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In a press conference on Monday, Cellou Diallo said he was willing to work with the junta, a major endorsement from the political class for coup leader Mamady Doumbouya
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.
Devolution Cabinet Secretary Eugene Wamalwa told a press conference 810,665 people across the country were now affected by floods up from 808,000.
Wamalwa said that families in more than 33 counties affected will continue to receive relief food through the month of June amid projections of more rains in Western, Nyanza, Lake Basin and Coast as well as parts of Rift Valley region.
\"Relief food will continue being supplied to families into June until rains stop.
After June, there will be the critical part of supporting and rehabilitating families, most of these families don't have homes and are living in tents,\" he said.
\"We will be able to work with counties, identify families affected so that after rains stop, we will see how to restore normalcy,\" CS Wamalwa.
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The Minneapolis Police Department has fired four officers it says were involved in the death of an unarmed Black man accused of forgery.
While none of the officers were identified by the department, the Minneapolis Star Tribune revealed that the main officer who was seen kneeling on the neck of George Floyd as he explained he couldn’t breathe is named Derek Chauvin.
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The name of the police officer in Minneapolis who was seen on a viral video apparently kneeling on a Black man’s neck until he died has been identified.
A report in the Minneapolis Star Tribune revealed that the officer’s name is Derek Chauvin, according to “two sources familiar with the investigation.”
However, Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo announced during a press conference Tuesday morning that both of the officers involved in Floyd’s death were on “relieved of duty status,” which reportedly differs from the standard protocol of placing cops on administrative leave following the death of a suspect.
With extended closures over the holiday, suggested alternatives for a fun and safe Memorial Day weekend
The Forest Preserves of Cook County is asking patrons and visitors to spend the upcoming Memorial Day at Home.
This year, with health and safety guidelines to limit the spread of COVID-19, the Forest Preserves urges people to make Memorial Day memorable at home.
We hope that with Memorial Day at Home, our patrons will find other creative ways to honor the fallen and to be with family,” said Arnold Randall, the General Superintendent of the Forest Preserves of Cook County.
For Memorial Day weekend, the Forest Preserves is adding two preserves to the list of six sites that have weekend parking closures to limit the size of crowds: Dan Ryan Woods and Schiller Woods.
The Forest Preserves is also extending the weekend parking closures to Memorial Day itself at Busse Woods, Maple Lake, Saganashkee Slough, Catherine Chevalier Woods, LaBagh Woods and Bunker Hill.
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 pandemic.
“I reiterate my thanks to the Munro College Old Boys Association (MCOBA) and the individual year groups, as well as the trust chairman… This idea came about from before COVID-19 [reached Jamaica].
Speaking during a presentation of tablets and laptops on Tuesday at the education ministry's regional office in Mandeville, Smith detailed that in September, for the new school year, all students will be required to have a digital device for learning.
The school will work closely with our old boys' association to purchase ahead, and the parents will pay back the money for those tablets and those tablets would become that of the child,” Smith said.
Regional director for the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information in Region Five — Manchester and St Elizabeth — Dr Nadine Leachman commended the association and the school's principal for the ongoing initiative.
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Global African History Timelines: To 1800
Global African American History Timelines:
To 1800
After 1801
This timeline covers all the events not listed on the African American History or African American History in the West timelines.
Year Events SubjectCountryEra
5-2.5 million BCE Skeletal remains uncovered suggest the Rift Valley in East Africa is home to the earliest human ancestors. 00-01 Early Human Ancestors
Ethiopia
1492-1600
4-2.7 million BCE Hominid species Australopithicus afarensis lived in the Hadar region of Ethiopia, including Lucy, the famous skeletal remains found in 1974. 00-01a Early Human Ancestors
600,000 to 200,000 BCE Period of migration across the African continent and out of Africa to Asia and Europe. Fire is first used during this period. 00-01aa African Migration
n.a.
6000-4000 BCE Spread of agriculture across Africa. River societies emerge along the Nile, Niger, and Congo Rivers. 00-01ab African Migration
5000 BCE (ca.) Egyptian agriculturalists develop irrigation and animal husbandry to transform the lower Nile Valley. The rise in the food supply generates a rapidly increasing population. Agricultural surpluses and growing wealth allow specialization including glass making, pottery, metallurgy, weaving, woodworking, leather making, and masonry. 00-02 Ancient Egypt
Egypt
4500 BCE (ca.) Egyptians begin using burial texts to accompany their dead into the afterlife. This is the first evidence of written texts anywhere in the world. 00-03 Ancient Egypt
4000 BCE (ca.) Egypt emerges as a centralized state and flourishing civilization. 00-04 Ancient Egypt
2700-1087 BCE (ca.) Period of the Old Kingdom, Middle Kingdom, and New Kingdom of Ancient Egypt and Northeastern Africa. 00-05 Ancient Egypt
2500 BCE (ca.) Other civilizations emerge in Mesopotamia, northern China,
