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Jones, Anthony “Van” (1968- )
Van Jones is a social-environmental activist and the Obama administration’s former “Green Czar.” He was born in 1968 in Jackson, Tennessee. His mother and father were a high school teacher and junior-high principal respectively. While growing up, Jones was a stereotypical
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Tanzania: Cloud Hangs Over Tanzania's COVID-19 Data Updates
Dar es Salaam — The release of Covid-19 official statistics has remained a mystery for nearly a month despite a promise by Health minister Ummy Mwalimu who said the government would resume updating the public on the disease's trends after the rehabilitation of the National Health
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Africa: At Least 80 Million Children Under One at Risk of Diseases Such as Diphtheria, Measles and Polio as COVID-19 Disrupts Routine Vaccination Efforts, Warn Gavi, WHO and UNICEF
This stark warning comes from the World Health Organization, UNICEF and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance ahead of the Global Vaccine Summit on 4 June, at which world leaders will come together to help maintain immunization programmes and mitigate the impact of the pandemic in lower-income
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Los Angeles Director of Public Health Links Murder of George Floyd to Injustice Seen Within the Black Community Facing COVID-19
Los Angeles Director of Public Health Links Murder of George Floyd to Injustice Seen Within the Black Community Facing COVID-19
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Africa: Why More Must Be Done to Fight Bogus COVID-19 Cure Claims
Fake and bogus cure claims are a longstanding, but neglected public health
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Portrait of Black Chicago
The captions are John White`s own, written some time after he took his photographs. In some cases White used virtually the same caption for several
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Angola: COVID-19 - No Positive Case in 24 Hours
Luanda — Angola?s 45 positive cases of covid-19 remain unchanged in the last 24 hours, the secretary of State for Public Health
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Cameroon: South West - COVID-19 Testing Centres Now Available
Alim Hayatou, Secretary of State in the Ministry of Public Health in charge of Epidemics and Pandemics inspected the facilities last
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Tufton, health team welcome tighter holiday curfew hours
MINISTER of Health and Wellness Dr Christopher Tufton says he and his public health team welcome the weekend curfew hours as an opportunity to control the spread of the novel coronavirus
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Zimbabwe: ZCTU Drags Govt to Court Over COVID-19 Regulations
The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has dragged government to court over perceived illegalities contained in various Statutory Instruments (SIs) outlining Covid-19 lockdown
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Africa: WHO Urges Caution as Countries in Africa Ease Lockdowns
Many countries implemented lockdowns and key public health measures early and these appear to have helped slow down the spread of the
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Libya
On Sept. 11, 2012, militants armed with anti-aircraft weapons and rocket-propelled grenades fired on the American consulate in Benghazi, killing U.S. ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens and three other embassy officials. Stevens was a widely praised diplomat and an advocate for the opposition
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Black Lawmakers in Virginia Urge Northam to Reconsider Friday Reopening
The Virginia Legislative Black Caucus has asked Gov. Ralph Northam to refrain from reopening most of the state on Friday amid the coronavirus pandemic, saying that such a premature move would make Black and brown Virginians "guinea pigs for our
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Texans are conflicted between economic risks and pandemic fears
Some may have thought Texans would pour out of their homes when Gov. Greg Abbott announced that his stay-at-home order would expire on schedule, allowing restaurants, movie theaters and malls to begin reopening at reduced
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Mauritius: How Mauritius' Unique Political Culture Helped It Beat COVID-19
The World Health Organisation (WHO) had estimated that Mauritius had the highest risk of exposure in Africa and would have the second highest rate of
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300 Tested for COVID-19 Doctors Consortium Sets up at Masjidullah Philadelphia | Muslim Journal
PHILADELPHIA, Penn. – The Black Doctors COVID-19 Consortium offered free coronavirus testing at Masjidullah on Tues., May 5, 2020, marking the first time the group has organized an effort at an Islamic house of
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Kenya: KNUT, UASU Want Schools to Remain Shut Until September
Kenya National Union of Teachers (Knut) and Universities Academic Staff Union (Uasu) are proposing schools to remain closed until September
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Tourists land in Tanzania as hotels, firms and schools resume
Plane loads of tourists aboard Ethiopian, KLM and Turkish airlines are expected to land in Tanzania in the next one week, marking a critical milestone in the on-going re-opening of the country’s economy following nearly two months of
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Poll: US Believers See Message of Change From God in Virus | Afro
The poll found that 31% of Americans who believe in God feel strongly that the virus is a sign of God telling humanity to change, with the same number feeling that
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Op-Ed: A Hard ‘No’ to a Soft Opening | Afro
When the governor established a statewide stay-at-home order, this signaled to many that he was making an effort to put people and public health before
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Tivoli incursion - ten years on | Woman: I witnessed point-blank murders
The bloody firefights of May 24-26, 2010, triggered the collapse of the Coke dynasty that held Tivoli Gardens in its grip for more than two
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TEXAS RAMPS UP COVID-19 TESTING
Governor Abbott, CVS Health Announce 44 New COVID-19 Drive-Thru Test Sites In Texas
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Counties Statewide Can Reopen Places of Worship for Religious Services and Retail Stores
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CBC to Host First All Digital Legislative Conference – Free Press of Jacksonville
Attracting more than 30,000 people to Washington, DC each year, the Annual Legislative Conference (ALC) is CBCF’s leading public policy convening on issues impacting African Americans and the global black
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‘Shoot Those Motherf----ers’: NYPD Investigating After Police Scanner Audio Exposes Desire to Commit Violence Against Protesters
Initially, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio empathized with and defended the
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CBC Legislative Conference to Go Virtual this Year | Afro
Amid Covid-19 concerns, the Congressional Black Foundation recently announced its Annual Legislative Conference would be conducted online this
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Dr. Kelvin Baggett named as COVID-19 health and health care access czar
Mayor Eric Johnson named Dr. Kelvin Baggett as the new city of Dallas COVID-19 health and health care access
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Nation’s Capital Set To Begin A Gradual Reopening On Friday
WASHINGTON (AP) — Mayor Muriel Bowser says the nation’s capital will begin a gradual reopening Friday, even as she warns that it probably will result in will be permitted to seat guests outdoors, barbers and hair salons will open and nonessential businesses will be allowed to offer curbside or
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