV hotline recording a 200% increase.
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Expect long wait on calls about unemployment claims –
TALLAHASSEE – Floridians who call the state for help with unemployment claims should expect wait times to surpass an
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Another massive crowd invades Volusia –
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LeBron James Reflects On Capitol Siege: 'We Live In 2 Americas'
“If you don’t understand that or don’t see that after seeing what you saw yesterday, then you really need to take a step back," the NBA legend said.
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Moore, Amzie (1911–1982)
Amzie Moore was a prominent figure in the Mississippi civil rights movement and voter registration campaign. He was born on September 23, 1911, on the Wilkins plantation near Greenwood, Mississippi, to black sharecropper parents. When Moore was fourteen, his mother died leaving him to care for
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1982
Biometric data for NIDS database will be encrypted
Programme director for the National Identification System (NIDS), Warren Vernon, has said the biometric data for the national identification database will be encrypted to prevent unauthorised access. “Your fingerprint and facial image will be...
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WATCH: Why distressed pregnant woman on ship was not evacuated
Jamaican health authorities have sought to explain why the requested medical evacuation of a distressed pregnant woman aboard the Adventure of the Seas was not
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Is Africa Overpopulated?
Is Africa overpopulated? The answer by most measures is no. As of mid-2015, the continent as a whole had only 40 people per square mile. Asia, by comparison had 142 people per square mile; Northern Europe had 60. Critics also point to the how many less resources Africas population consumes versus
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Uganda: EC Has Over 45m Ugandan Lives At Stake in Election - Opposition
[Monitor] Three of Uganda's major opposition parties met Tuesday morning to express discontent after a tense electoral campaign period marred by civilian deaths, teargas, bullets, abductions and incarcerations of over 200 political actors ahead of crucial January 14 election.
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Ben Crump Releases Statement On Kenosha D.A. Decision Not To Charge Officer In Jacob Blake Shooting
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Zimbabwe: COVID-19 and Hyperinflation Leave Hunger and Few Options in Zimbabwe
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Gullah
The Gullah are the descendants of enslaved Africans from various people who lived in the Lowcountry regions of the U.S. states of Georgia and South Carolina, in the area of both the coastal plain and the Sea Islands. They developed a creole ethnicity and language that is distinctive among African
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Burkina Faso: Questions Remain Over Extrajudicial Killings Against Fulani
The latest case of 12 extrajudicial killings of Fulani men in Tanwalbougou, northeastern Burkina Faso, has gripped the public after gruesome details emerged following their detention by gendarmes in the area, adding to the overall crisis in the
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Challenging Caste and Race: The Campaign for Integrated Higher Education in the Reconstruction Era
In her new book, Reparation and Reconciliation: The Rise and Fall of Integrated Higher Education, sociologist Christi M. Smith reveals a largely forgotten history of early efforts to integrate higher education in the years following the Civil War. This history pushes us to consider the relationship
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Black Panther Leaders Killed
Two Black Panther leaders Fred Hampton and Mark Clark - killed in Chicago police raid. Civil rights leaders said the two men were murdered in their
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India's Old Age Homes Report Low Covid-19 Mortality, Study Says | The Florida Star | The Georgia Star
MUMBAI - India's old age homes performed better in their response to the novel coronavirus compared with nursing homes and assisted living facilities in Western countries, a study by analysts from the Indian Institute of Public Health has found. The study, which has not been peer-reviewed, was
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‘We’ve Succeeded!’ Florida’s Governor Claims Coronavirus Victory As Second Wave Looms
However, that’s precisely the script that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis followed on Wednesday when he and Vice President Mike Pence boasted of the Sunshine State defeating the
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Munro College moves towards 'digital classrooms' for September
MANDEVILLE, Manchester — Principal of Munro College Mark Smith has announced that plans are being undertaken to advance e-learning at the St Elizabeth institution, even after the current COVID-19
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Off-duty police officers among rioters, one Capitol officer says - TheGrio
This week, a Washington D.C police officer has come forward to make some stunning allegations about off-duty police officers and... View Article The post Off-duty police officers among rioters, one Capitol officer says appeared first on TheGrio.
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