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This weekend marks the first round of elections for 568 seats in the lower house of parliament.

Situated on the Atlantic coast in westernmost Africa and surrounded on three sides by Senegal, Gambia is twice the size of Delaware. The Gambia River flows for 200 mi (322 km) through Gambia on its way to the Atlantic. The country, the smallest on the continent, averages only 20 mi (32 km) in width.

Since the 13th century, the Wolof, Malinke, and Fulani peoples have settled in what is now Gambia. The Portuguese were the first European explorers, encountering the Gambia River in 1455, and in 1681, the French founded an enclave at Albredabut. During the 17th century, Gambia was settled by various companies of English merchants. Slavery was the chief source of revenue before it was abolished in 1807. Gambia became a British Crown colony in 1843 and an independent nation within the Commonwealth of Nations on Feb. 18, 1965. Full independence was approved in a 1970 referendum, and on April 24 of that year Gambia proclaimed itself a republic.

Dauda Kairaba Jawara served as Gambias president from 1970 to 1994. A military coup led by Capt. Yahya Jammeh deposed the president in July 1994, suspended the constitution, and banned existing political parties. Jammeh promised new elections, which were held in Sept. 1996 and which he won with 55% of the vote. In 1997, he returned the country to civilian rule, and in 2001, he lifted the ban against opposition parties. Censorship of the press and other repressive measures mar the countrys transition to democracy. In Dec. 2004, Gambia passed a media law that allows the state to jail journalists found guilty of libel and sedition. In September presidential elections, incumbent Yahya Jammeh won a third term.

In Nov. 2011 presidential elections, incumbent Yahya Jammeh won 72% of the vote, Ousainou Darboe 17%, and Hamat Bah 11% with 83% voter turnout.

On the morning of Dec. 30, 2014, an attempt was made to oust President Jammeh. Nine men attacked the presidential palace in Banjul. The coup attempt was led by Lieutenant-Colonel Lamin Sanneh. Sanneh once led the countrys

He fearlessly held elected officials and leadership accountable while chiding the Black community for complacency and not doing the same.

He was a member of the Inglewood School Board; vice-president and education chair of the L.A. NAACP; a board member of Multicultural Collaborative and the Inglewood Coalition for Drug and Violence Prevention; vice-president of the A. Philip Randolph Institute; a member of the Reparations United Front; a member of the Committee to Save King Drew Medical Center; co-chair of the Black Community Clergy & Labor Alliance and so many more.

I was fortunate to work at the Sentinel during the era of seasoned journalists like Larry Aubrey (Columnist), Bob Farrell (Political Editor), Libby Clark (Food Editor), Virgie Murray (Religion Editor), Ron Dungee (Managing Editor) and Betty Pleasant (City Editor) who routinely shared the rich and colorful history that was Black Los Angeles.

Larry and the Sentinel team, under the helm of Danny Bakewell, Sr., keenly understood that the mission of Black and ethnic news outlets is to report on those stories ignored by mainstream media and to ensure that our narrative and image was not dictated by the overabundance of Black violence and criminal activity that continues to lead most other news reports.

The Black Lives Matter Global Network distanced itself Thursday from an unaffiliated activist whose comments sparked the ire of President Donald Trump, saying the activist was not speaking on behalf of the movement.

“Hawk Newsome has no relation to the Black Lives Matter Global Network,” Scales said.

Newsome is a former president of Black Lives Matter Greater New York, which is not an affiliate chapter of the global network.

Although there are many groups that use “Black Lives Matter” or “BLM” in their names, only 16 are considered affiliates of the BLM Global Network.

Reached by phone Thursday night, Newsome said Black Lives Matter Greater New York is now under the leadership of Black women.

Walmart will end its practice of locking up African-American beauty care products in glass cases, the retail giant said on Wednesday after a fresh round of criticism that the policy was a form of racial discrimination.

Hair care and beauty products sold predominantly to black people could be accessed at certain stores only by getting a Walmart employee to unlock the cases, some of which featured additional anti-theft measures.

“We’re sensitive to the issue and understand the concerns raised by our customers and members of the community and have made the decision to discontinue placing multicultural hair care and beauty products — a practice in place in about a dozen of our 4,700 stores nationwide — in locked cases,” Mr. Lopez wrote.

In 2018, a California woman sued Walmart in federal court for discrimination over the policy, saying she felt humiliated having to ask a store employee to unlock the beauty products case on three visits to the store, including to buy a comb that cost $0.48.

The woman, Essie Grundy, said she went to a Walmart in Perris, Calif., in Riverside County to buy body lotion by the beauty brand Cantu when she noticed that all of the products “targeted at African-Americans” were locked in a glass case, “from the middle of the aisle to the end.”

… campaign to spur African-American residents to register … board to oversee the African-American voter registration campaign.

