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Kenya: Raila Odinga Crafts New Team for 2022 Presidential Bid

[Nation] Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) leader Raila Odinga has created new centres of power ahead of the announcement next month of his intention to contest the presidency in 2022.

Source: allAfrica.com

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South Africa Ranks Fifth in Global Covid-19 Infection Rates, Says Minister Dlamini-Zuma

[Parliament of South Africa] On which side of the tracks one was born has largely determined one's resilience and survival during the Covid-19 pandemic. And while technology can provide an answer to safe and accessible education, the digital divide has reinforced existing social and economic

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Source: allAfrica.com

Schools reopening: Motshekga awaits Cabinet approval for 'consensus position' | News24

A "consensus position" on whether schools should open or close as Covid-19 infections continue to rise will be provided as soon as Cabinet approves it.

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Source: https://www.news24.com

Opinion: How Can Working Parents Still Teach Their Kids at Home Fall? – Observer News Group

Last Friday, Gov. Newsom held a press briefing to announce his “Pandemic Plan for Learning and Safe Schools.” Although his plan offers clear guidance on when and how schools should reopen, it doesn’t answer some pressing questions.

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Source: Observer News Group – Group Newspapers of Southern California

House votes to remove Confederate statues - L.A. Focus Newspaper

The bill requires the removal of statues of individuals who voluntarily served the Confederacy from display in the Capitol complex, and it would force states to replace such statues in the National Statuary Hall Collection. It would also get rid of three statues of men who defended

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Source: La Focus Newspaper

John Lewis’ Fight for Equality Was Never Limited to Just the United States

… reminded activists that the challenges Black Americans encountered were inextricably linked to … Pittsburgh and President of the African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS). She …

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Source: TIME

Uganda: Sale of Orient Bank Awaits Bou Approval

[Monitor] Orient Bank Ltd, established in 1993, is one of the commercial banks regulated by BoU.

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Source: allAfrica.com

Kenya: Controversial Priest Emannuel Milingo Names Successor

[Nation] Excommunicated Roman Catholic priest Emmanuel Milingo has named a Kenyan, Archbishop Peter Joseph Kaloki Ndambuki, as his successor.

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Source: allAfrica.com

Hotels to get cheap loans in Sh10bn credit scheme

Kenya has lost Sh80 billion so far in tourism revenue, about half of last year’s total, due to the coronavirus crisis, Mr Balala said earlier.

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Source: Business Daily

Uganda: Diaspora, Prisoners to Vote in 2026 Polls

[Monitor] The Electoral Commission (EC) has consented to consider prisoners and Ugandans in diaspora to vote in 2026 and not the forthcoming elections that are five months away.

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Source: allAfrica.com

OAS member states call on Granger administration to allow peaceful transition - Stabroek News

Members of the Organisation of the American States (OAS) this afternoon called for the David Granger administration to allow a peaceful transition of power in Guyana even as government representatives maintained that the process is still to be completed and the declaration by the GECOM Chair will

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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper

Co-op to pump more capital into Jamii Bora after buyout

Co-op Bank’s support of Jamii Bora will mirror KCB’s funding of its newly-acquired subsidiary National Bank of Kenya (NBK) which is operating as a stand-alone business.

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Source: Business Daily

Covid-19: Higher education academic year likely to end in March 2021, says Nzimande | News24

Minister of Higher Education, Science and Technology Blade Nzimande told the National Council of Provinces that his department's budget will be cut with just shy of R10 billion.

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Source: https://www.news24.com

NJERU: Adopt innovative housing concepts as sector reboots

Public health restrictions, including lockdown to contain the pandemic, stalled the construction sector.

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Source: Business Daily

Stranded pooch saved after NSRI swimmer talks it off a rocky ledge with 'soothing' words | News24

The dog was trapped on a rock about 30 meters off-shore at Harmony Park Resort.

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John Lewis: Civil Rights Lion Gets into Good Trouble in Dawn Porter Documentary - Black Voice News

As long as I have breath in my body, I will do what I can. – Congressman John Lewis Congressman John Lewis is known and revered worldwide for his social justice activism as a young man during the modern Civil Rights movement which sparked large scale civic and social change in America. Many have

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Source: Black Voice News | The Voice of the Black Community in California

Uganda's Museveni Seeks to Extend Rule to Four Decades

[East African] Uganda's long-serving President Yoweri Museveni has confirmed he will be seeking to extend his rule to four decades after he picked up nomination papers on Monday.

