You may also like
Venezuela's Maduro seeks to tighten his grip via election
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - With the political opponents of President Nicol�s Maduro boycotting Sunday's election for the National Assembly, his socialist party is expected to dominate the vote, giving him control of the last major institution in Venezuela outside his grasp.
Read more
Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
Western Cape: Monday 'crunch talks' may lead to tougher lockdown rules
Celebrations could be premature in the Western Cape hot-spots that avoided tough lockdown restrictions - as more regions may soon get the 'NMB treatment'.
Read more
Source: South African News | Online News | The South African
Angola: Covid-19 - Angola With 16 New Infections, One Death
[ANGOP] Luanda -- The Angolan health authorities announced, last Sunday, the registration of 16 new infections and one death, in the last 24 hours.
Read more
Source: allAfrica.com
Sponsored by Concerned Black Men of Massachusetts
Four die in UK blast
LONDON, England (AP) - Four people died following an explosion in a silo that holds treated biosolids at a wastewater treatment plant near the south-west England city of Bristol, police said yesterday.
Read more
Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
The United Nations Removes Cannabis From List Of Most Dangerous Substances
It's been removed from the same category as heroin.
Read more
Source: Celebrities, Music, News, Entertainment, TV Shows & Videos | BET
Partners plan Sickle Cell awareness push - TSDMemphis.com
A church, a collaborative and a foundation have partnered to spread awareness of Sickle Cell Disease. This month, the Sickle Cell Foundation of Tennessee (TSCF), Mount Zion Baptist Church, and HEAL Collaborative will host Sickle Cell Disease: A Community Conversation. Within the United
Read more
Source: TSDMemphis.com - The New Tri-State Defender - TSDMemphis.com
Rwanda: Public Institutions to Be Liable for Lost Lawsuits
[New Times] The Minister for Justice Johnston Busingye has said that the law will go after public entities that connive with complainants urging them to file court cases as cover-up for their mistakes in poorly or undocumented transactions.
Read more
Source: allAfrica.com
Israeli Locust Slayers Train Ethiopians to Save Crops – Free Press of Jacksonville
Some call it a plague. Yoav Motro calls it a war. The enemies are huge armies of desert locusts destroying farm and grazing lands across nine East African countries. In Ethiopia alone, the locusts have [...]
Read more
Source: Free Press of Jacksonville – Florida’s First Coast Quality Black Weekly
Sponsored by Museum of African American History in Massachusetts
Kenya: Sonko Says Impeachment Vote Was Rigged
[Nairobi News] For a governor who once put his phone call with President Uhuru Kenyatta on speaker in public to demonstrate his powerful connections, the impeachment of Mr Mike Sonko on Thursday marked a dramatic fall from power.
Read more
Source: allAfrica.com
Ethiopia: Election Postponement Jeopardizes Public's Constitutional Right - Premier
[Ethiopian Herald] Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (PhD) said that the country has made significant preparations to make the upcoming election free, fair and credible and its postponement would jeopardize the public's constitutionally guaranteed right to be administrated by an elected government.
Read more
Source: allAfrica.com
Sponsored by Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) Boston Professional Chapter
Mature form of governance required - Stabroek News
Dear Editor, For a decade or so the country has been governed by a minority or a wafer-thin majority. The article Mature form of governance required appeared first on Stabroek News.
Read more
Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
Sponsored by Concerned Black Men of Massachusetts
Springboks at the RWC 2023 draw | What’s the BEST that could happen?
All eyes will turn to Paris on Monday, December 14 for the all-important pool draw for the 2023 Rugby World Cup.
Read more
Source: South African News | Online News | The South African
COVID-19: Ramaphosa issues final warning to complacent South Africans
Ramaphosa was adamant that public behaviour needs to change immediately to prevent the spread of the virus, and blasted defiance of the laws.
Read more
Source: South African News | Online News | The South African
Biden Nominates Dean Of Princeton School of Public and International Affairs To Lead CEA
President-elect Joe Biden has nominated former White House economic adviser, Cecilia Rouse, to lead the Council of Economic Advisers under his administration. If she is confirmed, she will make history
Read more
Source: Black Women's Lifestyle Guide, Black Love & Beauty Trends - Essence
Sponsored by Illinois Math and Science Academy
Your daily Horoscope for 4 December 2020
Wondering what the day has in store for your star sign? Here's a quick glance at horoscopes and more for today - completely free!
Read more
Source: South African News | Online News | The South African
AFBF Congratulates New House Agriculture Committee Chair and Ranking Member - African American News Today - EIN Presswire
The House Democratic Caucus approved Representative David Scott (D-Ga.) to serve as the chairman of the House Agriculture Committee. Representative Glenn “GT” Thompson (R-Pa.) will serve as the ranking member of the Agriculture Committee after being selected by the Republican Steering Committee.
