Kenya: CoG Hints At Possibility for Devolution Conference in October

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Kenya: CoG Hints At Possibility for Devolution Conference in October

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The Council of Governors (CoG) has hinted at the possibility of holding this year's Devolution Conference which has been postponed twice in October.

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Kenya: Local Football Games in Disarray Over Suspension

[Nation] Uncertainty has rocked the local football calendar after the government suspended sporting activities in western Kenya region for 30 days in a bid to curb the escalating cases of Covid-19.

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Tufton: Building delays at CRH should serve as a teachable moment

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr Christopher Tufton, says that the building delays at the Cornwall Regional Hospital (CRH) in St James, should serve as a teachable moment, as the government embarks on the construction and rehabilitation of other...

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Poor People's Campaign

Martin Luther King, Jr. announced plans for Poor Peoples Campaign in Washington. He said he would lead a massive civil disobedience campaign in the capital to pressure the government to provide jobs and income for all Americans. He told a press conference that an army of poor white, poor Blacks and

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4

1968

First International Conference

First international conference of Black writes and artists met at the Sorbonne in Paris.

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19

1956

Kenya: Covid-19 - Kenya Records 376 New Cases, 910 Recoveries

[Nation] Kenya has recorded 376 new Covid-19 infections from a sample size of 3,831 tested in the last 24 hours.

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Sri Lanka to Allow Air Arrivals from Russia, China This Month | The Florida Star | The Georgia Star

COLOMBO - Sri Lanka next week will open its international borders for limited air travel for the first time since the island nation went into lockdown in March. Further openings are under consideration for January 2021. 'We are expecting limited passenger flights from Russia and China to land in

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Berlin Conference of 1884-1885 to Divide Africa

The Berlin Conference was Africas undoing in more ways than one. The colonial powers superimposed their domains on the African continent. By the time independence returned to Africa in 1950, the realm had acquired a legacy of political fragmentation that could neither be eliminated nor made to

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Kenya: How Kisumu Turned the Tide On Covid-19 Using Technology

[Nation] Kisumu County has been flagged as a Covid-19 hotspot in recent months and this has proved to be a huge task for local authorities in containing the situation.

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Sinde, Yalonda (1963- )

Yalonda Sinde was born in Seattle Washington to working-class parents. Her father was a steward with Amtrak for many years and her late mother was a hairdresser. She is the oldest of three sisters. Sinde’s father inspired much of her activism. “Watching what my father endured as a black

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Kenya: Covid-19 Rallies - How Leaders Are Fuelling Infections Surge

[Nation] Politicians, led by Deputy President William Ruto and ODM leader Raila Odinga, continue to blatantly disregard the ban on political gatherings amid Covid-19 spike in the country.

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Kenya Covid: 335 new infections, as 340 patients recover

What you need to know: From the new cases, 307 are Kenyans while 28 are foreigners, with 233 being male and 102 female. The youngest case is of a one- year-old infant while the oldest is 94. The Ministry of Health has announced 335 new Covid-19 infections in the last 24 hours from 5,424 samples

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Black Power Conference

More than one thousand persons attended the first Black Power Conference in Newark, New Jersey.

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Jul

20

1967

Kenya Records 719 New Covid-19 Cases As 10 More Succumb

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The Ministry of Health has announced 719 more coronavirus cases picked from 4,732 samples which were tested on Saturday.

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Educator Joseph Charles Price was born

Few Individuals have made the impact on their times or left the legacy to their beneficiaries as did Joseph Charles Price, founder and first president of Livingstone

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1854

Pan-African Congress

W.E.B. DuBois convened the first Pan-African Congress, the first world conference for blacks, in Paris in 1919.

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1919

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), organization composed mainly of American blacks, but with many white members, whose goal is the end of racial discrimination and

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21 die of Covid-19 as 1,863 recover

On Saturday, some 840 people have also tested positive for Covid-19, from 8,129 samples conducted in the last 24 hours.

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At a New York City conference, representatives of

At a New York City conference, representatives of the NAACP and the American Fund for Public Service planned a coordinated legal campaign against segregation and discrimination. Charles H. Houston, Vice-dean of the Howard University Law School, was named director of the NAACP legal campaign.

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1934

Malawi Govt Bails Out Students Stranded Abroad Due to COVID-19 Lockdown

Government has swiftly come to the rescue of 300 students abroad who were caught in Covid-19 lockdown in various

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Chaos looms at schools: Minister

THE reopening of schools for the last batch of pupils next week might be chaotic, with Primary and Secondary Education deputy minister Edgar Moyo yesterday admitting that they don’t have enough teachers to cater for such huge volumes. BY BLESSED MHLANGA/MOSES MUGUGUNYEKI Schools are expected to

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Maryann Bishop Coffey

Maryann Bishop Coffey is named the first woman and the first African American co-chair of the National Conference of Christians and Jews

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Apr

26

1991

'It's Eskom's fault' - Umzinyathi mayor after protesters dig up road over lack of electricity, water | News24

Umzinyathi Mayor Petros Mthandeni Ngubane has condemned the damaging of roads following a protest over service delivery in eBhovini, between Pomeroy and Dundee.

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Ghana: Report Evidence of Rigging to Police - NIA to NDC

The National Identification Authority (NIA) has asked the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to report the state agency to the police if the party has any evidence to back its election rigging allegations made against the Authority on Thursday, 14 May

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DPNR to Hold Annual Commercial Fisher Registration, July 12-16

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DPNR to Hold Annual Commercial Fisher Registration, July 12-16

All commercial fishers are strongly encouraged to register during this period in their respective districts.

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My Day: Infrastructure Waltz | The Florida Star | The Georgia Star

Infrastructure where? Who is your partner? Where do you start? How do you balance greenhouse gas emissions, climate change and clean energy? What else was on the agenda at the G7 club of rich nation’s conference in Stockholm? Are we considering regular trains, high speed rail, more triple-decked

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DR Congo to launch vaccine 'awareness campaign' | News24

The Democratic Republic of Congo will launch a vaccine awareness campaign next week, the authorities said, as an anti-Covid immunisation plan moved cautiously ahead.

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Marcelle Fenton, the force unmatched (Part I)

While children from other households would eagerly welcome toys as gifts, Fenton and her siblings were excited to be gifted with

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Guyana, US security pact to reel in illegal fishing - Stabroek News

A defence partnership agreement was signed yesterday between Guyana and the United States and it is expected to ensure increased safeguards against illegal fishing in this country’s waters. The article Guyana, US security pact to reel in illegal fishing appeared first on Stabroek News.

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Kenya: New Cases of Covid-19 as 17 Patients Succumb

[Nation] The number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in Kenya has risen to 83,618 following 302 new positive tests from 3,038 samples, the Ministry of Health has reported.

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