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Source: allAfrica.com

Roger B. Taney: Chief Justice who authored decision not to make African Americans citizens

The House of Representatives debated a plan Wednesday to remove four statues of historical figures from the Captiol who “voluntarily served the Confederate States of America.”

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Latinos must have proportionate representation on the California Citizens Redistricting Commission - Black Voice News

In summary We need the redistricting commission to combat gerrymandering and to fairly draw boundaries so diverse communities can elect candidates of their choice. By Luis A. Alejo and Luis A. Alejo, a former State Assemblymember and chair of the Latino Legislative Caucus 2014-16, is a Democrat and

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Source: Black Voice News | The Voice of the Black Community in California

Uganda: Parliament Tasks Government to Bail Out Teachers

[Monitor] Parliament has asked the government to table an action plan to help teachers from private schools during the lockdown as the President had directed.

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Source: allAfrica.com

#PrayForKanye: Here's What You Missed From Kanye West’s Twitter Rant

After a wild news cycle on Monday following his first presidential campaign rally in South Carolina, Kanye West took to Twitter with a sporadic tweet and delete series of statuses that started with posting a YouTube link to Michael Jackson’s ‘Black or White’ music video followed by screenshots of

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Coronavirus Update: Another Round of Stimulus Checks to Americans May Be on the Way

On Tuesday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell revealed that Senate Republicans plan to support the direct payments in their next coronavirus relief proposal. House Democrats also met with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin to push for more extra unemployment benefits due to expire at the end of

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Will Biden Really Pick A Black Woman Running Mate? It Looks Increasingly Doubtful | The Oklahoma Eagle

www.newsone.com By Bruce C.T. Wright Joe Biden has been allowed to fly below most folks’ political radars as the pandemic consumes too many aspects of daily life. But the presumptive Democratic nominee’s apparent grace period was rapidly running out as the clock ticks toward his self-imposed

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Zambia: Govt Asks China to Cancel Its Debt

[East African] Lusaka -- Zambian President Edgar Lungu has asked Chinese President Xi Jinping for some "debt relief and cancellation" in a telephone conversation between the two leaders.

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Source: allAfrica.com

House begs senators to debate motions

Some senators yesterday had to be begged to contribute to debate by Senate president Mabel Chinomona and later by acting president Chief Fortune Charumbira after they remained mum on most of the motions on the Senate Order Paper. BY VENERANDA LANGA Some of the motions that were before Senate

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Even once a treatment is approved, there's still the problem of how to get it to people fast - L.A. Focus Newspaper

"It will allow the public to know it's transparent, it's not political," said Dr. Victor Dzau, the academy's president who told Collins that his organization was up to the task. "The American public will want to know how are you making that decision? Why am I not getting it

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Source: La Focus Newspaper

Blacks in California Split Over Vote That Could Raise Some Property Taxes - Voice and Viewpoint

Antonio Ray Harvey | California Black Media Proposition 15, the “Tax on Commercial and Industrial Properties for Education and Local Government Funding Initiative,” is on the Nov. 3 ballot in California. If Californians vote yes on “Split Roll” - shorthand for the proposition’s title - the

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Why Do So Many Christians Vote Democrat Not Republican? - ThyBlackMan

45% of Catholics and 39% of “Protestant/Other-denomination” Christians voted Democrat in the 2016 Presidential Elections, according to Pew. In other words, Christians have the power to swing the 2020 election—and a responsibility to exercise this power in a way that upholds Biblical values and

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Uganda: Bobi Wine Unveils New Political Party

[Monitor] Kyadondo East MP Robert Kyagulanyi alias Bobi Wine has launched a new political party, National Unity Platform (NUP) ahead of 2021 polls.

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Source: allAfrica.com

Analysis: Why the GOP infighting actually matters - L.A. Focus Newspaper

What happened Tuesday in the House Republican conference meeting is not one of those

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Treasury to guarantee only part of SME loans

Treasury PS Julius Muia did not disclose what portion of losses the State would take in case of a loan default, adding that revealing the amounts risks leading to defaults.

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Source: Business Daily

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