Read more
Source: American Farm Bureau Federation - The Voice of Agriculture | Homepage
Kamala Harris names senior White House aides | Canindia News
US Vice President-elect Kamala Harris announced on Thursday new members of her White House senior staff. In a statement on Thursday, Harris said Tina
Read more
Source: Canindia News | Canada's favorite south asian newspaper!
African Court's Landmark Opinion Could Reduce Criminalization of Poverty, Prison Overcrowding
[Open Society Foundations] Today, a continental court in Africa delivered a landmark opinion on colonial era vagrancy laws, which criminalize activities such as loitering, public indecency, and begging. The judgement has the potential to help reshape criminal justice policy and practice in dozens
Read more
Source: allAfrica.com
Sponsored by Museum of African American History in Massachusetts
Opposition parties welcome NMB lockdown restrictions
President Cyril Ramaphosa has imposed a series of restrictions in Nelson Mandela Bay in the Eastern Cape, as the municipality has seen a spike in COVID-19 infections
Read more
Source: South African News | Online News | The South African
Sponsored by Illinois Math and Science Academy
Biden must use sanctions as leverage against Venezuela’s Maduro, U.S. envoy says - Stabroek News
WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) - The top U.S. envoy on Venezuela called on the incoming Biden administration yesterday to use the leverage he believes has been gained from years of tough sanctions aimed at ousting socialist President Nicolas Maduro and urged against offering him any
Read more
Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
Angola Submits Report On Mbanza Kongo At Unesco
[ANGOP] Luanda -- Angola presented Tuesday a Report on Historic Site of Mbanza Kongo at the UNESCO World Heritage Center, in Paris, France.
Read more
Source: allAfrica.com
Africa-China in a Journey of a Score Years
[Vanguard] China and all but two of the 55 African countries were enslaved by European colonialists who looted them and carried out unspeakable atrocities, including the massacre of millions. Even after independence, they were subjected to control by their former slave masters who taught them that
Read more
Source: allAfrica.com
Sponsored by National Black MBA Association (NBMBAA) Boston Professional Chapter
Caribbean welcomes new deal to replace Cotonou Agreement
BRUSSELS, Belgium (CMC) - The Caribbean has welcomed the political deal reached between chief negotiators for the European Union and the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS), for a new partnership accord to replace the Cotonou Agreement
Read more
Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com
Sponsored by Diversity In Action
Africa: President Rallies Support As Africa Recovers From Covid-19
[SAnews.gov.za] President Cyril Ramaphosa says African countries will continue to need substantial support to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read more
Source: allAfrica.com
LL Cool J, Chuck D, Founders Talk Universal Hip Hop Museum in Black Press Livestream | Arts and Culture | The Michigan Chronicle
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent “I’m just happy to be supportive of this museum, and it’s definitely needed. Our culture needs it,” stated LL Cool J, arguably the greatest hip hop artist of all time who also stars in the hit television show NCIS and runs the Rock the
Read more
Source: Michigan Chronicle - Powered by Real Times Media
Sponsored by National Black MBA Association (NBMBAA) Boston Professional Chapter
Biden-Harris Administration Commits to Ensure Government Spending with Black and Minority-Owned Media Businesses – Arizona Informant Newspaper
“This is good news for the Black Press of America in 2021,” declared Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr., President and CEO of the NNPA. “The incoming Biden-Harris Administration has gone on the public record to keep their commitments to ensure equitable federal advertising dollars to be spent over the
Read more
Source: Arizona Informant Newspaper
Sponsored by Illinois Math and Science Academy
New York City's first Black mayor David Dinkins inspired a generation of Black leaders - Dallas Examiner
By MARC H. MORIAL National Urban League “Ours will be a civic forum, an open democracy that hears diverse views and voices before it decides, a democracy that holds out hope for the
Read more
Source: The Dallas Examiner
Sponsored by National Association of Asian American Professionals (NAAP) Boston Chapter
Maria Marshall, the 11-year-old environmentalist and youngest award-winning filmmaker in Barbados - Face2Face Africa
11-year-old Bajan environmentalist, Maria Marshall, was traveling with her mother when she saw a passenger in another car improperly dispose of a plastic bottle by throwing it outside the moving vehicle. Perplexed by what she had just seen, Marshall wondered why plastic and other waste products
Read more
Source: Face2Face Africa - The Premier Pan-African Voice
Thousands killed in Ethiopia's conflict, Tigray side asserts - Black News Channel
By CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Several thousand combatants have been killed in Ethiopia's embattled Tigray region, an official with the fugitive regional government is asserting, although claims remain difficult to verify after a month of fighting between Ethiopian and regional
Read more
Source: Black News Channel - Black News Channel
Sponsored by National Black MBA Association (NBMBAA) Boston Professional Chapter
Central African Republic: Car Minister of Defense and Africom Deputy Commander for Civil-Military Engagement Praise Strengthened U.S.-Car Military Ties
[Africom] U.S. Africa Command Public Affairs Stuttgart, Germ -- Ambassador Andrew Young, U.S. Africa Command's deputy commander for civil-military engagement, spoke with the Central African Republic's Minister of Defense Marie-Noelle Koyara last week.
