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July 13: Shirley Chisholm Finished Bid to be the First Black Presidential Nominee in 1972
By Victor Trammell Photo credits: Charles GorryCredit:AP On this exact day forty-eight years ago, Black American history was made by a woman who will forever be known as a trailblazer that paved the way for her race and gender in politics. By the time the Democratic National Convention went down on
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Covid-19 reaches 'doorstep of the judiciary' - Eastern Cape judge dies after testing positive | News24
Eastern Cape High Court Judge Patrick Jaji has died of Covid-19, the Office of the Chief Justice said on Monday.
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Madagascar COVID-19: Two lawmakers succumb, 25 others infected | Africanews
July 13: Two lawmakers succumb, 25 others infected
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Dad stunned after 19-y-o killed | Lead Stories | Ja
Keith Austin was returning home Monday afternoon after a failed quest to obtain work having earlier been overtaken by “bad feeling” – Jamaican vernacular for ominous unease. Austin had barely alighted from the bicycle he had ridden to Waltham Park...
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Growth & Jobs | Embracing the new norm - Small and medium tourism enterprises hopeful about reopening of sector
Kemilee McLymont-Campbell and her husband, Peter, operators of the 75-room Golf View Hotel in Mandeville, Manchester, are hopeful that the reopening of the tourism sector will bring about an improvement in their current fortunes. McLymont-Campbell...
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SA faced with double storm of Covid-19 and hunger, warns Zulu | News24
"We need to respond as quickly as we possibly can, we need to be agile. The storm is here and there isn’t time," she said.
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Decision to criminalise the non-wearing of masks not an easy one - Lamola | News24
Ronald Lamola says the government had been reluctant to criminalise the non-compliance of wearing masks, but has been left with no choice due to irresponsible behaviour.
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Texas A&M System to analyze racial profiling data from police stops - DefenderNetwork.com
Tarleton State University’s Dr. Alex del Carmen will lead scholars and academicians from across the Texas AM University System to analyze data racial profiling reported by law enforcement agencies. It will be the first comprehensive study of traffic stop data from Texas law enforcement in
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State violence, a crisis of legitimacy, and the path to true public safety - African American News Today - EIN News
has done exactly that to Black Americans. Slavery was violence. Reinstituting slavery by, and soaked in racism. Black Americans have always known that. White trust is measured or conceived, African Americans, particularly those who are poor
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TPDCo diversifying - Tourism company provides recreational park for Havendale residents
Providing a well-needed resource for residents of Roehampton in Havendale, St Andrew and the surrounding communities, the Tourism Product Development Company Limited (TPDCo), as part of its Spruce Up Jamaica Programme, has added another project...
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Mali political crisis: ruling party offices ransacked, social media restricted | Africanews
July 12: Mali ruling party offices ransacked
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Political violence in Kono – former vice president Sam Sumana attacked
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 13 July 2020: Political violence reared its ugly head in Kono, eastern province of Sierra Leone last Saturday, at the funeral ceremony of the late paramount chief Abu Mbawa Kongorba, when groups loyal to the ruling SLPP party clashed with the security staff of the former
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Factories risk fine for illegal tea buying
Tea factories risk Sh10 million fine for buying and ferrying produce from unregistered small-scale growers in a proposed law that seeks to weed out hawking.
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Analysis: Florida's virus record exemplifies growing disaster of early state openings - L.A. Focus Newspaper
The Sunshine State recorded more than 15,000 new infections on Sunday -- the highest number of new cases in a single day by any state -- as the pandemic raged across southern and western heartlands including Texas, Georgia and Arizona. The surge came two months after many states, disregarding
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Data News Weekly Endorsements - New Orleans Data News Weekly
Joe Biden: Democratic Presidential Primary In the race for the Democratic Party Candidate for President, while the Preemptive nominee is Vice-President Joe Biden, we are endorsing his candidacy now as we will in November when
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China is winning the trillion-dollar 5G war - TechCentral
China is building tens of thousands of 5G base stations every week. Whether it wins technological dominance or not, domestic supply chains may be revived and allow the country to maintain – and advance — its position as the factory floor of the world, even as Covid-19 forces a rethink in how
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Potato farmers bank on Sh100m storage facility
Potato farmers in Meru County have been incurring heavy post-harvest losses of up to 30 percent of their production due to lack of storage facilities.
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Somalia not ready for 'one person - one vote' poll: regional presidents | Africanews
July 13: Somalia regional presidents reject term extension
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FITUG says Lowenfield must be removed, electoral process concluded - Stabroek News
The Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Guyana (FITUG) yesterday said that the antics of the Chief Election Officer, Keith Lowenfield have demonstrated beyond a shadow of a doubt that he cannot be expected to discharge his functions in an impartial and fair
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A tragic figure with a gentle soul: Tributes pour in for Zindzi Mandela | News24
Human Settlements Minister Lindiwe Sisulu has paid tribute to Zindzi Mandela, saying she was full of life.
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Lowenfield likely on the firing line today - Stabroek News
With the certifying of the outcome of the March 2nd polls still hanging in the balance, the stage is set when GECOM  meets this morning  for the firing of Chief Election Officer (CEO)  Keith Lowenfield who has thrice defied instructions by the Chairperson, Justice Retired Claudette Singh to present
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
AMHVoices: Is Zimbabwe a collapsed or failed State?
STATE failure can occur in many dimensions such as security, economic development, political representation, income distribution and so on. By Concerned Reader Zimbabwe seems to be both a failed and a collapsed State, where the government fails to provide basic commodities to its citizens. There is
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South Africa mulls return to restrictions, as COVID-19 surges
(AP): Confronted by surging hospitalisations due to COVID-19, South Africa is considering a return to tighter restrictions to combat the disease, which officials say may soon overwhelm the country's health system. President Cyril Ramaphosa has...
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Gov’t to deliver 100 houses for the indigent
Minister of Local Government and Community Development Desmond McKenzie says the Government will be delivering some 100 indigent housing solutions in 12 months for persons in need across the island. He informed that over the last year, 32 houses...
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President Cyril Ramaphosa pays tribute to the late Zindzi Mandela
Ramaphosa has paid homage to the late Zindzi Mandela. She sadly passed away on Monday morning, in a Johannesburg hospital at the age of 59.
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Video Of Pennsylvania Cop Putting Knee On Man's Neck Sparks Protest
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Commentary Bishop Frank Rush, Ray Hunt JoAnne Valley Rush I applaud your response. Things are not good now in race relations in this country. And though these acts of horrific racism are not new, the “promise” of change seems to keep eluding those who face it daily. Can you imagine many Moms
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July 31: West to spread COVID-19 using canisters
DEFENCE deputy minister and Zanu PF national commissar Victor Matemadanda has claimed that the planned July 31 protests against government were being funded by the West with the intention of spreading the deadly COVID-19 in the country. BY EVERSON MUSHAVA Civic groups and opposition political
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A Sweet Tooth, Some Bad Math, and a Pair of Red Underwear: An Explanation of Persistent Ethnic Voting and Two Party Dominance in Guyana (Part 1) - Stabroek News
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Several Jamaicans contract COVID-19 at Florida birthday party - Community also shaken by passing of prominent social worker ‘DC’
The Jamaican community in West Palm Beach, Florida, is in mourning following news of the passing of community activist and businessman Norman Perkins, affectionately known as ‘DC’ even as reports swirl of several Jamaicans contracting the virus at...
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