… enlighten and motivate the African-American community on the importance … get involved. The African-American community is diversified …

Initiative to Include Radio Ads, Digital PSAs, Voter Outreach “Caravan” in 11 Key States Today, Black Voters Matter Fund (BVMF) announced a major voter outreach ...

Ethiopian protest singer and revered musician Hachalu Hundessa sang about love and unity, recalled his friend Amensisa Ifa, raising issues that many would not dare to raise. He addressed issues of marginalization - capturing the struggles and frustrations of his Oromo people who faced efforts by successive Ethiopian regimes to destroy the Oromoo language, exploit

Former President Barack Obama released a statement on Monday, June 1 encouraging protesters of the George Floyd murder to further their activism once they leave the streets.

Released via online publishing platform Medium, Obama touched on the ways that activists can create real change in their communities when the protesting ends.

“… the elected officials who matter most in reforming police departments and the criminal justice system work at the state and local levels,” he explained.

Obama went on to say that activists need to get specific about their demands for criminal justice and police reform, as well as find the best ways to educate their community members about what needs to be done.

Obama ended his public posting on Monday by sharing a video of George Floyd’s brother, Terrence Floyd, encouraging protesters to be nonviolent and vote.

Clarence Thomas, the famously silent jurist, tells his own life story in a new documentary, “Created Equal: Clarence Thomas in His Own Words” which makes its national television debut May 18 on PBS.

The two-hour film explores Thomas’ life, from his 1948 birth in the small town of Pin Point, Georgia, to his upbringing as a poor black kid in the segregated South, to his liberal phase in college, to his conversion to conservatism, to his rise to the nation’s highest court.

Opinion polls at the time showed a small majority of the public believed Thomas should be confirmed, which he was 52-48 in 1991; Biden, the likely Democratic nominee for president, is facing his own uncorroborated sexual allegations.

Thomas was appointed by President Ronald Reagan to be chairman of the Equal Opportunity Employment Commission and a federal judge before his Supreme Court nomination.

The film’s title reflects Thomas’ belief the courts should adhere strictly to the original intent of the founding fathers, who wrote “All men are created equal” at the start of the Declaration of Independence.

NBA star LeBron James has continually used his platform to spread awareness about issues impacting the Black community.

The nonprofit—dubbed More Than a Vote—was launched to encourage the Black community to register to vote and to spread awareness about voter suppression tactics being used throughout the country.

The collective of athletes and entertainment stars who are a part of the effort include NBA players Trae Young, Draymond Green, Udonis Haslem and Derrick Rose, retired NBA player Jalen Rose, WNBA star Skylar Diggins-Smith, NFL player Alvin Kamara, comedian Kevin Hart and others.

More Than a Vote will work in concert with other nonprofit organizations focused on voting rights to drive impact.

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With her first release since the arrival of KIKI this spring, “Dear Mr. President” reinterprets P!nk’s version as an emotionally-charged protest message that calls out first lady Melania Trump for her silence as police brutality and systemic racism plague Black people across the country.

Meant to encourage people to study past movements and to fight for the liberation of Black womxn and Black trans womxn, which according to Ric, will “lead to the liberation of all Black people,” this song and message are two things with which I wholeheartedly agree.

I couldn’t mention The Free Nationals without talking about Cheeky Andy’s new song that reflects on the ongoing global protests against police brutality.

With everything that’s been happening, I hope no one forgot that it is still both Black Music Month and Pride Month.

Never one to remain silent on issues that befall Black people across the diaspora, Wale took inspiration from protesting at the Black Lives Matter movement in D.C., and recorded The Imperfect Storm, a brand new surprise project.

Five people were left hospitalised and 20 seriously injured after Prasa security guards clashed with police in Braamfontein, Gauteng, on Tuesday.

Presidents from Somalia’s Federal Member States, FMS, are meeting today in the central town of Dhusamareb in the Galmudug region.

Reports indicate that key issues to be discussed with the federal representatives are the electoral process and relations with federal government. There has been reports of tensions between the regional leaders and the Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo led federal government in Mogadishu.

The host president, Ahmed Abdi Karie, posted on Twitter that the Consultative Meeting is for the leaders to have a unified position on national elections.

Late last month, elections commission head, Halima Ismail Ibrahim, told federal lawmakers that prevailing conditions made it impossible to hold polls. She said the earliest an election could hold in the country was in March 2021.

In her address to the lower house of parliament, she presented two options – an election based on biometric registration which would be possible in August 2021 or a manual-based registration that can be held in March 2021.

A mandate extension for the current government has been strictly rejected by the opposition with the President and his Prime Minister also recently stating their disagreement with an extension.

Somalia currently is divided into six regional states. Puntland, Galmudug, Jubaland, South West State, Hirshabelle and Somaliland. The later continues to hold itself out as an independent state, though officially it is a semi-autonomous part of Somalia.

