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by Kimberly Durden, Contributing Writer, Chicago Defender For many, 2020 was to be the year of clear vision and focus. Entrepreneurs planned for this year to be their greatest year yet. People made goals to live their best life: obtaining better overall health and wellness, traveling more, taking more risks, earning more money, etc. But … Continued
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Many people have been killed since clashes began on Monday. Scores too had been killed in the run up to the vote as protestors marched against Conde's bid for a third term.
Actor Lil Rey Howery announced this week that he would be teaming up with journalist and entrepreneur, DeShuna Spencer of KweliTv to come on board as the streaming platform's new head of comedy.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s and Democratic rival Joe Biden’s campaigns are assembling armies of powerful lawyers for the... View Article
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Prime Minister Mia Mottley sent out a statement just after 6 p.m., informing the country she was fine and taking part in her weekly Zoom Cabinet meeting.
Voters in Seychelles are casting their ballots in the presidential and parliamentary elections spanning three days.
Saturday was the main and last day of voting. The exercise had opened on Thursday for voters on fringe islands and essential workers such as hospital staff in the Indian Ocean island country.
74,600 people are eligible to vote.
Most of the Indian Ocean islands making up the Seychelles, a prized honeymoon destination famed for white beaches and lush vegetation, are uninhabited and the archipelago's 98,000 residents mainly live on the islands of Mahe, Praslin and La Digue.
The opposition is hoping to unseat incumbent president Danny Faure, in power since 2016. Faure was not elected but took over after his boss, James Michel, resigned as president.
Faure is running under the United Seychelles party, which has been in power since 1977.
His main rival is the Anglican priest Wavel Ramkalawan, who is taking his sixth shot at the presidency and lost by only 193 votes to Michel in an unprecedented second round of voting in 2015.
Virus and economy
The main concern of voters is the economic situation in the country, which has suffered the loss of vital tourism -- its main earner -- because of the coronavirus pandemic.
The Seychelles has recorded only 149 mostly imported cases, but the virus has been a key campaign issue, with the health minister banning election rallies which would have been a barometer of support for various candidates in a country without a polling institute.
The campaign has mainly happened over social media, where the opposition and its supporters are the most active, and on television where the country held its first ever debates between the candidates, which proved extremely popular.
Since the start of the pandemic, the economy has slowed significantly, with some 700 Seychellois losing their jobs, according to government figures.
And while average income is among the highest in Africa, the national statistics agency says that about 40 percent of Seychellois live in poverty because of the high cost of living.
Another key theme of the campaign has been corruption, a largely taboo topic in the tiny country where business and politics are often intertwined.
Good morning, California. It's Friday, October 23. Court rules against Uber, Lyft Image via iStock The stakes in the battle over Prop. 22 just got a lot higher. Uber and Lyft must reclassify their independent contractor drivers as full-fledged employees by late January, a California appeals court ruled Thursday - a decision voters could throw […]
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NORTH SACRAMENTO - Sacramento City Councilman Allen Wayne Warren says he is publically reaffirming his commitment to serve the people of City Council District 2. Warren,who is campaigning for reelection, says he remains a faithful servant to his community and believes strongly that much work remains to be done. When 9-year-old Makaylah Brent was shot […]
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Chelsea Handler used to consider 50 Cent her 'favorite ex-boyfriend' but after the rapper spoke up this week about his possible... View Article
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Two Broiler units, which will see the Department of Correctional Services (DCS) becoming more self-sufficient in food production and result in major cost savings, were officially commissioned into service on Thursday. This was done at the Tamarind...
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As the country continues to experience persistent rainfall, the National Works Agency (NWA) is warning motorists that driving conditions along several roadways may become an issue.\tAccording to NWA Communication and Customer Services Manager,...
[Ghanaian Times] The World Bank Group (WBG) will continue to support African governments' efforts to ensure fast recovery from the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, Country Director for the World Bank, Pierre Laporte, has said.
[New Times] Rwanda's economy will grow by 2 per cent in 2020 before rebounding back to strong growth rates next year, the International Monetary Fund has noted.
Getting counted in the 2020 Census was a critical democratic process. Census data not only affects whether our schools are overcrowded and our neighborhoods get their fair share of resources; […]
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Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot today joined Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH) Commissioner Allison Arwady, M.D., and Business Affairs and Consumer Protection (BACP) Commissioner Rosa Escareno to announce a re-tightening of COVID-19 restrictions in response to a recent, rapid rise in cases and hospitalizations over the past two weeks. Beginning Friday, October 23rd at 6:00 … Continued
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A grieving family is demanding answers and justice after a 19-year-old Black man was fatally shot by a police officer in Waukegan, Ill.—a suburb ofChicago—during a traffic stop on Tuesday. The officer shot both the driver and passenger of the car involved in the stop. […]
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A biopic on celebrated Sri Lankan Tamil cricketer, Muttiah Muralitharan, is now entangled in controversy after lead Indian actor Vijay Sethupathi dropped out on Oct. 19. Sethupathi announced his exit from the film '800' on [...]
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The Court Administration Division is reporting that the Hanover Family Court will be closed today due to cases of COVID-19.\tIt says the closure is to allow the court time to effect changes to its operation as a result of positive COVID-19 tests....
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 23 October 2020: Yesterday Thursday, president Dr Julius Maada Bio commissioned four inshore patrol boats at the White Man’s Bay Navy Headquarters in Murray Town, Freetown. Speaking at the ceremony to mark the occasion, Commander of the Maritime Wing, Captain Navy Philip Juana, said that the role of the Navy is to…
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VIGO, Spain - A couple who left their careers behind in Argentina to move to Spain didn't know how bad things were until they found a new life. The story of Veronica Kleiman and her [...]
www.blackdoctor.org By Dr. Phillip Gould As if being in the coronavirus pandemic was enough, we are coming out of the allergy season, and into flu season. All of which have some of the same symptoms. While it was initially thought that getting the flu and contracting the coronavirus COVID-19 were separate, now it appears […]
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The world must act now to reverse the situation in Africa’s central Sahel region, where humanitarian needs are at “a breaking point”, UN Secretary-General António Guterres told a high-level conference on Tuesday to address the burgeoning crisis.
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Alicia Garza says she was notified by the FBI about a possible violent plot by white supremacists targeting her.
AN increase in the number of novel coronavirus cases has prompted the Government to place the areas of Rae Town in Kingston and Cornwall Courts in St James under 'special area curfew', the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) announced yesterday.The curfew, which took effect at 6:00 pm yesterday, will remain in effect until 5:00 am on November 6, 2020, the OPM said in a release.
The 16-year-old white teen who was charged with plotting to kill Black churchgoers in Georgia was sentenced to four years in juvenile detention on Thursday.
