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For the first time in its 152-year history, the University of California has named Dr. Michael V. Drake as its... View Article The post Michael V. Drake named first Black UC president in 152-year history appeared first on TheGrio.
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Ramaphosa mourns death of Queen Noloyiso: 'An inspiring leader of her people' | News24
President Cyril Ramaphosa has expressed "profound sadness" at the passing of Regent of the Royal House of the AmaRharhabe, Her Majesty Queen Noloyiso Sandile.
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Next six months will not be easy, says PAHO director
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Cook, Will Mercer (1903-1987)
Will Mercer Cook served as the United States ambassador to the Republic of Niger from 1961 to 1964. Cook directed U.S. economic, social, and cultural programs in Niger, which included the Peace Corps. During the mid-1960s he also became the special envoy to Gambia and
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OP-ED: Moving Forward with Police Reform | Afro
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Opposition parties spurn Mkhize's call for unity as Covid-19 storm looms | News24
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‘We eat pain like Skittles’ – MSR town hall explores Black trauma
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Protective Gear For Medical Workers Begins To Run Low Again | Afro
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Earth Today | Caribbean professor makes case for efforts to sustain COVID-19 gains
One Caribbean academic has made a push for efforts to sustain the environmental gains, however limited, from the global pandemic, COVID-19. Professor Leonard Nurse, lecturer at The University of the West Indies (UWI), Cave Hill, said those gains...
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Keke Palmer believes Trump wants to incite a race war
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Rishi Sunak announces £30bn to support UK economy through COVID-19
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JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Africa now has more than a half-million confirmed coronavirus cases, while South Africas health minister declared Wednesday that “we have now reached the surge.” The continent-wide total is over 509,000, according to the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, after
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YAOUNDE, Cameroon — When 21-year-old Anne Christelle Ntsama gave birth to quadruplets, she was over the moon. She believed her children, who had been born prematurely at Yaounde Central Hospital, one of the largest public hospitals in Cameroon, would grow into adulthood. But soon after their
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A president who approves of treasonous conduct - The Bay State Banner
In his recent speech at the Mount Rushmore National Memorial, Trump made it clear that he opposed the removal of statues of the leaders of the Confederacy, although they had engaged in the treasonous Civil War against the
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Dahomey proclaimed independent. Independence was also celebrated in Niger (August 3), Upper Volta (August 5), Ivory Coast (August 8), Chad (August 11), Congo Brazzaville (August 15), Gabon (August 17), and Senegal (August 20).
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Can Biden and Harris take a punch? History says no and Trump can't wait : TheGrio
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2021 intake of first year university students will likely be later than usual - Nzimande | News24
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