BREAKING: Five Somali regional leaders’ meeting opens in the central town of Dhusamareb. Among the key agendas to be discussed is electoral process and relations with federal leaders as some of the regional figures expressed serious differences with pres M_Farmaajo and his govt. pic.twitter.com/tn9t1yJvEk— Harun Maruf (HarunMaruf) July 11, 2020

By JESSE L. JACKSON SR. Rainbow PUSH Coalition Aug. 6 was the 55th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act. If the constitutional amendments passed after the Civil War – the 13, 14 and 15th [...]

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Today (Sept. 17), Foot Locker, Inc. announced that it is partnering with Rock The Vote. If you can work a sneaker app, you can certainly figure out if you're registered to vote, right?

Russia has registered the world’s first COVID-19 vaccine claiming that it has been proven to offer lasting immunity from the coronavirus for up to two years. Russia registered the first COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday and is now the first nation in the world to lay claim to such a feat which brings it closer to asserting its image as a global power. Many have praised the accomplishment in the media without failing to mention the prestige that comes with being the first - before all other nations, such as the U.S., Britain and Canada who accused Russia of using hackers to steal vaccine research from Western labs, interestingly enough.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, during a government meeting that same day, stated that the vaccine is safe, has undergone proper testing and has proven efficient in offering lasting immunity from the coronavirus. “I know it has proven efficient and forms a stable immunity, and I would like to repeat that it has passed all the necessary tests. We must be grateful to those who made that first step very important for our country and the entire world,” he proclaimed.

Putin also added that one of his two adult daughters received two shots of the experiment during the trials. He explained that his daughter had a temperature of 38 degrees Celsius on the day of the first vaccine injection which then dropped to just over 37 degrees on the following day. Only for her temperature to slightly increase again after the second shot was administered and then go back to normal afterwards. “She's feeling well and has a high number of antibodies,'' the president assured.

According to the Health Ministry, the vaccine is expected to provide immunity from the virus for up to two years. Putin emphasized that vaccination will be voluntary. Russian authorities have said that medical workers, teachers and other risk groups will be the first to be inoculated. Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova shared that the vaccination of doctors could start as early as this month. Professor Alexander Gintsburg, head of the Gamaleya Institute that developed the vaccine, said that vaccination will start while the Phase 3 trials continue. He explained that initially there will be only enough doses to conduct vaccination in 10-15 of Russia's 85 regions, as sourced by the Interfax news agency). Russian officials have said that large-scale production of the vaccine will start in September, and mass vaccination may begin as early as October. Many are Doubtful

Many scientists in the country and abroad have been sceptical, however, questioning the decision to register the vaccine before Phase 3 trials that normally last for months and involve thousands of people. Human studies started June 17 among 76 volunteers. Half were injected with a vaccine in liquid form and the other half with a vaccine that came as soluble powder. Some in the first half were recruited from the military, which raised concerns that servicemen may have been pressured to partic

TAXPAYERS COULD see a huge windfall of nearly $750 million if Jamaica holds both the local government and general elections together.

The local government vote is due in November this year, while the general election is due next February.

However, with the constitutional allowance of three months post due date in special circumstances, local government elections can be held no later than next February.

Ruling parties have often used local government polls as a test of the political temperature before lining up their ducks for the general election.

There is currently no fixed date for voting in Jamaica, but general elections are constitutionally due every five years, and local government polls every three years.

One of whom is 23-year-old Elijah McClain, a Colorado man who in 2019, died days after Aurora officers used a carotid hold to restrain him, rendering him unconscious.

The petition is calling on Aurora, Colorado Mayor Mike Coffman, Adams County District Attorney Dave Young, and the Aurora Police Department to conduct a thorough investigation into McClain’s death and take the officers responsible off duty.

McClain’s tragic story started on August 24, 2019, when, according to court documents, Aurora police received a call about a suspicious man wearing a ski mask and “waving his arms” at the caller.

Three days later, McClain was lawyer said that when Elijah was accosted by police, he laid on the ground vomiting and told officers that he could not breathe.

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[Thomson Reuters Foundation] Nairobi/Garowe -- The United Nations says the law, which would allow girls to be married as soon as they reach puberty, is \"deeply flawed\"

August 6 is the 55th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act. If the constitutional amendments passed after the Civil War — the 13, 14 and 15th Amendments — were the “second founding” of democracy in America, the Voting Rights Act, which after nearly a century of segregation gave legal effect to the 15th Amendment that […]

Kenyan police killed three people when they fired at a crowd of motorcycle taxi drivers protesting against the arrest of a colleague for flouting coronavirus restrictions.

Two more people were shot dead after the crowd followed the officers back to their police station, it said.

Earlier this week, a Kenyan policeman was charged with the murder of a 13-year-old boy while enforcing the Covid-19 curfew order.

Rights activists claim that including Moyo, 19 people, all from low-income areas, have died from police enforcement of the coronavirus curfew.

In April, Human Rights Watch accused Kenyan police of imposing curfews \"in a chaotic and violent manner, from the beginning\", sometimes whipping, beating or using tear gas to force people off the streets.