Read more
Source: allAfrica.com
Sponsored by National Association of Asian American Professionals (NAAP) Boston Chapter
More from allAfrica.com
Uganda: Allimadi Hailed As Justice Defender - allAfrica.com
Uganda: Govt Moves to Carry Out Mass COVID-19 Tests At Kasensero Landing Site - allAfrica.com
Uganda: Police Boss, Six Others Held Over Murder Case - allAfrica.com
Uganda: Schools Should Be Prepared to Implement Health Guidelines - allAfrica.com
Uganda: Sakwa, MP Balyeku Clash Over Arrest - allAfrica.com
Uganda: Police Frees Suspects in Masindi Over COVID-19 - allAfrica.com
Uganda: Banks Caught Between Government and Virus - allAfrica.com
Uganda: Bobi Wine to Face Parliament's Disciplinary Committee Over Covid-19 Funds - allAfrica.com
Uganda: Pharmaceutical Products Worth Shs1.1 Trillion Imported Annually - allAfrica.com
Uganda's COVID-19 Cases Rise to 88 - allAfrica.com
Uganda: Cipla Starts Arv Export to South Africa - allAfrica.com
Uganda: Inflation Increases to 3.2 Per Cent - allAfrica.com
Uganda: Postponing 2021 General Election Doesn't Make Sense - allAfrica.com
Uganda: If Zaake Can Be Tortured in Custody, What Awaits the Common Person? - allAfrica.com
Uganda: Govt Tests 180 Street Children for COVID-19 - allAfrica.com
Uganda: Shs10b MPs COVID-19 Cash Takes New Twist - allAfrica.com
Uganda: UNFPA Calls for Family Planning in Lockdown - allAfrica.com
Uganda: Majority of Ugandans Trust Media - Report - allAfrica.com
Tanzania: Museveni Signs Sugar Act, Excess Goes to Tanzania - allAfrica.com
Mali: French Foreign Legion Soldier Dies in Mali Operation - allAfrica.com
Liberia: Govt Fails in Open Budget Report - allAfrica.com
Sierra Leone: President Test Negative for COVID-19 After Self Isolation - allAfrica.com
Nigeria: Coronavirus - How Nigerian Sports Stars Are Providing Relief - allAfrica.com
Nigerian Troops Eliminate 134 Terrorists, Arrest 16 Informants in Borno - DHQ - allAfrica.com
Nigeria: Why Nigeria Needs to Manage Electronic Waste Better - allAfrica.com
Nigeria: COVID-19 - Zamfara Places One-Week Ban On Markets, Religious Gatherings - allAfrica.com
Nigeria: There's Pressure to Declare COVID-19 in Kogi - State Govt - allAfrica.com
Nigeria: COVID-19 - Senate Introduces National Health Emergency Bill - allAfrica.com
Nigeria: 10 Years After - Jonathan Mourns 'Selfless, Modest' Yar'Adua - allAfrica.com
Nigeria: 10 Things Yar'Adua Will Be Remembered for - allAfrica.com
Nigeria: Coronavirus - Controversial Bill Appears in the Senate - allAfrica.com
Nigeria: Oil Workers Warn Against Arbitrary Sacking, Unfair Labour Practices - allAfrica.com
Nigeria: Edo Denies Releasing Photograph of Fleeing Patient - allAfrica.com
Nigeria: Fire Outbreak Averted As Tankers Collide On Lagos/Ibadan Expressway - allAfrica.com
Ghana: Govt Starts Supplying Free Water to Chorkor - allAfrica.com
Ghana: Celebrating World Press Freedom Day Amid COVID - 19 - allAfrica.com
Ghana: Ga Traditional Council Imposes Ban On Drumming, Noise Making May 11 - allAfrica.com
Ghana: COVID-19 Update - Govt Shows Leadership in Managing Economy-Veep - allAfrica.com
Africa: The True Cost of Africa's Narrative
Africa's Health Dilemma - Protecting People From COVID-19 While Four Times As Many Could Die of Malaria
Africa: Coronavirus - African Football 'Must Wait,' CAF President Says
Africa: To Help Respond to COVID-19, African Governments Should Prioritise Taxing the Rich
Africa: Telling the Story From Both Sides
Africa: How Has Human Smuggling Changed Under COVID-19?
Africa: Powering Health Across Africa Through COVID-19 and a Changing Climate
Africa: COVID-19 - Developing Countries Must Not Be Left Behind
Africa's Youth Scholars Harvest Ideas On the Business of Agriculture
Africa: Controls to Manage Fake News in Africa Are Affecting Freedom of Expression
Africa: How Africa Can Reduce COVID-19's Impact On Displaced Persons
Africa's Forgotten World War II Veterans

Literature Facts

Barack Obama Facts

The Green Book Pt I

Education Facts